Julie Hennegan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 112853 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Julie Hennegan |
| NOMBRES | Julie |
| APELLIDO | Hennegan |
| FIRMA | HENNEGAN J |
| AFILIACIONES | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2011-1595 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Unpacking diverse pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Cambodia
Adolescent girls follow pathways to pregnancy that occur within or outside union. • Within-union pathways stemmed from peer-led, parent-led, or arranged unions. • An outside-union pathway stemmed from romantic relationships and unprotected sex. • Social norms, poverty, and lack of SRH information and services were key drivers. • Program and policy responses should be aligned to girls' pathways
Adolescent boys’ sociocultural beliefs and attitudes toward menstruation in selected high schools in Ghana
Adolescent boys can reinforce negative societal attitudes towards menstruation and make it difficult for adolescent girls to achieve optimal menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) which defeats Sustainable Development Goals 3, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.6. This study investigated how knowledge mediates/moderates the association between sociocultural beliefs (SB) and attitudes of adolescent boys regarding menstruation in senior high schools in Ghana. A cross-sect…
The Socio-Cultural Construction of Menstruation in the Ghanaian Context
(1) Background: Menstruation, experienced by 1.8 billion girls and women globally, is often misunderstood and surrounded by taboos and misconceptions, particularly in low-income countries like Ghana. This study explores the Ghanaian socio-cultural representation of menstruation and the cultural experiences of young girls during menarche. (2) Methods: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted in five Senior High Schools in Ghana's Volta Reg…
Tracking the changing body with care
Menstrual cycle tracking is increasingly integrated into menstrual health education and is frequently supported by mobile applications. While menstrual cycle tracking can help adolescents understand their bodies and cycles, research into their everyday tracking practices remains limited. We conducted a participatory and ethnographic study with 24 adolescent girls and six adults, including teachers, in Bali, Indonesia. Drawing on data from group d…
Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana
The 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day (WMHD) celebration at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) sought to create awareness about menstruation. Toward normalizing menstruation, the 3-day event brought together key stakeholders and engaged community members on various topics relating to menstruation. Among the stakeholders were basic school teachers (13), school children (155), in a 2:1 female vs. male ratio within the ages of 10–17 …
From ‘Pen Sao’ to ‘Tue Pa’
Adolescent birth rates in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) remain the highest in Southeast Asia. There is growing recognition that adolescent pregnancy in Lao PDR is occurring within and outside marriage, but there is a lack of robust qualitative evidence to understand girls’ pathways to adolescent pregnancy and contributing factors, especially outside of union (cohabitation or marriage). This study aimed to improve understanding of pathway…
Contemporary pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia
In the last decade, reduction in adolescent fertility rates in Indonesia has slowed despite national programmes and policies focused on addressing child marriage. Indonesia currently has the highest number of births to adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in Southeast Asia. There is a need to develop a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia to inform programmes and policies tailored to young people’s needs and…
Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Research on menstrual health is required to understand menstrual needs and generate solutions to improve health, wellbeing, and productivity. The identification of research priorities will help inform where to invest efforts and resources. OBJECTIVES: To identify research priorities for menstrual health across the life-course, in consultation with a range of stakeholder groups from a variety of geographic regions, and to identify if m…
Menstrual health challenges in the workplace and consequences for women’s work and wellbeing
This study describes women’s menstrual health needs at work in Uganda and explores the associations between unmet needs and women’s work and wellbeing. We undertook a cross-sectional survey of women working in marketplaces, public primary schools, and health care facilities in Mukono district, central Uganda. Survey questions were designed to capture women’s experiences of managing menstrual bleeding, pain, social support, and the social environm…
Menstrual health
The term "menstrual health" has seen increased use across advocacy, programming, policy, and research, but has lacked a consistent, self-contained definition. As a rapidly growing field of research and practice a comprehensive definition is needed to (1) ensure menstrual health is prioritised as a unified objective in global health, development, national policy, and funding frameworks, (2) elucidate the breadth of menstrual health, even where dif…
How addressing menstrual health and hygiene may enable progress across the Sustainable Development Goals
There is increasing global attention to the importance of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) for the lives of those who menstruate and gender equality. Yet, the global development community, which focuses on issues ranging from gender to climate change to health, is overdue to draw attention to how addressing MHH may enable progress in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To address this gap, we undertook a collective exercise to h…
How do women and girls experience menstrual health interventions in low- and middle-income countries? Insights from a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis
‘ I do what a woman should do’
Menstrual health has received increasing recognition as an essential issue for public health and gender equality. A growing body of research has elucidated adolescent girls’ menstrual needs and informed policy and practice responses. However, the experiences of adult women have received little attention, particularly in the workplace where many spend a significant proportion of their lives. To address this gap, we took a grounded theory approach …
The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ)
High-quality evidence is needed to inform policies and programmes aiming to improve menstrual health. Quantitative studies must address the many evidence gaps in this field, and practitioners have increased monitoring and evaluation efforts to track their progress. A significant barrier to improving the rigor of this work is the lack of comprehensive and comparable measures to capture core concepts. The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ) is …
National Monitoring for Menstrual Health and Hygiene
Surveys monitoring population health and sanitation are increasingly seeking to monitor menstrual health. In the absence of established indicators, these surveys have most often collected data on the type of menstrual material used. This study investigated whether such data provides a useful indication of women's menstrual material needs being met. Using data from 12 national or state representative surveys from the Performance Monitoring and Acc…
Confidence to manage menstruation at home and at school
This study investigated girls' confidence to undertake menstrual management tasks at home and in school environments using cross-sectional data from a survey of 1,359 schoolgirls in Bangladesh. At home, 57% of girls reported they were 'very confident' undertaking tasks to manage their menstrual bleeding, while this figure was only 7% at school. We assessed personal, interpersonal and environmental contributors for each context. The use of sanitar…
Logics of affordability and worth
This article explores logics of affordability and worth within rural Ugandan households. Through an analysis of how worth is ascribed to certain goods, from the morally ambiguous personal consumption of alcohol and beauty products to the "responsible" category of educational spending and sanitary pads, the article demonstrates how gender norms and anxieties are marked and sustained in the consumption practices of the household, constituting what …
Women’s and girls’ experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries
Missed Opportunities
Increased global attention is being paid to the importance of adolescent and adult women's experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries, and the challenges these experiences present to health, education and gender equality. Although much of the focus has been on menarche as a window of opportunity for early engagement in young women's sexual and reproductive health, minimal attention has been paid to the natural linkages betwee…
The Relationship between Household Sanitation and Women’s Experience of Menstrual Hygiene
Global efforts to improve sanitation have emphasized the needs of women and girls. Managing menstruation is one such need, yet there is scarce research capturing current practices. This study investigated the relationships between household sanitation and women’s experience of menstrual management. Secondary analyses were undertaken on data from 1994 women and girls collected through the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey in Ka…
Wealthy, urban, educated. Who is represented in population surveys of women’s menstrual hygiene management
Inadequate menstrual hygiene presents a barrier to women's dignity and health. Recent attention to this marginalised challenge has resulted in the first national assessments of menstrual practices. Intuitively, surveys require women to have had a recent menses to be eligible. This study seeks to determine if there are demographic differences between women who are eligible and ineligible to answer questions about their menstrual hygiene during the…
Exposure to food cues moderates the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via implicit eating expectancies
Previous research has suggested that the expectancy "eating is rewarding" is one pathway driving the relationship between trait reward sensitivity and externally-driven eating. The aim of the current study was to extend previous research by examining the conditions under which the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via this eating expectancy occurs. Using a conditional indirect effects approach we tested the moderating effe…
Great expectations. Eating expectancies as mediators of reinforcement sensitivity and eating
Great expectations. Eating expectancies as mediators of reinforcement sensitivity and eating
Logics of affordability and worth
This article explores logics of affordability and worth within rural Ugandan households. Through an analysis of how worth is ascribed to certain goods, from the morally ambiguous personal consumption of alcohol and beauty products to the "responsible" category of educational spending and sanitary pads, the article demonstrates how gender norms and anxieties are marked and sustained in the consumption practices of the household, constituting what …
Exposure to food cues moderates the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via implicit eating expectancies
Previous research has suggested that the expectancy "eating is rewarding" is one pathway driving the relationship between trait reward sensitivity and externally-driven eating. The aim of the current study was to extend previous research by examining the conditions under which the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via this eating expectancy occurs. Using a conditional indirect effects approach we tested the moderating effe…
Great expectations. Eating expectancies as mediators of reinforcement sensitivity and eating
Exposure to food cues moderates the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via implicit eating expectancies
Previous research has suggested that the expectancy "eating is rewarding" is one pathway driving the relationship between trait reward sensitivity and externally-driven eating. The aim of the current study was to extend previous research by examining the conditions under which the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via this eating expectancy occurs. Using a conditional indirect effects approach we tested the moderating effe…
The Relationship between Household Sanitation and Women’s Experience of Menstrual Hygiene
Global efforts to improve sanitation have emphasized the needs of women and girls. Managing menstruation is one such need, yet there is scarce research capturing current practices. This study investigated the relationships between household sanitation and women’s experience of menstrual management. Secondary analyses were undertaken on data from 1994 women and girls collected through the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 survey in Ka…
Wealthy, urban, educated. Who is represented in population surveys of women’s menstrual hygiene management
Inadequate menstrual hygiene presents a barrier to women's dignity and health. Recent attention to this marginalised challenge has resulted in the first national assessments of menstrual practices. Intuitively, surveys require women to have had a recent menses to be eligible. This study seeks to determine if there are demographic differences between women who are eligible and ineligible to answer questions about their menstrual hygiene during the…
Women’s and girls’ experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries
Missed Opportunities
Increased global attention is being paid to the importance of adolescent and adult women's experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries, and the challenges these experiences present to health, education and gender equality. Although much of the focus has been on menarche as a window of opportunity for early engagement in young women's sexual and reproductive health, minimal attention has been paid to the natural linkages betwee…
‘ I do what a woman should do’
Menstrual health has received increasing recognition as an essential issue for public health and gender equality. A growing body of research has elucidated adolescent girls’ menstrual needs and informed policy and practice responses. However, the experiences of adult women have received little attention, particularly in the workplace where many spend a significant proportion of their lives. To address this gap, we took a grounded theory approach …
The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ)
High-quality evidence is needed to inform policies and programmes aiming to improve menstrual health. Quantitative studies must address the many evidence gaps in this field, and practitioners have increased monitoring and evaluation efforts to track their progress. A significant barrier to improving the rigor of this work is the lack of comprehensive and comparable measures to capture core concepts. The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ) is …
National Monitoring for Menstrual Health and Hygiene
Surveys monitoring population health and sanitation are increasingly seeking to monitor menstrual health. In the absence of established indicators, these surveys have most often collected data on the type of menstrual material used. This study investigated whether such data provides a useful indication of women's menstrual material needs being met. Using data from 12 national or state representative surveys from the Performance Monitoring and Acc…
Confidence to manage menstruation at home and at school
This study investigated girls' confidence to undertake menstrual management tasks at home and in school environments using cross-sectional data from a survey of 1,359 schoolgirls in Bangladesh. At home, 57% of girls reported they were 'very confident' undertaking tasks to manage their menstrual bleeding, while this figure was only 7% at school. We assessed personal, interpersonal and environmental contributors for each context. The use of sanitar…
Logics of affordability and worth
This article explores logics of affordability and worth within rural Ugandan households. Through an analysis of how worth is ascribed to certain goods, from the morally ambiguous personal consumption of alcohol and beauty products to the "responsible" category of educational spending and sanitary pads, the article demonstrates how gender norms and anxieties are marked and sustained in the consumption practices of the household, constituting what …
Menstrual health
The term "menstrual health" has seen increased use across advocacy, programming, policy, and research, but has lacked a consistent, self-contained definition. As a rapidly growing field of research and practice a comprehensive definition is needed to (1) ensure menstrual health is prioritised as a unified objective in global health, development, national policy, and funding frameworks, (2) elucidate the breadth of menstrual health, even where dif…
How addressing menstrual health and hygiene may enable progress across the Sustainable Development Goals
There is increasing global attention to the importance of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) for the lives of those who menstruate and gender equality. Yet, the global development community, which focuses on issues ranging from gender to climate change to health, is overdue to draw attention to how addressing MHH may enable progress in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To address this gap, we undertook a collective exercise to h…
How do women and girls experience menstrual health interventions in low- and middle-income countries? Insights from a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis
Menstrual health challenges in the workplace and consequences for women’s work and wellbeing
This study describes women’s menstrual health needs at work in Uganda and explores the associations between unmet needs and women’s work and wellbeing. We undertook a cross-sectional survey of women working in marketplaces, public primary schools, and health care facilities in Mukono district, central Uganda. Survey questions were designed to capture women’s experiences of managing menstrual bleeding, pain, social support, and the social environm…
Contemporary pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia
In the last decade, reduction in adolescent fertility rates in Indonesia has slowed despite national programmes and policies focused on addressing child marriage. Indonesia currently has the highest number of births to adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in Southeast Asia. There is a need to develop a more nuanced understanding of the drivers of adolescent pregnancy in Indonesia to inform programmes and policies tailored to young people’s needs and…
Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Research on menstrual health is required to understand menstrual needs and generate solutions to improve health, wellbeing, and productivity. The identification of research priorities will help inform where to invest efforts and resources. OBJECTIVES: To identify research priorities for menstrual health across the life-course, in consultation with a range of stakeholder groups from a variety of geographic regions, and to identify if m…
Promoting menstrual health and hygiene—insights from the 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration events in the Hohoe municipality in Ghana
The 2023 World Menstrual Hygiene Day (WMHD) celebration at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) sought to create awareness about menstruation. Toward normalizing menstruation, the 3-day event brought together key stakeholders and engaged community members on various topics relating to menstruation. Among the stakeholders were basic school teachers (13), school children (155), in a 2:1 female vs. male ratio within the ages of 10–17 …
From ‘Pen Sao’ to ‘Tue Pa’
Adolescent birth rates in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) remain the highest in Southeast Asia. There is growing recognition that adolescent pregnancy in Lao PDR is occurring within and outside marriage, but there is a lack of robust qualitative evidence to understand girls’ pathways to adolescent pregnancy and contributing factors, especially outside of union (cohabitation or marriage). This study aimed to improve understanding of pathway…
Unpacking diverse pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Cambodia
Adolescent girls follow pathways to pregnancy that occur within or outside union. • Within-union pathways stemmed from peer-led, parent-led, or arranged unions. • An outside-union pathway stemmed from romantic relationships and unprotected sex. • Social norms, poverty, and lack of SRH information and services were key drivers. • Program and policy responses should be aligned to girls' pathways
Adolescent boys’ sociocultural beliefs and attitudes toward menstruation in selected high schools in Ghana
Adolescent boys can reinforce negative societal attitudes towards menstruation and make it difficult for adolescent girls to achieve optimal menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) which defeats Sustainable Development Goals 3, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.6. This study investigated how knowledge mediates/moderates the association between sociocultural beliefs (SB) and attitudes of adolescent boys regarding menstruation in senior high schools in Ghana. A cross-sect…
The Socio-Cultural Construction of Menstruation in the Ghanaian Context
(1) Background: Menstruation, experienced by 1.8 billion girls and women globally, is often misunderstood and surrounded by taboos and misconceptions, particularly in low-income countries like Ghana. This study explores the Ghanaian socio-cultural representation of menstruation and the cultural experiences of young girls during menarche. (2) Methods: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted in five Senior High Schools in Ghana's Volta Reg…
Tracking the changing body with care
Menstrual cycle tracking is increasingly integrated into menstrual health education and is frequently supported by mobile applications. While menstrual cycle tracking can help adolescents understand their bodies and cycles, research into their everyday tracking practices remains limited. We conducted a participatory and ethnographic study with 24 adolescent girls and six adults, including teachers, in Bali, Indonesia. Drawing on data from group d…
Medicine (20 obras) · Menstrual Health and Disorders (15 obras) · Psychology (15 obras) · Menstruation (10 obras) · Environmental health (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Developmental psychology (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras)