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Nathali Gunawardena

MSc Public Health Candidate, McGill University
Verified email at mail.mcgill.ca
Cited by 241

Predictors of pregnancy among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

N Gunawardena, AW Fantaye, S Yaya - BMJ global health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Background Sub-Saharan Africa has among the highest prevalence of teenage pregnancy
in the world. Teenage mothers and their children are at risk to a host of medical, social and …

Interventions for young people aging out of the child welfare system: A systematic literature review

N Gunawardena, C Stich - Children and Youth Services Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Young people aging out of the child welfare system face significant barriers to
their transition into adulthood including issues related to housing, employment, education …

[HTML][HTML] Preferences for formal and traditional sources of childbirth and postnatal care among women in rural Africa: A systematic review

AW Fantaye, N Gunawardena, S Yaya - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The underutilization of formal, evidence-based maternal health services
continues to contribute to poor maternal outcomes among women living in rural Africa …

Socioeconomic factors associated with choice of delivery place among mothers: a population-based cross-sectional study in Guinea-Bissau

S Yaya, G Bishwajit, N Gunawardena - BMJ global health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Background Maternal death outcome remains high in Guinea-Bissau. Delivery-related
complications and maternal mortality could be prevented by increasing women's access to …

[HTML][HTML] Facility-Based maternal death in Western Africa: a systematic review

N Gunawardena, G Bishwajit, S Yaya - Frontiers in public health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background For exploring maternal death, supply and demand-side factors can be
characterized by the three delays model developed by Thaddeus and Maine (1994). The …

[HTML][HTML] Association between intimate partner violence and utilization of facility delivery services in Nigeria: a propensity score matching analysis

S Yaya, N Gunawardena, G Bishwajit - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been shown to be associated with poor
maternal healthcare utilisation and poor pregnancy outcomes. IPV can be seen both as the …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptations to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by private sector tuberculosis care providers in India

S Mannan, C Oga-Omenka, AS ThekkePurakkal… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background India's dominant private healthcare sector is the destination for 60–85% of
initial tuberculosis care-seeking. The COVID-19 pandemic in India drastically affected TB …

[HTML][HTML] Sex Differences in HIV Testing among Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

AT Gebremeskel, N Gunawardena… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - hindawi.com
Background. Despite being sexually active and engaging in risky sexual behaviours similar
to young adults, older adults (50 years or older) are less likely to receive HIV testing, and …