Ashley Hagaman, PhD, MPH

• Donna Spiegelman

Depression; Health Services; Suicide; Global Health; Qualitative Research; Biostatistics; Maternal Health; Maternal-Child Health Services; Public Health Systems Research

Community Health; Global Health; Maternal & Child Health; Mental Health; Health Systems Strengthening; Non-Communicable Diseases; Qualitative Methods

• Adverse childhood experiences and depression among women in rural Pakistan.LeMasters K, Bates LM, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Hagaman A, Scherer E, Sikander S, Staley BS, Zalla LC, Zivich PN, Maselko J. Adverse childhood experiences and depression among women in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 400. PMID: 33632175, PMCID: PMC7905421, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10409-4.
• Longitudinal effects of perinatal social support on maternal depression: a marginal structural modelling approach.Hagaman A, LeMasters K, Zivich PN, Sikander S, Bates LM, Bhalotra S, Chung EO, Zaidi A, Maselko J. Longitudinal effects of perinatal social support on maternal depression: a marginal structural modelling approach. Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Health 2021, 75: 936-943. PMID: 33712512, PMCID: PMC8434957, DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-215836.
• Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and acceptability.Maharjan SM, Poudyal A, van Heerden A, Byanjankar P, Thapa A, Islam C, Kohrt BA, Hagaman A. Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and acceptability. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making 2021, 21: 117. PMID: 33827552, PMCID: PMC8025381, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01473-2.
• What Does Social Support Sound Like? Challenges and Opportunities for Using Passive Episodic Audio Collection to Assess the Social Environment.Poudyal A, van Heerden A, Hagaman A, Islam C, Thapa A, Maharjan SM, Byanjankar P, Kohrt BA. What Does Social Support Sound Like? Challenges and Opportunities for Using Passive Episodic Audio Collection to Assess the Social Environment. Frontiers In Public Health 2021, 9: 633606. PMID: 33855008, PMCID: PMC8039317, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.633606.
• Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support During Pregnancy in Rural Pakistan.Sharif M, Zaidi A, Waqas A, Malik A, Hagaman A, Maselko J, LeMasters K, Liaqat R, Bilal S, Bibi T, Ahmad I, Sikander S, Rahman A. Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support During Pregnancy in Rural Pakistan. Frontiers In Psychology 2021, 12: 601563. PMID: 34211414, PMCID: PMC8239233, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.601563.
• Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries.Brewis A, Workman C, Wutich A, Jepson W, Young S, Household Water Insecurity Experiences - Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN).. Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries. Am J Hum Biol 2020, 32:e23309.
• "If there is no water, we cannot feed our children": The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries.Schuster RC, Butler MS, Wutich A, Miller JD, Young SL, Household Water Insecurity Experiences-Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN).. "If there is no water, we cannot feed our children": The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries. Am J Hum Biol 2020, 32:e23357.
• Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries.Stoler J, Pearson AL, Staddon C, Wutich A, Mack E, Brewis A, Rosinger AY, Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Research Coordination Network.. Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries. Sci Total Environ 2020, 716:135881.
• Adolescent motherhood in rural Nepal: passive sensing data illuminates daily experiences inmaternal lives (submitted)Hagaman AK, Lopez Mercado D, Poudyal A, Bemme D, Boone, C, van Heerden A, Byanjankar P, Maharjan SM, Thapa A, Kohrt BA. Adolescent motherhood in rural Nepal: passive sensing data illuminates daily experiences in maternal lives. 2020. Submitted.
• Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and acceptability (submitted)Maharjan SM, Poudyal A, Heerden Av, Byanjankar P, Thapa A, Islam C, Kohrt BA, Hagaman A. Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and acceptability. 2020. Submitted.
• What does social support sound like? Challenges and opportunities for using passive episodic audio collection to assess the social environment (submitted)Poudyal A, Heerden Av, Hagaman A, Islam C, Thapa A, Maharjan SM, Byanjankar P, Kohrt BA. What does social support sound like? Challenges and opportunities for using passive episodic audio collection to assess the social environment. 2020. Submitted.
• Utilizing passive sensing data to provide personalized psychological care in low-resource settingsByanjankar P, Poudyal A, Kohrt BA, Maharjan SM, Hagaman A, van Heerden A. Utilizing passive sensing data to provide personalized psychological care in low-resource settings. Gates Open Research 2020, 4:118
• The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions.Hagaman AK, Singh K, Abate M, Alemu H, Kefale AB, Bitewulign B, Estifanos AS, Kiflie A, Mulissa Z, Tiyo H, Seman Y, Tadesse MZ, Magge H. The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 522. PMID: 32513236, PMCID: PMC7282234, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05391-3.
• Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan.Hagaman AK, Baranov V, Chung E, LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Bates LM, Rahman A, Sikander S, Turner E, Maselko J. Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2020, 276: 592-599. PMID: 32871690, PMCID: PMC7792907, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.053.
• Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices.LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Zalla L, Hagaman A, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Bhalotra S, Sikander S, Maselko J. Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices. BMC Public Health 2020, 20: 68. PMID: 31941468, PMCID: PMC6964000, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8176-0.
• The contribution of grandmother involvement to child growth and development: an observational study in rural Pakistan.Chung EO, Hagaman A, LeMasters K, Andrabi N, Baranov V, Bates LM, Gallis JA, O'Donnell K, Rahman A, Sikander S, Turner EL, Maselko J. The contribution of grandmother involvement to child growth and development: an observational study in rural Pakistan. BMJ Global Health 2020, 5 PMID: 32784209, PMCID: PMC7418670, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002181.
• Effectiveness of a peer-delivered, psychosocial intervention on maternal depression and child development at 3 years postnatal: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan.Maselko J, Sikander S, Turner EL, Bates LM, Ahmad I, Atif N, Baranov V, Bhalotra S, Bibi A, Bibi T, Bilal S, Biroli P, Chung E, Gallis JA, Hagaman A, Jamil A, LeMasters K, O'Donnell K, Scherer E, Sharif M, Waqas A, Zaidi A, Zulfiqar S, Rahman A. Effectiveness of a peer-delivered, psychosocial intervention on maternal depression and child development at 3 years postnatal: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan. The Lancet. Psychiatry 2020, 7: 775-787. PMID: 32828167, PMCID: PMC8015797, DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30258-3.
• How are qualitative methods used in implementation science research? A scoping review protocol.Hagaman A, Rhodes EC, Nyhan K, Katague M, Schwartz A, Spiegelman D. How are qualitative methods used in implementation science research? A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis 2020, 19: 1344-1353. PMID: 33323772, DOI: 10.11124/JBIES-20-00120.
• Utilizing passive sensing data to provide personalized psychological care in low-resource settings.Byanjankar P, Poudyal A, Kohrt BA, Maharjan SM, Hagaman A, van Heerden A. Utilizing passive sensing data to provide personalized psychological care in low-resource settings. Gates Open Research 2020, 4: 118. PMID: 33709058, PMCID: PMC7940775.2, DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13117.2.
• The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan.Scherer E, Hagaman A, Chung E, Rahman A, O'Donnell K, Maselko J. The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan. BMC Public Health 2019, 19: 252. PMID: 30819173, PMCID: PMC6396475, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6571-1.
• Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan.Maselko J, Hagaman AK, Bates LM, Bhalotra S, Biroli P, Gallis JA, O'Donnell K, Sikander S, Turner EL, Rahman A. Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan. Social Science & Medicine (1982) 2019, 237: 112421. PMID: 31398510, PMCID: PMC6708722, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112421.
• Cohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development ; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan.Sikander S, Ahmad I, Bates LM, Gallis J, Hagaman A, O'Donnell K, Turner EL, Zaidi A, Rahman A, Maselko J. Cohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development ; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e025644. PMID: 31061029, PMCID: PMC6502044, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025644.
• Wearable Digital Sensors to Identify Risks of Postpartum Depression and Personalize Psychological Treatment for Adolescent Mothers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Exploratory Study in Rural Nepal.Poudyal A, van Heerden A, Hagaman A, Maharjan SM, Byanjankar P, Subba P, Kohrt BA. Wearable Digital Sensors to Identify Risks of Postpartum Depression and Personalize Psychological Treatment for Adolescent Mothers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Exploratory Study in Rural Nepal. JMIR Research Protocols 2019, 8: e14734. PMID: 31512581, PMCID: PMC6746061, DOI: 10.2196/14734.
• Delivering maternal mental health through peer volunteers: a 5-year report.Atif N, Bibi A, Nisar A, Zulfiqar S, Ahmed I, LeMasters K, Hagaman A, Sikander S, Maselko J, Rahman A. Delivering maternal mental health through peer volunteers: a 5-year report. International Journal Of Mental Health Systems 2019, 13: 62. PMID: 31534475, PMCID: PMC6747744, DOI: 10.1186/s13033-019-0318-3.
• Psychosocial determinants of sustained maternal functional impairment: Longitudinal findings from a pregnancy-birth cohort study in rural Pakistan.Hagaman A, Gallis JA, Bhalotra S, Baranov V, Turner EL, Sikander S, Maselko J. Psychosocial determinants of sustained maternal functional impairment: Longitudinal findings from a pregnancy-birth cohort study in rural Pakistan. PloS One 2019, 14: e0225163. PMID: 31743374, PMCID: PMC6863521, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225163.
• Correction: Wearable Digital Sensors to Identify Risks of Postpartum Depression and Personalize Psychological Treatment for Adolescent Mothers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Exploratory Study in Rural Nepal.Poudyal A, van Heerden A, Hagaman A, Maharjan SM, Byanjankar P, Subba P, Kohrt BA. Correction: Wearable Digital Sensors to Identify Risks of Postpartum Depression and Personalize Psychological Treatment for Adolescent Mothers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Exploratory Study in Rural Nepal. JMIR Research Protocols 2019, 8: e16837. PMID: 31671057, PMCID: PMC6913684, DOI: 10.2196/16837.
• Evaluation of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Education Materials in Local Health DepartmentsBrimmer, D.J., Hagaman, A., Campbell, C., Hsu, J. and Lin, J.M.S., 2018. Evaluation of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) education materials in local health departments. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 6(4), pp.193-207.
• Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths.Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Wutich A, Lohani S, Kohrt BA. Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths. Culture, Medicine And Psychiatry 2018, 42: 704-734. PMID: 29881930, PMCID: PMC6286252, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-018-9585-8.
• How many interviews are enough to identify metathemes in multisited and cross-cultural research? Another perspective on Guest, Bunce, and Johnson’s (2006) landmark study.Hagaman, A.K. and Wutich, A., 2017. How many interviews are enough to identify metathemes in multisited and cross-cultural research? Another perspective on Guest, Bunce, and Johnson’s (2006) landmark study. Field Methods, 29(1), pp.23-41.
• Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015.Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Lohani S, Kohrt B. Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2017, 52: 1483-1494. PMID: 28856382, PMCID: PMC5705471, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1433-6.
• Depressive Trajectories and Risk of Disability and Mortality in Older Adults: Longitudinal Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.Murphy RA, Hagaman AK, Reinders I, Steeves JA, Newman AB, Rubin SM, Satterfield S, Kritchevsky SB, Yaffe K, Ayonayon HN, Nagin DS, Simonsick EM, Penninx BW, Harris TB. Depressive Trajectories and Risk of Disability and Mortality in Older Adults: Longitudinal Findings From the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. The Journals Of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences And Medical Sciences 2016, 71: 228-35. PMID: 26273025, PMCID: PMC4723662, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv139.
• An Investigation into Suicides Among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States Between 2008 and 2011.Hagaman AK, Sivilli TI, Ao T, Blanton C, Ellis H, Lopes Cardozo B, Shetty S. An Investigation into Suicides Among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States Between 2008 and 2011. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health / Center For Minority Public Health 2016, 18: 819-827. PMID: 26758579, PMCID: PMC4905799, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0326-6.
• Suicide surveillance and health systems in Nepal: a qualitative and social network analysis.Hagaman AK, Maharjan U, Kohrt BA. Suicide surveillance and health systems in Nepal: a qualitative and social network analysis. International Journal Of Mental Health Systems 2016, 10: 46. PMID: 27274355, PMCID: PMC4895957, DOI: 10.1186/s13033-016-0073-7.
• Promotion of couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing: a comparison of influence networks in Rwanda and Zambia.Kelley AL, Hagaman AK, Wall KM, Karita E, Kilembe W, Bayingana R, Tichacek A, Kautzman M, Allen SA. Promotion of couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing: a comparison of influence networks in Rwanda and Zambia. BMC Public Health 2016, 16: 744. PMID: 27502690, PMCID: PMC4977827, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3424-z.
• Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener: association of an ethnographically-developed instrument with depression, anxiety, and sociocultural risk factors in rural Haiti. International journal of culture and mental healthKaiser, B.N., Kohrt, B.A., Wagenaar, B.H., Kramer, M.R., McLean, K.E., Hagaman, A.K., Khoury, N.M. and Keys, H.M., 2015. Scale properties of the Kreyòl Distress Idioms (KDI) screener: association of an ethnographically-developed instrument with depression, anxiety, and sociocultural risk factors in rural Haiti. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 8(4), pp.341-358.
• The physiological cost of reproduction for rich and poor across 65 countries.Hruschka DJ, Hagaman A. The physiological cost of reproduction for rich and poor across 65 countries. American Journal Of Human Biology : The Official Journal Of The Human Biology Council 2015, 27: 654-9. PMID: 25809493, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22707.
• Task sharing in rural Haiti: Qualitative assessment of a brief, structured training with and without apprenticeship supervision for community health workers.McLean KE, Kaiser BN, Hagaman AK, Wagenaar BH, Therosme TP, Kohrt BA. Task sharing in rural Haiti: Qualitative assessment of a brief, structured training with and without apprenticeship supervision for community health workers. Intervention (Amstelveen, Netherlands) 2015, 13: 135-155. PMID: 26190953, PMCID: PMC4501397, DOI: 10.1097/WTF.0000000000000074.
• Reflechi twòp--thinking too much: description of a cultural syndrome in Haiti's Central Plateau.Kaiser BN, McLean KE, Kohrt BA, Hagaman AK, Wagenaar BH, Khoury NM, Keys HM. Reflechi twòp--thinking too much: description of a cultural syndrome in Haiti's Central Plateau. Culture, Medicine And Psychiatry 2014, 38: 448-72. PMID: 25038935, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-014-9380-0.
• Determinants of care seeking for mental health problems in rural Haiti: culture, cost, or competency.Wagenaar BH, Kohrt BA, Hagaman AK, McLean KE, Kaiser BN. Determinants of care seeking for mental health problems in rural Haiti: culture, cost, or competency. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) 2013, 64: 366-72. PMID: 23319081, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200272.
• Suicide in rural Haiti: clinical and community perceptions of prevalence, etiology, and prevention.Hagaman AK, Wagenaar BH, McLean KE, Kaiser BN, Winskell K, Kohrt BA. Suicide in rural Haiti: clinical and community perceptions of prevalence, etiology, and prevention. Social Science & Medicine (1982) 2013, 83: 61-9. PMID: 23465205, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.032.
• Depression, suicidal ideation, and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in rural Haiti.Wagenaar BH, Hagaman AK, Kaiser BN, McLean KE, Kohrt BA. Depression, suicidal ideation, and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in rural Haiti. BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12: 149. PMID: 22992379, PMCID: PMC3515455, DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-149.
• "Even though they insult us, the delivery they give us is the greatest thing": a qualitative study contextualizing women's experiences with facility-based maternal health care in Ethiopia.Hagaman A, Rodriguez HG, Barrington C, Singh K, Estifanos AS, Keraga DW, Alemayehu AK, Abate M, Bitewulign B, Barker P, Magge H. "Even though they insult us, the delivery they give us is the greatest thing": a qualitative study contextualizing women's experiences with facility-based maternal health care in Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022, 22: 31. PMID: 35031022, DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04381-z.