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
Estimating the Cost of Early Infant Male Circumcision in Zimbabwe: Results From a Randomized Noninferiority Trial of AccuCirc Device Versus Mogen Clamp.
Collin Mangenah,Webster Mavhu,Karin Hatzold,Andrea K. Biddle,Ngonidzashe Madidi,Getrude Ncube,Owen Mugurungi,Ismail Ticklay,Frances M. Cowan,Harsha Thirumurthy +9 more
TL;DR: EIMC has a lower unit cost when using AccuCirc compared with Mogen clamp, and countries planning to scale-up EIMC usingAccuCirc need to control costs of consumables and personnel.
Preferences for linkage to HIV care services following a reactive self-test: discrete choice experiments in Malawi and Zambia.
Marc d'Elbée,Pitchaya P. Indravudh,Lawrence Mwenge,Moses Kumwenda,Musonda Simwinga,Augustine T. Choko,Bernadette Hensen,Melissa Neuman,Jason J. Ong,Euphemia L Sibanda,Cheryl Johnson,Karin Hatzold,Frances M. Cowan,Helen Ayles,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Fern Terris-Prestholt +16 more
TL;DR: Populations in Malawi and in Zambia were responsive to low-cost, HIV care services with short waiting time provided either at the community or privately at health facilities, indicating hard-to-reach groups could be encouraged to link to care with targeted support.
Randomised controlled pilot feasibility trial of an early intervention programme for young infants with neurodevelopmental impairment in Uganda: a study protocol.
Margaret Nampijja,Emily L. Webb,Carol Nanyunja,Samantha Sadoo,Ruth Nalugya,James Nyonyintono,Anita Muhumuza,Moses Ssekidde,Kenneth Katumba,Brooke Magnusson,Daniel Kabugo,Frances M. Cowan,Miriam Martinez-Biarge,Maria Zuurmond,Catherine Morgan,Deborah Lester,Janet Seeley,Cally J Tann +17 more
TL;DR: The primary hypothesis is that the ABAaNA EIP is feasible and acceptable when compared with standard care and family and child quality of life and primary outcomes of interest are feasibility and acceptability.
Effects of Parenting Classes and Economic Strengthening for Caregivers on the Cognition of HIV-exposed Infants: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in Rural Zimbabwe
Helen Mebrahtu,Victoria Simms,Zivai Mupambireyi,Andrea M. Rehman,Rudo Chingono,Edward Matsikire,Rickie Malaba,Helen A. Weiss,Patience Ndlovu,Frances M. Cowan,Lorraine Sherr +10 more
TL;DR: This pragmatic multicomponent intervention for caregivers of HIV-exposed children aged 0–2 years in Zimbabwe had no impact on child development outcomes within 4.5 months of completion, but had an impact on parental distress.
The burden and determinants of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in a population-based sample of female sex workers in Goa, India.
TL;DR: Sex workers working in medium prevalence states of India are highly vulnerable to HIV and STI and need to be rapidly incorporated into existing interventions, according to a large sample of female sex workers recruited throughout Goa.