2020
Hope, Self-Efficacy, and Crushed Dreams: Exploring How Adolescent Girls’ Future Aspirations Relate to Marriage and Childbearing in Rural Mozambique
Packer C, Ridgeway K, Lenzi R, González-Calvo L, Moon T, Green A, Burke H. Hope, Self-Efficacy, and Crushed Dreams: Exploring How Adolescent Girls’ Future Aspirations Relate to Marriage and Childbearing in Rural Mozambique. Journal Of Adolescent Research 2020, 35: 579-604. DOI: 10.1177/0743558419897385.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent girlsIndividual-level protective factorsLongitudinal qualitative designFuture aspirationsBehavioral competenceSustainable economic opportunitiesProtective factorsExternal assetsGirlsIntervention evaluationRural MozambiqueQualitative designAge 18CompetenceChild marriageDevelopment lensEconomic opportunitiesDepth interviewsInterventionEarly marriageGoalMarriageHopeConstructsContraceptive access
2019
A longitudinal qualitative evaluation of an economic and social empowerment intervention to reduce girls’ vulnerability to HIV in rural Mozambique
Burke H, Packer C, González-Calvo L, Ridgeway K, Lenzi R, Green A, Moon T. A longitudinal qualitative evaluation of an economic and social empowerment intervention to reduce girls’ vulnerability to HIV in rural Mozambique. Evaluation And Program Planning 2019, 77: 101682. PMID: 31369827, DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInequitable gender normsSocial empowerment interventionLongitudinal qualitative evaluationFocus group discussionsGender normsMulti-sector interventionsIntergenerational sexDepth interviewsVulnerable girlsCommunity membersGirls' sexual behaviorRural MozambiqueSexual behaviorGroup discussionsMixed-methods evaluationEmpowerment interventionBusiness trainingSchool attendanceHouseholdsMozambiqueBusinessMoneyRisky sexVulnerabilityIDI
2017
Depression among female heads-of-household in rural Mozambique: A cross-sectional population-based survey
Audet C, Wainberg M, Oquendo M, Yu Q, Peratikos M, Duarte C, Martinho S, Green A, González-Calvo L, Moon T. Depression among female heads-of-household in rural Mozambique: A cross-sectional population-based survey. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2017, 227: 48-55. PMID: 29053975, PMCID: PMC5805617, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOdds of depressionCross-sectional population-based surveyUnmet mental health needsPrevalence of depressionPositive depression screeningPopulation-based surveyDepression screening toolsMental health needsAdditional yearRural MozambiqueIncreased oddsDepression screeningRisk factorsHigh suicide ratesCultural risk factorsNearest clinicHealth needsMental illnessScreening toolWeighted percentageDepressionNational dataOddsMore educationRural districts
2014
Multidimensional Poverty in Rural Mozambique: A New Metric for Evaluating Public Health Interventions
Victor B, Blevins M, Green AF, Ndatimana E, González-Calvo L, Fischer EF, Vergara AE, Vermund SH, Olupona O, Moon TD. Multidimensional Poverty in Rural Mozambique: A New Metric for Evaluating Public Health Interventions. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e108654. PMID: 25268951, PMCID: PMC4182519, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidimensional poverty measuresMultidimensional poverty measurementMultidimensional poverty indexContext-specific indicatorsMultidimensional povertyPoverty measurementPoverty measuresEvidence-based planningPoverty gapPoverty indexPoverty conditionsAverage deprivationPovertyPublic health interventionsFemale headsSocial determinantsMultidimensional phenomenonIntervention deploymentRural MozambiqueHouseholdsProgram implementersHealth interventionsLocal languageGeospatial mapsGeospatial visualization