Kirk A. Dearden

Momentum Research — United States

Nursing · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Child Nutrition and Water Access(82), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(31), Global Maternal and Child Health(26), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences(12), Birth, Development, and Health(12)

Publications114 total

Reflective Learning from Implementing Care Pathways for Vulnerable Infants and Their Mothers: Case Studies from Pakistan, South Sudan and Yemen.
2024Open Access
Exploring the acceptability and adherence of the integrated MAMI care pathway for supporting vulnerable infants and their mothers in South Sudan: a qualitative study
2024Open Access
Collective adaptive learning on integrating the care pathway for vulnerable infants under 6 months of age and their mothers in South Sudan
2024Open Access
Collective adaptive learning on implementing the integrated care pathway for vulnerable infants under 6 months and their mothers in South Sudan
2024
“Because of mchango, I give my baby gripe water so he sleeps and stops crying”: Exclusive breastfeeding and parents’ concerns about colic-like symptoms in infants under 6 months in Lake Zone, Tanzania
World Nutrition·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Antenatal care is associated with adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in selected low‐middle‐income‐countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America & the Caribbean regions: Insights from Demographic and Health Surveys
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
The Impact of a Large-Scale Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention in the Lake Zone Region of Tanzania on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Stunting Prevention
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
In the Lake Zone of Tanzania, Behavioral Determinants Are Associated with Hygiene but Not Sanitation Practice
Health·2023Open Access
Promoting Caregiver Early Childhood Development Behaviors through Social and Behavioral Change Communication Program in Tanzania
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Addressing child undernutrition in Tanzania with the ASTUTE program
BMC Nutrition·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Are Participants in a Behavior Change Communication Campaign More Likely to Seek Care for Childhood Diarrhea? A Study of Caregivers of Children under 2 in Tanzania
Health·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
The integrated management of small and nutritionally at-risk infants under 6 months and their mothers in South Sudan, a pilot study
2022Open Access
Tanzanian men’s engagement in household chores is associated with improved antenatal care seeking and maternal health
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Effect of a National Nutrition Communications Campaign on Stunting Awareness and Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding Behavior among Rural Indonesian Mothers
Journal of Maternal and Child Health·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Health facility-based counselling and community outreach are associated with maternal dietary practices in a cross-sectional study from Tanzania
BMC Nutrition·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Bringing about Behavior Change to Reduce Stunting Through Action-Oriented Support Group Negotiations
AIJR Abstracts·2021
Engaging fathers to improve complementary feeding is acceptable and feasible in the Lake Zone, Tanzania
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Tanzania: The Impact of Mass Media and Interpersonal Communication
Current Developments in Nutrition·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Tanzanian Women Exposed to Nutrition-Related Media Messages and Interpersonal Counselling Are More Likely Than Unexposed Women to Practice Optimal Nutrition Behaviors
Current Developments in Nutrition·2021Open Access
Association between WASH-Related Behaviors and Knowledge with Childhood Diarrhea in Tanzania
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2021· 27 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Benjamin T. Crookston(22), David Marsh(14), Dirk G. Schroeder(13), Jere R. Behrman(12), Helena Pachón(12), Tran Thi Lang(11), Mary E. Penny(10), Aryeh D. Stein(7), Tran Thu Ha(7), Joshua H. West(6), Whitney Schott(5), Debbie Humphries(5), Lia C. H. Fernald(5), Cougar Hall(5), Santiago Cueto(4), Stephen C. Alder(4), Ray M. Merrill(4), Mary Linehan(4), Andreas Georgiadis(3), Elizabeth A. Lundeen(3)