Assistant Professor
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Margaret (Waru) Gichane, PhD, MSPH, is an Assistant Professor and social and behavioral scientist at ANSIRH. Her research is dedicated to identifying and addressing the structural and social factors that produce disparities in sexual and reproductive health outcomes globally. In her work, she utilizes a variety of participatory and applied qualitative methods to explore quality of sexual and reproductive health services, adolescent sexual behavior, and HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
Publications
Men's understanding of three different measures of transactional sex: A cognitive interviewing study among men in Rakai, Uganda.
Research square
Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Health and Health Services Research Workforce: A Systematic Scoping Review.
Journal of general internal medicine
Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities.
JAMA network open
Understanding Patients' Experiences with a Brief Alcohol Reduction Intervention among People Living with HIV in Uganda: A Qualitative Study.
Substance use & misuse
Dismantling and reimagining global health education.
Global health action
Alcohol, drug use, and sexual risk among young African American women in North Carolina: Is educational attainment protective?
Vulnerable children and youth studies
'We have goals but [it is difficult]'. Barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among women using alcohol and other drugs living with HIV in South Africa.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
"Because all mothers is not the same": The development and implementation of an in loco parentis informed consent procedure to enroll adolescent girls and young women to participate in HIV research.
Journal of adolescence
Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi: A QualitativeAnalysis.
Studies in family planning
Individual and Relationship-Level Correlates of Transactional Sex Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi: A Multilevel Analysis.
AIDS and behavior
Impact of Women's Home Environment on Use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AIDS and behavior
Outcomes of Implementing in the Real World the Women's Health CoOp Intervention in Cape Town, South Africa.
AIDS and behavior
Socioeconomic Predictors of Transactional Sex in a Cohort of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi: A Longitudinal Analysis.
AIDS and behavior
Conceptualization of Empowerment and Pathways Through Which Cash Transfers Work to Empower Young Women to Reduce HIV Risk: A Qualitative Study in Tanzania.
AIDS and behavior
The influence of cash transfers on engagement in transactional sex and partner choice among adolescent girls and young women in Northwest Tanzania.
Culture, health & sexuality
Implementation science outcomes of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual-care settings in South Africa.
Drug and alcohol dependence
"If the Big Fish are Doing It Then Why Not Me Down Here?": Informal Fee Payments and Reproductive Health Care Provider Motivation in Kenya.
Studies in family planning
Decision-making and cash spending patterns of adolescent girls and young women participating in a cash-transfer intervention in Tanzania: Implications for sexual health.
Global public health
Understanding healthcare provider absenteeism in Kenya: a qualitative analysis.
BMC health services research
Cash plus: exploring the mechanisms through which a cash transfer plus financial education programme in Tanzania reduced HIV risk for adolescent girls and young women.
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Lost to Care and Back Again: Patient and Navigator Perspectives on HIV Care Re-engagement.
AIDS and behavior
Translating Evidence into Policy Change: Advocacy for Community-Based Distribution of Injectable Contraceptives in Zambia
Global Social Welfare
Pregnancy experiences of women in rural Romania: understanding ethnic and socioeconomic disparities.
Culture, health & sexuality
"They must understand we are people": Pregnancy and maternity service use among signing Deaf women in Cape Town.
Disability and health journal
Awareness of Cervical Cancer Causes and Predeterminants of Likelihood to Screen Among Women in Haiti.
Journal of lower genital tract disease
Human Papillomavirus Awareness in Haiti: Preparing for a National HPV Vaccination Program.
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
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