Profile
- Name: Kang, Yun Hee
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Major: Global Nutrition System
Research Areas:Office: –
E-mail: ykang12@snu.ac.kr
Education
- Johns Hopkins bloomberg School of Public Health
Ph.D., Human Nutrition
Seoul National University
M.S., Department of Food and Nutrition
Seoul National University
B.S., Department of Food and Nutrition
Recent Publications
- Vo TM, Nguyen TT, Nguyen DQ, Tran TN, Kang Y. Investigation of consistency in sleep quality evaluation using a Fitbit device compared to a structured questionnaire among breastfeeding mothers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2026 Feb 11:1-9.
- Baker N, Kang Y, Makabila G, Tadesse S, Doocy S. Prevalence and risk factors of severe food insecurity and poor food consumption for PSNP households in drought-prone East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia 2025 Sep 11;5(9):e0004636.
- Kang Y, Choi A, Kim H, Edward A, Ji H, Jeon J. Impact of home-visit counselling on maternal and child health and nutrition by Barangay health workers: a quasi-experimental study from Eastern Visayas, Philippines. J Glob Health. 2025;15:04276.
- Lee A, Workneh F, Kang Y, Yibeltal K, Fasil F, Tsegaye S, Baye E, Workagegnehu T, Berhane Y, Derebe M, Van Dyk F, Eglovitch M, Olson I, Mengistie M, Shiferie F, Shifraw T, Lu C, North K, Chan G, Isanaka S, Molina R, Tadesse A, Wylie B, Christian P, Mullany L, Worku A, Berhane Y The impact of enhancing nutrition and antenatal infection treatment on birth outcomes in Amhara, Ethiopia: a pragmatic factorial, cluster randomized clinical effectiveness study. 2025. BMJ Glob Health;10:e016264. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016264BMJ Global Health
- Kang Y. Wabyona E, Kississou Etienne K Madjioudal Allarabaye M. Bakoi, A. Doocy S. Temporal trend of food security and coping strategy in Chad: 2016-2021. 2023 Frontiers in Sustainable Food System.10.3389/fsufs.2023.1197228
- Kang Y, Chimanya K, Matji J, Nyawo M, Craig H, Heidkamp R, Thorne- Lyman, A. Factors associated with diet diversity among infants and young children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region Maternal and Child Nutrition.2023. mcn.13487
- Kang Y, Prihartono I, Hossain I, Biswas J, Min S. Kim H, Cho Y, Kim H. Impact evaluation of a community nutrition and livelihood program on child nutrition in rural Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2022 Dec 5;19(2):e13461. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13461
- Kang Y, Kim H, Hossain MI, Biswas J, Lee E, Ruel-Bergeron J, Cho Y. Adaptive implementation of a community nutrition and asset transfer program during COVID-19 pandemic in rural Bangladesh. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 May 13;6(5):nzac041
- Kang Y, Wu L, Shaikh S, Healey K, Ali H, Shamim AA, Christian P, Labrique A, West K. Birth anthropometry, including circumferential measurements, predict neonatal and infant mortality in rural Bangladesh. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2022 Jan 11;nqab432 (selected as Editor’s choice article).
- Kang Y, Baidya A, Aaron A, Wang J, Chan C, Wetzler E. Differences in the early impact of COVID-19 on food security and livelihoods in rural and urban areas in the Asia Pacific Region. Global Food Security. Vol 31, December 2021, 100580
