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Mariana Chilton
Researcher at Drexel University
Publications - 73
Citations - 4889
Mariana Chilton is an academic researcher from Drexel University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Human rights. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 71 publications receiving 3775 citations. Previous affiliations of Mariana Chilton include University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences & University of South Carolina.
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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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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 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.
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US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children
Diana B. Cutts,Alan Meyers,Maureen M. Black,Patrick H. Casey,Mariana Chilton,John T. Cook,Joni Geppert,Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba,Timothy Heeren,Sharon Louise Coleman,Ruth Rose-Jacobs,Deborah A. Frank +11 more
TL;DR: Housing insecurity is associated with poor health, lower weight, and developmental risk among young children, and policies that decrease housing insecurity can promote the health of young children and should be a priority.
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Are Food Insecurity’s Health Impacts Underestimated in the U.S. Population? Marginal Food Security Also Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes in Young U.S. Children and Mothers
John T. Cook,Maureen M. Black,Mariana Chilton,Diana B. Cutts,Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba,Timothy Heeren,Ruth Rose-Jacobs,Megan Sandel,Patrick H. Casey,Sharon M. Coleman,Ingrid Weiss,Deborah A. Frank +11 more
TL;DR: Evidence from reviewed research and the new research presented indicates that households with marginal food security should not be classified as food secure, as is the current practice, but should be reported in a separate discrete category.