Anna Larsen

Biographic Data

ID7730002
NAMEAnna Larsen
GIVEN NAMESAnna
FAMILY NAMELarsen
SIGNATURELARSEN A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
ORCID0000-0002-0096-9386
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Assessing the approach to perinatal mental health screening and treatment in maternal-child health clinics in Western Kenya

    Open AccessAsterico Neema, Anna Larsen et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Integrating mental health care into well-attended health services, such as maternal-child health (MCH), offers a promising approach to increasing access to mental health care. To inform integration, we assessed the current approach to screening and treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) in MCH facilities in Western Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among the facility managers (“in-charges”) at 20 MCH facilities in Wes…

  • “When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house”

    Open AccessHellen Moraa, Joan Mutahi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Mental health conditions are a major public health concern in the African region, where women experience a high prevalence of maternal mental health conditions and limited access to adequate care. This issue is particularly severe among women living with HIV (WLHIV), who face a heightened risk of depression and anxiety. Despite the well-documented association between male partner-related factors and maternal/child health outcomes, their impact on…

  • Prevalence, severity and correlates of dysmenorrhea among postpartum women in Western Kenya

    Open AccessMadalitso Khwepeya, Jillian Pintye et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Dysmenorrhea is the most common menstrual disorder globally, contributing the highest disease burden of any gynecological issue in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Yet, limited data exist on dysmenorrhea among women in LMICs, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, including countries like Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the PrIMA-Extension Study, a large prospective cohort study that enrolled women during preg…

  • Evaluating the safety of prenatal HIV PrEP use

    Open AccessBen Odhiambo, Joshua Stern et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Existing data support the safety of daily oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use in pregnancy, yet ongoing monitoring is needed. We analyzed data from three recently completed HIV PrEP safety and implementation studies (PrIMA, PrIMA-X, and mWACh-PrEP) that enrolled women who were offered and/or initiated TDF-based HIV PrEP at routine health clinics in Western Kenya to summarize perinatal outcomes fo…

  • “Technology is Amazing… But Right Now, I Just Don’t Know”

    Open AccessJustin Tauscher, Anna Larsen et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2026

  • Antenatal depressive symptoms in Kenyan women living with HIV

    Lusi Osborn, Keshet Ronen et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    Depression among pregnant women living with HIV (WLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa leads to poor pregnancy and HIV outcomes. This cross-sectional analysis utilized enrollment data from a randomized trial (Mobile WAChX, NCT02400671) in six Kenyan public maternal and child health clinics. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), stigma with the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness, and intimate partner violence (IPV)…

  • Is there an optimal screening tool for identifying perinatal depression within clinical settings of sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessAnna Larsen, Jillian Pintye et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2021

    Depression is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide and the most common complication of the perinatal period. Women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately impacted by perinatal depression. Maternal and child health (MCH) clinics are widely attended in SSA, offering a potential access point for depression screening. Yet, selection of optimal depression screening instruments for use within MCH clinics in SSA rema…

  • Completeness of patient-held records

    Open AccessTrisha Ramraj, Ameena Ebrahim Goga et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2018

    BACKGROUND: Continuity of care is important for child well-being in all settings where postnatal retention of mother-infant pairs in care remains a challenge. This analysis reports on completeness of patient-held infant Road to Health Booklets (RtHBs), amongst HIV exposed and unexposed infants during the first two years after the RtHB was launched country-wide in South Africa. METHODS: Secondary data were analysed from two nationally representati…

  • Timing and Predictors of Initiation on Antiretroviral Therapy Among Newly-Diagnosed HIV-Infected Persons in South Africa

    Open AccessAnna Larsen, Mireille Cheyip et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Uptake and predictors of early postnatal follow–up care amongst mother–baby pairs in South Africa

    Open AccessAnna Larsen, Mireille Cheyip et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2017

    BACKGROUND: Achieving World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for postnatal care (PNC) within the first few weeks of life is vital to eliminating early mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) and improving infant health. Almost half of the annual global deaths among children under five occur during the first six weeks of life. This study aims to identify uptake of three PNC visits within the first six weeks of life as recommended by WH…

  • Predictors of Health Care Seeking Behavior During Pregnancy, Delivery, and the Postnatal Period in Rural Tanzania

    Open AccessAnna Larsen, Amon Exavery et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016

  • Childhood Illness Prevalence and Health Seeking Behavior Patterns in Rural Tanzania

    Open AccessAlmamy Malick Kante, Hialy Gutierrez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Our results suggest that child age, caregiver education attainment, and household wealth and location may be associated with childhood illness and care seeking behavior patterns. Interventions should be explored that target children and caregivers according to these factors, thereby better addressing barriers and optimizing health outcomes especially for children at risk of dying before the age of five

  • Reduced probability of smoking cessation in men with increasing number of job losses and partnership breakdowns

    Margit Kriegbaum, A M Larsen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2011Cited by: 2References: 27

    BACKGROUND: Unemployment and partnership breakdowns are common stressful life events, but their association with smoking cessation has been investigated in only a few studies. OBJECTIVE: To investigate how history of employment and cohabitation affects the probability of smoking cessation and to study joint exposure to both. METHODS: Birth cohort study of smoking cessation of 6232 Danish men born in 1953 with a follow-up at age 51 (response rate …