Melissa Gladstone

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Melissa Gladstone is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Gladstone has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 58 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 31 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Melissa Gladstone's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (62 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (35 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (28 papers). Melissa Gladstone is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (62 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (35 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (28 papers). Melissa Gladstone collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malawi and United States. Melissa Gladstone's co-authors include Nynke van den Broek, Marko Kerac, Gillian Lancaster, Rosalind L Smyth, James Ditai, Felix Kauye, Enitan D. Carrol, Antonieta Medina‐Lara, Andrew Weeks and J. Dusabe-Richards and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Gladstone

103 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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“We have to clean ourselves to ensure that our children are healthy and beautiful”: findings from a qualitative assessment of a hand hygiene poster in rural Uganda

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy and risk of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in offspring: umbrella review of systematic reviews 2025 ·BMJ ·Jameela Sheikh, John Allotey, Soha Sobhy, Nieves Plana, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Reecha Sofat, Ben W. Mol, Louise C. Kenny, Melissa Gladstone, Helena Teede, Javier Zamora, Shakila Thangaratinam	3
2	Plasma Vitamin B12 May Be a Misleading Biomarker among Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: An Observation from Mwanza, Tanzania 2025 ·Journal of Nutrition ·(unknown), Ebba Nexø, George PrayGod, (unknown), (unknown), Maimuna Ahmed, Suzanne Filteau, Melissa Gladstone, André Briend, Henrik Friis, Mette Frahm Olsen	0
3	Cerebral palsy in African paediatric populations: A scoping review 2024 ·Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ·(unknown), Priscilla Springer, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Melissa Gladstone, Charles R. Newton, Angelina Kakooza‐Mwesige, Kirsten A. Donald	5
4	Early childhood development strategy for the world’s children with disabilities 2024 ·Frontiers in Public Health ·Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Scott M. Wright, Tracey Smythe, Mary A. Khetani, (unknown), Sheffali Gulati, Sally Brinkman, Nihad A. Almasri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul Lynch, Brian D. Berman, Andrew N. Williams, Jacob Olusegun Olusanya, Donald Wertlieb, Adrian Davis, Mijna Hadders‐Algra, Melissa Gladstone	11
5	Impact evaluation of a maternal and child cash transfer intervention, integrated with nutrition, early childhood development, and agriculture messaging (MAZIKO-IE): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial 2024 ·Trials ·(unknown), Aulo Gelli, (unknown), Melissa Gladstone, Daniel Gilligan, Mangani Katundu, Kenneth Maleta, Agnes Quisumbing, Lilia Bliznashka, Marilyn N. Ahun	1
6	The current landscape and future of tablet-based cognitive assessments for children in low-resourced settings 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Megan S. McHenry, (unknown), Supriya Bhavnani, Amir Kirolos, Joseph Piper, (unknown), Melissa Gladstone	5
7	Experiences of identifying pre-school children with disabilities in resource limited settings – an account from Malawi, Pakistan and Uganda 2023 ·Disability & Society ·Paul Lynch, Helen Nabwera, (unknown), Muneera A. Rasheed, Kirsten A. Donald, Emmie Mbale, E. Stockdale, Prem Chand, Meta van den Heuvel, Angelina Kakooza‐Mwesige, Melissa Gladstone	2
8	Changing Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Infants Less Than 90 Days of Age Before and After Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Blantyre, Malawi: A 14-Year Hospital Based Surveillance Study 2022 ·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·(unknown), Todd D. Swarthout, Naor Bar‐Zeev, (unknown), (unknown), Brigitte Denis, Queen Dube, Stephen B. Gordon, Robert S. Heyderman, Melissa Gladstone, Neil French	3
9	Neurodevelopmental, cognitive, behavioural and mental health impairments following childhood malnutrition: a systematic review 2022 ·BMJ Global Health ·Amir Kirolos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Samantha Lissauer, Melissa Gladstone, Marko Kerac	49
10	Neurodevelopmental, cognitive, behavioural and mental health impairments following childhood malnutrition: a systematic review 2022 ·medRxiv ·Amir Kirolos, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Samantha Lissauer, Melissa Gladstone, Marko Kerac	3
11	Pathways between caregiver body mass index, the home environment, child nutritional status, and development in children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Allison I Daniel, (unknown), Eric O. Ohuma, Céline Bourdon, Melissa Gladstone, Isabel Potani, Emmie Mbale, Wieger Voskuijl, Meta van den Heuvel, Robert Bandsma	2
12	A Mixed-Methods Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Hospital-Based Psychosocial Stimulation and Counseling Program for Caregivers and Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition 2021 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Allison I Daniel, (unknown), (unknown), Melissa Gladstone, Wieger Voskuijl, Isabel Potani, (unknown), (unknown), Emmie Mbale, Anna Heath, Céline Bourdon, Jenala Njirammadzi, Meta van den Heuvel, Robert Bandsma	3
13	Early intervention for children with developmental disabilities in low and middle-income countries – the case for action 2020 ·International Health ·Tracey Smythe, Maria Zuurmond, Cally J Tann, Melissa Gladstone, Hannah Kuper	81
14	How congenital Zika virus impacted my child’s functioning and disability: a Brazilian qualitative study guided by the ICF 2020 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Verónica Schiariti, Melissa Gladstone, Adriana Melo, (unknown), (unknown), Egmar Longo	11
15	Evaluating the impact of a community-based parent training programme for children with cerebral palsy in Ghana 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Maria Zuurmond, David O’Banion, Melissa Gladstone, (unknown), Marko Kerac, (unknown), Cally J Tann, (unknown), Sarah Polack	94
16	Developmental and behavioural problems in children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi: A cross-sectional study. 2017 ·PubMed ·Meta van den Heuvel, Wieger Voskuijl, (unknown), Marko Kerac, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Robert Bandsma, Melissa Gladstone	34
17	Developmental and behavioural problems in children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi: A cross–sectional study 2017 ·Journal of Global Health ·Meta van den Heuvel, Wieger Voskuijl, (unknown), Marko Kerac, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Robert Bandsma, Melissa Gladstone	33
18	Fluorescent in situ hybridisation assay as a species‐specific identifier of the northern Pacific seastar, Asterias amurensis 2007 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Douglas O. Mountfort, Lesley Rhodes, Judy E. Broom, Melissa Gladstone, (unknown)	10
19	International accreditation of sandwich hybridisation assay format DNA probes for micro‐algae 2005 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Katie Ayers, Lesley Rhodes, (unknown), Melissa Gladstone, Chris Scholin	35
20	International child health 2001 ·Archives of Disease in Childhood ·(unknown), K N Agarwal, Jacob Puliyel, Pramod Upadhyay, J.L. Berry, Nick Spencer, Melissa Gladstone, Michael U. Callaghan, Stephen J. Rogerson, Eric Borgstein, (unknown)	4

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