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Frazer Tessema

MD Candidate, The University of Chicago
Verified email at bsd.uchicago.edu
Cited by 166

Gender bias in the food insecurity experience of Ethiopian adolescents

C Hadley, D Lindstrom, F Tessema… - Social science & medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Food insecurity is a pressing public health concern in many developing countries. Despite
widespread interest in the sociocultural determinants of food insecurity, little is known about …

Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe growth and development study

C Hadley, A Tegegn, F Tessema, JA Cowan… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2008 - jech.bmj.com
Objectives: Common mental disorders are a major contributor to the burden of disease in
developing countries. An assessment was carried out of whether food insecurity and …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of depression and associated factors in Ethiopia: findings from the National Health Survey

S Hailemariam, F Tessema, M Asefa… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background Integrating mental health into primarily health care and studying risk for mental
health particularly depression needs assessment of different factors including those that …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria and under-nutrition: a community based study among under-five children at risk of malaria, south-west Ethiopia

A Deribew, F Alemseged, F Tessema, L Sena… - PLos one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The interaction between malaria and under-nutrition is not well elucidated in
Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to assess the magnitude of under-nutrition and its …

Risk factors of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV/AIDS in southwest Ethiopia: a case control study

M Taha, A Deribew, F Tessema, S Assegid… - Ethiopian journal of …, 2011 - ajol.info
BACKGROUND: Determinants of active tuberculosis among People Living with HIV/AIDS
(PLHA) are not well elucidated in countries with limited resources. The objective of this study …

Determinants of under-five mortality in Gilgel gibe field research center, Southwest Ethiopia

A Deribew, F Tessema, B Girma - Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 2007 - ajol.info
Background: In developing countries like Ethiopia where there is no vital events registration
system and laboratory diagnosis is lacking, causes of death in under-five children and its …

[HTML][HTML] Health care seeking behavior in Southwest Ethiopia

B Begashaw, F Tessema, HA Gesesew - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Rural and urban populations have disparate socio-demographic and economic
characteristics, which have an influence on equity and their health seeking behavior. We …

Women's preferences for obstetric care in rural Ethiopia: a population-based discrete choice experiment in a region with low rates of facility delivery

…, MM Paczkowski, A Tegegn, F Tessema… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2010 - jech.bmj.com
Background Delivery attended by skilled professionals is essential to reducing maternal
mortality. Although the facility delivery rate in Ethiopia's rural areas is extremely low, little is …

Household capacities, vulnerabilities and food insecurity: Shifts in food insecurity in urban and rural Ethiopia during the 2008 food crisis

…, DA Linzer, T Belachew, AG Mariam, F Tessema… - Social Science & …, 2011 - Elsevier
The global food crisis of 2008 led to renewed interest in global food insecurity and how
macro-level food prices impact household and individual level wellbeing. There is debate …

Parental symptoms of common mental disorders and children's social, motor, and language development in sub-Saharan Africa

C Hadley, A Tegegn, F Tessema, M Asefa… - Annals of human …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is increasing interest in the social determinants of children's
developmental outcomes in developing countries because of the links with schooling …