Beverley-Ann Biggs

Immediate impact of stay-at-home orders to control COVID-19 transmission on socioeconomic conditions, food insecurity, mental health, and intimate partner violence in Bangladeshi women and their families: an interrupted time series.

Jena Derakhshani Hamadani, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Andrew J Baldi, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Shamima Shiraji, Mohammad Saiful Alam Bhuiyan, Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Jane Fisher, Fahmida Tofail, SM Mulk Uddin Tipu, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Sabine Braat, Sant-Rayn Pasricha

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Global Health

BACKGROUND: Stay-at-home orders (lockdowns) have been deployed globally to control COVID-19 transmission, and might impair economi..

A mixed-method analysis of screening for Strongyloides stercoralis prior to immunosuppression: A problem of limited bandwidth?

Stephen Muhi, Dong-Kyoon Ko, Sarah L McGuinness, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Siddhartha Mahanty, Clare Delany

Journal article  |  2020  |  Internal Medicine Journal

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend screening for strongyloidiasis prior to immunosuppression in those at epidemiological risk, as hy..

Social and economic development and pregnancy mental health: secondary analyses of data from rural Vietnam

Ruby Stocker, Trang Nguyen, Thach Tran, Ha Tran, Tuan Tran, Sarah Hanieh, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Jane Fisher

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to establish whether changes in the socioeconomic context were associated with changes in population-..

Dietary intake of Aboriginal Australian children aged 6-36 months in a remote community: a cross-sectional study

Emma Tonkin, Dani Kennedy, Sarah Hanieh, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Therese Kearns, Veronica Gondarra, Roslyn Dhurrkay, Julie Brimblecombe

Journal article  |  2020  |  NUTRITION JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Scarce literature comprehensively captures the transition to solid foods for children in remote Aboriginal Australian ..

Using telehealth to improve access to hepatitis C treatment in the direct-acting antiviral therapy era

Thomas R Schulz, Kudzai Kanhutu, Joseph Sasadeusz, Sally Watkinson, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Introduction One-third of the Australian population lives outside major cities and this group has worse health outcomes. Telehealt..

Importance of Follow-up Studies to Examine Sustained Effects of Early Nutrition Interventions

Leila M Larson, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatrics

Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial: cost-effectiveness of Learning Clubs, a multicomponent intervention to improve women's health and infant's health and development in Vietnam

Trang Nguyen, Kim Sweeny, Thach Tran, Stanley Luchters, David B Hipgrave, Sarah Hanieh, Tuan Tran, Ha Tran, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Jane Fisher

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Economic evaluations of complex interventions in early child development are required to guide policy and programme ..

Health outcomes of iron supplementation and/or food fortification in iron-replete children aged 4-24 months: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dominic J Hare, Sabine Braat, Barbara R Cardoso, Christopher Morgan, Ewa A Szymlek-Gay, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2019  |  Systematic Reviews

BACKGROUND: Direct supplementation or food fortification with iron are two public health initiatives intended to reduce the preval..

The Stunting Tool for Early Prevention: development and external validation of a novel tool to predict risk of stunting in children at 3 years of age

Sarah Hanieh, Sabine Braat, Julie A Simpson, Thi Thu Ha Tran, Thach D Tran, Tuan Tran, Jane Fisher, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

Introduction: Globally, an estimated 151 million children under 5 years of age still suffer from the adverse effects of stunting. ..

The global effect of extreme weather events on nutrient supply: a superposed epoch analysis

Caro S Park, Elisabeth Vogel, Leila M Larson, Samuel S Myers, Mark Daniel, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet Planetary Health

BACKGROUND: To date, the effects of extreme weather events on nutrient supply within the population have not been quantified. In t..