Elizabeth A Larson

Biographic Data

ID9068794
NAMEElizabeth A Larson
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth A
FAMILY NAMELarson
SIGNATURELARSON E A
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
ORCID0000-0002-5859-3115
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Faith actors and social norms shifting for adolescent health

    Open AccessRebecka Lundgren, Courtney McLarnon et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

    Across low-and-middle income countries, adolescents navigate social environments where norms shape their opportunities and life trajectories. Faith actors are deeply embedded within these systems and often influence expectations related to communication, sexuality, reproductive health, and marriage. While faith engagement is widely recognized as important for sustainable change, empirical evidence on how faith actors contribute to social norm cha…

  • Norms shifting and behavior change in uncertain times

    Open AccessSajiga Agha, Sohail Agha et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

    This commentary reflects on the current state of evidence on social norms interventions focused on improving health and economic outcomes for adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries. Drawing on a newly published global evidence review, it highlights how the field has evolved from narrow, individual-level strategies toward community-centered approaches. While conceptual clarity and implementation tools have improved, s…

  • Balancing the uncertain and unpredictable nature of possible zoonotic disease transmission with the value placed on animals

    Open AccessTilly Gurman, Kendela Diallo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Zoonoses, or diseases that pass between animals and humans, represent a major threat to global health and global economies. In Guinea, zoonotic diseases (e.g. rabies, Lassa fever) have been at the forefront due to recent outbreaks and government priorities. Much like many other diseases, zoonotic disease prevention demands a thorough and culturally nuanced understanding of the factors that influence preventive behaviors. To gain this knowledge an…

  • Abortion incidence and safety in Niger in 2021

    Open AccessSuzanne O Bell, Sani Oumarou et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Niger is a country in which legal restrictions and a dearth of research has long limited our understanding of the extent and safety of induced abortion. The current study is the first national study of induced abortion in Niger. It uses direct (self-report) and indirect (best friend method) to provide nationally representative estimates of induced abortion incidence and safety and evaluates the performance of the indirect measurement approach. We…

  • Reconceptualizing Measurement of Emergency Contraceptive Use

    Open AccessElizabeth Larson, Elizabeth A Larson et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2020Cited by: 4References: 15

    Estimated use of emergency contraception (EC) remains low, and one reason is measurement challenges. The study aims to compare EC use estimates using five approaches. Data come from Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 surveys from 10 countries, representative sample surveys of women aged 15 to 49 years. We explore EC use employing the five definitions and calculate absolute differences between a reference definition (percentage of wome…

  • I Knew I Could Make a Difference”

    Open AccessAlexandra Greenberg, Georgia J Michlig et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2019

    The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak was unprecedented in scale and required significant international assistance. Many U.S.-based health professionals traveled to West Africa to participate in the response, whereas others considered participation, but ultimately decided against it. This study explores motivators, facilitators, and barriers to international health care worker mobilization. We conducted 24 semistructured in-depth interviews and on…

  • Best resources on… intersectionality with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessElizabeth Larson, Elizabeth A Larson et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016

    Intersectionality has emerged as an important framework for understanding and responding to health inequities by making visible the fluid and interconnected structures of power that create them. It promotes an understanding of the dynamic nature of the privileges and disadvantages that permeate health systems and affect health. It considers the interaction of different social stratifiers (e.g. ‘race’/ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, class, sexuali…

  • Stress in the Lives of College Women

    Open AccessElizabeth Larson, Elizabeth A LarsonARTICLEJournal of Adolescent Research2006Cited by: 5References: 4

    This study examined how activity and engagement qualities were related to stress. Experience sampling using e-mail pagers collected simultaneous ratings of stress and qualities of activity for 30 college women during 14 days. Surveys included narrative questions about activity types, feelings, and experience and Likert-type scales rating activity qualities and stress. A total of 2,327 surveys were analyzed using descriptive, configural frequency,…