Elizabeth M Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5545260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth M Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth M |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Catherine University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6921-4144 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond thermostat setpoints and comfort: An interview study examining attitudes, behaviors, and context around grid-interactive smart homes
Electric grids are challenged by increasing demand and supply volatility. In response, utilities are implementing demand response (DR) programs to reduce peak demand. However, previous residential DR studies have shown consumers often override these events, reducing their effectiveness. Improving DR programs requires better understanding of householder thermal behaviors and motivations. Research has not comprehensively examined relationships betw…
Delivering an effective violence prevention intervention at scale: Testing an alternative delivery model for the Good School Toolkit in Uganda
Almost no evidence exists on effectively delivering school violence prevention interventions at scale. The Good School Toolkit (GST), developed by Uganda-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Raising Voices, is an effective whole-school violence prevention intervention when delivered by NGO staff. This study aimed to determine whether GST, delivered via a scalable delivery model using Regional Resource Persons (RRPs), is effective in changing…
Factors affecting the implementation of a whole-school relationships and sexual health intervention: Staff perspectives from trial-nested qualitative research in English secondary schools
Whole-school relationships and sexual health interventions represent promising approaches to promoting healthy sexual development. However, data from a randomised controlled trial of the Positive Choices whole-school intervention demonstrate these may be challenging to implement in English secondary schools. We draw on qualitative data to examine staff perspectives on the implementation of the intervention and the factors affecting delivery. Inte…
The Good School Toolkit–Secondary to prevent violence against students: A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
Pan African Clinical Trials Registry, PACTR202009826515511, 16/09/20
Sexual Harassment in Early Adolescence: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Survey in Secondary Schools in England
There is little research on sexual harassment among younger adolescents or on how rates vary by gender and other student/school characteristics. Drawing on data from 50 English schools, we explored the prevalence and patterning of victimization in the past year among students aged 12-13. Of 7,060 participants, almost a tenth had experienced sexual harassment. Girls, non-binary students, and sexual-minority students reported the highest rates. Stu…
The Role of Community Health Agents in Promoting Social Change in Peru
Do Gender-Based Violence Interventions Consider the Impacts of Climate Change? A Systematic Review
Climate change and extreme weather events have been shown to increase incidences of gender-based violence (GBV). Numerous organizations have devoted significant time, resources, and effort to the design and implementation of interventions aimed at reducing GBV in Africa. Some interventions effectively reduce violence, but GBV persists and remains pervasive. The United Nations has called for GBV interventions that consider the impact of climate ch…
Lasting Legacy: The Enduring Relationship Between Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants and Health and Wellbeing
Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Intimate Partner Violence in East African Agrarian-Based Economies
Severe weather events can be a catalyst for intimate partner violence, particularly in agricultural settings. This research explores the association between weather and violence in parts of East Africa that rely on subsistence farming. We used IPUMS-DHS data from Uganda in 2006, Zimbabwe in 2010, and Mozambique in 2011 for intimate partner violence frequency and EM-DAT data to identify weather events by region in the year of and year prior to IPU…
Community Health Agents Advancing Women’s Empowerment: A Qualitative Data Analysis
Community health agents (CHAs) play a critical role in primary healthcare delivery and health promotion in low-resource settings. Though there is substantial evidence of the benefits of CHAs in achieving targeted community health outcomes, there is limited research into the impact of empowerment experienced by CHAs themselves. This study examined how working as a CHA impacts the lives and self-perceptions of women in Peru volunteering with Cathol…
Association of Covid-19 With Achieving Time-to-Surgery Benchmarks in Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma
In this cohort study, there was no association between meeting time-to-surgery benchmarks in either open fracture or closed femur/hip fracture during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic. This is counter to concerns that the unprecedented challenges associated with managing the COVID-19 pandemic would be associated with clinically significant delays in acute management of urgent surgical cases and suggests that many hospital sy…
Kenyan Women Bearing the Cost of Climate Change
Climate change-induced crises can aggravate intimate partner violence (IPV); the loss of income when weather affects the agricultural industry can exacerbate violence at home. In Kenya, climate change has increased precipitation during the rainy season and raised temperatures during the dry season, resulting in floods and droughts. For 75% of Kenyans, agricultural activities are their primary source of income. This research aims to assess pattern…
Facilitators and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Among Somali Refugee Women in the United States: A Qualitative Analysis
Introduction: Eastern Africa has the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence (42.7 per 100,000) and mortality (27.6 per 100,000), substantially higher than worldwide incidence (14.0 per 100,000) and mortality (6.8 per 100,000). The purpose of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening and human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination among Somali refugee women and their children. Method: Focus group discussions …
Rural‐Urban Differences in Access to Preventive Health Care Among Publicly Insured Minnesotans
Discrimination, cost of care, and uncertainty about insurance coverage inhibit access in both the rural and urban samples. These barriers are worthy targets of interventions for publicly insured populations regardless of residence. Future studies should investigate additional factors associated with access disparities based on rural-urban residence
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured
BACKGROUND: Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of selected barriers to health care access and the magnitude of those barriers on health care utilization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data come from a 20…
No prominent works on this page.
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured
BACKGROUND: Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of selected barriers to health care access and the magnitude of those barriers on health care utilization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data come from a 20…
Rural‐Urban Differences in Access to Preventive Health Care Among Publicly Insured Minnesotans
Discrimination, cost of care, and uncertainty about insurance coverage inhibit access in both the rural and urban samples. These barriers are worthy targets of interventions for publicly insured populations regardless of residence. Future studies should investigate additional factors associated with access disparities based on rural-urban residence
Facilitators and Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening and Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination Among Somali Refugee Women in the United States: A Qualitative Analysis
Introduction: Eastern Africa has the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence (42.7 per 100,000) and mortality (27.6 per 100,000), substantially higher than worldwide incidence (14.0 per 100,000) and mortality (6.8 per 100,000). The purpose of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening and human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination among Somali refugee women and their children. Method: Focus group discussions …
Association of Covid-19 With Achieving Time-to-Surgery Benchmarks in Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma
In this cohort study, there was no association between meeting time-to-surgery benchmarks in either open fracture or closed femur/hip fracture during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic. This is counter to concerns that the unprecedented challenges associated with managing the COVID-19 pandemic would be associated with clinically significant delays in acute management of urgent surgical cases and suggests that many hospital sy…
Kenyan Women Bearing the Cost of Climate Change
Climate change-induced crises can aggravate intimate partner violence (IPV); the loss of income when weather affects the agricultural industry can exacerbate violence at home. In Kenya, climate change has increased precipitation during the rainy season and raised temperatures during the dry season, resulting in floods and droughts. For 75% of Kenyans, agricultural activities are their primary source of income. This research aims to assess pattern…
Community Health Agents Advancing Women’s Empowerment: A Qualitative Data Analysis
Community health agents (CHAs) play a critical role in primary healthcare delivery and health promotion in low-resource settings. Though there is substantial evidence of the benefits of CHAs in achieving targeted community health outcomes, there is limited research into the impact of empowerment experienced by CHAs themselves. This study examined how working as a CHA impacts the lives and self-perceptions of women in Peru volunteering with Cathol…
Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Intimate Partner Violence in East African Agrarian-Based Economies
Severe weather events can be a catalyst for intimate partner violence, particularly in agricultural settings. This research explores the association between weather and violence in parts of East Africa that rely on subsistence farming. We used IPUMS-DHS data from Uganda in 2006, Zimbabwe in 2010, and Mozambique in 2011 for intimate partner violence frequency and EM-DAT data to identify weather events by region in the year of and year prior to IPU…
The Role of Community Health Agents in Promoting Social Change in Peru
Do Gender-Based Violence Interventions Consider the Impacts of Climate Change? A Systematic Review
Climate change and extreme weather events have been shown to increase incidences of gender-based violence (GBV). Numerous organizations have devoted significant time, resources, and effort to the design and implementation of interventions aimed at reducing GBV in Africa. Some interventions effectively reduce violence, but GBV persists and remains pervasive. The United Nations has called for GBV interventions that consider the impact of climate ch…
Lasting Legacy: The Enduring Relationship Between Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants and Health and Wellbeing
The Good School Toolkit–Secondary to prevent violence against students: A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
Pan African Clinical Trials Registry, PACTR202009826515511, 16/09/20
Sexual Harassment in Early Adolescence: Findings From a Cross-Sectional Survey in Secondary Schools in England
There is little research on sexual harassment among younger adolescents or on how rates vary by gender and other student/school characteristics. Drawing on data from 50 English schools, we explored the prevalence and patterning of victimization in the past year among students aged 12-13. Of 7,060 participants, almost a tenth had experienced sexual harassment. Girls, non-binary students, and sexual-minority students reported the highest rates. Stu…
Beyond thermostat setpoints and comfort: An interview study examining attitudes, behaviors, and context around grid-interactive smart homes
Electric grids are challenged by increasing demand and supply volatility. In response, utilities are implementing demand response (DR) programs to reduce peak demand. However, previous residential DR studies have shown consumers often override these events, reducing their effectiveness. Improving DR programs requires better understanding of householder thermal behaviors and motivations. Research has not comprehensively examined relationships betw…
Delivering an effective violence prevention intervention at scale: Testing an alternative delivery model for the Good School Toolkit in Uganda
Almost no evidence exists on effectively delivering school violence prevention interventions at scale. The Good School Toolkit (GST), developed by Uganda-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Raising Voices, is an effective whole-school violence prevention intervention when delivered by NGO staff. This study aimed to determine whether GST, delivered via a scalable delivery model using Regional Resource Persons (RRPs), is effective in changing…
Factors affecting the implementation of a whole-school relationships and sexual health intervention: Staff perspectives from trial-nested qualitative research in English secondary schools
Whole-school relationships and sexual health interventions represent promising approaches to promoting healthy sexual development. However, data from a randomised controlled trial of the Positive Choices whole-school intervention demonstrate these may be challenging to implement in English secondary schools. We draw on qualitative data to examine staff perspectives on the implementation of the intervention and the factors affecting delivery. Inte…
Medicine (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Injury prevention (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Suicide prevention (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (3 works)