Publications
MINIMOD Publications
Adams, K. P., M. Jarvis, S. A. Vosti, M. S. Manger, A. Tarini, J. W. Somé, H. Somda and C. M. McDonald. 2023. Estimating the cost and cost‐effectiveness of adding zinc to, and improving the performance of, Burkina Faso's mandatory wheat flour fortification programme. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2023, http://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13515
Haile, D.; Brown, K.H.; McDonald, C.M.; Luo, H.; Jarvis, M.; Teta, I.; Ndjebayi, A.; Martial, G.A.J.; Vosti, S.A.; Engle-Stone, R. 2022. Applying Zinc Nutrient Reference Values as Proposed by Different Authorities Results in Large Differences in the Estimated Prevalence of Inadequate Zinc Intake by Young Children and Women and in Cameroon. Nutrients 2022, 14(4), 883; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14040883.
Vosti, S. A., Adams, K. P., Michuda, A., Ortiz-Becerra, K., Luo, H., Haile, D., Chou, V. B., Clermont, A., Teta, I., Ndjebayi, A., Kagin, J., Guintang, J., & Engle-Stone, R. (2022). Impacts of micronutrient intervention programs on effective coverage and lives saved: Modeled evidence from Cameroon. Ann NY Acad Sci., 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14937
Knight, Frances, M. W. Bourassa, E. Ferguson, H. Walls, S. dePee, S. Vosti, H. Martinez, C. Levin, M. Woldt, K. Sethurman, G. Bergeron. 2022. Nutrition modeling tools: a qualitative study of influence on policy decision making and determining factors. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1513 (2022) 170-191
Adams, Katherine P., S. A. Vosti, M. NN Mbuya, V. M. Friesen, and R. Engle-Stone. 2022. Update on Analytical Methods and Research Gaps in the Use of Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey Data to Inform the Design of Food-Fortification Programs.” In press. Advances in Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac021
Adams, Katherine P., H. Luo, S. A. Vosti, J. Kagin, I. Ngnie-Teta, A. Ndjebayi, J. Guintang Assiene, and R. Engle-Stone. 2021. Comparing estimated cost-effectiveness of micronutrient intervention programs using primary and secondary data: evidence from Cameroon. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. ISSN 0077-8923; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14726
Noshirvan, A., Brenda, W., Luo, H.; Justin, K., Vosti, S., Ndjebayi, A., Guintang Assiene, J., Teta, I., Nankap, M. and Engle-Stone, R. 2021. Predicted Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of Wheat Flour Fortification for Reducing Micronutrient Deficiencies, Maternal Anemia, and Neural Tube Defects in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/03795721211020716
Luo, H., Dodd, K. W., Arnold, C. D., Engle-Stone, R. "Introduction to the SIMPLE Macro, a Tool to Increase the Accessibility of 24-Hour Dietary Recall Analysis and Modeling." The Journal of Nutrition 2021, 151 (5), 1329–1340. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa440.
French, C. D., Arsenault, J. E., Arnold, C. D., Haile, D., Luo, H., Dodd, K. W.; Vosti, S. A., Slupsky, C. M., Engle-Stone, R., The Variance Components of Nutrient Intakes Data Working Group; Engle-Stone, R., French, C. D., Arsenault, J. E., Arnold, C. D., Haile, D., Wiesmann, D., Martin-Prevel, Y., Brouwer, I. D., Daniels, M. C., Nyström, C. D., Löf, M., Ndjebayi, A., Palacios, C., Prapkree, L., Palmer, A., Caswell, B. L., Hn Brown, K., Lietz, G., Haskell, M., Miller, J. "Within-Person Variation in Nutrient Intakes across Populations and Settings: Implications for the Use of External Estimates in Modeling Usual Nutrient Intake Distributions." Advances in Nutrition 2021, 12 (2), 429–451. doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmaa114.
Haile, D.; Luo, H.; Vosti, S. A.; Dodd, K. W.; Arnold, C. D.; Engle-Stone, R. 2020. "Micronutrient Fortification of Commercially Available Biscuits Is Predicted to Have Minimal Impact on Prevalence of Inadequate Micronutrient Intakes: Modeling of National Dietary Data from Cameroon." Current Developments in Nutrition. 4 (9), nzaa132. doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa132
French, C. D., J. E. Arsenault, C. D. Arnold, D. Haile, H. Luo, K.W. Dodd, S.A. Vosti, C. M. Slupsky, R. Engle-Stone, "and The Variance Components of Nutrient Intakes Data Working Group. 2020. Within-Person Variation in Nutrient Intakes across Populations and Settings: Implications for the Use of External Estimates in Modeling Usual Nutrient Intake Distributions." Advances in Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmaa114
Mark, H. E., Assiene, J. G., Luo, H., Nankap, M., Ndjebayi, A., Ngnie-Teta, I., Tarini, A., Pattar, A., Killilia, D. W., Brown, K. H., Engle-Stone, R. 2019. "Monitoring of the National Oil and Wheat Flour Fortification Program in Cameroon Using a Program Impact Pathway Approach." Current Developments in Nutrition, 3(8), https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz076
Vosti, S. A., J. Kagin, R. Engle-Stone, H. Luo, A. Tarini, A. Clermont, J. G. Assiene, M. Nankap, K. H. Brown. 2019. "Strategies to Achieve Adequate Vitamin A Intake for Young Children: Options for Cameroon, Ann." N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1465 (2020) 161–180
Engle-Stone, R., S. A. Vosti, H. Luo, J. Kagin, A. Tarini, K. P. Adams, C. French, and K. H. Brown. 2019. "Weighing the Risks of High Intakes of Selected Micronutrients Compared with the Risks of Deficiencies." Special Issue: Risk of Excessive Intake of Vitamins and Minerals Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1446 (1), 81-101.
Engle-Stone, R., S. M. Kumordzie, L. Meinzen-Dick and S. A. Vosti. 2019. "Replacing Iron-Folic Acid with Multiple Micronutrient Supplements among Pregnant Women: Costs, Impacts, and Cost-Effectiveness." Special Issue: Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation in Pregnancy. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1444 (2019) 35-51.
Lybbert, T., S. A.Vosti, K. P. Adams, R. Guissou. 2018. "Household Demand Persistence for Child Micronutrient supplementation." Journal of Health Economics 62 (2018) 147-164
Adams, K. P., T. J. Lybbert, S. Vosti, E. Ayifah, M. Arimond, S. Adu-Afarwuah, K. G. Dewey. 2018. "Unintended effects of a targeted maternal and child nutrition intervention on household expenditures, labor income, and the nutritional status of non-targeted siblings in Ghana." World Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 138-150.
Noshirvan, A., Brenda, W., Luo, H., Justin, K., Vosti, S., Ndjebayi, A., Guintang Assiene, J., Teta, I., Nankap, M., Engle-Stone, R. "Predicted Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of Wheat Flour Fortification for Reducing Micronutrient Deficiencies, Maternal Anemia, and Neural Tube Defects in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2018.
Adams K. P., E. Ayifah, T. E. Phiri, M. K. Mridha, S. Adu-Afarwuah, M. Arimond, C. D. Arnold, J. Cummins, S. Hussain, C. Kumwenda, S. L. Matias, U. Ashorn, A. Lartey, K. M. Maleta, S. A. Vosti, K. G. Dewey. 2017. "Maternal and child supplementation with lipid-based nutrient supplements, but not child supplementation alone, decreases self-reported household food insecurity in some settings." Journal of Nutrition, 2017 Dec;147(12):2309-2318. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.257386. Epub 2017 Oct 4.
Adams, K. P., S. A. Vosti, E. Ayifah, T. E. Phiri, S. Adu‐Afarwuah, K. Maleta, U. Ashorn, M. Arimond and K. G. Dewey. 2017. "Willingness to Pay for Small‐quantity Lipid‐based Nutrient Supplements for Women and Children: Evidence from Ghana and Malawi." Matern Child Nutr. 2017;e12518. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12518.
Engle-Stone, R., A. Perkins, A. Clermont, N. Walker, M. J. Haskell, S. A. Vosti and K. H. Brown. 2017. "Estimating Lives Saved by Achieving Dietary Micronutrient Adequacy, with Focus on Vitamin A Intervention Programs in Cameroon." Journal of Nutrition, Volume 147, Issue 11, 1 November 2017, Pages 2194S–2203S, https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.116.242271.
Engle-Stone R., Perkins, A., Clermont, A., Walker, N., Haskell, M.J., Vosti, S.A., Brown, K.H. "Estimating Lives Saved by Achieving Dietary Micronutrient Adequacy, with a Focus on Vitamin A Intervention Programs in Cameroon." The Journal of Nutrition, doi:10.3945/jn.116.242271, 2017.
Vosti, S.A., Belinda, R., Engle-Stone, R., and H. Luo. “Understanding Factors that Influence the Benefits and Costs of Rice Fortification.” In Irizary, L., Prost, M-A., and D Murillo (Eds.), Scaling up Rice Fortification in Latin America and the Caribbean (p. 176-181). Sight and Life and The World Food Programme, 2017. Spanish language version: Promoción de la fortificación del arroz en América Latina y el Caribe.
Baker, S.K., Fracassi, P., Kupka, R., Neufeld, L. and M. Shekar. "Know Your Deficiencies, Know Your Response, Know Your Costs: A Commentary on Micronutrient Program Optimization Modeling." Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 36(supplement 3), 2015.
Brown, K.H., Engle-Stone, R., Kagin, J., Rettig, E., and S.A. Vosti. "Use of Optimization Modeling for Selecting National Micronutrient Intervention Strategies." Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 36(supplement 3), 2015.
Engle-Stone, R., Nankap, M., Ndjebayi, A.O., Vosti, S.A., and K.H. Brown. "Estimating the Effective Coverage of Programs to Control Vitamin A Deficiency and Its Consequences Among Women and Young Children in Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 36(supplement 3), 2015.
Kagin, J., Vosti, S.A., Engle-Stone, R., Rettig, E., Brown, K.H., Nankap, M., and A. Ndjebayi. "Measuring the Costs of Vitamin A Interventions: Institutional, Spatial, and Temporal Issues in the Context of Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 36(supplement 3), 2015.
Vosti, S.A., Kagin, J., Engle-Stone, R., and K.H. Brown. "An Economic Optimization Model for Improving the Efficiency of Vitamin A Interventions: An Application to Young Children in Cameroon." Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 36(supplement 3), 2015.
Ouédraogo C. T., S. A. Vosti, K. R. Wessells, C.D. Arnold, M. T. Faye, and S. Y. Hess. 2021 Out-of-Pocket Costs and Time Spent Attending Antenatal Care Services: A Case Study of Pregnant Women in Selected Rural Communities in Zinder, Niger. BMC Health Services Research (forthcoming)
Bourassa M., S. J.M. Osendarp, S. Adu-Afarwuah, S. Ahmed, C. Ajello, G. Bergeron, R. Black, P. Christian, S. Simon Cousens, S. de Pee, K. G. Dewey, S. El Arifeen, R. Engle-Stone, Fleet, A. D. Gernand, J. Hoddinott, R. Klemm, K. Kraemer, R. Kupka, E. McLean, S. E. Moore, L. M. Neufeld, L. Persson, K. M. Rasmussen, A. H. Shankar, E. Smith, C. R. Sudfeld, E. Udomkesmalee, and S. A. Vosti. 2019. Review of the evidence regarding the use of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries. Special Issue: Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation in Pregnancy. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1444 (2019) 6-21.
Engle-Stone, R., Nankap, M., Ndjebayi, A.O., Allen, L.H., Shahab-Ferdows, S., Hampel, D., Killilea, D.W., Gimou, M., Houghton, L.A., Friedman, A., Tarini, A., Stamm, R.A., and K.H. Brown. “Iron, Zinc, Folate, and Vitamin B-12 Status Increased among Women and Children in Yaoundè and Douala, Cameroon, 1 Year after Introducing Fortified Wheat Flour.” The Journal of Nutrition, 7 June 2017. [E-pub ahead of print].
Engle-Stone, R., Stewart, C.P., Luo, H., Vosti, S.A., and K.P. Adams. “Preventive Nutrition Interventions." Copenhagen Consensus Haïti Priorise, 2017.
Vosti, S.A., K.P. Adams. “Expanding Community-Based Management of Children Suffering from Moderate and Severe Acute Malnutrition Using a Standard and a Local RUTF Formula.” Copenhagen Consensus Haïti Priorise, 2017.
Adams, K.P., T.J. Lybbert, S.A. Vosti, E. Ayifah. 2016. Using an Economic Experiment to Estimate Willingness-to-Pay for a New Maternal Nutrient Supplement in Ghana. Agricultural Economics 47 (2016) 1–15, DOI: 10.1111/agec.12257.
Ryan, K, K. P. Adams, S. A. Vosti, M. I. Ordiz, E. D. Cimo and M. J. Manary. 2014. A Comprehensive Linear Programming Tool to Optimize Formulations of Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Foods: An Application to Ethiopia. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2014. 100: 1551-1558.
Last update:
August 7, 2023
