Priscilla Selon Ofi

Biographic Data

ID9076002
NAMEPriscilla Selon Ofi
GIVEN NAMESPriscilla Selon
FAMILY NAMEOfi
SIGNATUREOFI P S
AFFILIATIONSPapua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
ORCID0000-0002-8633-8322
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT3
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Agency in young people’s unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessElke Mitchell, Lisa Vallely et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2026

    Unsafe abortion is a preventable contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly for young unmarried women in low resource settings. In Papua New Guinea, abortion is legally restricted and highly stigmatised, limiting access to safe abortion and post-abortion care, resulting in unsafe abortion. This paper explores young people's lived experiences and agency in relation to unsafe abortion. We undertook qualitative research between 20…

  • Socio-structural influences on unintended pregnancy among girls aged 15–17 years in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessElke Mitchell, Herick Aeno et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls is a public health priority globally, particularly in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where low contraceptive use among young people has resulted in some of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper investigates the socio-structural influences on adolescent girls' ability to prevent unintended pregnancies in PNG. METHODS: Qualitative research conducted between 2…

  • Young men’s everyday life experiences with contraception and unintended pregnancy in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessStephen Bell, Elke Mitchell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Unintended adolescent pregnancy is a public health priority in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where national policies specify need for easier access to reliable modern contraceptives. To reduce young people’s experiences of unintended pregnancy in PNG, improved understandings of use of modern and other forms of contraception within young people’s relationships is required to support the development of new sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programs an…