Publications
The list below includes publications authored or co-authored by researchers supported by ASSET.
1.- Using a mentorship model to localise the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) to transform primary health care in Ethiopia. Mekonnen Y, Hanlon C, Emyu S, Cornick RV, Fairall L, Gebremichael D, Teka T, Shiferaw S, Walelgne W, Mamo Y, Ayehu T, Wale M, Eastman T, Awotiwon A, Wattrus C, Picken SC, Ras CJ, Anderson L, Doherty T, Prince MJ, Tegabu D. BMJ Glob Health. 2018 Nov 16;3(Suppl 5):e001108. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001108 . eCollection 2018. Review. PubMed PMID: 30498596;PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6241984.
2.- Modified Early Obstetric Warning Scores (MEOWS): A promising tool but more evidence and standardization required. Robbins T, Shennan A, Sandall J. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2019 Jan;98(1):7-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13448 . Epub 2018 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 30155879.
3.- Antenatal predictors of incident and persistent postnatal depressive symptoms in rural Ethiopia: a population-based prospective study. Bitew, T., Hanlon, C., Medhin, G., Fekadu, A. Reproductive Health (2019). 16: 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0690-0
4.- Comorbidities between tuberculosis and common mental disorders: A scoping review of epidemiological patterns and person-centred care interventions from low-to-middle income and BRICS countries Van Rensburg,A; Dube,A; Curran,R; Ambaw,F; Murdoch,J; Bachmann,M; Petersen,I; Fairall,L Infect Dis Poverty. 2020 Jan 15;9(1):4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0619-4 Infectious Diseases of Poverty.
5.- Psychological interventions for common mental disorders in women experiencing intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Keynejad RC; Hanlon,C; Howard,L M. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;7(2):173-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30510-3 .
6.- Staff recognition and its importance for surgical service delivery: a qualitative study in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Chris Willott, Nick Boyd, Haja Wurie, Isaac Smalle, TB Kamara, Justine I Davies and Andrew JM Leather. Health Policy and Planning, 2020, 1–8. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czaa131
7.- Dental caries experience and associated factors in adults: a cross-sectional community survey within Ethiopia. Bogale B, Engida F, Hanlon C, Prince MJ, Gallagher JE. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 21;21(1):180. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10199-9 . PMID: 33478460; PMCID: PMC7819221.
8.- The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for sub-Saharan Africa. Frissa,S; Dessalegn, B. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S264286
9.- Problem solving therapy (PST) tailored for intimate partner violence (IPV) versus standard PST and enhanced usual care for pregnant women experiencing IPV in rural Ethiopia: protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Keynejad,RC; Bitew,T;Sorsdahl,K;Myers,B; Honikman,S;Girmay Medhin,G;Deyessa, N;Sevdalis,N; Tol, W A; Howard,L; Hanlon,C BMC Trials , (Publication date: ) 21:454 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04331-0
10.- Stakeholder perspectives on antenatal depression and the potential for psychological intervention in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study. Bitew, T; Keynejad, R; Honikman, S; Sorsdahl, K; Myers, B ;Fekadu, A; Hanlon, C BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2020 Jun 22;20(1):371. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03069-6
11.- The empirical evidence underpinning the concept and practice of person-centred care for serious illness: a systematic review. Giusti, A; Nkhoma, K; Petrus, R; Petersen, I; Gwyther, L; Farrant, L; Venkatapuram, S; Harding, R BMJ Global Health. 2020 Dec;5(12):e003330. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003330
12.- Contextual equipoise: a novel concept to inform ethical implications for implementation research in low-income and middle-income countries. Nadine Seward, Charlotte Hanlon, Jamie Murdoch, Tim Colbourn, Martin James Prince, Sridhar Venkatapuram, Nick Sevdalis. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Dec;5(12):e003456. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003456
13.- Improving nursing documentation for surgical patients in a referral hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone: protocol for assessing feasibility of a pilot multifaceted quality improvement hybrid type project. Brima, N., Sevdalis, N., Daoh, K. et al. Pilot Feasibility Stud 7, 33 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00768-5
14.- Brief problem-solving therapy for antenatal depressive symptoms in primary care in rural Ethiopia: protocol for a randomised, controlled feasibility trial. Bitew T, Keynejad R, Myers B, Honikman S, Medhin G, Girma F, Howard L, Sorsdahl K, Hanlon C. Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2021) 7:35 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00773-8
15.- What is the financial burden to patients of accessing surgical care in Sierra Leone? A cross-sectional survey of catastrophic and impoverishing expenditure Phull M, Grimes CE, Kamara TB, et al BMJ Open 2021;11:e039049. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039049
16.- Interventions to strengthen the leadership capabilities of health professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Johnson O, Begg K, Kelly AH, Sevdalis N. Health Policy and Planning 2020 Dec 13:czaa078. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa078
17.- Developing a task-sharing psychological intervention to treat mild to moderate symptoms of perinatal depression and anxiety in South Africa: a mixed-method formative study. Boisits S, Abrahams Z, Schneider M, Honikman S, Kaminer D, Lund C. Int J Ment Health Syst (2021) 15:23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00443-5
18.- Personal and occupational experiences of COVID-19 and their effects on South African health workers’ wellbeing. R Curran, M Bachmann, A J van Rensburg, J Murdoch, A Awotiwon, C-J Ras, I Petersen, L Fairall. South African Medical Journal, May. 2021. ISSN 2078-5135. Available at: http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/13300
19.- Using a theory of change to develop an integrated intervention for Depression, Diabetes and Hypertension in Zimbabwe: Lessons from the Friendship Bench project. Tiny Tinashe Kamvura, Jean Turner, Ephraim Chiriseri, Jermaine Dambi, Ruth Verhey and Dixon Chibanda. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 7;21(1):928. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06957-5
20.- Implementation science protocol for a participatory, theory-informed implementation research programme in the context of health system strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET-ImplementER). Seward N, Murdoch J, Hanlon C, Araya R, Gao W, Harding R, Lund C, Hinrichs-Krapels S, Mayston R, Kartha M, Prince M, Sandall J, Thornicroft G, Verhey R, Sevdalis N. BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 8;11(7):e048742. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048742 . PMID: 34244274; PMCID: PMC8268893
21.- Identifying contextual determinants of problems in tuberculosis care provision in South Africa: a theory‑generating case study. Jamie Murdoch, Robyn Curran, André J. van Rensburg, Ajibola Awotiwon, Audry Dube, Max Bachmann, Inge Petersen and Lara Fairall.Murdoch et al. Infect Dis Poverty (2021) 10:67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00840-5
22.- The relationship between common mental disorders (CMDs), food insecurity and domestic violence in pregnant women during the COVID‑19 lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa. Zulfa Abrahams, Sonet Boisits, Marguerite Schneider, Martin Prince, Crick Lund. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology volume 57, pages37–46 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02140-7
23.- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health service utilisation in Sierra Leone. Stephen Sevalie, Daniel Youkee, Alex J van Duinen, Emma Bailey, Thaimu Bangura, Sowmya Mangipudi, Esther Mansaray, Maria-Lisa Odland, Divya Parmar, Sorie Samura, Diede van Delft, Haja Wurie, Justine I Davies, Håkon Bolkan, Andrew JM Leather.BMJ Global Health. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005988
24.- HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (ASSET) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care: protocol for pre-implementation phase studies. Seward N, Hanlon C, Abdella A, Abrahams Z, Alem A, Araya R, Bachmann M, Bekele A, Bogale B, Brima N, Chibanda D, Curran R, Davies J, Beyene A, Fairall L, Farrant L, Frissa S, Gallagher J, Gao W, Gwyther L, Harding R, Kartha MR, Leather A, Lund C, Marx M, Nkhoma K, Murdoch J, Petersen I, Petrus R, van Rensburg A, Sandall J, Sevdalis N, Sheenan A, Tadesse A, Thornicroft G, Verhey R, Willott C, Prince M. Glob Health Action. 2022 Dec 31;15(1):1987044. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1987044 . PMID: 35037844; PMCID: PMC8765245.
25.- Pills and prayers: a comparative qualitative study of community conceptualisations of pre-eclampsia and pluralistic care in Ethiopia, Haiti and Zimbabwe. Robbins, T., Hanlon, C., Kelly, A.H. et al. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 21, 716 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-04186-6
27.- Exploring effort–reward imbalance and professional quality of life among health workers in Cape Town, South Africa: a mixed-methods study. Jensen, N., Lund, C. & Abrahams, Z. glob health res policy 7, 7 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-022-00242-6
28.- Food insecurity and common mental disorders in perinatal women living in low socio-economic settings in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cohort study. Abrahams, Z., & Lund, C. (2022). Global Mental Health, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2022.12