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Robert L. Tilden
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 7
Citations - 160
Robert L. Tilden is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nutrition Education & Wasting. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 148 citations.
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Effect of investments in water supply and sanitation on health status: a threshold-saturation theory.
TL;DR: A preliminary attempt to validate this model using published data on sanitation level, life expectancy, and adult literacy rates, for 65 developing countries appears to provide preliminary support for the threshold saturation theory but further empirical validation is required before a quantitative predictive model can be developed.
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Impact of nutrition education and mega-dose vitamin A supplementation on the health of children in Nepal.
C. R. Pant,G. P. Pokharel,Filippo Curtale,R. P. Pokhrel,Robert N. Grosse,James M. Lepkowski,Muhilal,M. Bannister,J. Gorstein,S. Pak-Gorstein,Atmarita,Robert L. Tilden +11 more
TL;DR: The nutrition education programme was, however, more expensive to deliver than the capsule distribution programme, and high rates of participation for children in the supplementation programme were achieved quickly, and practices were slower to change.
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Rapid Epidemiologic Assessment of Cataract Blindness
G Venkataswamy,James M. Lepkowski,Tulsiraj Ravilla,Girija E. Brilliant,C A K Shanmugham,K Vaidyanathan,Robert L. Tilden +6 more
TL;DR: The findings indicate that epidemiologic assessment of cataract blindness can be completed using non-ophthalmologists to diagnose cataracts in a population-based survey in rural south India.
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Nutrition education and mega-dose vitamin A supplementation in Nepal
TL;DR: The nutrition education message spread rapidly throughout the study population, although practice was slower to change, and the capsule programme appeared to be more cost-effective than the nutrition education program.