Penelope A Phillips-Howard

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Professor Penelope A Phillips-Howard is a faculty member at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK. Her research focuses on mental health, sexual and reproductive health, and the intersection of these issues with education and socioeconomic factors among vulnerable populations, particularly out-of-school girls in Kenya. Recent articles include investigations into anxiety and depression among these groups, as well as studies on menstrual health and its implications for sexual behavior.

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Single arm trial of menstrual cups among economically vulnerable women to reduce Bacterial vaginosis and STIs through reduced harmful sexual and menstrual practices

Open Date: 2022-08-01

Close Date: 2027-07-01

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Measuring the medium-term impact of school-based interventions as girls transition into adulthood

Open Date: 2022-04-01

Close Date: 2024-12-01

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Increased risk of STI and HIV among adolescent girls and young women due to COVID-19 and pandemic mitigation: Biological, behavioral, and psychosocial mediators

Open Date: 2021-09-01

Close Date: 2025-08-01

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Menstrual and health solutions for out-of-school adolescent girls

Open Date: 2020-10-01

Close Date: 2022-09-01

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Advancing National and Global Level Measurement and Monitoring of Menstrual Health & Hygiene (MHH)

Open Date: 2020-10-01

Close Date: 2022-12-01

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Philip Spinhoven

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Leiden University

NETHERLANDS

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Andrea Verhulst-Georgoulis

Institut National d'études démographiques

FRANCE

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Ian Ross

Assistant Professor (Health Economics)

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

UNITED KINGDOM

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Dominique Roberfroid

Professor of Epidemiology & EBM, and Public Health

University of Namur

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Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress and associated risk factors among out-of-school girls in western Kenya

Factors associated with school dropout and sexual and reproductive health: a cross-sectional analysis among out-of-school girls in western Kenya

‘once they see blood then the mood for sex is spoiled’ A qualitative exploration of female sex worker’s male client views of menstruation, sex during menses and the menstrual disc

Water source, latrine type, and rainfall are associated with detection of non-optimal and enteric bacteria in the vaginal microbiome: a prospective observational cohort study nested within a cluster randomized controlled trial

Interventions aiming to improve menstrual, sexual, reproductive, and mental health among out-of-school girls: a systematic review

“Whenever I help her, I am also expecting her vagina in return”: a qualitative analysis to explore men’s and adolescent girls’ perceptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual behaviour and health of adolescent girls in rural western Kenya

Improving Accountability for Equitable Health and Well-being in Urban Informal Spaces: Moving from Dominant to Transformative Approaches

Increased reproductive tract infections among secondary school girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with pandemic-related stress, mental health, and domestic safety

“He’ll come with some sugar.” A qualitative study exploring the drivers and consequences of schoolgirls transactional sex behaviours

Building a Future for School-Based Menstruation Health and Hygiene (MHH): Evaluating Implementation of a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Policy in Chicago Public Schools

Vaginal Microbial Network Analysis Reveals Novel Taxa Relationships among Adolescent and Young Women with Incident Sexually Transmitted Infection Compared with Those Remaining Persistently Negative over a 30-Month Period

Quality of vital event data for infant mortality estimation in prospective, population-based studies: an analysis of secondary data from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Analysis of bacterial vaginosis, the vaginal microbiome, and sexually transmitted infections following the provision of menstrual cups in Kenyan schools: Results of a nested study within a cluster randomized controlled trial

Building menstrual health and hygiene-supportive environments: exploring teachers’ experience in rural Western Kenya

“I stretch them out as long as possible:” U.S. women’s experiences of menstrual product insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Quality of life and well-being problems in secondary schoolgirls in Kenya: Prevalence, associated characteristics, and course predictors

‘You don’t have to sleep with a man to get how to survive’: Girl’s perceptions of an intervention study aimed at improving sexual and reproductive health and schooling outcomes

Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analyses of Providing Menstrual Cups and Sanitary Pads to Schoolgirls in Rural Kenya.

Intra-Urban Variation of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and Men in Kenya: Evidence from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.

Puberty health intervention to improve menstrual health and school attendance among adolescent girls in The Gambia: study methodology of a cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Gambia (MEGAMBO TRIAL).

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Philip Spinhoven

Andrea Verhulst-Georgoulis

Ian Ross

Dominique Roberfroid

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