Loretta Brabin

Biographic Data

ID100234
NAMELoretta Brabin
GIVEN NAMESLoretta
FAMILY NAMEBrabin
SIGNATUREBRABIN L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Manchester
ORCID0000-0003-4478-6503
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Seasonal patterns of malaria, genital infection, nutritional and iron status in non-pregnant and pregnant adolescents in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessStephen A Roberts, Loretta Brabin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Our analysis supports preventive treatment of malaria among adolescents 15-19 years to decrease their disease burden, especially asymptomatic malaria. As BIS were adequate in most adolescents despite seasonal malaria, a requirement for programmatic iron supplementation was not substantiated

  • “There is Iron and Iron…” Burkinabè Women’s Perceptions of Iron Supplementation

    Open AccessAdélaïde Compaoré, Sabine Gies et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2014

  • Sociodemographic factors predicting mother's cervical screening and daughter's HPV vaccination uptake

    Angela M Spencer, Angela Spencer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2014Cited by: 1References: 27

    BACKGROUND: Achieving high human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage may reduce inequalities in cervical cancer prevention by mitigating the inequalities seen in the cervical screening programme. This paper assesses whether the same sociodemographic factors are associated with both cervical screening and HPV vaccination. METHODS: Girls' HPV vaccination records were linked by address to cervical screening records for their mothers in the North W…

  • Parental smoking and increased likelihood of female births

    Open AccessGibby Koshy, Ali Delpisheh et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2010

    Pregnancy cigarette smoking increased the proportion of female births with evidence for a dose-response association

  • A qualitative study to assess school nurses' views on vaccinating 12–13 year old school girls against human papillomavirus without parental consent

    Open AccessRebecca Stretch, Rosemary McCann et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    Health providers have a duty of care to girls for whom no parental consent for HPV vaccination has been given, and in the UK, this includes conducting, and acting upon, an assessment of the maturity and competence of an adolescent minor. To facilitate this, policies, training and support structures for health providers should be implemented

  • The second to fourth digit ratio (2D

    Open AccessLoretta Brabin, Stephen A Roberts et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2008

    Persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with a high risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and disease progression is influenced by host hormonal factors. The role of fetal exposure to sex steroids has not been explored. The study compared the second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), a marker of exposure to fetal androgens, among women with and without HPV and CIN. Data were available from two studies in which HP…

  • Prenatal smoking exposure and asymmetric fetal growth restriction

    Open AccessAli Delpisheh, Loretta Brabin et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2008

    Asymmetric IUGR occurred more frequently in heavy smokers. Stopping smoking even late in pregnancy may be beneficial for improved fetal outcomes. Symmetric IUGR was associated with maternal anaemia, highlighting the importance of prenatal nutritional status

  • A semi-qualitative study of attitudes to vaccinating adolescents against human papillomavirus without parental consent

    Open AccessLoretta Brabin, Stephen A Roberts et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2007

    In the UK, the principle of adolescent autonomy is recognised and logically should include the right to HPV vaccination, but this may concern parents who would otherwise approve vaccination

  • Finding a curriculum that works under trees

    Angela Hogg, Berlina Makwiza et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2005References: 5

    Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and health education curriculum for adolescent girls in southern Malawi who will never enter formal schooling. The curriculum was redefined in the light of participants' feedback and providers' observations. The health mess…

  • Reducing iron deficiency anaemia due to heavy menstrual blood loss in Nigerian rural adolescents

    Open AccessFiona Barr, Loretta Brabin et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition1998

    Objective: Menstrual disorders are common in young women, and heavy menstrual blood losses (MBL) are an important cause of anaemia. Menstrual morbidity normally goes untreated in developing countries where cultural barriers also serve to mask the problems. We investigated the prevalence of menstrual morbidity, and measured MBL and its relationship to iron deficiency in a rural adolescent population. The rationale was to assess whether or not redu…

  • Reproductive Tract Infections and Abortion among Adolescent Girls in Rural Nigeria

    Loretta Brabin, J Kemp et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1995Cited by: 1

  • Malnutrition among the Akamba of Kenya ‐Problem or response to a problem

    Open AccessLoretta BrabinARTICLEDisasters1985References: 10

    Two recent studies amongst the Kenyan Akamba are contrasted to illustrate how malnutrition can be regarded either as a response to a problem in the local environment, or as the problem itself, arising from general conditions of poverty and ignorance. Differences in methodology are compared and it is shown that nutrition studies often ignore local factors in reaching conclusions on nutritional status. Consequently, nutrition policy recommendations…

  • Polygyny

    Open AccessLoretta BrabinARTICLEAfrica1984

    Opening Paragraph There are many variables which affect nutritional status (Bennett and Stanfield, 1972: 7–8). A number of recent nutritional surveys have tried to assess the influence of polygyny on the incidence of malnutrition, though to date no clear relationship has been found between the two. This may partly reflect a methodological problem: accurate determination of a woman's marital status is not easily achieved by questionnaire, and this…