Helen Elsey

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• 2025

  Study protocol for developing an urban deprivation index in Nepal: Data review, measurement, visualization and real-world application in urban poverty alleviation

  Kakchapati, S., Mainali, S., Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., Elsey, H., Hicks, J. P., Clark, A., Sehrin, F., Quayyum, Z., Ebenso, B. & Baral, S., 11 Jun 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 6, e0324837.

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• The Economic Burden of Healthcare Utilisation: Findings from a Health and Well-being Survey in Informal Settlements of Freetown, Sierra Leone

  Fullah, S., Vangahun , D., Gandi, I., Morenike Tengbe , S., Koroma , B., Sesay , S., Kibuchi, E., W. D. Lakshman, R., Juldeh Sesay , I., Conteh , A., Saidu , S., Elsey, H., Quayyum, Z., Mansaray , B., Whittaker, L., Wiltgen Georgi , N., Nganda, M., Tolhurst, R. & Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., 10 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Urban Health. 21 p.

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• 2024

  Approaches to deliver depression care and understanding barriers and facilitators to implementation in people with Tuberculosis in LMICs: a systematic review

  Nava Ruelas, R., Todowede, O., Siddiqi, N. & Elsey, H., 7 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Health Research.

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• Beyond a facility: A cross-sectional survey on WASH service levels and informal social accountability in childcare centres in Nairobi's informal settlements

  Chumo, I., Kabaria, C., A. Phillips‑Howard, P., Gitau, H., Elsey, H. & Mberu, B., 1 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 14, 4, p. 313–324 12 p.

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• Breathlessness without borders: a call to action for global breathlessness research

  Clark, J., Binnie, K., Bond, M., Crooks, M., C. Currow, D., Curry, J., Elsey, H., Habib, M., Hutchinson, A., Soyiri, I., J. Johnson, M., Nair, S., Rao, S., Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., Spathis, A. & Williams, S., 30 Sept 2024, In: npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 34, 26, 5 p.

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• Health inequalities at the intersection of multiple social determinants among under five children residing Nairobi urban slums: an application of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA).

  Kibuchi, E., Chumo, I., Kabaria, C., Elsey, H., A. Phillips‑Howard, P., Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., Whittaker, L., Leyland, A. H., Mberu, B. & Gray, L., 16 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: PLOS Global Public Health. 30 p.

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

  ARISE Consortium, Elsey, H. & Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., 23 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Progress in Development Studies. 20 p.

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• Informal–Formal Healthcare Services Delivery Nexus in Nigeria’s Urban Slums: A Reconnaissance Study

  Onuh, P., Agwu, P., Mbachu, C., Onwujekwe, O., Ensor, T., Elsey, H. & Das, M., 27 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Social Service Research. 15 p.

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• The Perspectives of Lagos Healthcare Leaders on Faith-Institution Involvement in Hypertension Health

  Sanusi, A., Golder, S., Elsey, H. & Todowede, O., 30 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: West African journal of medicine. 41, 4, p. 452-468 17 p.

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• Using participatory video in environmental research

  Nawrath, M., Fisher, J. C., Arotoma-Rojas, I., Davies, Z. G., Elsey, H., Cooke, P., Mistry, J. & Dallimer, M., 22 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: People and Nature. 12 p.

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• 2023

  Cardiovascular health promotion: A systematic review involving effectiveness of faith-based institutions in facilitating maintenance of normal blood pressure

  Sanusi, A., Elsey, H., Golder, S., Sanusi, O. & Oluyase, A., 20 Jan 2023, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 3, 1, 39 p., e0001496.

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• Correction: Addressing TB multimorbidity in policy and practice: An exploratory survey of TB providers in 27 high-TB burden countries

  Jarde, A., Siqueira, N., Afaq, S., Naz, F., Irfan, M., Tufail, P., Aslam, F., Todowede, O., Rakhshanda, S., Khalid, H., Lin, Y., Biermann, O., Elsony, A., Elsey, H., Siddiqi, N. & Siddiqi, K., 12 Jul 2023, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 3, 7, 1 p., e0002186.

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• FCTC 2030 - a programme to accelerate the implementation of WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods evaluation

  Siddiqi, K., Elsey, H., Khokhar, M. A., Marshall, A., Pokhrel, S., Arora, M., Crankson, S., Mehra, R., Morello, P., Collin, J. & Fong, G., 1 Jun 2023, In: Nicotine & tobacco research. 25, 6, p. 1074–1081 8 p.

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• Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana: a history and systematic review of what works, for whom and why

  Elsey, H., Abboah-Offei, M., Vidyasagaran, A. L., Anaseba, D., Wallace, L., Nwameme, A., Gyasi, A., Ayim, A., Ansah-Ofei, A., Amedzro, N., Dovlo, D., Agongo, E., Awoonor-Williams, K. & Agyepong, I., 26 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in public health. 11, 26 p., 1105495.

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• Predictors of quality of childcare centers in low-income settings: findings from a cross-sectional study in two Nairobi slums

  Nampijja, M., Langat, N., Oloo, L., Okelo, K., Muendo, R., Kiyeng, M., Amboka, P., Abboah-Offei, M., Ray, A., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Kimani-Murage, E. W. & Elsey, H., 31 Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in public health. 11, 15 p., 1163491.

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• The feasibility, acceptability, cost and benefits of a “communities of practice” model for improving the quality of childcare centres: a mixed-methods study in the informal settlements in Nairobi

  Nampijja, M., Langat, N., Oloo, L., Amboka, P., Okelo, K., Muendo, R., Habib, S., Kiyeng, M., Ray, A., Abboah-Offei, M. A. D., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Kimani-Murage, E., Li, J. & Elsey, H., 1 Aug 2023, In: Frontiers in public health. 11, 21 p.

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• 2022

  Addressing TB multimorbidity in policy and practice: An exploratory survey of TB providers in 27 high-TB burden countries

  Jarde, A., Siqueira, N., Afaq, S., Naz, F., Irfan, M., Tufail, P., Aslam, F., Todowede, O., Rakhshanda, S., Khalid, H., Lin, Y., Bierman, O., Elsony, A., Elsey, H., Siddiqi, N. & Siddiqi, K., 7 Dec 2022, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 2, 12, 16 p., e0001205.

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• Assessment of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Models in Health Systems in Least Developed, Low Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries and Territories: A Protocol for a Systematic Review

  Naznin, B., Quayyum, Z., Tajree, J., Golder, S., Ebenso, B., Barua, D., Ahsan, M., Kabir, F., Joshi, D., Kakchapati, S., Engmann, A., Ogbozor, P. A., Agwu, P., Okeke, C., Onuh, J., Ajaero, C., Vidyasagaran, A., Elsey, H. & Sibeudu, F., 29 Sept 2022, In: Health Care: Current Reviews.

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• Cost-utility of cytisine for smoking cessation over and above behavioural support in people with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis: an economic evaluation of a multicentre randomised controlled trial

  TB & Tobacco Consortium, 26 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Open. 12, 8, 9 p., e049644.

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• Effects of social determinants on children’s health in informal settlements in Bangladesh and Kenya through an intersectionality lens: a study protocol

  Kibuchi, E., Barua, P., Chumo, I., Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., Phillips-Howard, P., Mithu, M. I. H., Kabaria, C., Quayyum, Z., Whittaker, L., Dean, L., Forsyth, R., Selim, T., Aktar, B., Sai, V., Garimella, S., Saidu, S., Gandi, I., K Josyula, L., Mberu, B. & Elsey, H. & 2 others, H Leyland, A. & Gray, L., 6 Jun 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 7 p., e056494.

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• Greenspaces and Human Well-Being: Perspectives from a Rapidly Urbanising Low-Income Country

  Nawrath, M., Elsey, H., Rijal, M. L. & Dallimer, M., 23 Nov 2022, In: Environments. 9, 12, 14 p., 148.

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• Improving early childhood development in the context of the nurturing care framework in Kenya: A policy review and qualitative exploration of emerging issues with policy makers

  Abboah-Offei, M. A. D., Amboka, P., Nampijja, M., Evans Owino, G., Okelo, K., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Chumo, I., Muendo, R., Oloo, L., Wanjau, M., Mwaniki, E., Mutisya, M., Haycraft, E., Hughes, R., Griffiths, P. & Elsey, H., 27 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers in public health. 10, 25 p., 1016156.

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• Prevalence and risks of tuberculosis multimorbidity in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-review

  Jarde, A., Romano, E., Afaq, S., Elsony, A., Lin, Y., Huque, R., Elsey, H., Siddiqi, K., Stubbs, B. & Siddiqi, N., 29 Sept 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 9, 13 p., e060906.

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• Scaling up tobacco cessation within TB programmes: findings from a multi-country, mixed-methods implementation study

  Elsey, H., Azdi, Z., Regmi, S., Baral, S. C., Fatima, R., Fieroze, F., Huque, R., Karki, J., Khan, D. M., Khan, A., Khan, Z., Li, J., Noor, M., Arjyal, A., Shrestha, P., Ullah, S. & Siddiqi, K., 18 Apr 2022, In: Health Research Policy and Systems. 20, 20 p., 43.

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• The economics of healthcare access: a scoping review on the economic impact of healthcare access for vulnerable urban populations in low‑ and middle‑income countries

  Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., Li, J., A. Phillips‑Howard, P., Quayyum, Z., Kibuchi, E., Hossain Mithu, M. I., Vidyasagaran, A., Sai, V., Manzoor, F., Karuga, R., Awal, A., Chumo, I., Rao, V., Mberu, B., Smith, J., Saidu, S., Tolhurst, R., Mazumdar, S., Rosu, L. & Garimella, S. & 1 others, Elsey, H., 31 Dec 2022, In: International journal for equity in health. 21, 25 p., 191.

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• Why cultural ecosystem services matter most: Exploring the pathways linking greenspaces and mental health in a low-income country

  Nawrath, M., Elsey, H. & Dallimer, M., 1 Feb 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 806, 12 p., 150551.

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• 2021

  Adapting the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) to engage urban poor communities in Ghana: protocl for a participatory action research study

  Abboah-Offei, M. A. D., Gyasi, A., Ayim, A., Ansah-Ofei, A., Dovio, D., Awoonor-Williams, J., Agongo, E., Agyepong, I. & Elsey, H., 27 Jul 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 9 p., e049564.

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• Co-producing an intervention for tobacco cessation and improvement of oral health among diabetic patients in Bangladesh

  Mishu, M. P., Elsey, H., Choudhury, A., Dastagir, S., Khan, S., Tahsin, T., Suma, H., Karmaker, R. & Dogar, O. F., 12 Oct 2021, In: BMC Oral Health. 21, 12 p., 516.

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• Economics of healthcare access in low-income and middle-income countries: a protocol for a scoping review of the economic impacts of seeking healthcare on slum-dwellers compared with other city residents

  Teixeira De Siqueira Filha, N., Li, J., Kibuchi, E., Quayyum, Z., Phillips-Howard, P., Awal, A., Mithu, M. I. H., Mansoor, F., Karuga, R., Saidu, S., Smith, J., Sai, V., Garimella, S., Chumo, I., Mberu, B., Tolhurst, R., Mazumdar, S., Rao, V., Farnaz, N. & Alam, W. & 1 others, Elsey, H., 9 Jul 2021, In: BMJ Open.

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• Effect of quitting smoking on health outcomes during treatment for tuberculosis: Secondary analysis of the TB & Tobacco Trial

  Siddiqi, K., Keding, A., Marshall, A. M., Dogar, O., Li, J., Huque, R., Fatima, R., Khan, A., Elsey, H., Gabe, R., Kotz, D. & Sheikh, A., 16 Jul 2021, In: Thorax. 77, 1, p. 74-78 5 p.

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• Improving the quality of child-care centres through supportive assessment and ‘communities of practice’ in informal settlements in Nairobi: protocol of a feasibility study

  Nampijja, M., Okelo, K., Wekulo, P., Kimani-Murage, E. & Elsey, H., 5 Mar 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 3

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• Pharmacological and psychological interventions for depression in people with tuberculosis

  Nava Ruelas, R., Jarde, A., Elsey, H., Siddiqi, K., Todowede, O., Zavala Gomez, G. A. & Siddiqi, N., 1 May 2021, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021, 4

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• Tuberculosis and non-communicable disease multimorbidity: an analysis of the World Health Survey in 48 low- and middle-income countries

  Stubbs, B., Siddiqi, K., Elsey, H., Siddiqi, N., Ma, R., Romano, E., Siddiqi, S. & Koyanagi, A., 2 Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health . 18, 5, 15 p., 2439.

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• 2020

  Addressing unintentional exclusion of vulnerable and mobile households in traditional surveys in Kathmandu, Dhaka and Hanoi: a mixed methods feasibility study

  Thomson, D., Bhattarai, R., Khanal, S., Manandhar, S., Dhungel, R., Gajurel, S., Hicks, J. P., Duc, D. M., Ferdoush, J., Ferdous, T., Urmy, N. J., Shawon, R. A., Long, K. Q., Poudel, A. N., Cartwright, C., Wallace, H., Ensor, T., Baral, S., Mashreky, S. & Huque, R. & 2 others, Hoang, V. M. & Elsey, H., 27 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Urban Health. 19 p.

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• A narrative review of facilitators and barriers to smoking cessation and tobacco treatment in patients with tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries

  Zvolska, K., Pankova, A., Nohavova, I., Huque, R., Elsey, H., Boeckmann, M., Sheikh, A., Siddiqi, K. & Kralikova, E., 10 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Tobacco Induced Diseases.

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• A process for developing a sustainable and scalable approach to community engagement: community dialogue approach for addressing the drivers of antibiotic resistance in Bangladesh

  King, R., Hicks, J., Rassi, C., Shafique, M., Barua, D., Bhowmik, P., Das, M., Elsey, H., Questa, K., Fieroze, F., Hamade, P., Huque, S., Newell, J. & Huque, R., 17 Jun 2020, In: BMC Public Health. 20, 1, 950.

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• Cytisine for smoking cessation in patients with tuberculosis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

  Dogar, O. F., Keding, A., Gabe, R., Marshall, A., Huque, R., Barua, D., Fatima, R., Khan, A., Zahid, R., Mansoor, S., Kotz, D., Boeckmann, M., Elsey, H., Kralikova, E., Parrott, S., Li, J., Readshaw, A. E., Sheikh, A. & Siddiqi, K., 1 Nov 2020, In: The Lancet Global Health. 8, 11, p. e1408-e1417 10 p.

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• "Death is a better option than being treated like this": a prevalence survey and qualitative study of depression among multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in-patients

  Huque, R., Elsey, H., Fieroze, F., Hicks, J. P., Huque, S., Bhawmik, P., Walker, I. & Newell, J., 3 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMC Public Health. 20, 1, 12 p., 848.

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• From Rags to Riches: Assessing poverty and vulnerability in urban Nepal

  Ensor, T., Bhattarai, R., Manandhar, S., Poudel, A. N., Dhungel, R., Baral, S., Hicks, J. P., Thomson, D. & Elsey, H., 5 Feb 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 2, 19 p., e0226646.

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• Integrating climate in Ugandan health and subsistence food systems: where diverse knowledges meet

  van Bavel, B., Berrang Ford, L., King, R., Lwasa, S., Namanya, D., Twesigomwe, S., Elsey, H. & Harper, S., 4 Dec 2020, In: BMC Public Health. 20, 19 p., 1864.

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• Need for an integrated deprived area "slum" mapping system (IDEAMAPS) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICS)

  Thomson, D. R., Kuffer, M., Boo, G., Hati, B., Grippa, T., Elsey, H., Linard, C., Mahabir, R., Kyobutungi, C., Maviti, J., Mwaniki, D., Ndugwa, R., Makau, J., Sliuzas, R., Cheruiyot, S., Nyambuga, K., Mboga, N., Kimani, N. W., de Albuquerque, J. P. & Kabaria, C., 13 May 2020, In: Social Sciences. 9, 5, 17 p., 80.

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• Understanding demand for, and feasibility of, centre-based child-care for poor urban households: a mixed methods study in Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Elsey, H., Fieroze, F., Shawon, R. A., Nasreen, S., Hicks, J. P., Das, M., Huque, R., Hirano, I., Wallace, H. J. & Mashreky, S., 10 Dec 2020, In: BMC Public Health. 20, 14 p., 1899.

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• 2019

  Analysis of loss to follow-up in 4099 multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients

  Walker, I. F., Shi, O., Hicks, J. P., Elsey, H., Wei, X., Menzies, D., Lan, Z., Falzon, D., Battista Migliori, G., Pérez-Guzmán, C., Vargas, M. H., García-García, L., Osornio, J. S., Ponce-De-León, A., Van Der Walt, M. & Newell, J. N., 11 Jul 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Respiratory Journal. 54, 1, 1800353.

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• Care farming: Rehabilitation or punishment? A qualitative exploration of the use of care farming within community orders

  Murray, J., Coker, J. F. & Elsey, H., Jul 2019, In: Health and Place. 58, 102156.

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• Depression and anxiety in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Nepal: an observational study

  Walker, I. F., Kanal, S., Baral, S. C., Farragher, T. M., Joshi, D., Elsey, H. & Newell, J. N., 21 Mar 2019, In: Public Health Action. 9, 1, p. 42-48 7 p.

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• Extending Data for Urban Health Decision-Making: a Menu of New and Potential Neighborhood-Level Health Determinants Datasets in LMICs

  Thomson, D. R., Linard, C., Vanhuysse, S., Steele, J. E., Shimoni, M., Siri, J., Caiaffa, W. T., Rosenberg, M., Wolff, E., Grippa, T., Georganos, S. & Elsey, H., 15 Aug 2019, In: Journal of Urban Health. 96, 4, p. 514-536 23 p.

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• Is evidence-informed urban health planning a myth or reality? Lessons from a qualitative assessment in three Asian cities

  Mirzoev, T., Poudel, A. N., Gissing, S., Doan, T. T. D., Ferdous, T., Regmi, S., Duong, M. D., Baral, S., Chand, O., Huque, R., Hoang, V. M. & Elsey, H., 11 Oct 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Health Policy and Planning.

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• Nutrition transition, overweight and obesity among rural-to-urban migrant women in Kenya

  Peters, R., Amugsi, D. A., Mberu, B., Ensor, T., Hill, A. J., Newell, J. N. & Elsey, H., 4 Jun 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Public Health Nutrition.

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• Partnering with private providers to promote long-acting contraceptives in urban Bangladesh: A mixed-methods feasibility study

  Bates, L., Huque, R., Bhowmik, P. N., King, R., Elsey, H., Newell, J. N. & Walley, J., 2019, In: International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 45, p. 87-98

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• Perspectives of young cannabis users within the Nigerian policy context: The paradox of criminalization as a deterrence strategy

  Dirisu, O., Shickle, D. & Elsey, H., 2 Jan 2019, In: Journal of Substance Use. 24, 1, p. 73-78 6 p.

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