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Lia C. Haskin Fernald, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor, Public Health Nutrition
Community Health & Human Development
PHONE: (510) 643-9113
LOCATION: 219 University Hall
E-MAIL: fernald@berkeley.edu

 

Courses

PH 207A: Food and Nutrition Programs and Policies
PH 206D: International Food and Nutrition Programs and Policies
PH 207A: Public Health Aspects of Maternal and Child Nutrition
PH 298.56: Current Issues in Public Health Nutrition
PH 298.56: Public Health Nutrition Capstone Course

Research Interests

Publications

Effects of programs and policies in developing countries on child and adult health

Engle, P.L., Fernald, L.C.H., Alderman, H., Behrman, J., O’Gara, C., Yousafzai, A., Cabral de Mello, M., Hidrobo, M., Ulkuer, N., Ertem, I. and Iltus, S. Strategies for improving developmental outcomes for young children in low and middle income countries. The Lancet (2011) Sep 22 [Epub ahead of print]

Ozer, E., Fernald, L.C.H., Weber, A., Flynn, E., VanderWeele, T.J. Does alleviating poverty affect mothers' depression? A quasi-experimental investigation of Mexico’s Oportunidades program. International Journal of Epidemiology (2011) July 7 [Epub ahead of print]

Fernald, L.C.H. and Hidrobo, M. Ecuador's cash transfer program (Bono de Desarrollo Humano) and child development in infants and toddlers: A randomized effectiveness trial. Social Science and Medicine (2011) May;72(9):1437-46.

Fernald, L.C.H., Gertler P.J., and Hidrobo, M. Conditional cash transfer programs: effects on growth, health and development in young children. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Valerie Malholmes and Rosalind King, Editors.
(in press)

Hamad, R. and Fernald, L.C.H. Microcredit participation and nutrition outcomes among women in Peru. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2010) Nov 4 [Epub ahead of print].

Hamad, R., Fernald, L.C.H., and Karlan, D. Health education for microcredit clients in Peru: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health (2011) Jan 24; 11(1):51.

Fernald, L.C.H., Gertler, P.J., and Neufeld, L.M. Ten-year impact of Oportunidades–Mexico's conditional cash transfer program—on child growth, cognition, language and behavior. The Lancet 374(9706): 1997-2005 (2009).

Fernald, L.C.H. and Gunnar, M.R. Effects of a poverty alleviation intervention on salivary cortisol in very low-income children. Social Science and Medicine (2009).

Ozer, E.J., Fernald, L.C.H., Manley, J. and Gertler, P.J. The effects of a conditional cash transfer program on the behavior problems of young children living in extreme poverty: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Mexico's Oportunidades intervention. Pediatrics 123;e630-e637 (2009).

Fernald, L.C.H., Hamad, R., Karlan, D., Ozer, E. and Zinman, J. Small individual loans and mental health: a randomized controlled trial among South African adults. BioMed Central Public Health 8(1): 409(2008).

Hamad, R., Fernald, L.C.H ., Karlan, D.S., and Zinman, J. Social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms and perceived stress in South African adults. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62(6):538-44 (2008).

Fernald, L.C.H., Gertler, P.J. and Neufeld, L.M. The role of cash in conditional cash transfer programs: An analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades. The Lancet 371: 828-837 (2008).

Fernald, L.C.H., Gertler, P.J. and Hou, X. Cash component of conditional cash transfer program is associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in adults. Journal of Nutrition 138(11):2250-7 (2008).

Fernald, L.C.H., Hou, X. and Gertler, P.J. Oportunidades program participation and body mass index, blood pressure and self-reported health in Mexican adults. Preventing Chronic Disease Jul 5(3): A81 (2008).

 

Gradients child health and development in developing countries

Fernald, L.C.H., Weber, A., Galasso, E., and Ratsifandrihamanana, L. Socio-economic gradients and child development in a very low income population: Evidence from Madagascar. Developmental Science. (in press).

Rosas, L.G., Guendelman, S., Harley,K., Fernald, L.C.H., Mejia, F., Neufeld, L. and Eskenazi, B. Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Children of Mexican Descent: Results of a Binational Study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (2011) Feb; 13(1): 169-80.

Guendelman, S, Fernald, L.C.H., Neufeld, L.M. and Fuentes-Afflick, E. Maternal perceptions of early childhood ideal body weight differ among Mexican-origin mothers residing in Mexico compared to California. Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2010) Feb;110(2):222-9.

Rosas, L.G., Harley, K.G., Guendelman, S., Fernald, L.C.H., Mejia, F. and Eskenazi, B. Maternal perceptions of child weight among Mexicans in California and Mexico.  Maternal and Child Health Journal (2010) Nov; 14(6):886-94.

Fernald L.C.H., Jones-Smith, J.M., Ozer, E.J., Neufeld, L.M. and DiGirolamo, A.M. Maternal depressive symptoms and physical activity in very low-income children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 29(5):385-93 (2008).

Jones-Smith, J.M., Fernald, L.C.H. and Neufeld, L.M. Birth size and accelerated growth during infancy increase odds of childhood overweight in Mexican children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107(12):2061-9 (2007).

Fernald, L.C.H., Burke, H.M., and Gunnar, M.R. Salivary cortisol levels in children of low-income women with depressive symptoms. Development and Psychopathology (in press).

Fernald, L.C. and Neufeld, L.N. Overweight with concurrent stunting in children from rural Mexico: prevalence and associated factors. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61(5): 623-32 (2007).

Fernald, L.C., Neufeld, L.N., Barton, L., Schnaas, L., Rivera, J. and Gertler, P.J. Parallel deficits in linear growth and cognitive development in low-income Mexican infants in the second year of life. Public Health Nutrition. 9(2): 178-86 (2006).

Fernald, L.C. and Meeks-Gardner, J. Jamaican children's reports of violence at school and home. Social and Economic Studies. 52(4): 121-140 (2003).

Fernald, L.C., Grantham-McGregor, S.M., Costello, A.D.L., and Manandhar, D. Salivary cortisol and heart rate in stunted and non-stunted Nepalese school children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 57(11):1458-1465 (2003).

Fernald, L.C. and Grantham-McGregor (2002). Growth retardation is associated with changes in the stress response system and behavior in school-aged Jamaican children. Journal of Nutrition 132: 3674-3679.

 

Mental health in adults and adolescents

Fleischer, N.E., Fernald, L.C.H., and Hubbard, A. Estimating the potential impacts of intervention from observational data: methods for estimating attributable risk in a cross-sectional analysis of depressive symptoms in Latin America. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2010) Jan; 64(1):16-21

Ritterman, M.L., Fernald, L.C., Ozer, E.J., Adler, N.E., Gutierrez, J.P. and Syme, S.L. Objective and subjective social class assessments: associations with adolescent substance use. Social Science and Medicine 68(10): 1843-1851 (2009).

Ozer, E.J., Fernald, L.C.H. and Roberts, S. Anxiety symptoms in rural Mexican adolescents: A social-ecological analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 43(12): 1014-23 (2008).

Ozer, E.J. and Fernald, L.C.H. Alcohol and tobacco use among rural Mexican adolescents: individual, familial, and community level factors. Journal of Adolescent Health 43(5):498-505 (2008).

Fleischer, N., Fernald, L.C.H. and Hubbard, A. Correlates of depression in a large sample of low-income women in Mexico. Epidemiology 18(6): 678-685 (2007).

Burke, H., Fernald, L.C., Gertler, P.J., and Adler, N.E. Depressive symptoms are associated with blunted salivary cortisol in very low income women. Psychosomatic Medicine. Mar-Apr; 67(2):211-6 (2005).

Other Interests

Profile last updated: October 5, 2011

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