Brooke A Caruso

Datos Biográficos

ID824442
NOMBREBrooke A Caruso
NOMBRESBrooke A
APELLIDOCaruso
FIRMACARUSO B A
AFILIACIONESEmory University
ORCID0000-0001-9738-9857
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS45
TOTAL DE CITAS49
TOTAL COMO AUTOR43
TOTAL COMO EDITOR2
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1993
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H3

  • Navigating menstruation in adolescents with Down Syndrome

    Open AccessKatie Greenland, Sarah Polack et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Adolescents with Down syndrome face unique menstrual health challenges, yet their experiences remain under-researched. This study aimed to investigate the menstrual health and wellbeing of adolescents with Down syndrome in the UK, examined primarily through the reflective lens of primary caregivers alongside direct accounts from adolescents, to inform the development of tailored, evidence-based interventions for this population. Guided by an advi…

  • ‘Everything depends on us’

    Open AccessBisrat Dessalegn, Emily Ogutu et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2026

  • A pre-post pilot study with and without subsidy to promote improved backyard poultry-raising practices to reduce exposure to poultry and poultry feces in rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessLaura H Kwong, Jesmin Sultana et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Backyard poultry raising is common in rural Bangladesh and many households keep their poultry inside their houses at night. Compared to keeping poultry outside in sheds at night, this practice likely elevates children’s exposure to poultry and poultry feces and associated enteric pathogens. We conducted a two-arm (subsidy and non-subsidy) pre-post pilot study. Households in both arms received the behavior change communication and counseling inter…

  • Sanitation-related empowerment resources are associated with women's well-being, anxiety, and depression

    Open AccessThea Mink, Madeleine Patrick et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2026

    Recent research has identified linkages between women's sanitation experiences, like safety and privacy, and their mental health. Our study examined associations between sanitation-related empowerment resources (Bodily Integrity, Safety and Security, Privacy, and Time) and mental health outcomes (well-being, depression, and anxiety). We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected in 2021–2022 from household surveys of women i…

  • Behavioural factors influencing hand hygiene practices across domestic, institutional and public community settings

    Open AccessBrooke A Caruso, Jedidiah S Snyder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: This systematic review sought to understand barriers and enablers to hand hygiene in community settings. METHODS: Eligible studies addressed hand hygiene in a community setting, included a qualitative component, and were published in English between 1 January 1980 and 29 March 2023. Studies were excluded if in healthcare settings or were animal research. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, Cochrane Lib…

  • We have the evidence but governments must now build the systems to deliver on hand hygiene

    Open AccessJoanna Esteves Mills, Bruce Gordon et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

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  • Minimum material requirements for hand hygiene in community settings

    Open AccessLilly A O’Brien, Kennedy Files et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: This systematic review assessed the minimum requirements necessary to create an enabling environment for sustained hand hygiene practices: quantity of water and soap, and number, spacing, location, and design of hand hygiene facilities. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, Cochrane Library, Global Index Medicus, Scopus, PAIS Index, WHO IRIS, UN Digital Library and World Bank eLibrary, and consult…

  • Efficacy and effectiveness of hand hygiene-related practices used in community settings for removal of organisms from hands

    Open AccessStephen P Hilton, Nick H An et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Background This systematic review collected and synthesised evidence on the efficacy and effectiveness of commonly used hand hygiene materials and methods for removing or inactivating pathogens on hands in community settings. The evidence was generated to support the development of the WHO Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Community Settings. Methods We searched PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, Cochrane Library, Global Index Me…

  • Effectiveness of measures taken by governments to support hand hygiene in community settings

    Open AccessJedidiah S Snyder, Erika Canda et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate the implementation of government measures that support equitable and sustained hand hygiene practices in community settings. METHODS: We systematically searched 12 databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, Cochrane Library, Global Index Medicus, Scopus, PAIS Index, WHO IRIS, UN Digital Library and World Bank eLibrary for peer-reviewed and grey li…

  • Interventions to improve hand hygiene in community settings

    Open AccessSridevi K Prasad, Jedidiah S Snyder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: This systematic review identified and examined the theories, barriers and enablers, behaviour change techniques (BCTs), and design features of interventions that have been leveraged to improve and sustain hand hygiene in community settings. It was conducted to support the development of the WHO Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Community Settings. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, Global Health, Cochrane Libr…

  • Gender equality and quality of life must be central to the design and delivery of sanitation

    Open AccessAkanksha Marphatia, Sheillah Simiyu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    box Sanitation is critical to improving quality of life and gender equality

  • Women’s experiences collecting and accessing water in Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, and Zimbabwe

    Open AccessBrooke A Caruso, Thea Mink et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    1.8 billion people live in households that collect water from sources off household premises, creating burdens that disproportionately affect women. A current and comprehensive investigation of women’s water collection experiences is needed to understand their burden of this labor. This study used mixed methods, including (a) go-along, in-depth interviews (IDIs), (b) semi-structured observation, (c) activity-tracking smart watches, and (d) scales…

  • Women's Health and Empowerment for Sustainable Development

    Open AccessTanushree Bhan, Brooke A Caruso et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2025Referencias: 21

    This paper aims to explore a research gap at the intersection of public health and empowerment literatures concerned with women's health‐related sanitation experiences and their sanitation‐specific agency. We shift focus from prevalent scholarly engagement with women's wellbeing as an outcome of their agency by asking an unexplored question in the opposite direction: what is the association between women's physical and mental health‐related sanit…

  • The association between women's decision-making roles in sanitation and mental well-being in urban Bangladesh

    Open AccessNicole Stephan, Sheela Sinharoy et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2025Referencias: 7

  • Heavy menstrual bleeding and association with menstruation-specific resources

    Open AccessZarmeen Shakil, Brooke A Caruso et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2025Referencias: 1

    Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), clinically defined as excessive menstrual blood loss which interferes with a woman's physical, emotional, social, and/or material quality of life, is a highly prevalent yet understudied global health problem. This cross-sectional study examines associations between HMB and menstruation-related resources, to understand factors that may contribute to HMB. We conducted secondary analyses of household survey data colle…

  • Knowledge, attitudes, and support of women's menstrual experiences

    Open AccessMadeleine Patrick, Nicole Stephan et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2025Referencias: 1

  • Multilevel factors drive child exposure to enteric pathogens in animal feces

    Open AccessApril Ballard, Betty Corozo Angulo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Exposure to animal feces and associated enteric pathogens poses significant risks to child health. However, public health strategies to mitigate enteric infections among children largely aim to reduce exposure to human feces, overlooking transmission pathways related to animal feces. In this study we examine if and how children are exposed to enteric pathogens in animal feces in northwestern coastal Ecuador. We conducted qualitative interviews wi…

  • The development and validation of a survey to measure fecal-oral child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens

    Open AccessApril Ballard, Regine Haardörfer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Child exposure to animal feces and associated enteropathogens contribute to a significant burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. However, there are no standardized, validated survey-based approaches to enable accurate assessment of child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens. We developed and validated a survey-based measure of exposure, the fecal-oral child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens Index (the FECEZ Enteropathogens Inde…

  • Facility-based care for moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania

    Open AccessKatherine E A Semrau, Rana R Mokhtar et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Globally, increasing rates of facility-based childbirth enable early intervention for small vulnerable newborns. We describe health system-level inputs, current feeding, and discharge practices for moderately low birthweight (MLBW) infants (1500- 10% less than their birthweight; 18.8% of infants were discharged with weights below facility-specific policy [1800g in India, 1500g in Malawi, and 2000g in Tanzania]. Based on descriptive analysis, we f…

  • Safe infant feeding in healthcare facilities

    Open AccessBrooke A Caruso, Uriel Paniagua et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Infants need to receive care in environments that limit their exposure to pathogens. Inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) environments and suboptimal infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings contribute to the burden of healthcare-associated infections, which are particularly high in low-income settings. Specific research is needed to understand infant feeding preparation in healthcare settings, a task involvin…

  • Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessMarina Plesons, Belén Torondel et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    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…

  • The Agency, Resources, and Institutional Structures for Sanitation-related Empowerment (Arise) Scales

    Open AccessSheela Sinharoy, Shauna McManus et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2023Citada por: 2Referencias: 6

    Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to ensure access to water and sanitation for all, and target 6.2 emphasizes "paying special attention to the needs of women and girls". Research documenting how water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) conditions impact women's and girls' lives is growing. However, no rigorously validated survey instruments exist for measuring empowerment within the WASH sector. The objective of our study was to develop and validat…

  • The impact of a demand-side sanitation and hygiene promotion intervention on sustained behavior change and health in Amhara, Ethiopia

    Open AccessMatthew C Freeman, Maryann G Delea et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Behaviors related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are key drivers of infectious disease transmission, and experiences of WASH are potential influencers of mental well-being. Important knowledge gaps exist related to the content and delivery of effective WASH programs and their associated health impacts, particularly within the contexts of government programs implemented at scale. We developed and tested a demand-side intervention called …

  • Determinants of food preparation and hygiene practices among caregivers of children under two in Western Kenya

    Open AccessEmily Awino Ogutu, Anna Ellis et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Food hygiene is an underexplored, but potentially critical, behavior to mitigate fecal pathogen exposure for young children. Our study revealed several knowledge and opportunity barriers that could be integrated into interventions to enhance food hygiene

  • How addressing menstrual health and hygiene may enable progress across the Sustainable Development Goals

    Open AccessMarni Sommer, Belén Torondel et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    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…