Tefera BelachewLema

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Tefera BelachewLema

Prof.

Faculty of Public health, Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Full name: Tefera BelachewLema
Nationality:Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Professor
Current Post, if any: Director School of Graduate Studies
College/institute : Health
Department/Team: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field of specialization: Human Nutrition
Research interest: Epidemiology of diet-related diseases, metabolic diseases, body composition, Child growth, Micronutrient, dietary interventions.
Publications

  1. Impact of early life famine exposure on adulthood anthropometry among survivors of the 1983–1985 Ethiopian Great famine: a historical cohort study, BMC Public Health, 2021, 21(1). OI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09982-x
  2. Muleta A, Hailu D, Belachew T. Camel milk consump- tion was associated with lower prevalence of anaemia among preschool children in rural pastoral districts of Somali, Eastern Ethiopia, Nutrition (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2021.111170
  3. Sigana M, Teshome MS, Lindstrom D, Belachew T. Development and validation of Body Fat Percent Prediction Equation for Screening Obesity in Adults. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2021 (accepted for Publication).
  4. Tessema M, De Groote H, Brouwer ID, De Boevre M, Vidal A, Stoecker BJ, Feskens EJM, Belachew T, Karakitsou A, Gunaratna NS. Exposure to aflatoxins and fumonisins and linear growth of children in rural Ethiopia: a longitudinal study. Public Health Nutrition, 2021; 1 – 28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021000422
  5. Mulketa H, Hailu D, Belachew T. Camel milk consumption was associated with lower prevalence of anaemia among preschool children in rural pastoral districts of Somali, Eastern Ethiopia. Nutrition Available online 23 January 2021, 111170, In Press, Journal Pre-proofWhat are Journal Pre-proof articles?
  6. Handiso YH, Belachew T, Abuye C, Workicho A, Baye K. Undernutrition and its determinants among adolescent girls in low land area of Southern Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2021; 16(1): e0240677. Published online 2021 Jan 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240677
  7. Deybasso HA, Roba KT and Belachew T. Perceived role of hot food in the pathogenesis of oesophageal cancer: a qualitative study in the Arsi Zone, Oromia, Central Ethiopia. Journal of Nutritional Science, 2021; 10 ( e1): 1- 8.
    Muluye SD, BelachewT, Diddana TZ.
  8. Effects of Nutrition Education on Improving Knowledge andPractice of Complementary Feeding of Mothers with 6- to23-Month-Old Children in Daycare Centers in Hawassa Town,Southern Ethiopia: An Institution-Based RandomizedControl Trial. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020, Article ID 6571583, 10 pageshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6571583
  9. Gebreegziabiher G, BelachewT, Tamiru D. Abnormal Glucose Metabolism and Associated Risk Factors Among Adults in Mekelle City. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy 2020:13
  10. Asfaw A ,Belachew T, Gari T. Effect of nutrition education on iodine deficiency disorders and iodized salt intake in south west Ethiopian women: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Asfaw et al. BMC Women’s Health , 2020; 20:255 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01126-y.
  11. AbiyuC, Belachew T. Effect of complementary feeding behaviour change communication delivered through community-level actors on infant growth and morbidity in rural communities of WestGojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2021;e13136.
  12. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/mcn https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13136.
    AbiyuC, Belachew T.
  13. Effect of complementary feeding behaviour change communication delivered through community-level actors on the time of initiation of complementary foods in rural communities of West Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics (2020) 20:509 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02396-z.
    Abiyu C, Belachew T.
  14. Effect of complementary feeding behavior change communication delivered through community-level actors on dietary adequacy of infants in rural communities of West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A cluster-randomized controlled trial PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238355 – September 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238355
  15. Abiyu C, Belachew T. Level and Predictors of Mothers’ Knowledge and Attitude on Optimal Complementary Feeding in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements 2020, 12:113-121.
    Kabthymer RH, GetuGizawG, Belachew T. Time to Cure and Predictors of Recovery Among Children Aged 6–59 Months with Severe Acute Malnutrition Admitted in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Clinical Epidemiology 2020:12 1149–1159.
  16. Handiso YH, BelachewT ,Abuye C , Workicho A. Low dietary diversity and its determinants among adolescent girls in Southern Ethiopia. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020; 6(1.)
  17. Golan J, Belachew T, Abonesh Taye Kumsa, Getu Gizaw, John Hoddinott. Development and Validation of Skinfold-Thickness Equations for Predicting Body Fatness in Ethiopian Adults. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(Supplement_2), 833-833 – June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa053_038
  18. Ferede A, Belachew T, Abera M. Effect of nutrition behaviour change intervention on improving micronutrients concentration and linear growth of children age 6 to 59 months in central highland of Ethiopia: Cluster randomized control trial. Integr Food NutrMetab, 2020 doi: 10.15761/IFNM.1000287
  19. Asfaw A, Belachew T. Effect of Iodine Deficiency on Academic Performance of School Children in Dawro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements 2020:12, 157–166.
  20. Asfaw A, Belachew T. Magnitude of iodine deficiency disorder and associated factors in Dawro zone, Southwest Ethiopia; the hidden hunger: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nutr. 2020 Jun 8;6:20. doi: 10.1186/s40795-020-00345-8. eCollection 2020.
  21. Zeleke Mekonnen1 ,Derartu Hassen2, SerkadisDebalke, AbebawTiruneh, YaregalAsres, LegesseChelkeba, EndalewZemene and Belachew T. Soil-transmitted helminth infections and nutritional status of school children in government elementary schools in Jimma Town, Southwestern Ethiopia. SAGE Open Medicine Volume 8: 1–10 © The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/2050312120954696
  22. Deybasso HA, Roba KT, Nega B, Belachew T. Clinico-Pathological Findings and Spatial Distributions of Esophageal Cancer in Arsi Zone, Central Ethiopia – September 2020 ,https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-78101/v1
    SirawdinkFikreyesusForsido, Alemgena Ayana Hordofa , Abebe Ayelign, Belachew T, Oliver Hensel. Effects of fermentation and malt addition on the physicochemical properties of cereal based complementary foods in Ethiopia .Heliyon, 2020; (6) e04606.
  23. Tsegaye D, Tamiru D, Belachew T. Factors Associated with Dietary Practice and Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women in Rural Communities of Illu Aba Bor Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements 2020:12 103–112.
  24. Arage G, Belachew T, Hassen H, Abera M, Abdulhay F, Abdulahi M, Hassen Abate K. Consequences of early life exposure to the 1983-1985 Ethiopian Great Famine on cognitive function in adults: a historical cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(9), e038977 – September 2020, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038977
  25. Arage G, Belachew T, Hassen H, Abera M, Abdulhay F, Abdulahi M, Hassen Abate K Effects of prenatal exposure to the 1983-1985 Ethiopian Great Famine on metabolic syndrome in adults: a historical cohort study. Br J Nutr. 2020 Jun 10:1-27. doi: 10.1017/S0007114520002123. Online ahead of print.
  26. Workicho A, Belachew T, Argaw A, Roba A, Ghosh S, Kershaw M, Lachat C, Kolsteren P. Maternal nutritional status mediates the association between maternal age and birth outcomes.Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Apr 30:e13015. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13015. Online ahead of print.
  27. Demilew YM, Alene GD, Belachew T. Effect of guided counselling on dietary practices of pregnant women in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia.PLoS One. 2020 May 26;15(5):e0233429. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233429. eCollection 2020.
  28. Demilew YM, Alene GD, Belachew T. Effect of guided counselling on nutritional status of pregnant women in West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Nutr J. 2020 Apr 28;19(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00536-w.
  29. Demilew YM, Alene GD, Belachew T. Dietary practices and associated factors among pregnant women in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Jan 6;20(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2702-z.
  30. Assefa M, Fite RO, Taye A, Belachew T. Institutional delivery service use and associated factors among women who delivered during the last 2 years in Dallocha town, SNNPR, Ethiopia. Nursing Open. 2020;7:186–194.
  31. Tessema TT, Alamdo AG, Yirtaw TG, Deble FA, Mekonen EB, Abessa TG, Lema TB. The effects of psychosocial stimulation on the development, growth, and treatment outcome of children with severe acute malnutrition age 6-59 months in southern Ethiopia: a parallel group cluster randomized control trial (EPSoSAMC study). BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 2;19(1):1610. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7916-5.
  32. Assefa M, Fite RO, Taye A, Belachew T. Institutional delivery service use and associated factors among women who delivered during the last 2 years in Dallocha town, SNNPR, Ethiopia.Nurs Open. 2019 Oct 1;7(1):186-194. doi: 10.1002/nop2.378. eCollection 2020 Jan.
  33. Tesfamariam K, De Boevre M, Kolsteren P, Belachew T, Mesfin A, De Saeger S, Lachat C. Dietary mycotoxins exposure and child growth, immune system, morbidity, and mortality: a systematic literature review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2019 Nov 6:1-21. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2019.1685455. [Epub ahead of print].
  34. Fite RO, Assefa M, Demissie A, Belachew T3. Predictors of therapeutic communication between nurses and hospitalized patients. Heliyon. 2019 Nov 1;5(10):e02665. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02665. eCollection 2019 Oct.
  35. Sinaga M, Yemane T, Tegene E, Lidstrom D, Belachew T. Metabolic Effects of and animal sourec food avoidance among Ethiopian adult cohorts. Scientific RepoRtS (2019) 9:16964 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53185-3
    Wolde T, Belachew T. Predictors of thinness and improved dietary diversity among School Aged Children in Southern Ethiopia. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements 2019:11 49–58.
  36. Sinaga M, Yemane T, Tegene E, Lidstrom D, Belachew T. Performance of newly developed body mass index cut-off for diagnosing obesity among Ethiopian adults.J PhysiolAnthropol. 2019 Oct 26;38(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40101-019-0205-2.
  37. Abate KH, Belachew T. Chronic Malnutrition Among Under Five Children of Ethiopia May Not Be Economic. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2019 Mar;29(2):265-277. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v29i2.14.
    Ferede A, Abera M, Belachew T. Median Urinary Iodine Concentration and Associated Factors Among Children Age 6 to 59 Months in Central Highland of Ethiopia. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res. April 29, 2019.
  38. Bushra AW, BelachewT, Argaw A Ghosh S, Kershaw M, Lachat C, Kolsteren K. Adolescent pregnancy and linear growth of infants: a birth cohort study in rural Ethiopia. Nutrition Journal201918:22
  39. Wolde T, Belachew T. Chronic undernutrition (stunting) is detrimental to academic performance among primary schools of adolescent children: a randomized cross sectional survey in Southern Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Mar 15;12 (1):142. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4160-0.
  40. Ghosh S1, Spielman K, Kershaw M, Ayele K, Kidane Y, Zillmer K, Wentworth L, Pokharel A, Griffiths JK, Belachew T, Kennedy E. Nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive factors associated with mid-upper arm circumference as a measure of nutritional status in pregnant Ethiopian women: Implications for programming in the first 1000 days. PLoS One. 2019 Mar 26;14(3):e0214358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214358. eCollection 2019.
    Forsido SF, Duguma HT, BelachewT, Sturm B, Hensel O. Nutritional and sensory quality of composite extruded complementary food. Food Sci Nutr. 2019;1–8.
  41. TessemaM , Groote HD, Brouwer ID , Feskens EJM, Belachew T,Zerfu D, Belay A, Demelash Y, Gunaratna NS. Soil Zinc Is Associated with Serum Zinc But Not with Linear Growth of Children in Ethiopia. Nutrients 2019, 11, 221; doi:10.3390/nu11020221
  42. BezawitTemesgenSima, BelachewT, Fekadu Abebe. Health care providers’ knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma regarding tuberculosis in a pastoralist community in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019; 19: 19. Published online 2019 Jan 8. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3815-1.
  43. Ferede A, Abera M, Belachew T. Knowledge and Attitude about Prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) among Women and Quantification of Iodide found in Table Salt in Central Highland of Ethiopia. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. Volume 12- Issue 2: 2018
  44. Woldie T, Belachew T. School-Based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Nutrition Behaviour Change Communication Interventions in Improving Nutritional Status and Academic Performance of Schoolchildren in South Ethiopia: Study Protocol. Nutr Disorders Ther 8: 240. doi:10.4172/2161-0509.1000240
  45. Alemayehu ArgawLieven HuybregtsMekitie WondafrashPatrick KolsterenTefera BelachewBerhanu N WorkuTeklu G AbessaKimberley P Bouckaert .
  46. 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 The Journal of Nutrition, nxy202, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxy202Digssie A,
  47. ArgawA, Belachew T. Developing an equation for estimating body height from linear body measurements of Ethiopian adults. J PhysiolAnthropol. 2018 Nov 26;37(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40101-018-0185-7.
  48. Sinaga M, Worku M, Yemane T, Tegene E, Wakayo T, Girma T, Lindstrom D, Belachew T. Optimal cut-off for obesity and markers of metabolic syndrome for Ethiopian adults.Nutr J. 2018 Nov 22;17(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12937-018-0416-0.
  49. Bushra, A. W., Belachew, T., Ghosh, S., Kershaw, M., Lachat, C., &Kolsteren, P. (2018). Burden and determinants of under nutrition among young pregnant women in Ethiopia: A multivariable hierarchical regression analysis. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Nov 13:e12751. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12751. [Epub ahead of print]
  50. MasreshaTessema, Nilupa S. Gunaratna 4, Inge D. Brouwer 1 , Katherine Donato 5 , Jessica L. Cohen 5, Margaret McConnell 5, Tefera Belachew 3, DemissieBelayneh 6 and Hugo De Groote . Associations among High-Quality Protein and Energy Intake, Serum Transthyretin, Serum Amino Acids and Linear Growth of Children in Ethiopia. Nutrients 2018, 10, 1776; doi:10.3390/nu10111776.
  51. Zeynudin A, Pritsch M, Schubert S, Messerer M, Liegl G, Hoelscher M, Belachew T, Wieser A. Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of CTX-M type extended-spectrum β-lactamases among clinical isolates of gram-negative bacilli in Jimma, Ethiopia. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 20;18(1):524. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3436-7
  52. Negussie A, Debalke D, Belachew T, Tadesse F. Tuberculosis co-infection and its associated factors among People living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral therapy clinic in southern Ethiopia: a facility based retrospective study. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Jun 28;11(1):417. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3530-3.
  53. Malako BG, Teshome MS, Belachew T. Anemia and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Damot Sore District, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia. BMC Hematol. 2018 Jul 3;18:14. doi: 10.1186/s12878-018-0108-1. eCollection 2018.
  54. Endriyas M, Belachew T, Megerssa B. Missed opportunities in family planning: process evaluation of family planning program in Omo Nada district, Oromia region, Ethiopia. Contracept Reprod Med. 2018 Aug 1;3:14. doi: 10.1186/s40834-018-0068-7. eCollection 2018.
  55. Wakayo T, Belachew T, Whiting SJ. Serum Vitamin D Level Associates With Handgrip Muscle Strength Among Ethiopian Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study. Food Nutr Bull. 2018 Mar;39(1):54-64. doi: 10.1177/0379572117724545. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
  56. Admassu B, Wells JCK, Girma T, Belachew T, Ritz C, Owino V, Abera M, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Kæstel P, Friis H, Andersen GS. Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study.Nutr Diabetes. 2018 Sep 7;8(1):46. doi: 10.1038/s41387-018-0056-7.
  57. Glick P, Luoto J, Orrs MS, Oliva MS, Tabin GC, Sanders DS, Thomas BJ, Ruit S, Belachew T, Tasfaw AK. The individual and household impacts of cataract surgery on older blind adults in Ethiopia. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2018 Sep 7:1-12. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2018.1504310. [Epub ahead of print]
  58. Woldetensay YK, Belachew T, Biesalski HK, Ghosh S, Lacruz ME, Scherbaum V, Kantelhardt EJ. The role of nutrition, intimate partner violence and social support in prenatal depressive symptoms in rural Ethiopia: community based birth cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Sep 15;18(1):374. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-2009-5.
  59. Wayessa ZJ, Belachew T, Joseph J. Birth asphyxia and associated factors among newborns delivered in Jimma zone public hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health. 2018; 6(2): 1289-1295. OI:0.22038/JMRH.2018.10483
  60. Admassu B, Ritz C, Wells JCK, Girma T, Andersen GS, Belachew T, Owino V, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kæstel P. Accretion of Fat-Free Mass Rather Than Fat Mass in Infancy Is Positively Associated with Linear Growth in Childhood. J Nutr. 2018 Apr 1;148(4):607-615. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy003.
    Argaw A, Wondafrash M, Bouckaert KP, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, BelachewT, De Meulenaer B, HuybregtsL.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 Mar 1;107(3):454-464. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqx057.
  61. Woldetensay YK, Belachew T, Tesfaye M, Spielman K, Biesalski HK, Kantelhardt EJ, Scherbaum V. Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a screening tool for depression in pregnant women: Afaan Oromo version.PLoS One. 2018 Feb 6;13 (2):e0191782. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191782. eCollection 2018.
  62. Tesfaye T, Darega J, Belachew T, Abera A. HIV positive sero-status disclosure and its determinants among people living with HIV /AIDS following ART clinic in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia: a facility- based cross-sectional study. Arch Public Health. 2018 Jan 15;76:1. doi: 10.1186/s13690-017-0251-3. eCollection 2018.
  63. Mezgebe K, Belachew T, Neela. Optimization of red teff flour, malted soybean flour, and papaya fruit powder blending ratios for better nutritional quality and sensory acceptability of porridge. Food Sci Nutr. 2018;1–13. DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.624.
  64. Fentahun N, Belachew T, Coates J ,Lachat C. Seasonality and determinants of child growth velocity and growth deficit in rural southwest Ethiopia. BMC Pediatrics (2018) 18:20.
  65. Tamiru D, BelachewT .Household food insecurity and its association with morbidity report among school adolescent in Jimma zone, Ethiopia. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2018 Jan 13. pii: /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2017-0042/ijamh-2017-0042.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0042. [Epub ahead of print]
  66. TilahunMekonnenRegassa, Tefera BelachewLema and GugsaNemeraGarmomsa Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Jimma Zone Public Hospital. Occup Med Health Aff 2018, 6:3 DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000279
  67. Laelago T, Belachew T, Tamrat M. Effect of intimate partner violence on birth outcomes. Afr Health Sci. 2017 Sep;17(3):681-689. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v17i3.10.
  68. Zillmer K, Pokharel A, Spielman K, Kershaw M, Ayele K, Kidane Y, Belachew T, Houser RF1, Kennedy E1, Griffiths JK1, Ghosh S1. Predictors of anemia in pregnant women residing in rural areas of the Oromiya region of Ethiopia. BMC Nutr. 2017 Jul 25;3:65. doi: 10.1186/s40795-017-0166-y. eCollection 2017.
  69. Belachew YB, Tefera BelachewLema,Germossa GN, Adinew YM. Blood/Body Fluid Exposure and Needle Stick/Sharp Injury among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals; Southwest Ethiopia. Front Public Health. 2017 Nov 27;5:299. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00299. eCollection 2017.
  70. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, Ayana G, Nigussie A, Jisha H, Belachew T. Enhancing Personal Hygiene Behavior and Competency of Elementary School Adolescents through Peer-Led Approach and School-Friendly: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2017 May;27(3):245-254.
  71. Laelago T, Belachew T, Tamrat M. Effect of intimate partner violence on birth outcomes. Afri Health Sci. 2017;17(3): 681-689. https:// dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v17i3.10
  72. Ademe BW, Coates CJ, Dalsgaard3 A, Brimer L, Belachew T. Khat Production and Consumption; Its Implication on Land Area Used for Crop Production and Crop Variety Production among Rural Household of Ethiopia. Journal of Food Security, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 4, 148-154
  73. MeleseSinaga Teshome, SelamBogaleGissa, BeakalZinab Tefera, Belachew T. Undernutrition and its predictors among people living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral therapy clinic in Jimma University Specialized Hospital. International Journal of Nutrition and MetabolismVol. 9(8), pp. 67-74, September 2017.DOI: 10.5897/IJNAM2017.0222
  74. Tefera E, Belay T, Mekonnen SK, Zeynudin A, Belachew T. Prevalence and intensity of soil transmitted helminths among school children of Mendera Elementary School, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia. Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Jun 6;27:88. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.27.88.8817. eCollection 2017.
  75. Sima BT, Belachew T, Abebe F. Knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma towards tuberculosis among pastoralists; Do they differ from sedentary communities? A comparative cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2017 Jul 17;12(7):e0181032. doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0181032. eCollection 2017.
  76. Getahun W, Belachew T, Wolide AD. Burden and associated factors of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care in southern Ethiopia: cross sectional study. BMC Res Notes. 2017 Jul 14;10(1):276. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2605-x.
  77. Abate KH, Belachew T. Care and not wealth is a predictor of wasting and stunting of ‘The Coffee Kids’ of Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia. Nutr Health. 2017 Jan 1:260106017706253. doi: 10.1177/0260106017706253. [Epub ahead of print]
  78. Jebena MG, Lindstrom, Lachat C, Belachew T,Kolsteren. The effect of food insecurity on health status of adolescents in Ethiopia: longitudinal study. BMC Public Health. 2017 May 18;17(1):465. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4406-5.
  79. Semachew A, Belachew T, Tesfaye T, Adinew YM. Predictors of job satisfaction among nurses working in Ethiopian public hospitals, 2014: institution-based cross-sectional study. Hum Resour Health. 2017 Apr 24;15(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12960-017-0204-5.
  80. Hassen K, Gizaw G, Belachew T. Dual Burden of Malnutrition Among Adolescents of Smallholder Coffee Farming Households of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Food Nutr Bull. 2017 Jan 1:379572117701660. doi: 10.1177/0379572117701660. [Epub ahead of print]
  81. Admassu B, Wells JC2, Girma T, Andersen GS, Owino V5, Belachew T, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, KæstelP.Body composition at birth and height at 2 years: A prospective cohort study among children in Jimma, Ethiopia. Pediatr Res. 2017 Apr 19. doi: 10.1038/pr.2017.59. [Epub ahead of print]
  82. Bekele T, Dessalegn H, Benalfew L, Belachew T, Tesfay T, Abera H. Uncontrolled hypertension and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients on follow-up at Jimma University Teaching and Specialized Hospital: cross-sectional study. Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology 2017:8 21–29.
  83. TamiruD, Belachew T. The association of food insecurity and school absenteeism: systematic review. Tamiru and BelachewAgric & Food Secur (2017) 6:5.
  84. Abate KH, Belachew T. Women’s autonomy and men’s involvement in child care and feeding as predictors of infant and young child anthropometric indices in coffee farming households of Jimma Zone, South West of Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 6;12(3):e0172885. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172885. eCollection 2017.
  85. Pritsch M, Zeynudin A, Messerer M, Baumer S, Liegl G, Schubert S, Löscher T, Hoelscher M, Belachew T, Rachow A, Wieser A. First report on bla NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in three clinical isolates from Ethiopia. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 1;17(1):180. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2289-9. PMID: 28249575.
  86. Daniel k, Belachew T, Hailu C, Abera E. Prevalence of household food insecurity and its association with nutritional outcomes of children 6-59 months in Hossana Town, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Harmonized Research in Health Sci. 20016;3(4):265-280.
  87. Roba KT, O’Connor TP, Belachew T, O’Brien NM. Concurrent iron and zinc deficiencies in lactating mothers and their children 6-23 months of age in two agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia. Eur J Nutr. 2016 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print]
  88. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, Ayana G, Nigussie A, Belachew T. 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 Health. 2016 Dec 15. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2016-0015.
  89. Hassen K, Zinab B,Belachew T. Gender and education as predictors of food insecurity among coffee farming households of the Jimma zone, Southwest of Ethiopia. BMC Nutrition (2016) 2:75.DOI 10.1186/s40795-016-0116-0.
  90. Workicho A, Belachew T, Feyissa GT, Wondafrash B, Lachat C, Verstraeten R, Kolsteren P. Household dietary diversity and Animal Source Food consumption in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2011 Welfare Monitoring Survey. BMC Public Health. 2016 Nov 25;16(1):1192.
  91. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, Nigussie A, Ayana G, Belachew T. Improving dietary diversity of school adolescents through school based nutrition education and home gardening in Jimma Zone: Quasi-experimental design. Eat Behav. 2016 Oct 26;23:180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.10.009. [Epub ahead of print]
  92. Jebena MG, Lindstrom D, Belachew T,Hadley C, Lachat C, Verstraeten R, De Cock N, Kolsteren P. Food Insecurity and Common Mental Disorders among Ethiopian Youth: Structural Equation Modeling. PLoS One. 2016 Nov 15;11(11):e0165931. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165931. eCollection 2016.
  93. Roba KT1, O’Connor TP, Belachew T, O’Brien NM2.Variations between post- and pre-harvest seasons in stunting, wasting, and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices among children 6-23 months of age in lowland and midland agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia. Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Jun 27;24:163. eCollection 2016.
  94. Roba KT, O’Connor TP, Belachew T. Nora M O’Brien2.Anemia and undernutrition among children aged 6–23 months in two agroecological zones of rural Ethiopia.Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics 2016:7 131–140.
    Awel AA. LemaTB, Hebo HJ. Nutritional status and associated factors among primary school adolescents of pastoral and agropastoral communities, Mieso Woreda, Somali Region, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, November 2016;8(11): 297-310, DOI: 10.5897/JPHE2016.0824.
  95. Hussen S, Belachew T, Hussien N. Nutritional status and its effect on treatment outcome among HIV infected clients receiving HAART in Ethiopia: a cohort study. AIDS Res Ther (2016) 13:32 . DOI 10.1186/s12981-016-0116-9
  96. Tamiru D, Argaw A, Gerbaba M, Ayana G, Nigussie A, BelachewT.Household food insecurity and its association with school absenteeism among primary school adolescents in Jimma zone, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 2016 Aug 17;16(1):802. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3479-x.
  97. Fentahun N1, Lachat C, BelachewT.Concordance of poor child feeding and preventive behavior and its predictors in southwest rural Ethiopia. Food Nutr Res. 2016 Aug 9;60:32207. doi: 10.3402/fnr.v60.32207. eCollection 2016.
    Dagget T, Molla A, Belachew T. Job related stress among nurses working in Jimma Zone public hospitals, South West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Nurs. 2016 Jun 16;15:39. doi: 10.1186/s12912-016-0158-2. eCollection 2016.
  98. Fentahun N, Belachew T, Lachat C. Determinants and morbidities of multiple anthropometric deficits in southwest rural Ethiopia. Nutrition. 2016 Apr 8. pii: S0899-9007(16)30038-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.03.023. [Epub ahead of print]
  99. James P, Sadler K,Wondafras M, Argaw A, Luo H, Geleta B, Kedir K, Getnet Y, Belachew T. Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition with No Access to Supplementary Feeding Programmes Experience High Rates of Deterioration and No Improvement: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study in Rural Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 21;11(4):e0153530. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153530. eCollection 2016.
  100. Roba KT, O’Connor TP, Belachew T. O’Brien NM. Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices Among Mothers of Children Aged 6–23 Months in Two Agro-ecological Zones of Rural Ethiopia. International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences 2016; 5(3): 185-194 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijnfsdoi: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20160503.16.
  101. Wolde T, Belachew T, Moges D. Prevalence of Acute Malnutrition (Wasting) and Associated Factors among Preschool Children Aged 36-60 Months at Hawassa Zuria, South Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross Sectional Study. J Nutr Food Sci 2016, 6:2.http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9600.1000466.
  102. Alemayehu Argaw, MekitieWondafrash, Kimberley Bouckaert, Patrick P Kolsteren, Belachew T and LieveneHuybregts. n-3 LC-PUFAsupplementation to lactating mothers improved development of their breastfed children: individually randomized controlled trial from developing country (In press on American Journal of clinical Nutrition).
  103. Wakayo T, Whiting SJ, Belachew T. Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Overweight and/or Obesity among Schoolchildren in Central Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2016 Apr 1;8(4). pii: E190. doi: 10.3390/nu8040190.
  104. Awel AA, BelachewT, Hebo HJ. Nutritional status and associated factors among primary school adolescents of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities, Mieso Woreda, Somali Region, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology. November 2016;. 8(11: 297-310, DOI: 10.5897/JPHE2016.0824
  105. Tefera E, Belay T, Mekonnen SK, Zeynudin A, Belachew T. Therapeutic efficacy of different brands of albendazole against soil transmitted helminths among students of Mendera Elementary School, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia. Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Nov 18;22:252. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.22.252.6501. eCollection 2015.
  106. Negash C, Whiting SJ, Henry CJ, Belachew T, Hailemariam TG. Association between Maternal and Child Nutritional Status in Hula, Rural Southern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 20;10(11):e0142301. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142301. eCollection 2015.
  107. Sinaga M, Mohammed A, Teklu N, Stelljes K, Belachew T. Effectiveness of the population health and environment approach in improving family planning outcomes in the Gurage, Zone South Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 2015 Nov 13;15(1):1123.
  108. Feyisso M, Belachew T, Tesfay A and AddisuY.Differentials of modern contraceptive methods use by food security status among married women of reproductive age in Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia : the launch of Archives of Public Health Archives of Public Health, 73:38 (28 Sep 2015).
  109. Mulusew G. Jebena, Mohammed Taha ,Motohiro Nakajima , Andrine Lemieux , FikreLemessa , Richard Hoffma , Markos Tesfaye, Belachew T , NetsanetWorkineh , Esayas Kebede, TekluGemechu , Yinebeb Tariku, Hailemariam Segni, Patrick Kolsteren and Mustafa al’Absi. Household food insecurity and mental distress among pregnant women in Southwestern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study design. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2015 15:250 DOI 10.1186/s12884-015-0699-5.
  110. Ebstie YA, Zeynudin A, Belachew T, Desalegn Z and Suleman S. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in Bahir Dar District, Northwest Ethiopia: an observational cohort study. Malaria Journal, 2015; 14:236.
  111. Lenjisa JL, Wega SS, Lema TB, Ayana GA. Outcomes of highly active antiretroviral therapy and its predictors: a cohort study focusing on tuberculosis co-infection in South West Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 15;8:446. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1417-0.
  112. Zema T, Bosha T, Belachew T. A Baseline Survey on Household Cultivation and Dietary Consumption of Vitamin A and Zinc Rich Foods by 6-23 Months of Old Children in SodoZuria Woreda of Wolayta Zone, Southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Engineering 2015, 5(3): 115-120 DOI: 10.5923/j.food.20150503.02
  113. KedirTejiRoba, Thomas P. O’Connor, Belachew T, Nora M. O’Brien. Seasonal variation in nutritional status and anaemia among lactating mothers in two agro-ecological zones of rural Ethiopia: A longitudinal study. Nutrition. Received: January 16, 2015; Received in revised form: March 24, 2015; Accepted: March 24, 2015; Published Online: April 02, 2015.
  114. Belachew T. Are We Ready for the Rising Silent Epidemic of Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Non-Communicable Disease in Ethiopia? Ethiop J Health Sci. 2015 Jan; 25(1): 1–2(Editorial).
    Wakayo T, Belachew T,Vatanparast H2, Whiting SJ. . Vitamin D deficiency and its predictors in a country with thirteen months of sunshine: the case of school children in central Ethiopia. PLoSOne, 2015 Mar 30;10(3):e0120963. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120963.
  115. Banbeta A, Seyoum D, Belachew T, Birilie B, Getachew Y. Modeling Time-to-cure from Severe Acute Malnutrition: Application of Various Parametric Frailty Models. Archives of Public Health 2015, 73:6 doi:10.1186 /2049-3258-73-6.
  116. Haile D, Belachew T, Birhanu G, Setegn T, Biadgilign. Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among HIV Positive mothers in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2015; 34: 5 .
  117. Assefa H, Belachew T, Negash L. Socio-demographic factors associated with underweight and stunting among adolescents in Ethiopia. Pan Afr Med J. 2015 Mar 17; 20:252. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.252.3588.
    Solomon Y, Beker J,Belachew T. Professionalism and its Predictors among Nurses Working in Jimma Zone Public Hospitals, South West Ethiopia. Solomon et al., J Nurs Care 2015, 4:5.
  118. Tolasa B, Bayissa D, Tesfaye T, Belachew T. Food Insecurity and Associated Factors among People Living with HIV Attending ART Clinic in Fitche Zonal Hospital, Ethiopia . Journal of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, 2015: 8, 1-11.
  119. Wakayo T,Belachew T, Vatanparast H2, Whiting SJ. Vitamin D deficiencyVitamin D Status of Children in Rural and Urban Ethiopia: Predictors for Deficiency. In: Adrian Martineau and David Jolliffe. Vitamin D and Human Health: from the Gamete to the Grave”: Report on a meeting held at Queen Mary University of London, 23rd–25th April 2014, Nutrients, 2014:6.
  120. Lenjisa1 JL, Wega SS, BelachewT, Gemeda Abebe Ayana. Mortality of Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy with and without TB co-infection in Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia: Retrospective Cohort Study. J AIDS Clin Res ISSN: J AIDS Clin Res 2014, 5:9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-6113.1000350.
  121. Negash C, Belachew T, Henry CJ, Kebebu A, Abegaz K, Whiting SJ. Effect of Nutrition education and introduction of broad bean based complementary food on knowledge and dietary practices of caregivers and nutritional status of their young children in rural southern Ethiopia. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2014;35(4):480-486.
  122. Yeneabat T, Belachew T, Haile M. Determinants of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding in AnkeshaGuagusa Woreda, Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Aug 9; 14:262. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-262.
  123. Beker J, Belachew T, Mekonin A, Hailu E. Predictors of Adherence to Self-care Behaviour among Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Attending Jimma University Specialized Hospital Chronic Follow up Clinic, South West Ethiopia. J Cardiovasc Dis Diagn 2014, 2:6 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-9517.1000180.
  124. Haile D, Belachew T, Birhanu G, Setegn T, Biadgilign S (2014) Infant feeding practices among HIV exposed infants using summary index in Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Pediatrics 14:49.
    Haile D, Belachew T, Birhanu G, Setegn T, BiadgilignS(2014) Stability of infant and child feeding index over time and its association with nutritional status of HIV exposed infants in Ethiopia: A longitudinal study. Early Human Development 90 : 815–820.
  125. HaileD, Belachew T, Birhanu G, Setegn T, Biadgilign S (2014) Predictors of Breastfeeding Cessation among HIV Infected Mothers in Southern Ethiopia: A Survival Analysis. PLoS ONE 9(3): e90067. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090067
  126. Abera M, Tesfaye M, Belachew T, Hanlon C. Perceived challenges and opportunities arising from integration of mental health into primary care: a cross-sectional survey of primary health care workers in south-west Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Mar 6;14(1):113. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-113.
  127. Wolde T, Belachew T. Prevalence and Determinant Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Preschool Children Living in Hawassa City, South Ethiopia. Food Science and Quality Management. 2014; 29: 2225-0557.
  128. Asegid A, Belachew T, Yimam E. Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction and Anticipated Turnover among Nurses in Sidama Zone Public Health Facilities, South Ethiopia. Nursing Research and Practice , 2014, Article ID 909768, 26 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/909768,
  129. Belachew T, Lindstrom D, Gebremariam A, Hogan D, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Kolsteren P. Food insecurity, food based coping strategies and suboptimal dietary practices. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e57643. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057643.
  130. Belachew T, Lindstrom D, Hadley C, Gebremariam A, Kasahun W, Kolsteren P. Food insecurity and linear growth of adolescents in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.Nutr J. 2013 May 2;12:55. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-55.
  131. Semahegn A, Belachew T, Abdulahi M. Domestic violence and its predictors among married women in reproductive age in Fagitalekoma Woreda, Awi zone, Amhara regional state, North Western Ethiopia.Reprod Health. 2013 Dec 5;10:63. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-63.
  132. Bedada T, Belachew T, Hailu E, Birhanu Z. Glycogenic Control and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Visiting Adama Specialized Hospital, Oromiya, Ethiopia: A Facility Based Cross Sectional Study. African Journal of Health Sciences, Volume 26, Number 4, October-December 2013
  133. Tessema M, Belachew T, Ersino G.Feeding patterns and stunting during early childhood in rural communities of Sidama, South Ethiopia. Pan Afr Med J. 2013 Feb 26;14:75. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.75.1630. Print 2013.
  134. Birhanu Z, Abdissa A, Belachew T, et al. Health seeking behavior for cervical cancer in Ethiopia: a qualitative study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2012; 11:83.
  135. Gelibo T, Belachew T, Tilahun T. Predictors of sexual abstinence among WolaitaSodo University Students, South Ethiopia. Reprod Health. 2013 Apr 1; 10(1):18.
  136. Tamiru D, Aragu D, Belachew T. Survey on the introduction of complementary foods to infants within the first six months and associated factors in rural communities of Jimma Arjo. International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences; 2013; 2(2): 77-84. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20130202.18
  137. Hassen Ali A, Belachew T, Yami A, Ayen WY. Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity among TB/HIV Co-Infected Patients at Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia: Nested Case-Control Study. PLoS One. 2013 May 16; 8(5):e64622. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064622. Print 2013.
  138. Tessema M, Belachew T, Ersino G. Feeding Patterns and Stunting During Early Childhood in Rural Communities of Sidama, South Ethiopia. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2013;14:75. doi:10.11604/pamj.2013.14.75.1630
  139. Hamusse SD, Balcha TT, Belachew T. The impact of indoor residual spraying on malaria incidence in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia. Glob Health Action. 2012; 5.
  140. Alemayehu M, Belachew T, Tilahun T. Factors associated with utilization of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods among married women of reproductive age in Mekelle town, Tigray region, north Ethiopia.BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2012 Jan 26; 12:6.
  141. Belachew T, Lindstrom D, Gebremariam A, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Kolsteren P. Predictors of chronic Food Insecurity among adolescents in southwest Ethiopia. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:604.
  142. Tiyou A, Belachew T, Alemseged F, BiadgilignS.Food Insecurity and Associated Factors among HIV-infected individuals receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in Jimma zone Southwest Ethiopia. Nutrition Journal 2012, 11:51.
  143. Tamiru D, Belachew T, Loha E, Mohammed S. Sub-Optimal Breastfeeding of Infants during the first Six Months and Associated Factors in Rural Communities of Jimma Arjo Woreda, Southwest Ethiopia. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:363.
  144. Hadley C, Stevenson EG, Tadesse Y, Belachew T. Rapidly rising food prices and the experience of food insecurity in urban Ethiopia: Impacts on health and well-being. Soc Sci Med.2012 Sep 26. pii: S0277-9536(12)00681-8.
  145. Lindstrom PD, Hattori MK, Belachew T, Tessema F. Lifting the Curtain on the Conditions of Sexual Initiation Among Youth in Ethiopia. Journal of Adolescent Health 50 (2012) 614–620.
  146. Hailu E, HaileMariam W, Belachew T, BirhanuZ.Self-care practice and glycaemic control amongst adults with diabetes at the Jimma University Specialized. Hospital in south-west Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. African Journal of Primary Health care & Family Medicine 2012; 4(1).
  147. Kumar N, Kant R, Sinaga M, YimameB, Belachew T. Preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro antibacterial evaluation of the leaf and root extract of Azadirachta indica Plant. IJPFR, April-June 2012; 2(2):32-41.
  148. Abera M, Gebremariam A, Belachew T. Predictors of safe delivery service utilization in Arsi zone, South-East Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2011 Aug;21 (Suppl 1):95-106.
  149. Belachew T, Hadley C, Lindstrom D, Getachew Y, GebremariamA,Woldemichael K, Lachat C, Kolsteren P. Gender differences in food insecurity and morbidity among adolescents in southwest Ethiopia. Pediatrics, Jan 2011: e397-404.
  150. Belachew T, Hadley C, Lindstrom D, Getachew Y, Duchateau L, Kolsteren P. Food insecurity and age at Menarche among girls in Southwest Ethiopia .Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2011; 9:125.
  151. Belachew T, Hadley C, Lindstrom D, Gebremariam A, Lachat C, Kolsteren P. Food insecurity, school absenteeism and educational attainment of adolescents in southwest Ethiopia: longitudinal study. Nutr J. 2011, 10:29.
  152. Hadley C, Belachew T, Lindstrom D, Tessema F. The Shape of Things to Come? Household Dependency Ratio and Adolescent Nutritional Status in Rural and Urban Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2011 Apr; 144(4):643-52.
  153. Hadley C, Linzer DA, Belachew T, Mariam AG, Tessema F, Lindstrom D. Household capacities, vulnerabilities and food insecurity: shifts in food insecurity in urban and rural Ethiopia during the 2008 food crisis. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Nov; 73(10):1534-42.
  154. Biadgilign S, Reda AA, ,Deribew A, Amberbir A, Belachew T, Tiyou A, Deribe K. Knowledge and attitudes of caregivers of HIV-infected children toward antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia. Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Nov; 85(2):e89-94.
  155. Setegn T, Gerbaba1 M, Belachew T. Determinants of timely initiation of breastfeeding among mothers in Goba Woreda, South East Ethiopia: A cross sectional study. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:217.
  156. Amenu D, Belachew T, Araya F. Surgical site infection rate and risk factors among obstetric cases of Jimma University Specialized hospital, southwest Ethiopia.Ethiop J Health Sci. 2011 Jul; 21(2):91-100.
  157. Tilahun D, Assefa T, Belachew T. Predictors of emergency contraceptive use among regular female students in Adama University central Ethiopia. Pan African Med J.2010, 7(10): 1-19.
  158. Tilahun T, Assefa T, Belachew T. Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency contraceptives among Adama University female Students. Ethiopi. J. Health Sc. 2010, 20(3):195-0202.
  159. Tiyou A, BelachewT ,Alemseged F , Biadgilign S. Predictors of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS in resource limited setting of southwest Ethiopia. AIDS Res Ther.2010 Oct 30; 7: 39
  160. Lindstrom DP, Belachew T, Hadley C, Hattori MK, Hogan D, Tessema F. Survey Estimates of Risky Sexual Behaviors among Ethiopian Youth: Improved Estimates Using a Non-Verbal Response Card. Stud Fam Plann. 2010 Dec; 41(4):251-62.
  161. Lindstrom DP,Belachew T,Hadley C,Hattori MC, Hogan D, and Fasil Tessema. Survey Estimates of Non-Marital Sex and Condom Knowledge among Ethiopian Youth: Improved Estimates Using a Non-Verbal Response Card. Stud Fam Plann. 2010 Dec; 41(4): 251–262.
  162. Hadley C, Tessema F, Belachew T Lindstrom D. What knowledge and expectations are Ethiopian girls bringing with them into parenthood? Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2010, 31(40): 495-502.
  163. Abebe G , Assefa H, Belachew T, Kifle W, David L. Support of the continuation of female genital mutilation among adolescents in Jimma zone, southwest Ethiopia. Ethiopian J. Health Sc, 2009(2):119-129.
  164. Amare D, Markos T, Yohannes H, Nebiyu N, Shallo D, Belachew T, Aspers L, Robert C. Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection: its impact on quality of life. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:105.
    Kebede D, Alemayehu, Belachew T, Sibihatu B. The Road to Maternal Death in Rural Southwest Ethiopia, Eth. J. health Sc, 2009; 18(3): 87-94.
  165. Tsion A, Belachew T, Ayalew T. Health care seeking behavior for childhood illnesses among mothers/caregivers of under five children in Dera Woreda, Eth. J. health Sc, 2008.
  166. Belachew T, Hadley C, Lindstrom D. Differentials in measures of dietary quality among adolescents in Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia, Ethiop, Ethiop Med J. 2008 Apr;46(2):133-42.
  167. Hadley C, Lindstrom D, Fasil T, Belachew T. Gender Bias in Food insecurity experiences of Ethiopian Adolescents, Soc Sci Med 2008 Jan;66(2):427-38.
  168. Hadley C, Lindstrom D, Belachew T, Tessema F. Ethiopian adolescents’ attitudes, and expectations deviate from current infant and young child feeding recommendations, Adolescent Health. 2008 Sep; 43(3):253-9.
  169. Derej N, Belachew T. Profile Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases in Two Teaching Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, J Health Sc, March 2008, 4(17): 195:202.
  170. Sileshi G, Belachew T, Meketie W. Sexual coercion and reproductive health outcomes among young females of Nekemte town, south west Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J. 2008 Jan;46(1):19-28.
  171. Yared L, Ayalew T, Belachew T, Kora T. Utilization of long lasting insecticide treated bed nets in three urban areas of Assosa zone, BenshangulGumuz region North West Ethiopia, Ethiop. Journal of Health Sciences, 2008.
  172. Girma B, Wondwossen B, Bishaw D, Belachew T. Environmental Determinants Of Diarrhea Among Under-Five Children In Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia. Ethiop. J Health Sc, 2008, 18(2):39-45.
  173. Kebede D, Alemayehu A, Grima R, Belachew T, Sibhatu B. Infertility: perceived causes and experiences in rural southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop. J. Health Sc, July 2007
  174. Be’eletsega T, Abebe G, Belachew T. Knowledge, attitude and practice of home based care for HIV/AIDS patients by their Family / Care givers at Jimma Town. Eth. Med .J, 2007, 45(3): 283-92.
  175. Yoseph M, Belachew T, et al. Pattern of widal agglutination reaction in apparently healthy population of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J. 2007 Jan; 45(1):69-77.
  176. Yared L, Ayalew T, Belachew T, Kora T. KAP about malaria and its preventive measures with particular emphasis to ITN among households in three urban areas of Assosa zone, BenshangulGumuz region north west Ethiopia. Ethio, J. Health Dev. 2007.
  177. Yared L, Ayalew T, Belachew T, Kora T. households willingness to pay for long lasting insecticide treated bed nets in three urban areas of Assosa zone, BenshangulGumuz region north west Ethiopia. Ethiop. Med. J, 2007, 45(4)353-362.
  178. Sileshi G, Belachew T, Meketie W. Knowledge, attitude and practice about sexual coercion among young females of Nekemte town, south west Ethiopia, Ethiop, J. Health Sc. 2007.
  179. Belachew T, Challi J. Awareness about feeding options for infants below six months born to HIV positive mothers & mother to child transmission of HIV in Gurage Zone, South Ethiopia, Ethiop.J.Health Dev. 2007;21(1):40-47.
  180. Belachew T, Hana N. Assessment of outpatient therapeutic program (OTP) for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in three regions of Ethiopia. East Afr Med J. 2007 Dec; 84(12):577-88.
  181. Belachew T, Tilahun Y. Dietary diversity among people 40 years and above in Jimma Town, south west Ethiopia, Ethiopian J. Health Sc., December, 2007; 17(3): 115-20.
  182. Tilahun Y, Belachew T, Bekalu A. Olana B. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia, Ethiop. J. Health Sc, July 2007; 17(2).
  183. Belachew T, Challi J. Assessment of voluntary confidential counseling and HIV testing (VCCT) service utilization in Gurage Zone, SNNPR, South Ethiopia. Ethiop. J. HealthSc., 2006; 16(2): 22-35.
  184. Fisseha A, Hailu N, Belachew T, Abraham H. Children’s rights and corporal punishment in Assendabo Town and the surrounding area, southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop. Med J, January 2006, 44(1): 9. 28
  185. Belachew T, Challi J, Kora T. knowledge, attitude and practice of voluntary confidential counseling & testing in Gurage zone, SPNNR, south Ethiopia, Ethiop. J. Health Sc., 2005, 15(2): 119-137.
  186. Belachew T, et al. Calcium deficiency and causation of rickets in Ethiopian children: a case control study, East African Medical Journal, March 2005, 82(3): 154-60. 2.
  187. Belachew T, Yosef L. Risk Factors For Anemia Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care At Jimma University Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, Ethiopi. Med J, 2006; 44(3):211-220.
  188. Chali J, Belachew T. Determinants of antenatal care utilization in Jimma Town. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, January, 2005, 15(1):49-61.
  189. Kifle W, Belachew T, Challi J. Rate of defaulting among tuberculosis patients from the DOTS regimen. Ethiop Med J. 2004 Oct; 42(4):247-53.
  190. Belachew T, Jira C, Mamo Y. HIV Sero-prevalence among students of Jimma University, southwest Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, Special Issue, July 2004.
  191. Belachew T, Jira C, Mamo Y. HIV Sero-prevalence among the community of Jimma town and its rural surrounding, Jimma zone, southwest Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, Special Issue, July 2004.
  192. Belachew T, Jira C, Mamo Y. Knowledge, attitude and practice about HIV/AIDS, voluntary counseling and testing among students of Jimma University, southwest Ethiopia, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, Special Issue, July 2004.
  193. Belachew T, Jira C, Mamo Y. Knowledge, attitude and practice about HIV/AIDS and voluntary counseling and testing, among the community in Jimma town and its rural surrounding, southwest Ethiopia, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, Special Issue, July 2004.
  194. Luelseged T, Belachew T, Tesfaye B. Iodine concentration of salt at household and retail shop level and knowledge attitude and practice of shop keepers and household food caterers, in Shebe Town southwest Ethiopia. East Afr Med J. 2003 Oct; 80(10):532-9.
  195. Belachew T, Solomon G. Trend Of HIV Sero-positivity among blood donors of at Jimma Hospital Blood Bank over six years (1995-2000), Ethiopian Journal of Health sciences, 2001, 2(11): 97-109.
  196. Tsinuel G, Tesfaye G, Belachew T, Sileshi T. The utility of pallor in detecting anemia in under five years old children. Ethiopian Med. Journal, 2000; 38(2): 77-84.

 

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