Elizabeth K Harrington
Biographic Data
| ID | 5992516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth K Harrington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth K |
| FAMILY NAME | Harrington |
| SIGNATURE | HARRINGTON E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon Health & Science University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8196-069X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Co-design of a digital health intervention to provide pharmacy-based, person-centered contraceptive decision support for youth in Kenya
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW; age 15–24 years) face intersectional barriers to undesired pregnancy prevention, with profound health consequences. Community pharmacies remain a relatively untapped opportunity to improve the reach and quality of contraceptive care for youth. The purpose of this study was to co-design and prototype a digital health, person-centered contraceptive decision support application (the Mara Divas App) tailored fo…
Exploring Adolescents’ Contraceptive Preferences and Trade‐Offs
A focus on contraceptive preferences is essential to the provision of person‐centered care. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the WHO African Region experience disparities in contraceptive access and use and reproductive health outcomes. Despite increasing recognition of AGYW needs as unique, their preferences are understudied, limiting strategies to improve contraceptive care access and quality among marginalized youth populations. We d…
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya
Understanding the levels of power that adolescent girls and young women exercise in their sexual and reproductive lives is imperative to inform interventions to help them meet their goals. We implemented an adapted version of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Empowerment (SRE) Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults among 500 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–20 in Kisumu, Kenya. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess factor …
Adaptation of the sexual and reproductive empowerment scale for adolescents and young adults in Kenya
Measuring empowerment is critical to understanding the level of control adolescents and young adults (AYA) have over their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviors, and could provide a key window into addressing their unique SRH needs. We adapted the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment (SRE) scale for AYA for use in an East African context. This multi-method qualitative study sampled 15–23 year-old female adolescents and young adults in Kis…
An mHealth SMS intervention on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women and Couples in Kenya
Objectives. To assess the effect of 2-way short message service (SMS) with a nurse on postpartum contraceptive use among individual women and couples. Methods. From 2016 to 2017, we conducted a randomized controlled trial at 2 public hospitals in western Kenya. We assigned eligible pregnant women to receive 2-way SMS with a nurse or no SMS, with the option to include male partners. We delivered automated family planning–focused SMS messages weekl…
Gendered power dynamics and women’s negotiation of family planning in a high HIV prevalence setting
In sub-Saharan Africa, high burdens of HIV and unmet need for contraception often coexist. Research emphasises the need to engage men and couples in reproductive health, yet couples' negotiations around fertility and family planning in the context of HIV have been sparsely studied. This study examined the gendered power dynamics that frame women's and couples' negotiations of contraceptive use in western Kenya. We conducted 76 in-depth interviews…
Fertility intentions among HIV-infected, sero-concordant couples in Nyanza province, Kenya
Research in sub-Saharan Africa has shown significant diversity in how HIV influences infected couples' fertility intentions. Supporting HIV-infected, sero-concordant couples in sub-Saharan Africa to make informed choices about their fertility options has not received sufficient attention. In-depth interviews were conducted among 23 HIV-positive, sero-concordant married couples in Kenya, to better understand how HIV impacted fertility intentions. …
Some Meanings Auxiliary to Breast Feeding
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya
Understanding the levels of power that adolescent girls and young women exercise in their sexual and reproductive lives is imperative to inform interventions to help them meet their goals. We implemented an adapted version of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Empowerment (SRE) Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults among 500 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–20 in Kisumu, Kenya. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess factor …
Some Meanings Auxiliary to Breast Feeding
Fertility intentions among HIV-infected, sero-concordant couples in Nyanza province, Kenya
Research in sub-Saharan Africa has shown significant diversity in how HIV influences infected couples' fertility intentions. Supporting HIV-infected, sero-concordant couples in sub-Saharan Africa to make informed choices about their fertility options has not received sufficient attention. In-depth interviews were conducted among 23 HIV-positive, sero-concordant married couples in Kenya, to better understand how HIV impacted fertility intentions. …
Gendered power dynamics and women’s negotiation of family planning in a high HIV prevalence setting
In sub-Saharan Africa, high burdens of HIV and unmet need for contraception often coexist. Research emphasises the need to engage men and couples in reproductive health, yet couples' negotiations around fertility and family planning in the context of HIV have been sparsely studied. This study examined the gendered power dynamics that frame women's and couples' negotiations of contraceptive use in western Kenya. We conducted 76 in-depth interviews…
An mHealth SMS intervention on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women and Couples in Kenya
Objectives. To assess the effect of 2-way short message service (SMS) with a nurse on postpartum contraceptive use among individual women and couples. Methods. From 2016 to 2017, we conducted a randomized controlled trial at 2 public hospitals in western Kenya. We assigned eligible pregnant women to receive 2-way SMS with a nurse or no SMS, with the option to include male partners. We delivered automated family planning–focused SMS messages weekl…
Adaptation of the sexual and reproductive empowerment scale for adolescents and young adults in Kenya
Measuring empowerment is critical to understanding the level of control adolescents and young adults (AYA) have over their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) behaviors, and could provide a key window into addressing their unique SRH needs. We adapted the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment (SRE) scale for AYA for use in an East African context. This multi-method qualitative study sampled 15–23 year-old female adolescents and young adults in Kis…
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya
Understanding the levels of power that adolescent girls and young women exercise in their sexual and reproductive lives is imperative to inform interventions to help them meet their goals. We implemented an adapted version of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Empowerment (SRE) Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults among 500 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–20 in Kisumu, Kenya. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess factor …
Exploring Adolescents’ Contraceptive Preferences and Trade‐Offs
A focus on contraceptive preferences is essential to the provision of person‐centered care. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the WHO African Region experience disparities in contraceptive access and use and reproductive health outcomes. Despite increasing recognition of AGYW needs as unique, their preferences are understudied, limiting strategies to improve contraceptive care access and quality among marginalized youth populations. We d…
Co-design of a digital health intervention to provide pharmacy-based, person-centered contraceptive decision support for youth in Kenya
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW; age 15–24 years) face intersectional barriers to undesired pregnancy prevention, with profound health consequences. Community pharmacies remain a relatively untapped opportunity to improve the reach and quality of contraceptive care for youth. The purpose of this study was to co-design and prototype a digital health, person-centered contraceptive decision support application (the Mara Divas App) tailored fo…
Medicine (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Reproductive health (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Family planning (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works)