Nicole Bellows

Biographic Data

ID7762863
NAMENicole Bellows
GIVEN NAMESNicole
FAMILY NAMEBellows
SIGNATUREBELLOWS N
AFFILIATIONSAvenir Health
ORCID0000-0001-7282-3178
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Dynamics of care and sector use between birth, contraception and sick child services

    Open AccessLindsay Mallick, Nicole Bellows et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Governments in low- and middle-income countries increasingly recognize their role as stewards of mixed health systems comprising both public and private actors, but policy often lacks a nuanced understanding of how individuals switch between these two sectors for their healthcare needs, especially for family planning (FP) and maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH). In this cross-sectional study, we used data collected by The Demographic and He…

  • Improving provider and client communication around family planning in Togo: Results from a cross-sectional survey

    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: Evidence From Merci Mon Héros in Niger and Côte d'Ivoire

    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…

  • Estimating private sector out-of-pocket expenditures on family planning commodities in low-and-middle-income countries

    Open AccessMichelle Weinberger, Nicole Bellows et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: The role of the private sector in family planning (FP) is well studied; however, few efforts have been made to quantify the role of private out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on FP commodities across low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Calculating OOP expenditures is important to illuminate the magnitude of these contributions and to inform discussions on how financial burdens can be reduced. METHODS: Estimates of FP users and co…

  • Using the Demographic Health Survey wealth index to create family planning market segments based on absolute income levels

    Open AccessNicole Bellows, Michelle Weinberger et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Family planning market segmentation approaches typically include analysis by wealth, particularly when considering whether individuals can afford out-of-pocket expenses in the private sector. Most commonly, this is done using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) wealth index, which uses a relative approach by summing household asset questions and categorising respondents into five groups from poorest to wealthiest within a country. In addition…

  • Equity monitoring for social marketing: Use of wealth quintiles and the concentration index for decision making in HIV prevention, family planning, and malaria programs

    Open AccessNirali M Chakraborty, Rebecca Firestone et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Using wealth quintiles and concentration indices together for equity monitoring improves usability of findings for decision making. Applying both metrics, and analyzing equity of exposure along with health outcomes, provides results that have statistical and programmatic significance. Benchmarking equity data against national data improves generalizability. This approach benefits social marketers and global health implementers to improve strategi…

  • Adoption of System Strategies for Tobacco Cessation by State Medicaid Programs

    Nicole M Bellows, Nicole Bellows et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2007References: 17

    BACKGROUND: The Public Health Service's Clinical Practice Guideline for treating tobacco dependence recommends 6 system-wide strategies for health administrators, insurers, and purchasers to support tobacco cessation. METHODS: A 24-question survey was sent to each state Medicaid program office in the fall of 2005, including questions to assess whether each state Medicaid program adopted 4 of the 6 system strategies most relevant to Medicaid contr…