Biography

    For the past 17 years, Dr. Dearden has provided technical assistance to not-for-profit institutions to help them evaluate and improve upon the delivery of health services. For the first 12 years of his career, Dr. Dearden worked as senior research and evaluation specialist at the Academy for Educational Development, Johns Hopkins University, Save the Children, and the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh. More recently, he spent 5 years as a faculty member at Brigham Young University. Dr. Dearden continues to consult on applied research with the Academy for Educational Development, Save the Children/US, Freedom from Hunger, USAID and the World Health Organization among others. He has worked short- and long-term on development projects in Africa (Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali), Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Georgia, India, Jordan, Moldova, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam and West Bank/Gaza) and Latin America (Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico and Nicaragua). Dr. Dearden's research interests include the use of epidemiology and qualitative methods, program strategies designed to improve health and well-being, maternal and neo-natal health, malaria, acute respiratory infections, malnutrition in children less than 5 years of age and adolescent health.

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    1. Kulkarni S, Ramakrishnan U, Dearden KA, Marsh DR, Ha TT, Tran TD, Pachon H. Greater length-for-age increases the odds of attaining motor milestones in Vietnamese children aged 5-18 months. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2012; 21(2):241-6.
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    2. Dearden K, Crookston B, Madanat H, West J, Penny M, Cueto S. What difference can fathers make? Early paternal absence compromises Peruvian children's growth. Matern Child Nutr. 2013 Jan; 9(1):143-54.
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    3. Crookston BT, Penny ME, Alder SC, Dickerson TT, Merrill RM, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Dearden KA. Children who recover from early stunting and children who are not stunted demonstrate similar levels of cognition. J Nutr. 2010 Nov; 140(11):1996-2001.
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    4. Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Alder SC, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Merrill RM, Dickerson TT, Penny ME. Impact of early and concurrent stunting on cognition. Matern Child Nutr. 2011 Oct; 7(4):397-409.
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    5. Crookston BT, Alder SC, Boakye I, Merrill RM, Amuasi JH, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Dickerson TT, Dearden KA, Hale DC, Sylverken J, Snow BS, Osei-Akoto A, Ansong D. Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children. Malar J. 2010; 9:39.
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    6. Swanson RC, Mosley H, Sanders D, Egilman D, De Maeseneer J, Chowdhury M, Lanata CF, Dearden K, Bryant M. Call for global health-systems impact assessments. Lancet. 2009 Aug 8; 374(9688):433-5.
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    7. Dearden KA, Hilton S, Bentley ME, Caulfield LE, Wilde C, Ha PB, Marsh D. Caregiver verbal encouragement increases food acceptance among Vietnamese toddlers. J Nutr. 2009 Jul; 139(7):1387-92.
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    8. De La Cruz N, Crookston B, Gray B, Alder S, Dearden K. Microfinance against malaria: impact of Freedom from Hunger's malaria education when delivered by rural banks in Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Dec; 103(12):1229-36.
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    9. de Hilari C, Condori I, Dearden KA. When is deliberate killing of young children justified? Indigenous interpretations of infanticide in Bolivia. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jan; 68(2):352-61.
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    10. Walker LO, Sterling BS, Hoke MM, Dearden KA. Applying the concept of positive deviance to public health data: a tool for reducing health disparities. Public Health Nurs. 2007 Nov-Dec; 24(6):571-6.
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    11. Shaeffer Z, Dearden KA, de La Cruz NG, Crookston BT, Jensen JD, Rees C, Quigley S. Youth at risk: identifying correlates of violence in Bolivia. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2007 Oct-Dec; 19(4):473-83.
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    12. Dearden KA, Crookston BT, De La Cruz NG, Lindsay GB, Bowden A, Carlston L, Gardner P. Teens in trouble: cigarette use and risky behaviors among private, high school students in La Paz, Bolivia. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2007 Sep; 22(3):160-8.
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    13. Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Chan K, Chan T, Stoker DD. Buddhist nuns on the move: an innovative approach to improving breastfeeding practices in Cambodia. Matern Child Nutr. 2007 Jan; 3(1):10-24.
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    14. De La Cruz N, Crookston B, Dearden K, Gray B, Ivins N, Alder S, Davis R. Who sleeps under bednets in Ghana? A doer/non-doer analysis of malaria prevention behaviours. Malar J. 2006; 5:61.
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    15. Merrill RM, Dearden KA. How representative are the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) program cancer data of the United States? Cancer Causes Control. 2004 Dec; 15(10):1027-34.
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    16. Marsh DR, Schroeder DG, Dearden KA, Sternin J, Sternin M. The power of positive deviance. BMJ. 2004 Nov 13; 329(7475):1177-9.
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    17. Warnick E, Dearden KA, Slater S, Butrón B, Lanata CF, Huffman SL. Social marketing improved the use of multivitamin and mineral supplements among resource-poor women in Bolivia. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2004 Nov-Dec; 36(6):290-7.
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    18. Marsh DR, Pachón H, Schroeder DG, Ha TT, Dearden K, Lang TT, Hien ND, Tuan DA, Thach TD, Claussenius DR. Design of a prospective, randomized evaluation of an integrated nutrition program in rural Viet Nam. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):36-47.
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    19. Schroeder DG, Pachón H, Dearden KA, Kwon CB, Ha TT, Lang TT, Marsh DR. An integrated child nutrition intervention improved growth of younger, more malnourished children in northern Viet Nam. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):53-61.
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    20. Pachón H, Schroeder DG, Marsh DR, Dearden KA, Ha TT, Lang TT. Effect of an integrated child nutrition intervention on the complementary food intake of young children in rural north Viet Nam. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):62-9.
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    21. Sripaipan T, Schroeder DG, Marsh DR, Pachón H, Dearden KA, Ha TT, Lang TT. Effect of an integrated nutrition program on child morbidity due to respiratory infection and diarrhea in northern Viet Nam. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):70-7.
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    22. Dickey VC, Pachón H, Marsh DR, Lang TT, Claussenius DR, Dearden KA, Ha TT, Schroeder DG. Implementation of nutrition education and rehabilitation programs (NERPs) in Viet Nam. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):78-85.
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    23. Hendrickson JL, Dearden K, Pachón H, An NH, Schroeder DG, Marsh DR. Empowerment in rural Viet Nam: exploring changes in mothers and health volunteers in the context of an integrated nutrition project. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):86-94.
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    24. Dearden KA, Quan le N, Do M, Marsh DR, Pachón H, Schroeder DG, Lang TT. Work outside the home is the primary barrier to exclusive breastfeeding in rural Viet Nam: insights from mothers who exclusively breastfed and worked. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):101-8.
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    25. Dearden KA, Quan le N, Do M, Marsh DR, Schroeder DG, Pachón H, Lang TT. What influences health behavior? Learning from caregivers of young children in Viet Nam. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec; 23(4 Suppl):119-29.
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    26. Dearden K, Altaye M, De Maza I, De Oliva M, Stone-Jimenez M, Morrow AL, Burkhalter BR. Determinants of optimal breast-feeding in peri-urban Guatemala City, Guatemala. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2002 Sep; 12(3):185-92.
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    27. Dearden K, Altaye M, De Maza I, De Oliva M, Stone-Jimenez M, Burkhalter BR, Morrow AL. The impact of mother-to-mother support on optimal breast-feeding: a controlled community intervention trial in peri-urban Guatemala City, Guatemala. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2002 Sep; 12(3):193-201.
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    28. Gonzales F, Dearden K, Jimenez W. Do multi-sectoral development programmes affect health? A Bolivian case study. Health Policy Plan. 1999 Dec; 14(4):400-8.
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    29. Dearden KA, Hale CB, Woolley T. The antecedents of teen fatherhood: a retrospective case-control study of Great Britain youth. Am J Public Health. 1995 Apr; 85(4):551-4.
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    30. Dearden K, Hale C, Alvarez J. The educational antecedents of teen fatherhood. Br J Educ Psychol. 1992 Feb; 62 ( Pt 1):139-47.
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