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Alan Meyers
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 75
Citations - 5418
Alan Meyers is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 75 publications receiving 4812 citations. Previous affiliations of Alan Meyers include Boston Medical Center.
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Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity
Erin R. Hager,Anna M. Quigg,Anna M. Quigg,Maureen M. Black,Sharon M. Coleman,Timothy Heeren,Ruth Rose-Jacobs,John T. Cook,Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba,Patrick H. Casey,Mariana Chilton,Diana B. Cutts,Alan Meyers,Deborah A. Frank +13 more
TL;DR: A 2-item FI screen was sensitive, specific, and valid among low-income families with young children, enabling providers to target services that ameliorate the health and developmental consequences associated with FI.
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Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers
John T. Cook,Deborah A. Frank,Carol Berkowitz,Carol Berkowitz,Maureen M. Black,Maureen M. Black,Patrick H. Casey,Patrick H. Casey,Diana B. Cutts,Diana B. Cutts,Alan Meyers,Nieves Zaldivar,Anne Skalicky,Suzette Levenson,Timothy Heeren,Mark Nord,Mark Nord +16 more
TL;DR: Whether household food insecurity is associated with adverse health outcomes in a sentinel population ages < or = 36 mo is determined, and a dose-response relation appeared between fair/poor health status and severity of food insecurity.
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Household food insecurity: associations with at-risk infant and toddler development.
Ruth Rose-Jacobs,Maureen M. Black,Patrick H. Casey,John T. Cook,Diana B. Cutts,Mariana Chilton,Timothy Heeren,Suzette Levenson,Alan Meyers,Deborah A. Frank +9 more
TL;DR: Controlling for established correlates of child development, 4- to 36-month-old children from low-income households with food insecurity are more likely than those fromLow-income Households with food security to be at developmental risk.
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Child Food Insecurity and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
TL;DR: Findings suggest an association between child level food insecurity and iron deficiency anemia, a clinically important health indicator with known negative cognitive, behavioral and health consequences, may lead to adverse health consequences.
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Child Food Insecurity Increases Risks Posed by Household Food Insecurity to Young Children's Health
John T. Cook,Deborah A. Frank,Suzette Levenson,Nicole Neault,Timothy Heeren,Maurine M. Black,Carol D. Berkowitz,Patrick H. Casey,Alan Meyers,Diana B. Cutts,Mariana Chilton +10 more
TL;DR: HFI is positively associated with fair/poor health and hospitalizations in young children, and participation in FSP reduces, but does not eliminate, effects of FI on fair/ poor health.