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Adam Biran

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Articles 31
Citations 570
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Public Health
Tropical Medicine
General Medicine
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Jeroen Ensink
Peter Hall
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PLoS One
Trop Med Int Health
Am J Trop Med Hyg
BMC Public Health
Int J Environ Res Public Health
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Recent Articles
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Practitioner perspectives on symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing: a qualitative interview study
Dobson C, Biran A, Rees C, Hamilton W, Von Wagner C, Whelpton J, et al.
Br J Gen Pract . 2025 Jan; PMID: 39855748
Background: Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) is now core to the management of patients presenting in primary care with symptoms of possible colorectal cancer. Patients with a positive FIT (≥10μg Hb/g...
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A Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies of Chronic Bowel Symptoms in Cancer Survivors following Pelvic Radiotherapy
Biran A, Bolnykh I, Rimmer B, Cunliffe A, Durrant L, Hancock J, et al.
Cancers (Basel) . 2023 Aug; 15(16). PMID: 37627064
Pelvic radiotherapy can damage surrounding tissue and organs, causing chronic conditions including bowel symptoms. We systematically identified quantitative, population-based studies of patient-reported bowel symptoms following pelvic radiotherapy to synthesize evidence...
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Formative Research Using Settings and Motives to Explore Child Faeces Disposal and Management in Rural Solomon Islands
Biran A, Sanderson R, Gonzalez D, Bugoro H, Kadir M, Gegeo D, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2022 Aug; 19(16). PMID: 36011452
Unsafe child faeces management can lead to adverse health and wellbeing outcomes for children. In Solomon Islands, diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of under-5 mortality, though there is limited...
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The effect of improving solid waste collection on waste disposal behaviour and exposure to environmental risk factors in urban low-income communities in Pakistan
Schmidt W, Haider I, Hussain M, Safdar M, Mustafa F, Massey T, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 2022 Jun; 27(7):606-618. PMID: 35654692
Objective: To estimate the effect of improving waste collection services on waste disposal behaviour and exposure to environmental risk factors in urban, low-income communities in Pakistan. Methods: We enrolled six...
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Effects of a social norm-based handwashing intervention including handwashing stations, and a handwashing station-only intervention on handwashing with soap in urban Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Amon-Tanoh M, McCambridge J, Blon P, Kouame H, Nguipdop-Djomo P, Biran A, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2021 Nov; 9(12):e1707-e1718. PMID: 34798030
Background: Diarrhoeal diseases are an important cause of mortality in children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to evaluate the effect of three handwashing interventions on handwashing...
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The Inclusion of Rights of People with Disabilities and Women and Girls in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Policy Documents and Programs of Bangladesh and Cambodia: Content Analysis Using EquiFrame
Scherer N, Mactaggart I, Huggett C, Pheng P, Rahman M, Biran A, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2021 Jun; 18(10). PMID: 34064939
People with disabilities and as women and girls face barriers to accessing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and facilities that fully meet their needs, especially in low- and middle-income...
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A cluster-randomised trial to evaluate an intervention to promote handwashing in rural Nigeria
Biran A, White S, Awe B, Greenland K, Akabike K, Chuktu N, et al.
Int J Environ Health Res . 2020 Jul; 32(3):579-594. PMID: 32631102
Handwashing with soap at critical times helps prevent diarrhoeal diseases. Changing handwashing practices through behaviour change communication remains a challenge. This study designed and tested a scalable intervention to promote...
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Comparison of Face Washing and Face Wiping Methods for Trachoma Control: A Pilot Study
Czerniewska A, Versteeg A, Shafi O, Dumessa G, Abraham Aga M, Last A, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg . 2020 Feb; 102(4):740-743. PMID: 32043457
Eye-to-eye transmission of , the causative agent of trachoma, may be plausibly interrupted if faces are kept free of ocular and nasal discharge. Between April and June 2018, 83 children...
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Are current approaches for measuring access to clean water and sanitation inclusive of people with disabilities? Comparison of individual- and household-level access between people with and without disabilities in the Tanahun district of Nepal
Banks L, White S, Biran A, Wilbur J, Neupane S, Neupane S, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Oct; 14(10):e0223557. PMID: 31603926
Background: The critical importance of safe and affordable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is highlighted in Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which seeks to achieve universal...
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Selecting behaviour change priorities for trachoma 'F' and 'E' interventions: A formative research study in Oromia, Ethiopia
Greenland K, White S, Sommers K, Biran A, Burton M, Sarah V, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2019 Oct; 13(10):e0007784. PMID: 31596851
Background: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. However, little is known about the behavioural and environmental determinants of transmission of the causative organism, Chlamydia trachomatis. We conducted formative...