Selected Publications
So far, over 65 peer reviewed articles have been published by members of JUCAN in different areas of health.
2021
1. Grey K, Gonzales GB, Abera M, et al. Severe malnutrition or famine exposure in childhood and cardiometabolic non-communicable disease later in life: a systematic review. BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e003161. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003161
2. Tsinuel Girma, PernilleKæstel, ChristianMølgaard, Christian Ritz, Gregers S. Andersen, Kim F.Michaelsen, HenrikFriis, Jonathan CK.Wells. Utility of bio-electrical impedance vector analysis for monitoring treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children. Clinical Nutrition; 40(2) Feb 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.06.012
3. Gesit, Mahlet, Sara A, Abayneh G, Beza E, et al. Antenatal Steroid Utilization in Ethiopia. Global Pediatric Health; 8(1-8). https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X21990344
4. Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Emma Beaumont, Ritu Rana, et al.. Malnutrition in Infants Aged under 6 Months Attending Community Health Centres: A Cross Sectional Survey. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2489. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082489
2020
5. Øystein H Johansen, Abdissa A, Zangenberg M, Mekonnen Z, Eshetu B, Bjørang O, et al. Performance and operational feasibility of two diagnostic tests for cryptosporidiosis in children (CRYPTO-POC):a clinical, prospective, diagnostic accuracy study: Lancet Infect Dis 2020; https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1473-3099(20)30556-9: https://europepmc.org/article/med/33278916:
6. Anam Shahil Feroz, Christina Paganelli, Milka Bunei, Beza Eshetu, Shahana Parveen, Sayyeda Reza, et al. A comparison of MITS counseling and informed consent processes in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Ethiopia: Reproductive Health, 2020; doi.org/10.1186/s12978-020-00969-w: https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-020-00969-w:
7. Hailu, R., Desta, T., Bekuretsion, Y., Bezabih, M., Alemu, A., Bekele, T. et al. Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling in Preterm Deaths: A Validation Study: Global Pediatric Health (2020); DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20953263: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32923527/ :
8. Eshetu B, Gashaw M, Solomon S, Berhane M, Molla K, Abebe T, et al. Bacterial Isolates and Resistance Patterns in Preterm Infants with Sepsis in Selected Hospitals in Ethiopia: A Longitudinal Observational Study: Global Pediatric Health (2020); DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20953318: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33062808/:
9. Workneh N, Mekasha A, Nigussie AK et al. Preterm nutrition and clinical outcomes. Global pediatric health.2020;7:1–7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X209378
10. Gidi NW, Goldenberg RL, Nigussie AK, McClure E, et al. Comparison of neonatal outcomes of small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age preterm infants born at 28–36 weeks of gestation: a multicentre study in Ethiopia. BMJ paediatrics open. 2020;4(1). DOI:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000740
11. Gidi NW, Goldenberg RL, Nigussie AK, McClure E, et al. Incidence and associated factors of extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) in preterm infants, a cross-sectional study in selected NICUs in Ethiopia. BMJ paediatrics open. 2020;4(1). DOI:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000765
12. Gidi NW, Goldenberg RL, Nigussie AK, et al. Disparity in Birth Size of Ethiopian Preterm Infants in Comparison to International INTERGROWTH-21st Data. Global pediatric health. 2020 Nov;7:2333794X20973484. DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20973484
13. Kebede ZT, Matebe YH, Demisse AG, Gidi NW et al. Hematologic Profiles of Ethiopian Preterm Infants with Clinical Diagnoses of Early-Onset Sepsis, Perinatal Asphyxia, and Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Global Pediatric Health. 2020;7.DOI:10.1177/2333794X20960264
14. Demtse AG, Pfister RE, Nigussie AK, Gidi NW et al. Hypothermia in preterm newborns: impact on survival. Global Pediatric Health. 2020;7 DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20957655
15. Aynalem S, Abayneh M, Metaferia G, Gidi NW. Hyperbilirubinemia in Preterm Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Ethiopia. Global Pediatric Health. 2020 Dec;7:2333794X20985809. DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20985809
16. Abera M, Hardy-Johnson P, Abdissa A, Workicho A, Ali R, Weller S, Fall C, et al. Social, economic and cultural influences on adolescent nutrition and physical activity in Jimma, Ethiopia: perspectives from adolescents and their caregivers: Public Health Nutr. 2020 Jul 30;1-9. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020001664. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32727633/
17. Fall CH, Abera M, Chopra H, Hardy-Johnson P, Janha RE, Jesson J, et al. Anthropometric nutritional status, and social and dietary characteristics of African and Indian adolescents taking part in the TALENT (Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition) qualitative study: Public Health Nutr. 2020 Aug 5;1-12. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020001901.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32753088/
18. Gidi NW, Berhane M, Girma T, et al. Anthropometric measures that identify premature and low birth weight newborns in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study with community follow-up. Arch Dis Child 2020;105:326–331. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-317490
19. Amha M, Zelalem T, Lulu M, Melkamu B et al. Factors Associated with the Death of Preterm Babies Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Ethiopia: A Prospective, Cross-sectional, and Observational Study. Global Pediatric Health Volume 7: 1–9. DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20970005 journals.sagepub.com/home/gph
20. Daniel Y, Alemseged A, Pernille K, et al. Renal function in Ethiopian HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral treatment with and without tenofovir. BMC Infectious Diseases (2020) 20:582 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05308-9
2019
21. Mike Zangenberg, Øystein H. Johansen, Alemseged Abdissa5, Beza Eshetu, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals et al. Prolonged and persistent diarrhoea is not restricted to children with acute malnutrition: an observational study in Ethiopia: Tropical Medicine and International Health (2019); doi:10.1111/tmi.13291: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tmi.13291
22. Zangenberg M, Abdissa A, Johansen ØH, Tesfaw G, Friis H, Briend A, et al. Critical evaluation of the appetite test for children with severe acute malnutrition: Tropical Medicine and International Health (2019); doi:10.1111/tmi.13360: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tmi.13360 :
23. Zangenberg M, Abdissa A, Johansen ØH, Tesfaw G, Girma T, Kurtzhals JAL. Metronidazole-sensitive organisms in children with severe acute malnutrition: an evaluation of the indication for empiric metronidazole treatment: Clinical Microbiology and Infection (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2019.05.022: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31185294/:
24. Muhe LM, McClure EM, Nigussie AK, Mekasha A, Worku B, Worku A, et al. Major causes of death in preterm infants in selected hospitals in Ethiopia (SIP): a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Aug;7(8):e1130-e1138. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30220-7.
25. Wibaek R, Wells JC, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Vistisen D, Jørgensen ME, Kæstel P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Associations of fat mass and fat-free mass accretion in infancy with linear growth, fat free mass and markers of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk at 5 years: The Ethiopian iABC birth cohort study. PLoS Medicine 16(8) August 2019:e1002888 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002888.
26. Eshetu B, Gashaw M, Berhane M, Abdissa A, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL, et al. Intravenous fluid contaminated with Klebsiella oxytoca as a source of sepsis in a preterm newborn: Case report. American Journal of Infection Control 47 (2019) 840−842
27. Faurholt-Jepsena D, Olsen MF, Andersen AB, Kæstel P, Abdissa A, Amare H,et al. Hyperglycemia and insulin function in antiretroviral treatment-naive HIV patients in Ethiopia: a potential new entity of diabetes in HIV? AIDS 2019, 33 (10):1595–1602
28. Wibaek R, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Geto Z, Kaestel P, Vistisen D, Jorgensen ME, Wells JCK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Higher Weight and Weight Gain after 4 Years of Age Rather than Weight at Birth Are Associated with Adiposity, Markers of Glucose Metabolism, and Blood Pressure in 5-Year-Old Ethiopian Children. The Journal ofNutrition 2019; Jun 19 (Epub ahead of print).
29. Yilma D, Abdissa A, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M. Olsen MF, Girma T, Friis H, et al. Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rates in HIV positive and negative adults in Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2019 Feb 12;14(2):e0211630. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211630. eCollection 2019.
30. Melkamu Berhane, Netsanet Workineh, Tsinuel Girma, et al. Prevalence of low birth weight and prematurity and associated factors in neonates in Ethiopia: results from a hospital-based observational study. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2019;29(6):677. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v29 i6.5
31. Teklu G, Berhanu N, Mekitie W, Tsinuel G et al. Effect of play-based family-centered psychomotor/psychosocial stimulation on the development of severely acutely malnourished children under six in a lowincome setting: a randomized controlled trial. (2019) 19:336 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1696-z.
2018
32. Muhe, L.M., McClure, E.M., Mekasha, A. et al. A Prospective Study of Causes of Illness and Death in Preterm Infants in Ethiopia: The SIP Study Protocol: Reproductive Health (2018); doi.org/10.1186/s12978-018-0555-y: https://reproductive-health journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-018-0555-y
33. Andersen GS, Wibaek R, Kaestel P, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Vistisen D, Jorgensen ME, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Wells JCK. Body Composition Growth Patterns in Early Infancy: A Latent Class Trajectory Analysis of the Ethiopian iABC Birth Cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018;26(7):1225-33.
34. Admassu B, Wells JCK, Girma T, Belachew T, Ritz C, Owino V, Abera M, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Kaestel P, Friis H, Andersen GS. Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study. Nutrition & diabetes 2018;8(1):46.
35. Admassu B, Ritz C, Wells JCK, Girma T, Andersen GS, Belachew T, Owino V, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kaestel P. Accretion of Fat-Free Mass Rather Than Fat Mass in Infancy Is Positively Associated with Linear Growth in Childhood. The Journal of nutrition 2018;148(4):607-15.
36. Bårnes GK, Kebede E, Berhane M, Abdissa A, Tesfaw G, Abebe G, et al. New molecular tools for meningitisdiagnostics in Ethiopia – a necessary steptowards improving antimicrobial prescription. Bårnes et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2018) 18:684 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3589-4
37. Abera M, Tesfaye M, Hanlon C, Admassu B, Girma T, Wells JC, Kaestel P, Ritz C, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Body Composition during Early Infancy and Mental Health Outcomes at 5 Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study of Ethiopian Children. J Pediatr 2018.
38. Abera M, Tesfaye M, Admassu B, Hanlon C, Ritz C, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Wells JC, Andersen GS, Girma T, Kaestel P. Body composition during early infancy and developmental progression from 1 to 5 years of age: the Infant Anthropometry and Body Composition (iABC) cohort study among Ethiopian children. Br J Nutr 2018;119(11):1263-73.
39. Melkamu Berhane, Hadiya Yimam, Nega Jibat, Mesfin Zewudu. Parents’ Knowledge of Danger Signs and Health Seeking Behavior in Newborn and Young Infant Illness in Tiro Afeta District, Southwest Ethiopia: A Community-based Study. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2018 Jul;28(4):473-482. doi:10.4314/ejhs.v28i4.13.
2017
40. Admassu B, Wells JCK, Girma T, Andersen GS, Owino V, Belachew T, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kaestel P. Body composition at birth and height at 2 years: a prospective cohort study among children in Jimma, Ethiopia. Pediatric research 2017;82(2):209-14.
41. Abera M, Tesfaye M, Girma T, Hanlon C, Andersen GS, Wells JC, Admassu B, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kaestel P. Relation between body composition at birth and child development at 2 years of age: a prospective cohort study among Ethiopian children. European journal of clinical nutrition, 2017. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume71, pages1411–1417
42. Girma T, Hother AL, Kastel P, Abdissa A, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Wells JCK. Biochemical and anthropometric correlates of bio-electrical impedance parameters in severely malnourished children: A cross-sectional study. Clin Nutr. 2017 Feb 24. pii: S0261-5614(17)30067-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.02.017. [Epub ahead of print] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28262322
43. Bahwere P, James P, Abdissa A, Getu Y, Getnet Y, Sadler K. Use of tuberculin skin test for assessment of immune recovery among previously malnourished children in Ethiopia BMC Res Notes. 2017 Nov 7;10(1):570 0.1186/s13104-017-2909-x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115985
44. Maria HH, Jonathan CW, Tsinuel G et al. Validation of bioelectrical impedance analysis in Ethiopian adults with HIV. Journal of Nutritional Science (2017), vol. 6, e62, page 1 of 7 doi:10.1017/jns.2017.67
2016
45. Serum phosphate and magnesium in children recovering from severe acute undernutrition in Ethiopia: an observational study. BMC Pediatr. 2016 Nov 5;16(1):178. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814707
46. Bioimpedance index for measurement of total body water in severely malnourished children: Assessing the effect of nutritional oedema Clin Nutr. 2016Jun;35(3):7137. 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.002 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26189699
47. Food insecurity, mental health and quality of life among people living with HIV commencing antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2016: 14:37 0.1186/s12955-016-0440-8 https://hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12955-016-0440-8
48. Food insecurity and mental health among people living with HIV in Ethiopia: analysis of causal pathways Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 201614:37 10.1186/s1295501604408: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778332/
49. Adaptation and validation of the short version WHOQOL-HIV in Ethiopia International Journal of Mental Health Systems 201610:29 DOI: 10.1186/s13033-0160062x: https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-016-0062-x
50. Antenatal care strengthening for improved health behaviours in Jimma, Ethiopia, 2009-2011: An effectiveness study. Midwifery. 2016 , doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.06.009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428103
51. Change in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with antiretroviral treatment initiation and nutritional intervention in HIV-positive adults. Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov 8:1-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821214
52. The effect of nutritional supplementation on quality of life in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Jun;21(6):735-42. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12705. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115126
53. The effect of nutritional supplementation on quality of life in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Jun;21(6):735-42. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12705. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115126
2015
54. Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial BMC Med. 2015 Jan 28;13:17. 10.1186/s12916-014-0253 8 https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-014-0253-8
55. Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Apr;143(5):1048-58 10.1017/S0950268814001502 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25034136
56. Calibration of bioelectrical impedance analysis for body composition assessment in Ethiopian infants using air-displacement plethysmography. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015,. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.51 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25828629
57. Midupper arm circumference and weight-for-length z scores have different associations with body composition: evidence from a cohort of Ethiopian infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015, 102(3): 593-9. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.106419. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26224296
58. Lipid-based nutrient supplements do not affect efavirenz but lower plasma nevirapine concentrations in Ethiopian adult HIV patients. HIV Med. 2015; 16(7): 403-11. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12225. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25974723
59. Antenatal care strengthening for improved quality of care in Jimma, Ethiopia: an effectiveness study. BMC Public Health (2015) 15:360 DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1708-3
2014
60. Children Treated for Severe Acute Malnutrition Experience a Rapid Increase in Physical Activity a Few Days after Admission J Pediatr. 2014 Jun;164(6):1421-4 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.014 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24657125
61. Drug resistance in HIV patients with virological failure or slow virological response to antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia BMC Infectious Diseases: 2014, 14:181;DOI:10.1186/1471-2334-14-181 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234735/
62. Effects of nutritional supplementation for HIV patients starting antiretroviral treatment: randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia. BMJ 2014; doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3187 http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3187
63. Evaluation of an immunoassay for determination of plasma efavirenz concentrations in resource-limited settings J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Jun 5;17:18979 0.7448/IAS.17.1.18979 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24909561
64. Antenatal Care Strengthening in Jimma, Ethiopia: A Mixed-Method Needs Assessment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2014, Article ID 945164, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/945164
2013
65. Genotype diversity of Mycobacterium isolates from children in Jimma, Ethiopia BMC Res Notes. 2013 Sep 4;6:352 10.1186/1756-0500-6-352 https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-0500-6-352
66. Use, perceptions, and acceptability of a ready-to-use supplementary food among adult HIV patients initiating antiretroviral treatment: a qualitative study in Ethiopia. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2013. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S44413. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766634
67. Body composition from birth to 6 mo of age in Ethiopian infants: reference data obtained by air-displacement plethysmography. Am J Clin Nutr 2013; doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.063032 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23985805
68. Predictors of oedema among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2013;doi:10.1186/1471243113204: http://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2431-13-204
2011
69. BACTERAEMIA AMONG SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN IN JIMMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA Ethiop J Health Sci. 2011 Nov; 21(3): 175–182. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275866/
70. Fat and fat-free mass at birth: air displacement plethysmography measurements on 350 Ethiopian newborns. Ped res. 2011;doi: 10.1038/pr.2011.726. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772228