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Mark Urassa

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Kilgallen J, Schaffnit S, Kumogola Y, Urassa M, Lawson D
J Interpers Violence . 2025 Mar; :8862605251324964. PMID: 40084397
A surprisingly consistent finding from the global health literature on physical intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) indicates that women self-report greater agreement with statements justifying IPVAW than men. This...
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Kagoye S, Urassa M, Mangya C, Kishamawe C, Todd J, Marston M, et al.
BMJ Public Health . 2025 Feb; 3(1):e000672. PMID: 40017979
Introduction: Universal health coverage (UHC) for women of reproductive ages is a critical component of country and global health strategies but most evidence in high-fertility settings is limited to maternity...
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Kagoye S, Marston M, Abha Y, Konje E, Urassa M, Todd J, et al.
Glob Health Action . 2024 Nov; 17(1):2425470. PMID: 39506606
Background: Population data on mortality and causes of death among 5-19-year-olds are limited. Objectives: To assess levels, trends, and risk factors of cause-specific mortality and place at death among 5-19-year-olds...
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Kagoye S, Konje E, Todd J, Mangya C, Urassa M, Maiga A, et al.
J Glob Health . 2024 Jul; 14:04124. PMID: 39051683
Background: For the past two decades, health priorities in Tanzania have focussed on children under-five, leaving behind the older children and adolescents (5-19 years). Understanding mortality patterns beyond 5 years...
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Chu Y, Marston M, Dube A, Festo C, Geubbels E, Gregson S, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2024 Jul; 12(8):e1278-e1287. PMID: 39030059
Background: The absence of high-quality comprehensive civil registration and vital statistics systems across many settings in Africa has led to little empirical data on causes of death in the region....
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Urassa M, Marston M, Mangya C, Materu J, Elsabe D, Safari K, et al.
Int J Epidemiol . 2024 Apr; 53(3). PMID: 38676640
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Lawson D, Chen Z, Kilgallen J, Brand C, Ishungisa A, Schaffnit S, et al.
Evol Hum Sci . 2024 Apr; 6:e17. PMID: 38572225
Gender role ideology, i.e. beliefs about how genders should behave, is shaped by social learning. Accordingly, if perceptions about the beliefs of others are inaccurate this may impact trajectories of...
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Mkwashapi D, Renju J, Mahande M, Wringe A, Changalucha J, Urassa M, et al.
Reprod Health . 2023 Oct; 20(1):153. PMID: 37845687
Background: Tanzania Health policy insists on the need to provide all women access to contraception despite HIV status. We used data from two HIV epidemiologic serological surveys carried out at...
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Materu J, Konje E, Urassa M, Marston M, Boerma T, Todd J
PLoS One . 2023 Sep; 18(9):e0289942. PMID: 37676876
Background: Many studies analyze sexual and reproductive event data using descriptive life tables. Survival analysis has better power to estimate factors associated with age at first sex (AFS), but proportional...
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Mkwashapi D, Todd J, Mahande M, Changalucha J, Urassa M, Marston M, et al.
Open Res Afr . 2023 Aug; 5:30. PMID: 37600565
Fertility is associated with the desire to have children. The impacts of HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on fertility are well known, but their impacts on the desire for children...