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Lorna M Butler
Researcher at Iowa State University
Publications - 15
Citations - 214
Lorna M Butler is an academic researcher from Iowa State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Animal source foods & Nutrition Education. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 15 publications receiving 187 citations.
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Principles and processes for enhancing sustainable rural livelihoods: Collaborative learning in Uganda
Lorna M Butler,Robert E. Mazur +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the role played by livelihood diversification and explore the promotion of sustainable livelihoods through scholarship with praxis, as a means to better understand contemporary African rural development.
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Constraints on the use of animal source foods for young children in Ghana : A participatory rapid appraisal approach
Esi K Colecraft,Grace S. Marquis,Richmond Aryeetey,Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson,Anna Lartey,B.K. Ahunu,Emmanuel Canacoo,Lorna M Butler,Manju B. Reddy,Helen H. Jensen,Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the least expensive ASF was fish, which was easy to preserve and consumed by all communities, and interventions that increase income may be most successful in improving Ghanaian children's diets.
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An Integrated Microcredit, Entrepreneurial Training, and Nutrition Education Intervention Is Associated with Better Growth Among Preschool-Aged Children in Rural Ghana
GS Marquis,Esi K Colecraft,Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson,Anna Lartey,B K Ahunu,Katherine A. Birks,Lorna M Butler,Manju B. Reddy,Helen H. Jensen,Elizabeth Huff-Lonergan +9 more
TL;DR: An integrated package of microcredit and education may improve nutritional outcomes of children living in poor, rural communities.
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Caregivers' nutrition knowledge and attitudes are associated with household food diversity and children's animal source food intake across different agro-ecological zones in Ghana.
Aaron Kobina Christian,GS Marquis,Esi K Colecraft,Anna Lartey,Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson,B K Ahunu,Lorna M Butler +6 more
TL;DR: Caregivers’ nutrition knowledge and attitudes may influence the variety of foods available in the household and the quality of children’s diets, and the number of years of formal education of caregivers positively predicted household dietary diversity and children's ASF diversity.
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Dietary intakes and body mass indices of non-pregnant, non-lactating (npnl) women from the Coastal and Guinea savannah zones of Ghana
TL;DR: The overall quality of dietary intakes and nutritional status of women in the Guinea Savannah zone was poorer than that of Coastal women and dietary deficiencies are also present in NPNL women in Ghana.