Advancing Knowledge Translation Practices to Accelerate Change in Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Practice: A scoping review
Abednego Musau, Lindsey Reynolds, Nabeel Petersen, Matthew Wilson, Mary Phillips, Meghan Cutherell First published:3 September 2025 | Advancing Knowledge Translation Practices to Accelerate … | VeriXiv This article published as a preprint in the Gates Foundation gateway on VeriXiv. Abstract More effective knowledge translation (KT) in the field of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) […]
Integrated economic and sexual and reproductive health programming among married and unmarried adolescent girls in Nigeria: Results from a quasi-experimental cohort study
Authors:Mary Phillips, Roselyn Odeh, Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, Claire W. Rothschild, Albert Tele, Jenna Grzeslo, Alexis Coppola, Yusuf H. Wada, Noel Tonka, Alhaji Alhassan Bulama, Kehinde Atoloye, Olusesan A. Makinde First Published in: PLOS One – August 25, 2025 | DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330420 Background:Adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa face economic and health disadvantages, including early marriage, […]
Pathways to Empowerment: A Qualitative Exploration of the Effects of Income Generating Activities on Economic and Contraceptive Empowerment and Decision-Making among Adolescent Girls in Nigeria
Roselyn Odeh, Mary Phillips, Grace Jaworski, Alhaji Bulama, Jenna Grzeslo, Margaret Chat Michael, Abednego Musau, Joy Ede, Mohammed Kabir, Farouk Umar Abdullahi, Angelica Mercado, Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde First published:17 July 2025 | Pathways to Empowerment: A Qualitative Exploration of the … | VeriXiv This article published as a preprint in the Gates Foundation gateway on […]
Adolescent Girls’ Agency in an Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment Intervention Pilot
Meghan Cutherell, Roselyn Odeh, Seyoum Atlie, Jenna Grzeslo, Mary Phillips, Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde, Kehinde Atoloye, Andenet Haile, Albert Tele, Joy Ede, Simileoluwa Ashimolowo, Aderaw Anteneh, Claire W. Rothschild, Fifi Ogbondeminu, Abednego Musau First published: 25 June 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70015
Person-Centered Measurement: Ensuring Prioritization of Individuals’ Values, Needs, and Preferences Within the Global Contraceptive Measurement Ecosystem
Claire W. Rothschild, Kelsey Holt, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Julius Njogu, Abednego Musau, Christine Dehlendorf First published: 23 June 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.70023 Claire W. Rothschild, Population Services International, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Email: [email protected]. Kelsey Holt, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. […]
Data-driven program adaptation and continuous improvement: A case study of the Adolescents 360 (A360) project in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania
Interventions benefit from ongoing continuous quality improvement during implementation to refine and strengthen them in response to changing contexts and emerging opportunities. This article reflects on the experience from the Adolescents 360 (A360) project in implementing user-centered, adaptive programming across Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria from 2018 to 2020. During this implementation period, A360 progressed through […]
Preference-aligned fertility management among married adolescent girls in Northern Nigeria: assessing a new measure of contraceptive autonomy
In this article, published in BMJ Global Health, we reflect on the value of utilizing a new measure of contraceptive autonomy through its testing in A360’s continuation cohort study in northern Nigeria. Original article published via BMJ. Abstract: Introduction Universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare—including family planning (FP)—is a global priority, yet there is […]
Applying Human-Centered Design to Replicate an Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention: A Case Study of Binti Shupavu in Kenya
By Nancy Njoki, Meghan Cutherell, Abednego Musau, David Mireri, Alex Nana-Sinkam and Mary Phillips If something works in one place, it should work in another…right? In public health, it’s not usually that simple. Different people, different health systems, and different challenges mean evidence-based practices do not always translate easily. In a new article from Global Health Science and Practice, we share […]