Area of research
General Health Professions · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Research interest
Research interests include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Global Maternal and Child Health, Child and Adolescent Health, and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.
Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut: A Qualitative Study With Primary Care Providers to Understand Perceived Needs, Enablers, Barriers and Opportunities to Strengthen Care.
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights policy for ethnic minority girls in Vietnam: a qualitative study with policy makers and service providers.
Menstrual Health During the First Year of Secondary School and Adolescent Girls’ Mental Health: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort in Khulna, Bangladesh
A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing
Emerging evidence to reduce the burden of tuberculosis in children and young people
Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy in Southeast Asia: Qualitative Evidence From Lived Experiences of Girls in Four Countries
The role of childhood illness in shaping relationships through to young adulthood.
Advancing Impactful Research for Adolescent Health and Wellbeing: Key Principles and Required Technical Investments.
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.
Leaving No One Behind: Ensuring Adolescents Are Central in Efforts to Address Global Shocks.
Health and well-being needs of Indigenous adolescents: a protocol for a scoping review of qualitative studies.
Priority Indicators for Adolescent Health Measurement – Recommendations From the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health (GAMA) Advisory Group
The need for a roadmap to guide actions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent health: youth governance as an essential foundation.
Strengthening assessment and response to mental health needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in primary care settings: study protocol for the Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut implementation project.
A Scoping Review of Adolescent Health Indicators
Mental health of adolescents in Myanmar: A systematic review of prevalence, determinants and interventions
Key recommendations to strengthen public-private partnership for adolescent health in resource constrained settings: Formative qualitative inquiry in Mongolia, Myanmar and the Philippines.
Enablers and barriers to primary healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents: study protocol for participatory mixed-methods research that builds on WHO global standards.
Matching action to need: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2017 and population health data to focus adolescent health policy and actions in Myanmar.
Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Effective coverage measurement in maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition: progress, future prospects, and implications for quality health systems.
Gender inequalities in health and wellbeing across the first two decades of life: an analysis of 40 low-income and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Investing in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents: a foundation for achieving health equity
Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.
Investing in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents: a foundation for achieving health equity.
Understanding mental health and its determinants from the perspective of adolescents: A qualitative study across diverse social settings in Indonesia.
Direct assessment of mental health and metabolic syndrome amongst Indonesian adolescents: a study design for a mixed-methods study sampled from school and community settings.
Identifying risk and protective factors, including culture and identity, for methamphetamine use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: Relevance of the 'communities that care' model.
Cross-sectional metabolic profiles of mental health in population-based cohorts of 11- to 12-year-olds and mid-life adults: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.