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
Do behavioural differences help to explain variations in HIV prevalence in adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa?
Ruth Chapman,Richard G. White,Leigh Anne Shafer,Audrey Pettifor,Owen Mugurungi,David Ross,Sophie Pascoe,Frances M. Cowan,Heiner Grosskurth,Anne Buvé,Richard J. Hayes +10 more
TL;DR: To compare adolescent risk factors for HIV infection in two countries with high adolescent HIV prevalence and two lower prevalence countries with the aim of identifying risk factors that may help explain differences in adolescent HIVPrevalence.
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Evaluating a multi-component, community-based program to improve adherence and retention in care among adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Webster Mavhu,Nicola Willis,Juliet Mufuka,Collin Mangenah,Kudzanayi Mvududu,Sarah Bernays,Walter Mangezi,Tsitsi Apollo,Ricardo Araya,Helen A. Weiss,Frances M. Cowan +10 more
TL;DR: This study provides a unique opportunity to generate evidence of the impact of the on-going Zvandiri program, for adolescents living with HIV, on virological failure and psychosocial outcomes as delivered in a real-world setting.
Prediction of neurological outcome after birth asphyxia from early continuous two-channel electroencephalography.
Denis Azzopardi,Iolanda Guarino,Cindy Brayshaw,Frances M. Cowan,Deborah Price-Williams,A. David Edwards,Dominique Acolet +6 more
TL;DR: Continuous two-channel EEG is an accurate tool for assessing the severity of neurological insult soon after birth asphyxia and is suitable for assessing neurodevelopmental outcome after hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy.
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HIV risk among young women who sell sex by whether they identify as sex workers: analysis of respondent-driven sampling surveys, Zimbabwe, 2017.
Bernadette Hensen,Sungai T Chabata,Sian Floyd,Tarisai Chiyaka,Phillis Mushati,Joanna Busza,Isolde Birdthistle,James R Hargreaves,Frances M. Cowan +8 more
TL;DR: Characteristics, sexual behaviours and health service use of YWSS in Zimbabwe are described, comparing women who identified as female sex workers (FSW) and women who did not (non‐identifying‐YWSS), and factors associated with HIV infection are explored.
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Triple jeopardy: adolescent experiences of sex work and migration in Zimbabwe.
TL;DR: Ten women in Zimbabwe who experienced sex work and migration during adolescence who described their adolescence as a time of both vulnerability and opportunity, during which they developed survival skills are explored.
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