Meredith B Brooks

Biographic Data

ID8241140
NAMEMeredith B Brooks
GIVEN NAMESMeredith B
FAMILY NAMEBrooks
SIGNATUREBROOKS M B
AFFILIATIONSBoston University
ORCID0000-0001-8431-5517
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Identifying pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis through an active screening program

    Open AccessGiordano Sosa Soto, Jeffrey I Campbell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    We assessed 188 children diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Bangladesh. Over half were aged 10–14 years old. Common symptoms included fever (91.5%), weight loss (88.3%), and decreased appetite (72.9%). Four children died prior to treatment; of 176 children on treatment, 4.0% had unsuccessful outcomes, potentially influenced by age and low weight. Findings highlight the need for improved diagnosis and management in children.

  • Age and sex differences in paediatric tuberculosis care for child contacts

    Open AccessAllison Boretsky, Farhana Amanullah et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains difficult to diagnose, even among exposed household contacts. We assessed age- and sex-specific gaps in TB screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment among child contacts in a high-burden setting. Methods: As part of a large active screening program in Kotri, Pakistan, from 2014-2016, children aged 0-14 years with household TB exposure were screened for TB disease. We analysed their progression…

  • Usability and acceptability of a novel TB infection diagnostic test among key populations in Mexicali

    Open AccessAmanda Brumwell, Rosa Herrera et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Tuberculin skin test (TST) remains the standard-of-care test for TB infection in many high TB-burden settings. Despite existing diagnostics overcoming challenges associated with TST implementation, there has been poor uptake programmatically. We conducted formative research into patients’ and providers’ perceptions of acceptability and usability of a novel IGRA test, called QIAreach QuantiFERON TB (or, QIAreach), compared to TST in a programmatic…

  • Age- and sex-specific care cascades to detect gaps in the care of children with tuberculosis in Bangladesh

    Open AccessDaniel Ramirez, Amanda Brumwell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Programmatic interventions to increase the detection of children with tuberculosis (TB) are rarely evaluated to understand age- and sex-specific completion rates. We applied modified TB screening and treatment cascade frameworks to assess indicators of effective implementation by age and sex of a TB screening program for children (zero to 14 years) in Bangladesh. Methods: tests. Results: In total, we screened 552 182 males and 461 419…

  • Task-sharing spinal anaesthesia care in three rural Indian hospitals

    Open AccessNandakumar Menon, Regi George et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    BACKGROUND: Task-sharing of spinal anaesthesia care by non-specialist graduate physicians, termed medical officers (MOs), is commonly practised in rural Indian healthcare facilities to mitigate workforce constraints. We sought to assess whether spinal anaesthesia failure rates of MOs were non-inferior to those of consultant anaesthesiologists (CA) following a standardised educational curriculum. METHODS: We performed a randomised, non-inferiority…

  • Tuberculosis treatment loss to follow-up in children exposed at home

    Open AccessMeredith B Brooks, Brittney van de Water et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a significant public health problem. It is important to understand what drives LTFU in children - a population whose treatment and management depend on an adult caregiver - to better provide support services to families affected by TB. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of household contacts in Lima, Peru (2009-12). Using multilevel logistic regression…

  • A costing framework to compare tuberculosis infection tests

    Open AccessAmanda Brumwell, Jade Tso et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    OBJECTIVE: To develop a framework to estimate the practical costs incurred from, and programmatic impact related to, tuberculosis (TB) infection testing-tuberculin skin tests (TST) versus interferon gamma release assay (IGRA)-in a densely populated high-burden TB area. METHODS: We developed a seven-step framework that can be tailored to individual TB programmes seeking to compare TB infection (TBI) diagnostics to inform decision-making. We presen…

  • Feasibility of a school-based mental health program implementation to improve the status of depression and quality of life of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders in urban Bangladesh

    Open AccessAliya Naheed, Md Saimul Islam et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2022

    Within special education schools for ASD in urban Bangladesh, it was feasible to administer an integrated program of PCS for mothers of children with ASD by trained psychologists who were able to screen and intervene to reduce their level of depression and improve their quality of life

  • Predictors of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in children from a prospective cohort study in Pakistan

    Open AccessMeredith B Brooks, Amyn A Malik et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Every year, about 239 000 children die from tuberculosis (TB), despite availability of highly effective regimens. Few studies have evaluated predictors for poor treatment outcomes in children treated for TB. METHODS: We assessed predictors of unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes in a prospective cohort of children diagnosed by an intensified TB patient-finding intervention at four facilities in Pakistan between 2014 and 2016. A case of …