Deborah Joanne Loxton

Associations Between Reproductive Coercion and Abuse by a Partner and Physical, Mental, Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes

Laura Tarzia, Nicholas Egan, Deborah Joanne Loxton

Purpose: Reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA) is defined as deliberate interference in a person’s reproductive choices. It is overwhelmingly perpetrated against women by male intimate partners. Whilst it is generally agreed that RCA is harmful to health and wellbeing, reliable evidence for …

Co‐Production Experiences in Practice From Funding to Implementation: Co‐Production Experiences of Academics and Consumers in Real‐World Practice

Samantha Kozica Olenski, Anusha Ramani Chander, Georgina Chambers, Leslie Arnott et autres

BACKGROUND: Consumer and community involvement in health research is increasingly recognised as essential for ensuring relevance and responsiveness to diverse population needs. The Australian Women's Health Research, Translation and Impact Network (WHRTN) aims to improve women's health and build capability in women …

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Young women’s somatic symptoms are more strongly predicted by psychosocial rather than physiological factors: longitudinal findings in a population-representative Australian sample

Amy B. Myles, Alissa Beath, Deborah Joanne Loxton, Anastasia Ejova

OBJECTIVE: Somatic symptoms - persistent medically unexplained physical complaints - present a challenge for the healthcare system, partly because patients often resist psychological explanations and treatments. To inform patient-practitioner interactions, we provide country-specific population-representative longitudinal data on the relative contributions of physiological …

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Using mHealth to provide sexual and reproductive health services to young people in rural Ghana: health care providers’ perspectives

Alexander S Laar, Melissa L. Harris, Clare Thomson, Deborah Joanne Loxton

Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly being used in innovative ways to overcome traditional barriers to the provision of, and access to, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services among young people in rural low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). In rural Ghana, mHealth platforms …

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The Mothers and their Children’s Health Study (MatCH 2): Protocol for a follow-up observational study (Preprint)

Leigh Tooth, Carla Shield, Melissa L. Harris, Deborah Joanne Loxton et autres

BACKGROUND In 2016/17, the Mothers and their Children’s Health (MatCH) study produced a detailed snapshot of the health and development of 5,842 children aged 0-12 years, from 3,039 women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Data on up to …

Prevalence and Predictors of Reproductive Coercion and Abuse by a Partner Among a National Population Sample in Australia

Laura Tarzia, Nicholas Egan, Melissa L. Harris, Deborah Joanne Loxton

Reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA) involves the use of violence, deception, or threats to undermine another person's reproductive autonomy. Largely perpetrated against women by their male intimate partners or other close family members, RCA is harmful to health and well-being. Despite this, …

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Effects of mothers’ water, sanitation and hygiene habits on diarrhoea and malnutrition among children under 5 years in Nepal

Shalik Ram Dhital, Catherine Chojenta, Deborah Joanne Loxton

Introduction: Diarrhoea and malnutrition (stunting, wasting and underweight) are major public health problems in developing countries, including Nepal. Improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) may reduce the global disease burden by as much as 10.0%. This paper aims to examine the effects …

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Australian women’s experiences of contraception and pregnancy planning in the context of chronic disease

Emma Byrnes, Deborah Joanne Loxton, Deborah J. Bateson, Melissa L. Harris

In women's reproductive health, access to, and use of, contraception is important, as the choices women make about contraception impact their bodily autonomy and play a significant role in their overall health. Despite this, women with chronic disease are more likely to …

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The Road to Unfreedom: Violence and Multidimensional Poverty Among Young Australian Women

Alice Campbell, Ella Kuskoff, Janeen Baxter, Deborah Joanne Loxton

Our study examined the cumulative impacts of violence from childhood through to adulthood on young women's multidimensional poverty risk. We analyzed six waves of data from the 1989–1995 birth cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health ( N = 11,224 …

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Childhood Experiences of Corporal Punishment and Associated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization in Adulthood: Results from a Longitudinal Twin Study

Angelika Poulsen, Ben Mathews, Nicholas Egan, Andrew Garwood-Gowers et autres

Abstract Purpose Corporal punishment has been widely accepted to have adverse effects on children in childhood, however, less is known about its distal effects. The current study uses data from a longitudinal Australian twin study to estimate the association between experiencing corporal …

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Views and experiences of young people on using mHealth platforms for sexual and reproductive health services in rural low-and middle-income countries: A qualitative systematic review

Alexander Suuk Laar, Melissa L. Harris, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Deborah Joanne Loxton

In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), reproductive health programs use mobile health (mHealth) platforms to deliver a broad range of SRH information and services to young people in rural areas. However, young people's experiences of using mobile phone platforms for SRH services …

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Perspectives on barriers to traditional sources of sexual and reproductive health information and services: Are mHealth technologies the answer?

Alexander Suuk Laar, Melissa L. Harris, Clare Thomson, Deborah Joanne Loxton

Background: In Ghana, several qualitative studies have explored users' perspectives on conventional sources of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and factors which influence provision of and access in rural settings. However, there is a dearth of qualitative studies on healthcare provider …

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