Michael Hendricks
University of Cape Town
23 Papers
206 Citations
Michael Hendricks is an academic researcher from University of Cape Town. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Malnutrition. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 23 publications.
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Papers
Mother-Infant Interactions and Infant Development Are Altered by Maternal Iron Deficiency Anemia
Eva M. Perez,Michael Hendricks,John L. Beard,Laura E. Murray-Kolb,Astrid Berg,Mark Tomlinson,James Irlam,Washiefa Isaacs,T. Njengele,A. A. Sive,Lynne Vernon-Feagans +10 more
TL;DR: Iron deficiency anemia in young South African mothers alters mother-infant interactions and the infant's development at both 10 wk and 9 mo postpartum, and infants whose mothers were anemic in the early post partum scored worse on developmental tests at 10 wK and 9mo of age.
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to childhood and maternal undernutrition in South Africa in 2000
TL;DR: The study shows that reduction of the occurrence of underweight would have a substantial impact on child mortality, and also highlights the need to monitor this important indicator of child health.
Addressing malnutrition in young children in South Africa. Setting the national context for paediatric food-based dietary guidelines.
TL;DR: This review sketches the backdrop to and motivation for the introduction of specifically targeted paediatric FBDGs, for mothers and caregivers of children from birth to age 7 years, as a national initiative.
An assessment of the effectiveness of growth monitoring and promotion practices in the Lusaka district of Zambia
TL;DR: The GMP program in Lusaka is functioning suboptimally, even in facilities with trained staff, and mothers/caregivers identified GMP as important in attending the under-five clinic, associated their child's weight with overall health status, and expressed a willingness to comply with health workers' advice.
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Evaluation of a nutrition supplementation programme in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
TL;DR: Assessment of implementation and impact of a take-home nutrition supplementation programme that targets malnourished pre-school children and pregnant and lactating women in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa found numerous problems with the PEM Scheme have been identified which could have limited its impact.