Melina Mgongo

1.1k total citations
30 papers, 608 citations indexed

About

Melina Mgongo is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Melina Mgongo has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 608 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 17 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 10 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Melina Mgongo's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (17 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (13 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (10 papers). Melina Mgongo is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (17 papers), Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (13 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (10 papers). Melina Mgongo collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, Norway and United Kingdom. Melina Mgongo's co-authors include Sia E. Msuya, Babill Stray‐Pedersen, Tamara Hussein Hashim, Johnson Katanga, Jacqueline Uriyo, Margareta Wandel, Siri Vangen, Mary Mosha, Ola Jahanpour and Innocent B. Mboya and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Melina Mgongo

29 papers receiving 575 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melina Mgongo Tanzania 12 362 251 219 149 105 30 608
Owen Nkoka Taiwan 13 217 0.6× 106 0.4× 209 1.0× 42 0.3× 68 0.6× 34 475
Kedir Abdela Gonete Ethiopia 12 222 0.6× 60 0.2× 189 0.9× 32 0.2× 36 0.3× 28 414
Eshetu Zerihun Tariku Ethiopia 12 232 0.6× 81 0.3× 121 0.6× 61 0.4× 23 0.2× 31 426
Paul Armah Aryee Ghana 13 130 0.4× 84 0.3× 94 0.4× 46 0.3× 17 0.2× 40 480
Swaroop Kumar Sahu India 12 126 0.3× 176 0.7× 71 0.3× 28 0.2× 27 0.3× 48 488
MacDonald Ndekha Malawi 16 754 2.1× 90 0.4× 233 1.1× 374 2.5× 32 0.3× 23 1.0k
Kelsey Mirkovic United States 11 136 0.4× 224 0.9× 74 0.3× 144 1.0× 32 0.3× 16 411
Fred Bagenda Uganda 9 106 0.3× 77 0.3× 184 0.8× 12 0.1× 32 0.3× 25 360
Laetitia Nikièma Burkina Faso 10 240 0.7× 69 0.3× 117 0.5× 70 0.5× 29 0.3× 13 380
Wanzahun Godana Ethiopia 12 174 0.5× 32 0.1× 197 0.9× 7 0.0× 42 0.4× 27 395

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melina Mgongo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melina Mgongo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melina Mgongo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melina Mgongo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Melina Mgongo. Melina Mgongo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mgongo, Melina, Scott Ickes, Innocent B. Mboya, et al.. (2024). Early Infant Feeding Practices among Women Engaged in Paid Work in Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review. Advances in Nutrition. 15(3). 100179–100179. 2 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, Julius Mwaiselage, Bariki Mchome, et al.. (2023). Knowledge on human papilloma virus and experience of getting positive results: a qualitative study among women in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. BMC Women s Health. 23(1). 61–61. 2 indexed citations
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Mahande, Michael Johnson, et al.. (2021). Inequalities in stunting among under-five children in Tanzania: decomposing the concentration indexes using demographic health surveys from 2004/5 to 2015/6. International Journal for Equity in Health. 20(1). 46–46. 21 indexed citations
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Mboya, Innocent B., James S. Ngocho, Melina Mgongo, et al.. (2020). Community engagement in COVID-19 prevention: experiences from Kilimanjaro region, Northern Tanzania. Pan African Medical Journal. 35. 6 indexed citations
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Mboya, Innocent B., et al.. (2020). Prevalence and factors associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20(1). 505–505. 10 indexed citations
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Wandel, Margareta, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among women in Moshi municipal, northern Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20(1). 285–285. 33 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, Johnson Katanga, Jacqueline Uriyo, et al.. (2019). Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates and Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Northern Tanzania: Measurement using Two Different Methodologies—24 Hours Recall and Recall Since Birth. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 32–43. 17 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, Sia E. Msuya, Balthazar Nyombi, et al.. (2019). Prevalence and factors associated with HIV and syphilis infection among children aged 0–36 months in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a community-based cross-sectional study. Tropical Medicine and Health. 47(1). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Jahanpour, Ola, Sia E. Msuya, Jim Todd, Babill Stray‐Pedersen, & Melina Mgongo. (2018). Increasing trend of exclusive breastfeeding over 12 years period (2002–2014) among women in Moshi, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 18(1). 471–471. 4 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, et al.. (2018). Anaemia in Pregnancy: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Northern Tanzania. Anemia. 2018. 1–9. 178 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, et al.. (2017). Rubella sero-prevalence among children in Kilimanjaro region: a community based study prior to the introduction of rubella vaccine in Tanzania. ˜The œItalian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics. 43(1). 63–63. 8 indexed citations
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Hashim, Tamara Hussein, Melina Mgongo, Johnson Katanga, et al.. (2016). Predictors of appropriate breastfeeding knowledge among pregnant women in Moshi Urban, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 12(1). 11–11. 28 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, et al.. (2015). Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Science Journal of Public Health. 2(6). 631. 6 indexed citations
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Uriyo, Jacqueline, et al.. (2014). Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission at primary health care level in Moshi urban Tanzania: uptake challenges and transmission rate. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Mgongo, Melina, Mary Mosha, Jacqueline Uriyo, Sia E. Msuya, & Babill Stray‐Pedersen. (2013). Prevalence and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among women in Kilimanjaro region, Northern Tanzania: a population based cross-sectional study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 8(1). 12–12. 61 indexed citations
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Batchelor, B. I. F., et al.. (1994). Melioidosis survey in Kenya. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88(2). 181–181. 9 indexed citations

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