Thesis Publication Award for International Health Doctoral Graduates & Students
The Department of International Health presents an award to all eligible applicants who publish two manuscripts in the peer-reviewed literature based on their doctoral thesis. The manuscripts must be published within two years from the date of the student’s graduation from an International Health doctoral program. Starting with graduates from the 2015–16 academic year, recipients receive a certificate and will be highlighted on the Department’s website, along with links to the graduate’s publications. The recognized graduate may also note this award in his/her CV. The award does not currently have any monetary value, but is meant to encourage graduates to publish their thesis work so that the results are available to public health researchers and practitioners, and for the benefit of their own careers and that of their mentors. The official name of the award is the Thesis Research Publication Award of the Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Advisers can nominate their students or graduates can nominate themselves by sending an email to Elisabeth Simmons with the name of the graduate and the citations of the doctoral thesis peer-reviewed publications.
THESIS PUBLICATION AWARDS
2021
Student/Alum |
International Health Academic Program |
Adviser |
Peer-reviewed articles |
| Emily Bryce, PhD, '21 | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Professor Joanne Katz |
Bryce E, Katz J, Pema Lama T, et al Bryce E, Munos M, Lama T, Khatry SK, LeClerq S, Katz J. Validation of Maternal Report of Receipt of Iron Folic-Acid Supplementation During Antenatal Care in Rural Southern Nepal. J Nutr. 2021 Sep 21:nxab336. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab336. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34549300. Bryce E, Katz J, Heidkamp R, Lama TP, Khatry SK, LeClerq S, Munos M. Validation of maternal report of nutrition-related interventions and counselling during antenatal care in southern Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. 2021 Dec 14:e13303. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13303. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34905808. |
| Taylor Holroyd, PhD ‘20 | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Professor Dan Salmon |
Holroyd TA, Oloko OK, Salmon DA, Omer SB, Limaye RJ. Communicating recommendations in public health emergencies: The role of public health authorities. Health Security. 2020 Jan/Feb;18(1):21-28. Holroyd TA, Howa AC, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Buttenheim AM, Limaye RJ, Proveaux TM, Omer SB, Salmon DA. Parental vaccine attitudes, beliefs, and practices: initial evidence in California after a vaccine policy change. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Nov 24;1-6. Holroyd TA, Howa AC, Proveaux T, Delamater PL, Klein NP, Buttenheim AM, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, Salmon DA. School-level perceptions and enforcement of the elimination of nonmedical exemptions to vaccination in California. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Jan 25;1-8. |
| Kendra Williams PhD, '19 | Social and Behavioral Interventions | Associate Professor Steven Harvey |
Williams KN, Kephart JL, Fandino-Del-Rio M, et al. Beyond cost: Exploring fuel choices and the socio-cultural dynamics of liquefied petroleum gas stove adoption in Peru. Energy Research & Social Science. 2020;66:101591. Williams KN, Kephart JL, Fandiño-Del-Rio M, et al. Use of liquefied petroleum gas in Puno, Peru: Fuel needs under conditions of free fuel and near-exclusive use. Energy for Sustainable Development. 2020;58:150-157. Williams KN, Kephart JL, Fandiño-Del-Rio M, et al. Exploring the impact of a liquefied petroleum gas intervention on time use in rural Peru: A mixed methods study on perceptions, use, and implications of time savings. Environ Int. 2020;145:105932 |
| Ilona Varallyay, DrPH '21 | DrPH | Professor David Peters |
Varallyay, N.I., Langlois, E.V., Tran, N. et al. Health system decision-makers at the helm of implementation research: development of a framework to evaluate the processes and effectiveness of embedded approaches. Health Res Policy Sys 18, 64 (2020).
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2020
Student/Alum |
International Health Academic Program |
Adviser |
Peer-reviewed articles |
| Jennifer Applegate, PhD '20 | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Professor Abdullah Baqui |
Applegate JA, Ahmed S, Khan MA, Alam S, Kabir N, Islam M, Bhuiyan M, Islam J, Rashid I, Wall S, de Graft-Johnson J, Baqui AH, George J. Early implementation of guidelines for managing young infants with possible serious bacterial infection in Bangladesh. BMJ Glob Health. 2019 Nov 19;4(6):e001643. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001643. Applegate JA, Ahmed S, Harrison M, Callaghan-Koru J, Mousumi M, Begum N, Moin MI, Joarder T, Ahmed S, George J, Mitra DK, Ahmed ANU, Shahidullah M, Baqui AH. Caregiver acceptability of the guidelines for managing young infants with possible serious bacterial infections (PSBI) in primary care facilities in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 14;15(4):e0231490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231490. Applegate JA, Ahmed S, Harrison M, Callaghan-Koru J, Mousumi M, Begum N, Moin MI, Joarder T, Ahmed S, George J, Mitra DK, Ahmed ANU, Shahidullah M, Baqui AH. Provider performance and facility readiness for managing infections in young infants in primary care facilities in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 22;15(4):e0229988. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229988. |
| Andrew Marsh, PhD '18 | Global Disease Epidemiology and Control | Professor Robert Black |
Marsh A, Hirve S, Lele P, Chavan U, Bhattacharjee T, Nair H, Juvekar S, Campbell H. Determinants and patterns of care-seeking for childhood illness in rural Pune District, India. Journal of global health. 2020;10:010601.
Marsh A, Hirve S, Lele P, Chavan U, Bhattacharjee T, Nair H, Campbell H, Juvekar S. Validating a GPS-based approach to detect health facility visits against maternal response to prompted recall survey. Journal of global health. 2020;10:010602. |
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Ashley Sheffel, PhD '19 |
Assistant Professor Melinda Munos |
Sheffel, A., Wilson, E., Munos, M., Zeger, S. (2019). Methods for analysis of complex survey data: An application using the Tanzanian 2015 Demographic and Health Survey and Service Provision Assessment. Journal of Global Health, 9(2). doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020902 Sheffel, A., Zeger, S., Heidkamp, R., Munos, M. (2019). Development of summary indices of antenatal care service quality in Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania. BMJ Open, 9(12). doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-032558 Sheffel, A., Heidkamp, R., Mpembeni, R., Bujari, P., Gupta, J., Niyeha, D., Aung, T., Bakengesa, V., Msuya, J., Munos, M., Kennedy, C. (2019). Understanding client and provider perspectives of antenatal care service quality: a qualitative multi-method study from Tanzania. Journal of Global Health, 9(1). PMID: 31275570 Sheffel, A., Karp, C., Creanga, A. (2018). Utility of Service Provision Assessments and Service Availability and Readiness Assessments for monitoring quality of maternal and newborn health services in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 3(6). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001011 |
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Tsering Pema Lama, PhD '17 |
Professor Luke Mullany |
Lama T, Khatry SK, Katz J, LeClerq SC, Mullany LC. Illness recognition, decision-making and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications: a qualitative study in Sarlahi District, Nepal. J Health Pop Nutr 2017 Dec 21;36(Suppl 1);45. PMID: 29297386 |
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Karen Chang, PhD '17 |
Professor Joanne Katz |
Chang KT, Mullany LC, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Munos MK, Katz J. Validation of maternal reports for low birthweight and preterm birth indicators in rural Nepal. J Global Health 2018 Jun;8(1):010604. PMID: 29899981 |
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Emily Carter, PhD '17 |
Professor Joanne Katz |
Carter ED, Ndhlovu M, Eisele TP, Nkhama E, Katz J, Munos M. Evaluation of methods for linking household and health care provider data to estimate effective coverage of management of child illness: results of a pilot study in Southern Province, Zambia. J Glob Health. 2018 Jun;8(1):010607. doi: 10.7189/jogh.08.010607. PMID:29983929 Carter ED, Ndhlovu M, Munos M, Nkhama E, Katz J, Eisele TP. Validity of maternal report of care-seeking for childhood illness. J Glob Health. 2018 Jun;8(1):01060 PMID: 29619212 |
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Matthew Dudley, PhD '19 |
Professor Dan Salmon |
Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Chamberlain AT, Bednarczyk RA, Malik F, Frew PM, Salmon DA. Hum Vaccin Immunother. Characterizing the vaccine knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intentions of pregnant women in Georgia and Colorado. 2020 Feb 20:1-9. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1717130. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32078395. Dudley MZ, Limaye RJ, Omer SB, O'Leary ST, Ellingson MK, Spina CI, Brewer SE, Chamberlain AT, Bednarczyk RA, Malik F, Frew PM, Salmon DA. Factors associated with referring close contacts to an app with individually-tailored vaccine information. Vaccine. 2020 Feb 22. pii: S0264-410X(20)30206-1. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.019. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32098739. The State of Vaccine Safety Science: Systematic Reviews of the Evidence. Lancet ID. [in press] |
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Md Zabir Hasan, PhD '19 |
Associate Professor Krishna Rao |
Md Zabir Hasan, Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos, William T. Story, Lorraine T. Dean, Krishna D. Rao, and Shivam Gupta. Exploration of Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance by Gender for a Modified Shortened Adapted Social Capital Assessment Tool in India. Front. Psychol., 11 December 2019. Hasan, Md Zabir & Dean, Lorraine & Kennedy, Caitlin & Ahuja, Akshay & Rao, Krishna & Gupta, Shivam. Social capital and utilization of immunization service: A multilevel analysis in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Health Place. 2014 Jul; 28: 73–84. (2020). SSM - Population Health. 100545. 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100545. |
2019
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Student/Alum |
International Health Academic Program |
Adviser |
Peer-reviewed articles |
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Nick Fancourt, PhD '16 |
Professor Kate O'Brien |
Fancourt N, Deloria Knoll M, Baggett HC, et al. Chest Radiograph Findings in Childhood Pneumonia Cases From the Multisite PERCH Study. Clin Infect Dis 2017; 64(suppl_3): S262-s70. Fancourt N, Deloria Knoll M, Barger-Kamate B, et al. Standardized Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in Cases of Pediatric Pneumonia From the PERCH Study. Clin Infect Dis 2017; 64(suppl_3): S253-S61 |
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Hyunju Kim, PhD '19 |
Professor Laura Caulfield |
Kim H, Caulfield LE, Garcia Larsen V, Steffen LM, Grams ME, Coresh J, Rebholz CM. Plant-based diets and incident chronic kidney disease and kidney function. Clin J Am Soc Nephrology 2019 Apr 25. pii: CJN.12391018. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12391018. Kim H, Caulfield LE, Garcia Larsen V, Steffen LM, Coresh J, Rebholz CM. Plant-based diets are associated with a lower risk of incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease mortality, and all-cause mortality J AHA 2019 August;8(16):e012865. Kim H, Rebholz CM Garcia Larsen V, Steffen LM, Grams ME, Coresh J, Caulfield LE. Comparison of plant-based diet indices in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study and risk of hypertension. J Nutr 2019; Nov 13. pii: nxz275. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz275. |
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Katharine Shelley, PhD '17 |
Professor and Chair David Peters |
Shelley KD, Frumence G, Mpembeni R, George AS, Stuart EA, Killewo J, Baqui AH, Peters DH. Can volunteer community health workers manage multiple roles? An interrupted time-series analysis of combined HIV and maternal and child health promotion in Iringa, Tanzania. Health Policy and Planning. 33(10): 1096-1106; 2018. Shelley KD, Mpembeni R, Frumence G, Stuart EA, Killewo J, Baqui AH, Peters DH. Integrating community health worker roles to improve facility delivery utilization in Tanzania—evidence from an interrupted time series analysis. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 23(10): 1327-1338; 2019. Shelley KD, Frumence G, Mpembeni R, Mwinnyaa G, Joachim J, Kadria Kasusi H, Killewo J, Baqui AH, Peters DH, George AS. “Because even the person living with HIV/AIDS might need to make babies” – Perspectives on the drivers of feasibility and acceptability of an integrated community health worker model in Iringa, Tanzania. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 8(9): 538-49; 2019. |
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Yuen Wai Hung, PhD '17 |
Associate Professor Abdulgafoor Bachani |
Hung YW, Musci R, Tol W, Aketch S, Bachani AM. Longitudinal depressive and anxiety symptoms of adult injury patients in Kenya and their risk factors. Disability and rehabilitation. 2019 May 12:1-9. Hung YW, Tol W, Musci R, Aketch S, Bachani AM. Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms trajectory, and disability level among hospitalized injury survivors in Kenya. Journal of traumatic stress. 2019 Feb;32(1):108-18. Hung YW, Gallo JJ, Tol W, Syokau R, Bachani AM. Distress and resilience among unintentional injuries survivors in Kenya: a qualitative study. Rehabilitation psychology. 2019. |
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Veena Sriram, PhD ’17 |
Professor Sara Bennett |
Sriram, V., George, AS., Baru, RV., Bennett, SC. Socialization, legitimation and the transfer of biomedical knowledge to low- and middle-income countries: analyzing the case of emergency medicine in India. International Journal for Equity in Health (December 2018, 17:142) Sriram V, Baru, RV, Bennett SC. Regulating recognition and training for new medical specialties in India: the case of emergency medicine. Health Policy Plan. 2018 Sep 1;33(7):840-852. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czy055. Sriram V, Hyder AA, Bennett S. The making of a new medical specialty: A policy analysis of the development of emergency medicine in India. Int J Health Policy Manag 2018, 1 - 14. doi 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.55 |
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Brittany Kmush, PhD 16’ |
Associate Professor Alain Labrique |
Kmush BL, Zaman K, Yunus M, Saha P, Nelson KE, Labrique AB. A Ten Year Immunopersistence Study of Hepatitis E Antibodies in Rural Bangladesh. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy044. [Epub ahead of print] Kmush BL, Labrique AB, Dalton HR, Ahmed ZB, Ticehurst JR, Heaney CD, Nelson KE, Zaman K. Two Generations of "Gold Standards": The Impact of a Decade in Hepatitis E Virus Testing Innovation on Population Seroprevalence. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct;93(4):714-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0159. Epub 2015 Jul 6. |
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Brian Wahl, PhD ‘17 |
Professor Katherine O’Brien |
Wahl B, Sharan A, Deloria Knoll M, Kumar R, Liu L, Chu Y, McAllister DA, Nair H, Campbell H, Rudan I, Ram U, Sauer M, Shet A, Black R, Santosham M, O'Brien KL, Arora NK. National, regional, and state-level burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children in India: modelled estimates for 2000–15. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Jun;7(6):e735-e747. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30081-6. Wahl B, O'Brien KL, Greenbaum A, Majumder A, Liu L, Chu Y, Lukšić I, Nair H, McAllister DA, Campbell H, Rudan I, Black R, Knoll MD. Burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in children in the era of conjugate vaccines: global, regional, and national estimates for 2000–15. Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Jul;6(7):e744-e757. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30247-X. |
2018
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Emily Hurley, PhD '17 |
Assistant Professor Steve Harvey |
Emily A. Hurley, Steven A. Harvey, Peter J. Winch, Mariam Keita, Debra L. Roter, Seydou Doumbia, Nièlè H. Diarra & Caitlin E. Kennedy (2018) The Role of Patient –Provider Communication in Engagement and Re-engagement in HIV Treatment in Bamako, Mali: A Qualitative Study, Journal of Health Communication, 23:2, 129-143, DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1417513 Emily A. Hurley, Steven A. Harvey, Mariam Keita, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Debra Roter, Sounkalo Dao, Seydou Doumbia, and Peter J. Winch. Patient-provider communication styles in HIV treatment programs in Bamako, Mali: A mixed-methods study to define dimensions and measure patient preferences. SSM Popul Health. 2017 Dec; 3: 539–548. Published online 2017 Jun 7. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.05.012 Hurley EA, Doumbia S, Kennedy CE, et al Patient-centred attitudes among medical students in Mali, West Africa: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2018;8:e019224. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019224 |
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Erica Koegler, 'PhD '16 |
Associate Professor Caitlin Kennedy |
Koegler, E., Kennedy, C.E., Thompson, C.B., Winch, P.J., Mpanano, R.M., Perrin, N.A., Glass,N. (2017). The association between self-reported STI treatment and mental health symptoms in conflict-affected Democratic Republic of Congo. Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Mar;29(3):212-220. doi: 10.1177/0956462417722128. Epub 2017 Jul 31. doi: 10.1177/0956462417722128 Koegler, E., Kennedy, C.E., N.A., Mrinidi, J., Bachunguye, R., Winch, P.J., Ramazani, P., Makambo, M.T., Glass, N. (2018). Understanding how solidarity groups – a community-based economic and psychosocial support intervention – can affect mental health for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Violence Against Women (in press). Koegler, E., Kennedy, C.E. (2018). A scoping review of the associations between mental health and factors related to HIV acquisition and disease progression in conflict-affected settings. Conflict and Health (in press). |
2017
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Mufaro Kanyangarara, PhD '16 |
Professor Luke Mullany |
Kanyangarara M, Mamini E, Mharakurwa S, Munyati S, Gwanzura L, Kobayashi T, Shields T, Mullany LC, Mutambu S, Mason PR, Curriero FC, Moss WJ. High-Resolution Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Risk Mapping in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe: Implications for Regaining Control. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2016 Apr 25:15-0865. Kanyangarara M, Mamini E, Mharakurwa S, Munyati S, Gwanzura L, Kobayashi T, Shields T, Mullany LC, Mutambu S, Mason PR, Curriero FC, Moss WJ. Individual-and Household-Level Risk Factors Associated with Malaria in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2016 Apr 25:15-0847. |
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Jennifer Lam, PhD '16 |
Associate Professor Gypsyamber D'Souza |
Lam JO, Sugar EA, Cranston RD, Weber KM, Burk RD, Wiley DJ, Reddy S, Margolick JB, Strickler HD, Wentz A, Jacobson L, Coles CL, Bream JH, Rositch AF, Guo Y, Xiao W, Gillison ML, D’Souza G. The association of medication use with clearance or persistence of oral HPV infection. Cancer Causes & Control. 2016; 27(12):1491-1498. Lam JO, Bream JH, Sugar EA, Coles CL, Weber KM, Burk RD, Wiley DJ, Cranston RD, Reddy S, Margolick JB, Strickler HD, Wentz A, Jacobson L, Guo Y, Xiao W, Gillison ML, D’Souza G. Association of serum cytokines with oral HPV clearance. Cytokine. 2016; 83:85-91. |
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Jessica Atwell, PhD '16 |
Professor Ruth Karron |
Atwell JE, Geoghegan S, Karron RA, Polack FP. Clinical Predictors of Critical Lower Respiratory Tract Illness Due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Infants and Children: Data to Inform Case Definitions for Efficacy Trials. J Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 1;214(11):1712-1716. Atwell, J.E., Thumar, B., Robinson, L.J., Tobby, R., Yambo, P., Ome-Kaius, M., Siba, P.M., Unger, H.W., Rogerson, S.J., King, C.L., Karron, R.A. Impact of placental malaria and hypergammaglobulinemia on transplacental transfer of respiratory syncytial virus antibody in Papua New Guinea. J Infect Dis. 2015. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiv401 |
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Megan Cherewick, PhD '16 |
Associate Professor Shannon Doocy |
Cherewick M, Tol W, Burnham G, Doocy S, Glass N. A structural equation model of conflict-affected youth coping and resilience. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 2016 Sept 26;4(1):155-74. Cherewick M, Doocy S, Tol W, Burnham G, Glass N. Potentially traumatic events, coping strategies and associations with mental health and well-being measures among conflict-affected youth in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Health Research and Policy. 2016 Jul 21;1(1):8. |
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Naoko Kozuki, PhD '16 |
Professor Joanne Katz |
Kozuki N, Mullany LC, Khatry SK, Ghimire RK, Paudel S, Blakemore K, Bird C, Tielsch JM, LeClerq SC, Katz J. Accuracy of Home-Based Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Obstetric Risk Factors by Primary-Level Health Care Workers in Rural Nepal. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep;128(3):604-12. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001558. Kozuki N, Katz J, Khatry SK, Tielsch JM, LeClerq SC, Mullany LC. Community survey on awareness and use of obstetric ultrasonography in rural Sarlahi District, Nepal. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2016 Aug;134(2):126-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.01.015. |
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Diwakar Mohan, PhD '15 |
DrPH |
Professor Abdullah Baqui |
Mohan D, Gupta S, LeFevre A, Bazant E, Killewo J, Baqui AH. Determinants of postnatal care use at health facilities in rural Tanzania: multilevel analysis of a household survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 Oct 30;15:282. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0717-7. Diwakar Mohan, Amnesty E LeFevre, Asha George, Rose Mpembeni, Eva Bazant, Neema Rusibamayila, Japhet Killewo, Peter J Winch, Abdullah H Baqui; Analysis of dropout across the continuum of maternal health care in Tanzania: findings from a cross-sectional household survey. Health Policy Plan 2017. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx005 |