RGHI Research Repository
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| Title | Authors | Journal | Year | Keyword | View Article |
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| Behavioural and Social Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Persons with Disabilities | Muchangi J.M., Moraro R., Omogi J., Alasmari A., Simiyu S., Bolio A., Kanyangi L., Mwema R., Bukania R., Kosgei S | Frontiers in Public Health | 2024 | COVID-19, Public Health |  |
| Behavioural and Social Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Persons with Disabilities | Muchangi J.M., Moraro M., Rogers O | Frontiers in Public Health | 2024 | COVID-19, Public Health | |
| Bacteroides microbial source tracking markers perform poorly in predicting Enterobacteriaceae and enteric pathogen contamination of cow milk products and milk containing infant food | Tsai K., Hoffmann V., Simiyu S., Cumming O., Borsay G., Baker K K. | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2022 | Food Hygiene, Public Health | |
| Milk Product Safety and Household Food Hygiene Influence Bacterial Contamination of Infant Food in Peri-Urban Kenya | Hoffmann V., Simiyu S., Sewell D., Tsai K., Cumming O., Mumma J., Baker K K. | Frontiers in Public Health | 2022 | Food Safety, Infant Health | |
| Water, sanitation and the risk of chronic diseases in old age: Results from the Ghana WHO SAGE 2 | Gyasi R., Simiyu S., Bagayoko M | F1000Research | 2022 | Public Health, Elderly Health, WASH, Health Equity | |
| Shared but Clean Household Toilets: What Makes This Possible? Evidence from Ghana and Kenya | Antwi-Agyei P., Monney I., Amaning Adjei K., Kweyu R., Simiyu S. | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2022 | Hygiene Practices, Public Health, WASH, Hygiene | |
| Mapping social accountability actors and networks and their roles in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in childcare centres within Nairobi’s informal settlements: A governance diaries approach. Plos one | Chumo I., Kabaria C., Phillips-Howard P. A., Simiyu S., Elsey H., Mberu B. | PLOS One | 2022 | WASH, Public Health | |
| Environmental and behavioural exposure pathways associated with diarrhoea and enteric pathogen detection in 5-month-old, periurban Kenyan infants: a cross-sectional study | Baker K K., Mumma J., Simiyu S., Sewell D., Tsai K., Anderson J. D., MacDougall A., Dreibelbis R., Cumming O. | BMJ Open | 2022 | Diarrhoea, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental Health | |
| A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of a Food Hygiene Intervention in Low-Income Informal Neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya | Simiyu S., Aseyo E., Anderson J., Cumming O., Baker K K., Dreibelbis R., Mumma J. | Maternal and child health | 2023 | Food Safety, Food Hygiene, Environmental Health, Public Health, Hygiene Practices | |
| Development of a protocol for using geo-trackers to identify zoonotic enteric pathogen transmission pathways in a pilot study in Kenya | Busienei P. J., Simiyu S., Sewell D., Osinuga A., Baker K K. | CABI One Health | 2024 | One Health, Infectious Diseases, Zoonotic Diseases | |
| Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Fecal Sludge Management Services and Knowledge Gaps: A Scoping Review | Tomoi H., MacLeod C., Moriyasu T., Simiyu S., Ross I., Cumming O., Braun L | Environmental science & technology | 2024 | Public Health, WASH | |
| Lessons from the deployment and management of public handwashing stations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: A cross-sectional, observational study | Muchangi J.M., Munai D., Moraro R., Thorseth A. H., Tupeyia V., Muriithi J., Lamb J., Gichuki R., Greenland K., Simiyu S. | PLOS One | 2024 | Handwashing, Public Health, Hygiene, WASH | |
| Shared sanitation in informal settlements: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, preferences, and quality | Sprouse L., Lebu S., Nguyen J., Muoghalu C., Uwase A., Guo J., Baldwin-SoRelle C., Anthonj C., Simiyu S., Akudago J. A., Manga M | International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health | 2024 | Urban Health, Public Health, Hygiene Practices, WASH | |
| Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): the evolution of a global health and development sector | de Wit S., Luseka E., Bradley D., Brown J., Bhagwan J., Evans B., Freeman M C., Howard G., Ray I., Ross I., Simiyu S., Cumming O., Chandler C. I. R | BMJ Global Health | 2024 | WASH, Global Health, Water Access, Environmental Health | |
| Spatial–Temporal Patterns in the Enteric Pathogen Contamination of Soil in the Public Environments of Low- and Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya | Gutema F. D., Okoth B., Agira J., Amondi C. S., Busienei P. J., Simiyu S., Mberu B., Sewell D., Baker K K. | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2024 | LMICs, Public Health, WASH, Infectious Diseases | |
| Making Environmental Research More Effective | Haque R. | Nature Water | 2023 | Environmental Health, Sustainability | |
| Dependency of Sanitation Infrastructure on the Discharge of Faecal Coliform and SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA in Wastewater from COVID and Non-COVID Hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh | Amin N., Haque R., Rahman M. Z., Rahman M. Z., Mahmud Z. H., Hasan R., Islam M. T., Sarker P., Sarker S., Adnan S. D., Akter N., Johnston D., Rahman M., Liu P., Wang Y., Shirin T., Rahman M. Z., Bhattacharya P | Science of the Total Environment | 2023 | Infectious Diseases, Public Health, WASH | |
| Indicators for national and global monitoring of girls' menstrual health and hygiene: development of a priority shortlist | Hennegan J., Caruso B. A., Zulaika G., Torondel B., Haver J., Phillips-Howard P. A., Valdez J., Gruer C., Okwaro N., Mahon T | Journal of Adolescent Health | 2023 | Menstrual Hygiene, Menstrual Health, Gender, Women's Health, Child Health, Gender Equity | |
| Simplified sewerage to prevent urban leptospirosis transmission: A cluster non-randomised controlled trial protocol in disadvantaged urban communities of Salvador, Brazil | Cremonese C., Souza F. N., Palma F. A. G., Sodré J. F. A., Brito R. L., Ribeiro P. d. S., Santana J. O., Coelho R. H., Ticona J. P. A., Nazaré R. J., Oliveira D., Silva C. Q., Eyre M. T., Mendes V. d. A., Knee J., Ristow P., Stauber C. E., Alzate López Y. A., Giorgi E., Diggle P. J., Reis M. G. G., Cumming O., Ko A., Costa F. | BMJ Open | 2023 | Urban Health, WASH | |
| Basic urban services fail to neutralise environmental determinants of ‘rattiness’, a composite metric of rat abundance | Carvalho-Pereira T., Eyre M. T., Zeppelini C. G., Espirito Santo V. F., Santiago D. C., Santana R., Palma F. A. G., Reis M., Lustosa R., Khalil H., Diggle P. J., Giorgi E., Costa F., Begon M. | Urban Ecosystems | 2023 | Urban Health, Public Health | |
| COVID-19 vaccination coverage for half a million non-EU migrants and refugees in England | Burns R., Wyke S., Eyre M. T., Boukari Y., Sørensen T. B., Tsang C., Campbell C. N. J., Beale S., Zenner D., Hargreaves S., Campos-Matos I., Harron K., Aldridge R. W | Nature Human Behaviour | 2024 | COVID-19, Public Health, Health Equity | |
| Impact of handwashing with soap on acute respiratory infections in low- and middle-income countries – a systematic review | Ross I., Bick S., Ayieko P., Dreibelbis R., Allen E., Freeman M C., Wolf J., Cumming O. | National Institute for Health and Care Research | 2021 | Handwashing, LMICs, Hygiene, Public Health, WASH, Global Health | |
| Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of interventions promoting handwashing with soap: a systematic review | Ross I., Bath D., Pitt C., Ejemot-Nwadiaro R., Dreibelbis R., Greco G., Cumming O. | National Institute for Health and Care Research | 2021 | Handwashing, Hygiene | |
| Advancing pathogen genomics in resource-limited settings | Pronyk P. M., de Alwis R., Rockett R., Basile K., Boucher Y. F., Pang V., Sessions O., Getchell M., Golubchik T., Lam C., Lin R., Mak T.-M | Cell Genomics | 2023 | Infectious Diseases, Global Health | |
| Food hygiene in Sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on catering services | Tohonon A. C., Ouétchehou R., Hounsou M., Zannou O., Dabadé D. S | Food Control | 2024 | Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Public Health | |
| Developing an infection prevention and control intervention to reduce hospital-acquired infections in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic: the HAI-PC study protocol | Oy S., Saing C. H., Ung M., Zahari M., Nouhak I., Kim S., Nagashima-Hayashi M., Khuon D., Koy V., Mam S., Sayasone S., Saphonn V., Yi S | Frontiers in Public Health | 2023 | IPC, HAIs, Public Health, Global Health | |
| Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana | Gbogbo S., Wuresah I., Addo P., Klomegah S., Gbogbo E., Axame W., Klutse P., Makam C., Dowou R. K., Neslon P. E., Boateng I., Mantey S. O., Kugbey N., Doku V. C. K., Hennegan J., Baiden F. E., Aziato L., Binka F. N | Frontiers in Public Health | 2024 | Menstrual Hygiene, Menstrual Health, Women's Health, Gender Equality | |
| Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Wastewater of Dhaka City, Bangladesh: Approach to Complement Public Health Surveillance Systems | Haque R., Hossain M. E., Miah M., Rahman M., Amin N., Rahman Z., Islam M. S., Rahman M. Z. | Human Genomics | 2023 | COVID-19, Public Health, Environmental Health | |
| Pivotal relationship between heavy metal, PM2.5 exposures and tuberculosis in Bangladeshi children: protocol paper of a case–control study | Haque R., Hanson M., Islam M. S., Akter N., Moniruzzaman M., Alam M. J., Kamruzzaman M., Rahman M., Chisti M. J., Raqib R., Rahman S. M | BMJ Open | 2024 | Child Health, Environmental Health | |
| Assessment of infrastructure, behaviours, and user satisfaction of guardian waiting shelters for secondary level hospitals in southern Malawi | Panulo M., Lamb J., Chidziwisano K., White B., Dreibelbis R., Morse T | PLOS Global Public health | 2024 | Guardian Waiting Shelters, Healthcare Facilities, Public Health | |
| Health and wellbeing impacts of housing converted from non-residential buildings: A mixed-methods exploratory study in London, UK | Pineo H., Clifford B., Eyre M. T., Aldridge R. W | Wellbeing, Space and Society | 2024 | Public Health, Health Equity | |
| Disentangling the influence of reservoir abundance and pathogen shedding on zoonotic spillover of the Leptospira agent in urban informal settlements | Soni N., Eyre M. T., Souza F. N., Diggle P. J., Ko A., Begon M., Pickup R., Childs J. E., Khalil H., Carvalho-Pereira T., Pertile A. C., Carvalho M., Oliveira D., Nery Junior N. R. R., Giorgi E., Costa F. | Frontiers in Public Health | 2024 | One Health, Zoonotic Diseases, Public Health | |
| A Comparison of Markov and Mechanistic Models for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Prevalence Projections in the Context of Survey Design | Eyre M. T., Bulstra C. A., Johnson O., de Vlas S. J., Diggle P. J., Fronterrè C., Coffeng L. E | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2024 | Global Health, Infectious Diseases | |
| TIDieR-WASH: a guideline for reporting implementation of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions | Crocker J., Ogutu E., Snyder J., Kome A., Tidwell B., Rosenboom J. W., Shapiro J., Mahongo J. S., Alexander K. T., Gnilo M. E., Gautam O. P., Hoffman S., Neou S., Freeman M C. | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2024 | WASH, SDGs | |
| The state of reporting context and implementation in peer-reviewed evaluations of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions: a scoping review | Crocker J., Ogutu E., Snyder J., Freeman M C. | International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health | 2024 | WASH, Interventions, Hygiene, SDGs | |
| Floods and Diarrhea Risk in Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | Wang P., Asare E. O., Pitzer V. E., Dubrow R., Chen K | JAMA Pediatrics | 2023 | Diarrhoea, LMICs, Climate Change, Public Health | |
| Associations between long-term drought and diarrhea among children under five in low- and middle-income countries | Wang P., Asare E. O., Pitzer V. E., Dubrow R., Chen K | Nature Communications | 2022 | Diarrhoea, Child Health, Environmental Health, WASH, Climate Change | |
| Menstrual Practice Needs Scale Short Form (MPNS-SF) and Rapid (MPNS-R): Development in Khulna, Bangladesh, and validation in cross-sectional surveys from Bangladesh and Uganda | Hennegan J., Hasan M. T., Jalil T., Hunter E., Head A., Jabbar A., Mohosin A. B., Zoha N. S., Alam M. K., Dunstan L., Akter S., Zaman A., Kaiser A., Smith C., Bagala L., Azzopardi P. S | BMJ Open | 2024 | Menstrual Hygiene, Women's Health, Gender | |
| Systematic review of the effectiveness of menstrual health interventions in low- and middle-income countries in the East Asia and Pacific Region | Head A., Huggett C., Chea P., Yamakoshi B., Suttor H., Hennegan J. | Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia | 2023 | Menstrual Health, LMICs, Reproductive Health, | |
| The association between menstrual hygiene, workplace sanitation practices and self-reported urogenital symptoms in a cross-sectional survey of women working in Mukono District, Uganda | Borg S. A., Bukenya J. N., Kibira S. P. S., Nakamya P., Makumbi F. E., Exum N. G., Schwab K. J., Hennegan J. | PLOS One | 2023 | Menstrual Health, Menstrual Hygiene, Women's Health, Gender, WASH, Health Education | |
| Reusable period products: use and perceptions among young people in Victoria, Australia | Ramsay C., Hennegan J., Douglass C. H., Eddy S., Head A., Lim M. S. C | BMC Women's Health | 2023 | Menstrual Health, Sustainability, Environmental Health, Adolescent, Gender | |
| Effectiveness of handwashing with soap for preventing acute respiratory infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Ross I., Bick S., Ayieko P., Dreibelbis R., Wolf J., Freeman M C., Allen E., Brauer M., Cumming O. | The Lancet | 2023 | Handwashing, WASH, Hygiene, Public Health, Hand Hygiene, Public Health, Child Health | |
| Validity of a visual analogue scale to measure and value perceived level of sanitation – evidence from Ghana and Mozambique | Cheung H. H., Adriano Z., Dwumfour-Asare B., Nyarko K. B., Scott P., Nala R., Brown J., Cumming O., Ross I. | Health Policy & Planning | 2024 | Hygiene, WASH | |
| Economic cost of a case of diarrhoea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cost of illness study | Katana P. V., Malembaka E. B., Bugeme P. M., Saidi J. M., Cumming O., Gallandat K., Ross I. | PLOS NTD | 2024 | Diarrhoea, Economic Health, Public Health, WASH | |
| Using water-adjusted person years to quantify the value of being water secure for an individual's quality of life | Ross I. | Water Research | 2022 | Environmental Health, Water Security, Public Health | |
| Research priorities to strengthen environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities: the CLEAN Group Consensus | Gon G., Dramowski A., Hornsey E., Graham W., Fardousi N., Aiken A., Allegranzi B., Anderson D., Bartram J., Bhattacharya S., Brogan J., Caluwaerts A., Padoveze M. C., Damani N., Dancer S., Deeves M., Denny L., Feasey N., Hall L., Hopman J., Chettry L. K., Kiernan M., Kilpatrick C., Mehtar S., Moe C., Nurse-Findlay S., Ogunsola F., Okwor T., Pascual B., Patrick M., Pearse O., Peters A., Pittet D., Storr J., Tomczyk S., Weiser T. G., Yakubu H | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | 2024 | Healthcare Facilities, Hospital Hygiene, Environmental Health, HAIs | |
| Effect of a behaviour change intervention on household food hygiene practices in rural Bangladesh: A cluster-randomised controlled trial | Sobhan S., Müller-Hauser A. A., Gon G., Huda T. Md N., Waid J. L., Wendt A. S., Rahman M. Z., Gabrysch S | International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health | 2024 | Behaviour Change, WASH, Food Safety | |
| Landscape analysis of the Kenyan policy on the treatment and prevention of diarrheal disease among under-5 children | Mberu B., Simiyu S., Gutema F. D., Sewell D., Busienei P. J., Tumwebaze I. K., Baker K K. | BMJ Open | 2024 | Child Health, WASH, Diarrhoea | |
| Protocol for the PATHOME study: a cohort study on urban societal development and the ecology of enteric disease transmission among infants, domestic animals and the environment | Baker K K., Simiyu S., Busienei P. J., Gutema F. D., Okoth B., Agira J., Amondi C. S., Ziraba A., Kapanka A. G., Osinuga A., Ouma C | BMJ Open | 2023 | Urban Health, Infant Health, WASH | |
| Occurrence, molecular characterization, and antimicrobial susceptibility of sorbitol non-fermenting Escherichia coli in lake water, fish and humans in central Oromia, Ethiopia | Bedane T. D., Megersa B., Abunna F., Waktole H., Woldemariyam F. T., Tekle M., Shimelis E., Gutema F. D. | Scientific Reports | 2024 | Antimicrobial Susceptibility, AMR, Public Health | |
| Core Genome Sequencing Analysis of E. coli O157: H7 Unravelling Genetic Relatedness among Strains from Cattle, Beef, and Humans in Bishoftu, Ethiopia | Gutema F. D., De Zutter L., Piérard D., Hinckel B., Imamura H., Rasschaert G., Abdi R. D., Agga G. E., Crombé F | Microbiology Research | 2023 | Food Safety, Foodborne Pathogens | |
| Enterococcus contamination of infant foods and implications for exposure to foodborne pathogens in peri-urban neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya | Gutema F. D., Cumming O., Mumma J., Simiyu S., Attitwa E., Okoth B., Denge J., Sewell D., Baker K K. | Epidemiology & Infection | 2024 | Infant Health, Food Safety, WASH, Microbial Contamination | |
| Efficacy of Penicillin–Streptomycin Brands against Staphylococcus aureus: Concordance between Veterinary Clinicians’ Perception and the Realities | Tufa T. B., Guta A., Tufa T. B., Nigussie D., Beyi A. F., Gutema F. D., Regassa F | MDPI, Antibiotics | 2023 | AMR, Veterinary | |
| A Quantitative and Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Case-Area Targeted Intervention to Reduce Cholera in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo | Endres K., Mwishingo A., Thomas E., Boroto R., Nyarukanyi W. N., Bisimwa J.-C., Sanvura P., Perin J., Bengehya J., Maheshe G., Cikomola C., George C. M | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2024 | WASH, Cholera | |
| Protocol for the Adolescent Menstrual Experiences and Health Cohort (AMEHC) Study in Khulna, Bangladesh: A Prospective cohort to quantify the influence of menstrual health on adolescent girls' health and education outcomes | Hennegan J., Hasan M. T., Jabbar A., Jalil T., Kennedy E., Hunter E., Kaiser A., Akter S., Zaman A., Rahman M. U., Dunstan L., Head A., Scott N., Weiss H. A., Win T. M., Melendez-Torres G. J., Than K. K., Hughes C. L., Grover S., Hasan M., Rashid S. F., Azzopardi P. S | BMJ Open | 2024 | Adolescent, Menstrual Health, Gender | |