Maureen McGowan
Researcher and PhD student
Maureen McGowan is a PhD student and researcher at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health. Her research interest lies in the development, design, and evaluation of HIV prevention interventions for which she utilizes implementation science and qualitative methodologies. She works closely together with researchers from the United States, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa on the design and evaluation of peer-delivered HIV prevention interventions. In addition to her work at the HIGH, she is also active with the Global Health Hub Germany for which she serves on the board of two teams: the Global Health & Migration Hub and the Women's Health Hub.
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ORCID profile: 0000-0001-7630-9862
Bärnighausen, K., Berner-Rodoreda, A., McGowan, M., Reñosa, M. D., Mtaita, C., & Neuhann, F. (2024). ‘You Can Get That Person on ART but You Can’t Give Them Back Their Social System’: A Qualitative Analysis of Voluntary Assisted Partner Notification for HIV for Marginalised and Vulnerable Populations. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 23, 23259582241272059.
McGowan, M., Wairimu, N., Reedy, A. M., Mogere, P., Culquichicon, C., Njeru, I., ... & Ortblad, K. F. (2024). Formalized peer referral to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis supported with self-testing: a mixed-methods pilot study among young Kenyan women. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1428609.
Ahmed, A., Al-Aghbari, A. A. A., Hassan, O. E. H., McGowan, M., Al-Qadasi, Y., & Dureab, F. (2024). The COVID-19 infodemic as a major driver for vaccine hesitancy in conflict settings: a mixed-method study. Discover Health Systems, 3(1), 60.
McGowan, M., Bärnighausen, K., Berner-Rodoreda, A., McMahon, S. A., Mtaita, C., Mauti, J., & Neuhann, F. (2024). “The targets… are driving the agenda and that probably needs to change”: stakeholder perspectives on HIV partner notification in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 521.
Wairimu, N., Malen, R. C., Reedy, A. M., Mogere, P., Njeru, I., Culquichicón, C., ... & Ortblad, K. F. (2023). Peer PrEP referral+ HIV self-test delivery for PrEP initiation among young Kenyan women: study protocol for a hybrid cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials, 24(1), 705
Hassan, O. E. H., Al-Aghbari, A. A. A., McGowan, M., Dar Iang, M., Basaleem, H. O., Al-Sakkaf, K. A., ... & Dureab, F. (2023). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 prevention in Yemen: a community-based cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1178183.Dar Iang, M., Hassan, O. E. H., McGowan, M., Basaleem, H., Al-Sakkaf, K., Jahn, A., & Dureab, F. (2022). Clinical and Epidemiological Presentation of COVID-19 among Children in Conflict Setting. Children, 9(11), 1712. doi.org/10.3390/children9111712
McGowan, M., Casmir, E., Wairimu, N., Mogere, P., Jahn, A., Ngure, K., ... & Roche, S. D. (2022). Assessing young Kenyan women's willingness to engage in a peer-delivered HIV self-testing and referral model for PrEP initiation: A qualitative formative research study. Frontiers in Public Health, 3512. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.932948
McGowan, M., Roche, S. D., Nakitende, A., Wachinger, J., Nanyiri, E., Amongin, J., ... & Ortblad, K. F. (2022). Understanding how social support influences peer-delivered HIV prevention interventions among Ugandan female sex workers: a case study from HIV self-testing. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 427. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12836-3
Mtaita, C., Likindikoki, S., McGowan, M., Mpembeni, R., Safary, E., & Jahn, A. (2021). Knowledge, experience and perception of gender-based violence health services: a mixed methods study on adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(16), 8575. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168575