Christina Misunas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5993007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Misunas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Misunas |
| SIGNATURE | MISUNAS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Population Council |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Population-level effects of a community-based program on intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a widespread challenge in informal settlements, where poverty and unemployment are prevalent. The evidence for strategies to reduce IPV at the population level in such settings is limited. A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial was conducted in 18 informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to evaluate the Asibonisane Community Responses (CR) program. The program included a ten-session Stepping S…
Do adolescent girls’ education and friendships have independent effects on early pregnancy? Results of a mediation analysis from a longitudinal cohort study in Nairobi, Kenya
We find significant protective effects of school attendance, higher grade attainment and numeracy skills on girls' pregnancy, and that having close friendships with out-of-school males increases girls' probability of pregnancy. We did not find evidence of meaningful mediation, suggesting that the protective effects of school attendance and learning remain regardless of any risk they may face from their friendships
Identifying latent classes of empowerment among early adolescent girls and the factors that cultivate them
BACKGROUND: Efforts to empower adolescent girls remain constrained by confusion around how to conceptually define empowerment and how to design interventions. More research, particularly among young adolescents, is needed that considers contextual and age-specific circumstances. This paper examines the latent classes of empowerment among early adolescent girls in Bangladesh and factors associated with membership in these classes. Using data from …
The Adolescent Data Hub
The Adolescent Data Hub (ADH) is the first and largest data catalog specifically developed to focus on open access data on adolescents in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Developed by the Population Council's Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center, and launched in August 2018, the ADH has grown to include more than 750 data sources that fit the inclusion criteria of (1) self‐reported data from females and/or males between …
Child marriage among boys in high-prevalence countries
BACKGROUND: While the determinants and impacts of child marriage among girls have been well documented, little research exists on the practice among boys. This paper explores the sociodemographic profile of men who married by age 18 and assesses whether they are more or less advantaged than their peers in terms of their sexual and reproductive health outcomes. METHODS: This analysis used the most recent data from nationally representative househo…
Child marriage among boys
The practice of child marriage has been well-studied among girls, but there has been little information to date about child marriage among boys. This paper presents an analysis of all nationally representative and internationally comparable data on the prevalence of child marriage among boys. Such data are available for 82 countries within the past 10 years, representing 51% of the global population of men. In the countries with data, on average,…
Child marriage among boys
The practice of child marriage has been well-studied among girls, but there has been little information to date about child marriage among boys. This paper presents an analysis of all nationally representative and internationally comparable data on the prevalence of child marriage among boys. Such data are available for 82 countries within the past 10 years, representing 51% of the global population of men. In the countries with data, on average,…
Child marriage among boys in high-prevalence countries
BACKGROUND: While the determinants and impacts of child marriage among girls have been well documented, little research exists on the practice among boys. This paper explores the sociodemographic profile of men who married by age 18 and assesses whether they are more or less advantaged than their peers in terms of their sexual and reproductive health outcomes. METHODS: This analysis used the most recent data from nationally representative househo…
Child marriage among boys
The practice of child marriage has been well-studied among girls, but there has been little information to date about child marriage among boys. This paper presents an analysis of all nationally representative and internationally comparable data on the prevalence of child marriage among boys. Such data are available for 82 countries within the past 10 years, representing 51% of the global population of men. In the countries with data, on average,…
The Adolescent Data Hub
The Adolescent Data Hub (ADH) is the first and largest data catalog specifically developed to focus on open access data on adolescents in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Developed by the Population Council's Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center, and launched in August 2018, the ADH has grown to include more than 750 data sources that fit the inclusion criteria of (1) self‐reported data from females and/or males between …
Identifying latent classes of empowerment among early adolescent girls and the factors that cultivate them
BACKGROUND: Efforts to empower adolescent girls remain constrained by confusion around how to conceptually define empowerment and how to design interventions. More research, particularly among young adolescents, is needed that considers contextual and age-specific circumstances. This paper examines the latent classes of empowerment among early adolescent girls in Bangladesh and factors associated with membership in these classes. Using data from …
Do adolescent girls’ education and friendships have independent effects on early pregnancy? Results of a mediation analysis from a longitudinal cohort study in Nairobi, Kenya
We find significant protective effects of school attendance, higher grade attainment and numeracy skills on girls' pregnancy, and that having close friendships with out-of-school males increases girls' probability of pregnancy. We did not find evidence of meaningful mediation, suggesting that the protective effects of school attendance and learning remain regardless of any risk they may face from their friendships
Population-level effects of a community-based program on intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a widespread challenge in informal settlements, where poverty and unemployment are prevalent. The evidence for strategies to reduce IPV at the population level in such settings is limited. A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial was conducted in 18 informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to evaluate the Asibonisane Community Responses (CR) program. The program included a ten-session Stepping S…
Medicine (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Cohort (2 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works) · Demography (2 works)