Publications by authors named "Ebenezer Adjetey"
Background Few studies have described the consequences of the COVID - 19 pandemic among caregivers of young adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to explore the consequences of COVID-19 on economic, socio-emotional, and household food security conditions among caregivers of young adolescents in a semi-urban setting in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Methods In this cross-sectional study, caregivers of young adolescents aged 10-12yrs in the Somanya-Kpong area were enrolled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Early and delayed puberty are both associated with adverse health and psychosocial outcomes.
Objectives: We assessed the impact of provision of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS) to mothers during pregnancy and 6 mo postpartum and to their children aged 6-18 mo, on pubertal status.
Methods: This study was a follow-up to a partially double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Effect of Early-Life Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement and Home Environment on Autonomic Nervous System Regulation at 9-11 Years: A Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Matern Child Nutr
April 2025
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how early-life lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) and home environment affect autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation in children aged 9-11 years.
- Participants included children from women in a Ghanaian trial where women received different nutritional supplements during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Results show that those who received SQ-LNS or multiple micronutrients exhibited greater heart rate reactivity, while a better home environment was linked to more favorable ANS responses, indicating that early nutrition and the home setting play crucial roles in ANS development.
Sustained effects of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements provided during the first 1000 days on child growth at 9-11 y in a randomized controlled trial in Ghana.
Am J Clin Nutr
February 2024
Background: There is limited research on whether nutritional supplementation in the first 1000 d affects long-term child outcomes. We previously demonstrated that pre- and postnatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) increased birth weight and child length at 18 mo of age in Ghana.
Objectives: We aimed to investigate the effect of pre- and postnatal SQ-LNS on child growth and blood pressure at 9-11 y.
Background: Provision of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) during early life improves growth and development. In the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements DYAD-Ghana trial, prenatal and postnatal SQ-LNS reduced social-emotional difficulties at age 5 y, with greater effects among children in less-enriched home environments.
Objectives: We aimed to investigate the effect of prenatal and postnatal SQ-LNS on children's social-emotional problems at age 9-11 y.