Nichole Austin

Biographic Data

ID6167200
NAMENichole Austin
GIVEN NAMESNichole
FAMILY NAMEAustin
SIGNATUREAUSTIN N
AFFILIATIONSMcGill University
ORCID0000-0003-1230-9956
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Trends and determinants of unmet need for modern contraception among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania, 2004–2016

    Open AccessSophia Kagoye, Ola Jahanpour et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Unintended pregnancy at a young age can lead to poor reproductive health, social and economic outcomes. The high rate of unintended teenage pregnancies in Tanzania is indicative of inadequate availability and uptake of modern contraception. Determining trends and determinants of unmet need for modern contraception among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Tanzania will help address the burden of unintended pregnancies. An analytical cross-…

  • Barriers to post-abortion care service provision

    Open AccessWinstoun Muga, Kenneth Juma et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Despite several political commitments to ensure the availability of and access to post-abortion care services, women in sub-Saharan Africa still struggle to access quality post-abortion care, and with devastating social and economic consequences. Expanding access to post-abortion care while eliminating barriers to utilization could significantly reduce abortions-related morbidity and mortality. We describe the barriers to providing and utilizing …

  • Help-seeking behavior among miscarrying women with and without post-miscarriage health problems in Ghana

    Open AccessSamuel Kwaku Essien, Batholomew Chireh et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Understanding how frequently women seek assistance after experiencing a miscarriage could potentially help address unmet needs in managing post-miscarriage health problems (PMHP). However, most studies focus primarily on the causes and effects of PMHP and neglect the influence of help-seeking behavior on PMHP. This study examined help-seeking behavior among women who have experienced a miscarriage in Ghana, whether they sought help from healthcar…

  • Factors associated with knowledge and use of home pregnancy test kits in Uganda

    Open AccessAkito Kamei, Ryoko Sato et al.EDITORARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Early detection of pregnancy status may help women initiate earlier antenatal care and healthy pregnancy behaviors, which could lead to healthier mothers and infants. Pregnancy tests are inexpensive and easy to use; meanwhile, little attention has been given to understanding women’s knowledge and use of home pregnancy tests, especially in developing countries. We analyze cross-sectional data collected from 1,008 women ages 18–35, living in Northe…

  • Challenges in reproducing results from publicly available data

    Nichole Austin, Sam Harper et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2016References: 15

    BACKGROUND: Replication is a vital part of the research process and has recently received considerable attention. Analyses using publicly available data should, if adequately described, be reproducible without assistance from the original investigators. Using data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a recent study reported a statistically significant difference in cardiovascular disease risk comparing subgroups …

  • Neighborhood socioeconomic conditions and depression

    Open AccessRobin Richardson, Tracy Westley et al.ARTICLESocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric…2015