Gretel H. Pelto
Cornell University
203 Papers
1.5K Citations
Gretel H. Pelto is an academic researcher from Cornell University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 196 publications. Previous affiliations of Gretel H. Pelto include University of California & International Food Policy Research Institute.
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Papers
Determinants of Body Size Perceptions and Dieting Behavior in a Multiethnic Group of Hospital Staff Women
TL;DR: It is concluded that body size is a stronger predictor of accuracy of perceived body size than ethnicity; and dieters overestimate their body size and believe it to be heavier than their social group would prefer.
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Traditional Oral Remedies and Perceived Breast Milk Insufficiency Are Major Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Rural Zimbabwe
Amy Desai,Mduduzi N. N. Mbuya,Ancikaria Chigumira,Bernard Chasekwa,Jean H. Humphrey,Lawrence H. Moulton,Gretel H. Pelto,Grace Gerema,Rebecca J. Stoltzfus +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a survey of 295 mothers of infants <6 mo of age who were recruited from rural immunization clinics and outreach sites in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.
Operationalizing Household Food Security in Rural Nepal
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a conceptual approach to assess household food security by using scales to measure past current and future components of food security, which can be used as a framework in other settings.
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Identifying interventions to help rural Kenyan mothers cope with food insecurity: results of a focused ethnographic study.
TL;DR: The results of the ethnographies reveal that most caregivers in these rural Kenyan communities have adopted the basic biomedical interpretation of the importance of child nutrition as an integral part of their ‘knowledge frameworks’.
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Research steps in the development and evaluation of public health interventions.
TL;DR: This framework can be used to set research priorities by verifying where there is sufficient knowledge to move forward and by identifying critical information gaps, and can also help select appropriate research designs, as each step is characterized by certain types of studies.
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