Master's Essay Titles

2023 Master's Essays by Area of Interest

• Child and Adolescent Health
• Maternal, Fetal and Perinatal Health
• Population and Health
• Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health

Child and Adolescent Health

• A Gap in the Data: Defining, Identifying, and Tracking Children with Medical Complexity in the Child Welfare System
• An Equity Analysis of Baltimore City’s 21st Century School Buildings Program
• Perspectives on Hormonal Contraception: An Analysis Among Young Adults in the European Region.  A secondary analysis of Contraceptive use and awareness among young people in the European region
• Child Marriage, Displacement, and the Perceived Impact of Family Planning on Marriage Dynamics among Adolescent Women in Yemen
• Conflict and Consent: Factors Associated with Marriage Decision-Making for Adolescent Girls in Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis
• An Assessment of the Influence of Comprehensive Sex Education Programs on Public School Students in the United States
• Y2CONNECT.org Baltimore- A Mobile Friendly Youth-Focused Solution to Connect Adolescents to Local Cross-Sector Resources
• Where there are no Data: A Case Study on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in Nicaragua
• Scoping Review: Child Marriage and Childbearing among Adolescent Girls under Humanitarian Setting of LMIC
• Exploring the prospective relationship between psychosocial beliefs in adolescence and later parenting in Baltimore City
• Police Violence and Youth Traumatic Stress: A Systematic Review
• A Systematic Review of Acceptability of STI Self-Sampling and Self-Testing in Young Adults in the United States
• Barriers to Proper Nutrition on College Campuses and its Contribution to Malnutrition among Undergraduate Students
• Lessons Learned Around Pediatric Home Equipment Decisions: From Social Context to Technological Platforms

Maternal, Fetal and Perinatal Health

• Maternal Work and Infant Feeding Practices in the First Six Months: Exploring the Moderating Effect of Maternal Parenting Stress
• Understanding and Addressing Postpartum Depression in the United States
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Morbidity
• Maternal Stress And In-Utero Autoimmune Disease Programming: Implications for Racial Health Inequities
• The Multi-level Predictors of Adherence to Nutritional Supplementation During Pregnancy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• Factors and Barriers Informing Male Engagement in Fertility and Family Planning Decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review
• Empathy Training As A Means For Provider Behavior Change In Private Family Planning Clinics In Burkina Faso: A Qualitative Analysis Of The Provider’s Perspective
• The Bridge: Promoting Clinical research participation among Black pregnant and postpartum birthing people
• Addressing the Role Slavery and Racial Stereotypes Play in the Low Occurrence of Initiation and Continuation of Breastfeeding Among Black Mothers
• Bumps in the Road: Assessing Facility Preparedness to Address Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy in Ethiopia
• Identifying Community Strategies to Promote Breastfeeding Practices among American Indian and Alaska Natives: A Systematic Review of US and Canadian studies
• Use of Misoprostol to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage in Low-Resource Settings
• Can expansion of nurse-midwifery care improve birth outcomes of marginalized populations in the United States: A Systematic Review
• Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Quality of Care Checklist: A Pilot Project in Baltimore City
• Missed Opportunities in STI Screening of Pregnant Women: A study of the literature and practice patterns concerning STI and perinatal infections
• Haitian Women's Birth Equity: A Case Study of the Maternal Health Crisis for Black Migrants in the United States
• Vaginal microbiomes and risk of preterm Birth in HIV positive women: A scoping review

Population and Health

• The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide and Alcohol- and Drug-Related Overdoses
• COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine Adverse Reactions Among Healthcare Workers
• Process and Outcomes of the HIV Hard-To-Reach Study in Uganda
• Evaluation of the Quality of Online Asynchronous Humanitarian Health Education

Women’s, Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Descriptive Analysis of Response Patterns to TCI’s RAISE Tool
• Feasibility pilot of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to understand micro-environments on college campuses
• Health Professional PAC Campaign Contributions to Members of Congress – Voting Patterns on Abortion and Contraceptive Bills
• Scoping Review of Implementation of Technological Interventions Addressing Gender-based Violence: Learning from the Dissemination/Implementation of a Web-Based Safety Planning Tool in Nairobi
• A scoping review on the measurement of contraceptive preferences
• Exploring the Experiences of FGM/C Affected Migrant Women in Western Nations: A Scoping Review of Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
• Quality of Contraceptive Counseling and Person-Centered Care: A Cross-sectional Study Among a National Sample of Women in Ethiopia
• Does current contraceptive choice affect what other methods women are told about? A secondary analysis of counseling comprehensiveness in Ethiopia
• Do covert contraceptive users engage with the health system differently? Understanding women’s care experiences in Kenya
• A Scoping Review about the Effect of Abortion Access on Women’s Wages and Employment
• Impact of testosterone therapy with and without oophorectomy among transmasculine and gender diverse individuals: A scoping review
• Determinants of Young Women’s Contraceptive Knowledge and Services in Nigeria

2022 Master's Essays By Area of Interest

• Adolescent Health
• Child Health
• Maternal, Fetal and Perinatal Health
• Population and Health
• Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health

Adolescent Health

• Barriers to contraceptive use among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa and insights on how to address the barriers
• A Qualitative Analysis of Health Teachers’ Experiences with, and Perceptions of, Condom Programming in Schools

Child Health

• Literature Review on Barriers Associated with WIC Participation and How COVID-19 Related Changes Impacted the Program
• Improving Family Economic Well-being through Home Visiting: The Moderating Effects of Maternal Motivation on Program Impacts
• Machine Learning & Predictive Analytics for Children’s Public Health and Social Services Using Administrative Data: A Scoping Review

Maternal, Fetal and Perinatal Health

• Variation and Correlates of Psychosocial Wellbeing Among Women with Preeclampsia in the nuMoM2b Cohort
• Picture This: Identifying Barriers in the Home Environment Among Families of Children with Medical Complexity
• Illinois Crisis Pregnancy Centers: A Public Health Case Study on State-Sponsored Reproductive Coercion
• Preterm birth and the vaginal microbiome: a literature review
• Maternal and Child Health Promotion in Ceará, Brazil: A Field Observation Using the Health-Promoting Family Conceptual Framework
• Women’s Empowerment as a Pathway to Improving Maternal Health in sub-Saharan Africa
• Communication Strategies for the Title V Maternal & Child Health Block Grant: A Case Study
• Substance Use and Breastfeeding: A systematic review on cannabis, buprenorphine, and methadone use during breastfeeding
• Perceived Barriers to Post-Partum Weight Loss: A Scoping Review and Lived Experiences of Participants in the Healthy for Two/Healthy for You Study

Population and Health

• Utilization of Critical Race Theory in Public Health Research
• Characterizing the Hereditary Risk for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
• The Steel Frame of India: Training the Indian Administrative Service Officers to Strengthen the Public Health System
• Assessment of Data Systems Utilized by USAID’s Key Populations Program in South Africa: An Evaluation of Barriers and Facilitators Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

Women’s, Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Summarizing the Evidence for Screening and Prevention of Postpartum Depression in Rural Women in High Income Countries
• Assessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and its association with PrEP uptake within nine sub-Saharan African countries using Google Health Trends and PEPFAR data
• Future directions for sexual and reproductive health: A scoping review of evidence on utility and use of online-to-offline interventions in low- and middle-income countries
• Social Environments of Sexual Violence on College Campuses in the United States: Rethinking the Value of Bystanders
• Patterns of contraceptive use and unmet need in late reproductive age in Southeast Asia
• Evaluating the Reproductive Autonomy Scale in Egypt: A Qualitative Approach
• The Impact of Bodily Autonomy Violations on HIV Partner Disclosure: Results from the PLHIV Stigma Index 2.0 in Ukraine
• Assessing Teachers’ Experiences in Implementing Trauma-Informed Approaches in School-Based Sex Education in Baltimore City: A Qualitative Analysis
• A Qualitative Exploration of Reproductive Coercion Experiences in Geo-culturally Diverse sub-Saharan African Settings