Martha Silva

Biographic Data

ID5991557
NAMEMartha Silva
GIVEN NAMESMartha
FAMILY NAMESilva
SIGNATURESILVA M
AFFILIATIONSTulane University
ORCID0000-0003-0820-7172
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • “Like a broom tied together”

    Open AccessAdetayo Adetunji, Martha Silva et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Social cohesion, broadly understood as the degree of connectedness, solidarity, and trust across various community groups and between individuals, is critical for community capacity. This paper examines social cohesion and its role in community capacity strengthening for sustaining integrated health gains in Nigeria. This study took place in the context of a mid-course qualitative evaluation of a Community Capacity Strengthening approach that foc…

  • Improving provider and client communication around family planning in Togo

    Open AccessNicole Bellows, Nicole Bellow et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Previous research has shown that clients are better able to achieve their reproductive intentions when family planning (FP) services meet their needs and they have satisfying client provider interactions. There are several areas of quality provider-client communication, including providers taking a complete reproductive history of their clients to best gauge their needs, communication around alternative FP methods and side effects captured in the…

  • Estimating the Cost of the Design, Production, and Dissemination of Social Media Videos for Social and Behavioral Change

    Open AccessJean M Tchuenche, Michel Tchuenche et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Merci Mon Héros (MMH) is a youth-led multi-media campaign in Francophone West Africa seeking to improve reproductive health and family planning outcomes using radio, television, social media, and community events. One component to this project is the development of a series of youth-driven videos created to encourage both youth and adults to break taboos by talking to each other about reproductive health and family planning. A costing study was c…

  • The Reach and Effect of Radio Communication Campaigns on Condom Use in Malawi

    Open AccessDominique Meekers, Ronan Van Rossem et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2007Cited by: 1References: 13

    This study uses data from the 2004 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey to assess the reach of selected radio programs about family planning and health in Malawi and their effect on condom use and discussion of family planning. The results show that such radio programs in Malawi reach a broad audience: eight of the 12 programs were heard by at least half of the respondents, although women were less effectively reached than men. For both women and…

  • Determinants of Condom Use Among Youth in Madagascar

    Open AccessDominique Meekers, Martha Silva et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2006

    The objective of this study was to identify the key determinants of condom use with regular and casual partners among youth in Madagascar. Data stem from a reproductive health survey conducted in October–December 2000 among a representative sample of 2440 youth aged 15–24 living in Toamasina province. Following theoretical models of behaviour change, logistic regression was used to assess the effect of AIDS awareness, personal risk perception, co…