Alemayehu Argaw Alemayehu

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Faculty of Public health, Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Full name: Alemayehu Argaw Alemayehu

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Current Post, if any

College/institute

Department/Team: Nutrition and Dietetics Department

Field of specialization: Human Nutrition

Research interest: Child and Maternal Undernutrition

Publications: 

  1. Argaw, A., Bouckaert, K.P., Wondafrash, M. et al. Effect of fish-oil supplementation on breastmilk long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid concentration: a randomized controlled trial in rural Ethiopia. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-020-00798-x
  2. Hanley-Cook, G., Argaw, A., De Kok, B. et al. EAT–Lancet diet score requires minimum intake values to predict higher micronutrient adequacy of diets in rural women of reproductive age from five low- and middle-income countries. 2020. British Journal of Nutrition, 1-9. doi:10.1017/S0007114520003864
  3. Abdulahi, M., Fretheim, A., Argaw, A. et al. Adaptation and validation of the Iowa infant feeding attitude scale and the breastfeeding knowledge questionnaire for use in an Ethiopian setting. Int Breastfeed J. 2020; 15, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-020-00269-w
  4. Workicho A., Belachew T., Argaw A., Argaw A et al. Maternal nutritional status mediates the association between maternal age and birth outcomes. Matern Child Nutr. 2020;e13015. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13015
  5. Hanley‐Cook G., Argaw A., Daha P. et al. Elucidating the sustained decline in under-three child linear growth faltering in Nepal, 1996-2016. Matern Child Nutr. 2020;e12982. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12982
  6. Hanley‐Cook G., Argaw A., Daha P., et al. Infant and young child feeding practices and child linear growth in Nepal: Regression–decomposition analysis of national survey data, 1996–2016. Matern Child Nutr. 2020;e12911. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12911
  7. Hawwash D., Sharp MK., Argaw A., et al. Usefulness of applying research reporting guidelines as Writing Aid software: a crossover randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2019;9:e030943. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030943
  8. Argaw A, Hanley-Cook G, De Cock N. et al. Drivers of Under-Five Stunting Trend in 14 Low- and Middle-Income Countries since the Turn of the Millennium: A Multilevel Pooled Analysis of 50 Demographic and Health Surveys. Nutrients. 2019; 11(10):2485. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102485
  9. Workicho  A, Belachew T, Argaw A, et al. Adolescent pregnancy and linear growth of infants: a birth cohort study in rural Ethiopia. NutrJ . 2019; 18 (22). doi:10.1186/s12937-019-0448-0
  10. Lanou, HB, Osendarp, SJM, Argaw, A, et al. Micronutrient powder supplements combined with nutrition education marginally improve growth amongst children aged 6–23 months in rural Burkina Faso: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2019; 15e12820. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12820
  11. Argaw A, Huybregts L, Wondafrash M, et al. Neither n–3 Long-Chain PUFA Supplementation of Mothers through Lactation nor of Offspring in a Complementary Food Affects Child Overall or Social-Emotional Development: A 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Ethiopia. J Nutr. 2018;148:1-8. doi:10.1093/jn/nxy202.
  12. Argaw A, Wondafrash M, Bouckaert KP, et al. Effects of n-3 long-chain PUFA supplementation to lactating mothers and their breastfed children on child growth and morbidity: A 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial in rural Ethiopia. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018;107(3):454-464. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqx057.
  13. Digssie A, Argaw  A.&Belachew  T. Developing an equation for estimating body height from linear body measurements of Ethiopian adults. J PhysiolAnthropol. 2018; 37( 26) doi:10.1186/s40101-018-0185-7
  14. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, et al. Enhancing personal hygiene behavior and competency of elementary school adolescents through peer-led approach and School-Friendly: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Ethiop J Heal Sci. 2017;27(3):245. doi:10.4314/ejhs.v27i3.6.
  15. Getachew T, Argaw A. Intestinal helminth infections and dietary diversity score predict nutritional status of urban schoolchildren from southern. BMC Nutr. 2017;3:1-9. doi:10.1186/s40795-017-0128-4.
  16. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M et al. Effect of integrated school-based nutrition education on optimal dietary practices and nutritional status of school adolescents in Southwest of Ethiopia : a quasi-experimental study. Int J Adolesc Med Heal. 2016. doi:10.1515/ijamh-2016-0015.
  17. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, et al. Improving dietary diversity of school adolescents through school based nutrition education and home gardening in Jimma Zone : Quasi-experimental design. Eat Behav. 2016;23:180-186. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.10.009.
  18. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, et al. Household food insecurity and its association with school absenteeism among primary school adolescents in Jimma zone , Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 2016;16(802):1-8. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3479-x.
  19. Shegaz M, Wondafrash M, Argaw A, et al. Magnitude and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among Highschool Adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Int J Medical. 2016;10(4):194-200.
  20. Berheto TM, Mikitie WK, Argaw A. Urban-rural disparities in the nutritional status of school adolescent girls in the Mizandistrict , south- western Ethiopia. Rural Remote Health. 2015;15(2687):1-10.
  21. Assefa T, Samuel A, Argaw A, et al. Assessment of status of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practice, policy and programs: Achievements and Gaps, in Ethiopia. Ethiop Heal Nutr Res Inst. 2013:40.
  22. Argaw A, Abebe Y, Gibson RS. A 24-h recall does not provide a valid estimate of absolute nutrient intakes for rural women in southern Ethiopia. Nutrition. 2011;27(9):919-924.

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