Effects of a community health worker delivered intervention on maternal depressive symptoms in rural Tanzania.
Bliznashka L, Yousafzai AK, Asheri G, Masanja H, Sudfeld CR.
Health Policy Plan. 2020 Dec 13. PMID: 33313814
Assistant Professor
Christopher Robert Sudfeld
Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition
Global Health and Population
Other Positions
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Nutrition
Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Overview
Dr. Sudfeld's research focuses on the interaction of nutrition and infection on maternal and child health in resource-limited settings. His research and education program is focused in three areas:
i) Randomized trials of nutrition and infection interventions
ii) Observational studies examining the role of nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life in child development and long-term outcomes in late childhood, adolescence and adulthood
iii) Research capacity building at partner organizations in epidemiologic methods and biostatistics
Dr. Sudfeld currently leads or contributes to the following research studies:
Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation among adults with HIV initiating ART in Tanzania (NCT01798680)
Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation among pregnant women with HIV in Tanzania (NCT02305927)
Randomized trial of community health worker delivery of a nutrition and child development intervention in rural Tanzania (ISRCTN10323949)
Randomized dose-response trial of antenatal calcium supplementation for prevention of preeclampsia and preterm birth in Tanzania and India (NCT03350516)
Randomized dose-response trial of therapeutic zinc supplementation among children with acute diarrhea in Tanzania and India (NCT03078842)
Randomized trial of azythromycin for the treatment of high-risk diarrhea among children in 7 LMICs (NCT03130114)
Bibliography
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Development Outcomes in Ceará, Brazil: A Population-based Study.
Rocha HAL, Sudfeld CR, Leite ÁJM, Rocha SGMO, Machado MMT, Campos JS, E Silva AC, Correia LL.
Am J Prev Med. 2020 Nov 04. PMID: 33160797
A Chicken Production Intervention and Additional Nutrition Behavior Change Component Increased Child Growth in Ethiopia: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Passarelli S, Ambikapathi R, Gunaratna NS, Madzorera I, Canavan CR, Noor AR, Worku A, Berhane Y, Abdelmenan S, Sibanda S, Munthali B, Madzivhandila T, Sibanda LM, Geremew K, Dessie T, Abegaz S, Assefa G, Sudfeld C, McConnell M, Davison K, Fawzi W.
J Nutr. 2020 10 12. 150(10):2806-2817. PMID: 32652012
Lower-Dose Zinc for Childhood Diarrhea - A Randomized, Multicenter Trial.
Dhingra U, Kisenge R, Sudfeld CR, Dhingra P, Somji S, Dutta A, Bakari M, Deb S, Devi P, Liu E, Chauhan A, Kumar J, Semwal OP, Aboud S, Bahl R, Ashorn P, Simon J, Duggan CP, Sazawal S, Manji K.
N Engl J Med. 2020 09 24. 383(13):1231-1241. PMID: 32966722
Impaired Hematological Status Increases the Risk of Mortality among HIV-Infected Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Tanzania.
Noor RA, Abioye AI, Hertzmark E, Darling AM, Aboud S, Mugusi FM, Sudfeld CR, Spiegelman D, Fawzi WW.
J Nutr. 2020 09 01. 150(9):2375-2382. PMID: 32621487
Anemia, Iron Status, and HIV: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.
Abioye AI, Andersen CT, Sudfeld CR, Fawzi WW.
Adv Nutr. 2020 09 01. 11(5):1334-1363. PMID: 32383731
Efficacy of vitamin D3 supplementation for the prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis and mortality in HIV: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Sudfeld CR, Mugusi F, Muhihi A, Aboud S, Nagu TJ, Ulenga N, Hong B, Wang M, Fawzi WW.
Lancet HIV. 2020 07. 7(7):e463-e471. PMID: 32621874
Population-level effective coverage of adolescent weekly iron and folic acid supplementation is low in rural West Bengal, India.
Sudfeld CR, Rai RK, Barik A, Valadez JJ, Fawzi WW.
Public Health Nutr. 2020 10. 23(15):2819-2823. PMID: 32524931
Vitamin B12 is Low in Milk of Early Postpartum Women in Urban Tanzania, and was not Significantly Increased by High dose Supplementation.
Lweno ON, Sudfeld CR, Hertzmark E, Manji KP, Aboud S, Noor RA, Masanja H, Salim N, Shahab-Ferdows S, Allen LH, Fawzi WW.
Nutrients. 2020 Mar 31. 12(4). PMID: 32244279
Breast milk vitamin B12 concentration and incidence of diarrhea and respiratory infections among infants in urban Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.
Lweno ON, Sudfeld CR, Hertzmark E, Manji KP, Darling AM, Fawzi WW.
BMC Res Notes. 2020 Mar 18. 13(1):165. PMID: 32188495