Frances M. Cowan
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
489 Papers
3.7K Citations
Frances M. Cowan is an academic researcher from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 76, co-authored 456 publications. Previous affiliations of Frances M. Cowan include University of Zimbabwe & University of Bristol.
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Papers
Hormonally impregnated intrauterine systems (IUSs), versus other forms of reversible contraceptives as effective methods of preventing pregnancy.
Rebecca S French,Frances M. Cowan,D Mansour,Stephen Morris,Derralynn Hughes,A Robinson,T Proctor,C Summerbell,Stuart Logan,John Guillebaud +9 more
TL;DR: Current evidence suggests LNG-20 IUS users are no more or less likely to have unwanted pregnancies than IUD >250mm2 and Norplant-2 users, and non-hormonal IUDs were divided into three categories for the purpose of comparison with IUSs.
The Regai Dzive Shiri Project: a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a multi-component community-based HIV prevention intervention for rural youth in Zimbabwe – study design and baseline results
Frances M. Cowan,Sophie Pascoe,Lisa F. Langhaug,Jeffrey Dirawo,Samson Chidiya,Shabbar Jaffar,Michael T. Mbizvo,Judith Stephenson,Anne M Johnson,Robert Power,Godfrey Woelk,Richard J. Hayes +11 more
TL;DR: An assessment of the effectiveness of a community‐based HIV prevention intervention for adolescents in terms of its impact on HIV and Herpes simplex virus type 2 incidence and on rates of unintended pregnancy and reported sexual behaviour, knowledge and attitudes.
Brain alkaline intracellular pH after neonatal encephalopathy.
TL;DR: Brain alkalosis was associated with increased brain lactate/creatine and pHi remained more alkaline in the severe outcome group up to 20 weeks after birth (p < 0.001).
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A cognitive behavioural intervention to reduce sexually transmitted infections among gay men: randomised trial
John Imrie,Judith Stephenson,Frances M. Cowan,Shamil Wanigaratne,Andrew Billington,Andrew Copas,Lesley French,P French,Anne M Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: This is the first randomised controlled trial of an intervention addressing sexual behaviour in homosexual men that uses sexually transmitted infections and self reported behaviour as end points and it did not reduce the risk of participants acquiring new infections.
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Thalamic atrophy in infants with PVL and cerebral visual impairment
Daniela Ricci,Shirley Anker,Frances M. Cowan,Marika Pane,Francesca Gallini,Rita Paola Maria Luciano,Valeria Donvito,Giovanni Baranello,Laura Cesarini,Flaviana Bianco,Mary A. Rutherford,Costantino Romagnoli,Janette Atkinson,Oliver Braddick,Oliver Braddick,Francesco Guzzetta,Eugenio Mercuri,Eugenio Mercuri +17 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the atrophy of the thalami may play an additional role in the abnormal development of visual function in infants with PVL and abnormal optic radiations.
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