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Patrice L. Engle was affiliated with California Polytechnic State University in the United States. Their research contributions focused primarily on nutrition and health, with particular attention to child nutrition and water access as well as food security and health in diverse populations.

The scientist published works in venues such as UNC Libraries, where they had multiple publications. Among the recent papers were:

  • The role of care in nutrition programmes: current research and a research agenda, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Cluster-randomized trial on complementary and responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and development among rural Indian toddlers: Responsive feeding, infant growth and development, 2020, UNC Libraries

Patrice L. Engle frequently collaborated with several co-authors including Margaret E. Bentley, Gretel H. Pelto, Shahnaz Vazir, Nagalla Balakrishna, and Paula Griffiths. These collaborations contributed to a range of studies addressing nutrition and health challenges in different settings.

Their work was situated within fields such as Nutrition and Dietetics and General Health Professions. Key topics covered in their studies included child nutrition and water access, and food security and health in diverse populations, reflecting the applied nature of their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries

    Patrice L. Engle;Lia C. H. Fernald;Harold Alderman;Jere Behrman

  • The Effect of Poverty on Child Development and Educational Outcomes

    Patrice L. Engle;Maureen M. Black

  • Care and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurement

    Patrice L. Engle;Purnima Menon;Lawrence James Haddad

  • Early supplementary feeding and cognition : effects over two decades

    Ernesto Pollitt;Kathleen S. Gorman;Patrice L. Engle;Reynaldo Martorell

  • Maternal Depression: A Global Threat to Children’s Health, Development, and Behavior and to Human Rights

    Theodore D. Wachs;Maureen M. Black;Patrice L. Engle

  • Child Development: Vulnerability and Resilience

    Patrice L. Engle;Sarah Castle;Purnima Menon

  • URBAN CHALLENGES TO FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY: A REVIEW OF FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH, AND CAREGIVING IN THE CITIES

    Marie T. Ruel;James L. Garrett;Saul Sutkover Morris;Daniel G. Maxwell

  • Cluster‐randomized trial on complementary and responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and development among rural Indian toddlers

    Shahnaz Vazir;Patrice Engle;Nagalla Balakrishna;Paula L. Griffiths

  • Use of Family Care Indicators and Their Relationship with Child Development in Bangladesh

    Jena D. Hamadani;Fahmida Tofail;Afroza Hilaly;Syed N. Huda

  • Nutrition in Early Life and the Fulfillment of Intellectual Potential

    Ernesto Pollitt;Kathleen S. Gorman;Patrice L. Engle;Juan A. Rivera

  • Examining Early Child Development in Low-Income Countries

    Lia C. H. Fernald;Patricia Kariger;Patrice Engle;Abbie Raikes

  • The role of care in nutrition programmes: current research and a research agenda.

    Patrice L. Engle;Margaret Bentley;Gretel Pelto

  • Examining early child development in low-income countries : a toolkit for the assessment of children in the first five years of life

    Lia C. H. Fernald;Patricia Kariger;Patrice Engle;Abbie Raikes

  • Indicators of Family Care for Development for Use in Multicountry Surveys

    Patricia Kariger;Edward A Frongillo;Patrice Engle;Pia M Rebello Britto

  • Influences of mothers' and fathers' income on children's nutritional status in Guatemala

    Patrice L. Engle

  • Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1-8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives.

    Elizabeth A Lundeen;Jere R Behrman;Benjamin T Crookston;Kirk A Dearden

  • Maternal Employment, Child Care, and Nutritional Status of 12-18-Month-Old Children in Managua, Nicaragua

    Jessica F. Lamontagne;Patrice L. Engle;Marian F. Zeitlin

  • Maternal mental health: program and policy implications

    Patrice L Engle

  • Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia.

    Nirmala Rao;Jin Sun;Veronica Pearson;Emma Pearson

  • Maternal work and child-care strategies in peri-urban Guatemala: nutritional effects.

    Patrice L. Engle

  • Early supplementary feeding and cognition: effects over two decades. Methodology and findings of the longitudinal study.

    Pollitt E;Gorman Ks;Engle Pl;Martorell R

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence Haddad
Lawrence Haddad Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Maureen M. Black
Maureen M. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lia C. H. Fernald
Lia C. H. Fernald University of California, Berkeley
Nirmala Rao
Nirmala Rao University of Hong Kong
Howard Steele
Howard Steele New School
Miriam Steele
Miriam Steele New School
Nathan A. Fox
Nathan A. Fox University of Maryland, College Park
Harold D. Grotevant
Harold D. Grotevant University of Massachusetts Amherst
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences

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