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Dr Isolde Birdthistle

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Evaluation

Selected Publications

Impact of a multilevel HIV prevention programme on adolescent girls and young women’s empowerment for risk reduction: A mixed methods evaluation in Kenya
Kemigisha, E; Osindo, J; Kamire, V; Baker, V; Gourlay, A; Gakuo, S; Mulwa, S; MAGUT, F; Gachie, T; Otieno, M; Khagayi, S; Kwaro, D; FLOYD, S; Ziraba, A; BIRDTHISTLE, I;
2025
PLOS global public health
Hiv and herpes simplex virus 2 incidence among adolescent girls and young women who sell sex (YWSS) in rural south africa: a population-based cohort study.
Magut, F; Mazibuko, L; Mthiyane, N; Harling, G; Baisley, K; Zuma, T; Dreyer, J; Okesola, N; Behuhuma, O; Herbst, C; Smit, T; SEELEY, J; FLOYD, S; BIRDTHISTLE, I; Cowan, F; HARGREAVES, JR; Chimbindi, N; Shahmanesh, M;
2025
AIDS (London, England)
Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study.
BAKER, V; MULWA, S; Khanyile, D; Arnold, G; Cousens, S; Cawood, C; BIRDTHISTLE, I;
2025
JMIR formative research
Uptake of multi-level HIV interventions and HIV-related behaviours among young people in rural South Africa.
Mthiyane, N; Shahmanesh, M; Copas, A; Chimbindi, N; Dreyer, J; Zuma, T; McGrath, N; BAISLEY, K; FLOYD, S; BIRDTHISTLE, I; Sherr, L; SEELEY, J; Harling, G;
2024
PLOS global public health
Impact of DREAMS interventions on attitudes towards gender norms among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from a prospective cohort in Kenya.
NELSON, KA; Magut, F; MULWA, S; Osindo, J; Kamire, V; Khagayi, S; Pulerwitz, J; COOK, S; Gourlay, A; Ziraba, A; Kwaro, D; FLOYD, S; BIRDTHISTLE, I;
2024
PLOS global public health
Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study (Preprint)
BAKER, V; MULWA, S; Khanyile, D; Arnold, G; Cousens, S; Cawood, C; BIRDTHISTLE, I;
2024
JMIR Publications Inc.
Evaluating the Intensity of Exposure to MTV Shuga, an Edutainment Program for HIV Prevention: Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
MULWA, S; BAKER, V; Cawood, C; Khanyile, D; O'Donnell, D; SARRASSAT, S; Cousens, S; BIRDTHISTLE, I;
2024
JMIR formative research
Evaluating use of mass-media communication intervention 'MTV-Shuga' on increased awareness and demand for HIV and sexual health services by adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: an observational study.
Chimbindi, N; Mthiyane, N; Chidumwa, G; Zuma, T; Dreyer, J; BIRDTHISTLE, I; FLOYD, S; KYEGOMBE, N; GRUNDY, C; Cawood, C; Danaviah, S; Smit, T; Pillay, D; BAISLEY, K; Harling, G; SEELEY, J; Shahmanesh, M;
2023
BMJ Open
Facilitators and barriers to engaging with the DREAMS initiative among young women who sell sex aged 18-24 in Zimbabwe: a qualitative study.
Machingura, F; BUSZA, J; Jamali, GM; Makamba, M; Mushati, P; Chiyaka, T; HARGREAVES, J; HENSEN, B; BIRDTHISTLE, I; Cowan, FM;
2023
BMC Women's Health
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