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Matthew C. Freeman

Emory University · US
Area of research
Nutrition and Dietetics · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Research interest
Research interests include Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, and Parasites and Host Interactions.
h-index
59
citations
15,589
works
280
NIH funding
primary concept
Sanitation
email

Recent publications

Differential Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation, and Handwashing Interventions to Reduce Child Diarrhea in Dry and Rainy Seasons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Trials
Environmental Health Perspectives 2025cited by 13position: middledoi
Behavioural factors influencing hand hygiene practices across domestic, institutional and public community settings: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
BMJ Global Health 2025cited by 8position: lastdoi
Efficacy and effectiveness of hand hygiene-related practices used in community settings for removal of organisms from hands: a systematic review
BMJ Global Health 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Minimum material requirements for hand hygiene in community settings: a systematic review
BMJ Global Health 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Effectiveness of measures taken by governments to support hand hygiene in community settings: a systematic review
BMJ Global Health 2025cited by 5position: lastdoi
Systems thinking for hygiene in settings with high risk of infectious disease transmission
Nature Water 2025cited by 3position: firstdoi
Interventions to improve hand hygiene in community settings: a systematic review of theories, barriers and enablers, behaviour change techniques and hand hygiene station design features
BMJ Global Health 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): the evolution of a global health and development sector
BMJ Global Health 2024cited by 27position: middledoi
Rainfall and Temperature Influences on Childhood Diarrhea and the Effect Modification Role of Water and Sanitation Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2024cited by 16position: middledoi
Purchase, consumption, and ownership of chickens and chicken products among households in Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study
One Health 2024cited by 5position: lastdoi
A call to action for transformation towards nutritious food systems
Nature Food 2024cited by 5position: middledoi
Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: Targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s)
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes
The Lancet 2023cited by 285position: middledoi
Effectiveness of handwashing with soap for preventing acute respiratory infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The Lancet 2023cited by 101position: middledoi
Symptomatic and asymptomatic enteric protozoan parasitic infection and their association with subsequent growth parameters in under five children in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2023cited by 24position: middledoi
Spatiotemporal variation in risk of Shigella infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data
The Lancet Global Health 2023cited by 17position: middledoi
Exploring water, sanitation, and hygiene coverage targets for reaching and sustaining trachoma elimination: G-computation analysis
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Synthesising the evidence for effective hand hygiene in community settings: an integrated protocol for multiple related systematic reviews
BMJ Open 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The Lancet 2022cited by 336position: middledoi
Interventions to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene for preventing soil-transmitted helminth infection
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022cited by 36position: lastdoi
The impact of a demand-side sanitation and hygiene promotion intervention on sustained behavior change and health in Amhara, Ethiopia: A cluster-randomized trial
PLOS Global Public Health 2022cited by 24position: firstdoi
Determinants of food preparation and hygiene practices among caregivers of children under two in Western Kenya: a formative research study
BMC Public Health 2022cited by 24position: lastdoi
Inequality of household water security follows a Development Kuznets Curve
Nature Communications 2022cited by 23position: middledoi
Spatial heterogeneity of neighborhood-level water and sanitation access in informal urban settlements: A cross-sectional case study in Beira, Mozambique
PLOS Water 2022cited by 17position: lastdoi
Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2021cited by 79position: middledoi
The Applications of Implementation Science in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Research and Practice
Environmental Health Perspectives 2021cited by 49position: lastdoi
Water, sanitation, and hygiene for control of trachoma in Ethiopia (WUHA): a two-arm, parallel-group, cluster-randomised trial
The Lancet Global Health 2021cited by 45position: middledoi
The Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: comparison scores from 27 sites in 22 countries
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 2021cited by 36position: middledoi
Successes, challenges, and support for men versus women implementers in water, sanitation, and hygiene programs: A qualitative study in rural Nepal
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2021cited by 32position: lastdoi
Addressing disruptions in childhood routine immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from Nepal, Senegal and Liberia
BMJ Global Health 2021cited by 32position: lastdoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Thomas Clasen · Emory University23 papers (2012–2023)Bethany A. Caruso · Emory University22 papers (2014–2025)Oliver Cumming · International Livestock Research Institute21 papers (2012–2025)Joshua V. Garn · University of Nevada, Reno17 papers (2014–2022)Sophie Boisson · World Health Organization14 papers (2012–2023)Bruce Gordon · World Health Organization - Pakistan12 papers (2014–2025)Jennyfer Wolf · World Health Organization - Pakistan11 papers (2014–2025)Jedidiah S. Snyder · Emory University10 papers (2018–2025)Annette Prüss‐Üstün · World Health Organization9 papers (2014–2023)Robert Dreibelbis · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine9 papers (2013–2025)Anna N. Chard · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention8 papers (2015–2019)Joanna Esteves Mills · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine8 papers (2019–2025)Kelly Alexander · CARE USA8 papers (2013–2017)Rachel L. Pullan · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine8 papers (2014–2024)Richard B. Johnston · World Health Organization8 papers (2014–2023)Karen Lévy · Roosevelt University8 papers (2014–2025) · 8 papers (2014–2023)David G. Addiss · University of Notre Dame7 papers (2014–2018)Victoria Trinies · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention7 papers (2012–2019)John M. Colford · Berkeley Public Health Division7 papers (2014–2023)