Sonja Y. Hess

Comparison of Methods to Assess Adherence to Small-quantity Lipid Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS) and Dispersible Tablets among Young Burkinabe Children Participating in a Community-based Intervention Trial

Souheila Abbeddou, Sonja Y. Hess, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Jérôme W. Somé, Rosemonde M. Guissou, Zinéwendé P. Ouédraogo, Stephen A. Vosti, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo & Kenneth H. Brown · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2018

Objectives: Adherence to supplementation provided during an intervention trial can affect study outcomes. We compared different approaches for estimating adherence to SQ-LNS and dispersible tablets in a randomized clinical trial in Burkina Faso to evaluate concordance among resul...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21209

Zinc added in Different Amounts to Small-quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS) or provided as a Tablet did not affect Diarrhea or Malaria Morbidity in young, Rural Burkinabe Children

Jérôme W. Somé, Souheila Abbeddou, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Zinéwendé P. Ouédraogo, Rosemonde M. Guissou, Janet M. Peerson, Sonja Y. Hess, Steve A. Vosti, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo & Kenneth H. Brown · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Meta-analyses find that supplemental zinc reduces the incidence of diarrhea and acute lower respiratory tract infections, but its effect on malaria is inconsistent. We assessed the effects of different amounts of zinc in SQ-LNS compared with zinc in a dispersible tabl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20902

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Prenatal Iron-folic Acid Supplementation among Pregnant Women and Health Staff in Rural Niger

Cesaire T. Ouedraogo, Ryan K. Wessells, Nancy Keith, Ibrahim F. Bamba, Maimouna Doudou, Banda Ndiaye & Sonja Y. Hess · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: We aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation among pregnant women and health staff in rural Niger. Methods: KAP were assessed in 4 randomly selected villages in the Zinder region of Niger as part of a formati...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21071