Bapolisi W.A, Dumbaugh M, Felber S, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure. Cult Health Sex. 2024;26(in press). DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911

2024
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Bapolisi W.A, Makelele J, Ferrari G, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Schindler C, Merten S. Engaging men in women's empowerment: impact of a complex gender transformative intervention on household socio-economic and health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo using a longitudinal survey. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):443. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17717-5

2024
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Ekou F.K, Eze I.C, Aka J, Kwiatkowski M, Merten S, Acka F.K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

2024
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Erhardt R.M, Jafflin K, Zepro N, Abongomera C, Chernet A, Paris D.H, Merten S. Obstetric outcomes of eritrean immigrants in switzerland: a comparative study. Int J Public Health. 2024;69:1606745. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606745

2024
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Ikuteyijo O.O, Aliyu T.K, Akinyemi A.I, Ikuteyijo L.O, Ogunoye O.R, Obasola O.I, Abe J.O, Mobolaji J.W, Ekundayo O.O, Agunbiade O.M, Merten S. Demand and supply of adolescent and young adult’s sexual and reproductive health services during COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Int J Popul Stud. 2024;10(1):21-33. DOI: 10.36922/ijps.366

2024
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Owolodun B, Gmür D, Felber S, Ollier C, Haller T, Merten S. From diversity to uniformity: comparing nutritional transition of food consumption in four regions in Senegal. Food culture & society. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1080/15528014.2024.2310380

2024
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Schwind B, Merten S, Hollenstein E, Wyss K, Gerold J. Formen interprofessioneller Zusammenarbeit in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung: eine fallübergreifende Analyse in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz. Praxis. 2024;113(2):28-33

2024
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Zepro N.B, Medhanyie A.A, Probst-Hensch N, Chernet A, Tschopp R, Abongomera C, Paris D.H, Merten S. Navigating challenges: a socioecological analysis of sexual and reproductive health barriers among Eritrean refugee women in Ethiopia, using a key informant approach. BMJ Open. 2024;14(4):e080654. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080654

2024
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Bapolisi W.A, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Barriers to family planning use in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: an application of the theory of planned behaviour using a longitudinal survey. BMJ Open. 2023;13(2):e061564. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061564

2023
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Bytyçi-Katanolli A, Obas K.A, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Jerliu N, Merten S, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Kwiatkowski M, Probst-Hensch N. Effectiveness of behavioural change interventions on physical activity, diet and body mass index of public primary healthcare users in Kosovo: the KOSCO cohort. BMJ Open. 2023;13(10):e071100. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071100

2023
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Ferrari G, Lwamushi S.M, Balaluka G.B, Lafta R.K, Schindler C, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Tediosi F, Mendoza J.R, Merten S. Understanding context of violence against healthcare through citizen science and evaluating the effectiveness of a co-designed code of conduct and of a tailored de-escalation of violence training in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq: a study p. Trials. 2023;24:814. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07839-3

2023
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Ikuteyijo O.O, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Fetters M.D, Akinyemi A.I, Merten S. Health providers' response to female adolescent survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and demand side barriers in the utilization of support services in urban low-income communities of Nigeria. Healthcare (Basel). 2023;11(19):2627. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11192627

2023
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Künzli N, Woodrow C, Berger A, Czabanowska K, Iacoviello L, Lucas R, Madarasova Geckova A, Merten S, Knesebeck O.V.D, Mantwill S, Panico S, Osorio L, Ribeiro A.I, Chiodini P, Suggs L.S, Coulibaly J. Chocolate eaters do not necessarily win a Nobel Prize - authors in special issues do not necessarily publish lower quality papers. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606967. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606967

2023
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Lee T.T, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Merten S, Kwiatkowski M, Mahomed H, Sweijd N, Cissé G. Understanding diarrhoeal diseases in response to climate variability and drought in Cape Town, South Africa: a mixed methods approach. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:76. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01127-7

2023
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Makali S.L, Lembebu J.C, Boroto R, Zalinga C.C, Bugugu D, Lurhangire E, Rosine B, Chimanuka C, Mwene-Batu P, Molima C, Mendoza J.R, Ferrari G, Merten S, Bisimwa G. Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Confl Health. 2023;17:44. DOI: 10.1186/s13031-023-00541-w

2023
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Merten S, Haller T. Interwoven landscapes: gender and land in the Kafue Flats, Zambia. Land. 2023;12(9):1657. DOI: 10.3390/land12091657

2023
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Merten S. Planning familial - un droit ouvert à tous. Berne: Commission fédérale pour les questions familiales COFF, 2023. Policy Brief

2023
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Merten S. Pianificazione familiare: un diritto per tutti. Berna: Commissione federale per le questioni familiari COFF, 2023. Policy Brief

2023
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Merten S. Familienplanung – ein Recht für alle. Bern: Eidgenössische Kommission für Familienfragen EKFF, 2023. Policy Brief

2023
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Oehri J, Chernet A, Merten S, Sydow V, Paris D.H. Improving primary healthcare access for asylum seekers and refugees: a qualitative study from a Swiss family physician perspective. J Prim Care Community Health. 2023;14:21501319231181878. DOI: 10.1177/21501319231181878

2023
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Ombere S.O, Nyambedha E.O, Haller T, Merten S. Anti-politics and free maternal health services in Kilifi County, Kenya. Afr Stud. 2023;82(1):85-97. DOI: 10.1080/00020184.2023.2241833

2023
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Ombere S.O, Nyambedha E.O, Haller T, Merten S. Local perspectives on policy implementation of free maternity health services in Kenya: implications for universal health coverage. Afr J Reprod Health. 2023;27(5s):71-81. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i5s.9

2023
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Owolodun B, Merten S. Food security from the forest: the case of the commodification of baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata L.) in Boundou Region, Senegal. Land. 2023;12(7):1423. DOI: 10.3390/land12071423

2023
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Schwarz J, Merten S. 'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi. Cult Health Sex. 2023;25(1):78-93. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2021.2020904

2023
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Schwind B, Zemp E, Jafflin K, Späth A, Barth M, Maigetter K, Merten S, Kurth E. "But at home, with the midwife, you are a person": experiences and impact of a new early postpartum home-based midwifery care model in the view of women in vulnerable family situations. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23:375. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09352-4

2023
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Shrikhande S.S, Merten S, Cambaco O, Lee T, Lakshmanasamy R, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Utzinger J, Cissé G. "Climate change and health?": Knowledge and perceptions among key stakeholders in Puducherry, India. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(6):4703. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064703

2023
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Shrikhande S.S, Merten S, Cambaco O, Lee T.T, Lakshmanasamy R, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Barriers to climate change and health research in India: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2023;13(10):e073381. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073381

2023
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Wüthrich-Grossenbacher U, Mutsinze A, Wolf U, Maponga C.C, Midzi N, Mutsaka-Makuvaza M.J, Merten S. A validation of the religious and spiritual struggles scale among young people living with HIV in Zimbabwe: Mokken scale analysis and exploratory factor analysis. Front Psychol. 2023;4:1051455. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1051455

2023
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Wüthrich-Grossenbacher U, Mutsinze A, Wolf U, Maponga C.C, Midzi N, Mutsaka-Makuvaza M.J, Merten S. Spiritual and religious aspects influence mental health and viral load: a quantitative study among young people living with HIV in Zimbabwe. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(8):e012671. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012671

2023
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Zepro N.B, Ali N.T, Tarr N, Medhanyie A.A, Paris D.H, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Sexual and reproductive health services use among adolescents in pastoralist settings, northeastern Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23:677. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09616-z

2023
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Bytyci-Katanolli A, Merten S, Kwiatkowski M, Obas K, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Probst-Hensch N. Non-communicable disease prevention in Kosovo: quantitative and qualitative assessment of uptake and barriers of an intervention for healthier lifestyles in primary healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:647. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07969-5

2022
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Bytyci-Katanolli A, Probst-Hensch N, Obas K.A, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Merten S. Perceived barriers to physical activity behaviour among patients with diabetes and hypertension in Kosovo: a qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. 2022;23:257. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01866-w

2022
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Darkhawaja R.A.M, Kwiatkowski M, Vermes T, Allabadi H, Merten S, Alkaiyat A, Probst-Hensch N. Exploring the role of social capital, self-efficacy and social contagion in shaping lifestyle and mental health among students representing the future healthcare workforce in Palestine: social cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e049033. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049033

2022
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Ebi S.J, Deml M.J, Jafflin K, Buhl A, Engel R, Picker J, Häusler J, Wingeier B, Kruerke D, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. Parents' vaccination information seeking, satisfaction with and trust in medical providers in Switzerland: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 2022;12(2):e053267. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053267

2022
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Grimm P.Y, Oliver S, Merten S, Han W.W, Wyss K. Enhancing the understanding of resilience in health systems of low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022;11(7):899-911. DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.261

2022
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Ikuteyijo O.O, Akinyemi A.I, Merten S. Exposure to job-related violence among young female sex workers in urban slums of Southwest Nigeria. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:1021. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13440-1

2022
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Jafflin K, Deml M.J, Schwendener C.L, Kiener L, Delfino A, Gafner R, Schudel S, Mäusezahl M, Berger C, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. Parental and provider vaccine hesitancy and non-timely childhood vaccination in Switzerland. Vaccine. 2022;40(23):3193-3202. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.044

2022
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Kiener L.M, Schwendener C.L, Jafflin K, Meier A, Reber N, Schärli Maurer S, Muggli F, Gültekin N, Huber B.M, Merten S, Deml M.J, Tarr P.E. Vaccine hesitancy and HPV vaccine uptake among male and female youth in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2022;12(4):e053754. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053754

2022
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Ombere S.O, Nyambedha E.O, Haller T, Merten S. Measures adopted by indigent mothers in Kilifi County to tackle maternal health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. Afr J Reprod Health. 2022;26(12):57-65. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2022/v26i12s.7

2022
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Schwarz J, Manirakiza R, Merten S. Reproductive governance in a fragile and population-dense context: family planning policies, discourses, and practices in Burundi. Eur J Dev Res. 2022;34(6):2666-2687. DOI: 10.1057/s41287-021-00482-1

2022
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Schwendener C.L, Kiener L.M, Jafflin K, Rouached S, Juillerat A, Meier V, Schärli Maurer S, Muggli F, Gültekin N, Baumann A, Debergh M, Gruillot C, Huber B, Merten S, Buhl A, Deml M.J, Tarr P.E. HPV vaccine awareness, knowledge and information sources among youth in Switzerland: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e054419. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054419

2022
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Bapolisi W, Ferrari G, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Gendered determinants of food insecurity in ongoing regional conflicts, North and South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Agric Food Secur. 2021;10:13. DOI: 10.1186/s40066-021-00285-x

2021
Journal Article

Biller-Andorno N, Spitale G, Schwind B, Jafflin K, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Merten S. Publico - a digital tool for pandemic crisis communication and management. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Bioethica. 2021;65:34-35

2021
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Grimm P.Y, Merten S, Wyss K. Evidence of health system resilience in Myanmar during cyclone Nargis: a qualitative analysis. BMJ Open. 2021;11(9):e050700. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050700

2021
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Leuenberger A, Cambaco O, Zabré H.R, Lyatuu I, Utzinger J, Munguambe K, Merten S, Winkler M.S. “It is like we are living in a different world”: health inequity in communities surrounding industrial mining sites in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(21):11015. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111015

2021
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Leuenberger A, Kihwele F, Lyatuu I, Kengia J.T, Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Merten S. Gendered health impacts of industrial gold mining in northwestern Tanzania: perceptions of local communities. Impact Assess Proj Apprais. 2021;39(3):183-195. DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2021.190469

2021
Journal Article

Olarewaju V.O, Jafflin K, Deml M.J, Gültekin N, Muggli F, Schärli S, Gruillot C, Kloetzer A, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. The Youth Attitudes about Vaccines (YAV-5) scale: adapting the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines short scale for use with youth in German, French, and Italian in Switzerland, exploratory factor analysis and mokken scaling analysis. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(12):5183-5190. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1980314

2021
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Olarewaju V.O, Jafflin K, Deml M.J, Zimmermann C, Sonderegger J, Preda T, Staub H, Kwiatkowski M, Kloetzer A, Huber B.M, Merten S, Tarr P.E. Application of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) survey in three national languages in Switzerland: exploratory factor analysis and mokken scale analysis. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021;17(8):2652-2660. DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1894894

2021
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Ombere S.O, Haller T, Nyambedha E, Merten S. Cultural practices during pregnancy and birth among the Giriama community in coastal Kenya: a qualitative study. Int J Childbirth. 2021;11(4):154-165. DOI: 10.1891/IJC-2021-0008

2021
Journal Article

Spitale G, Merten S, Jafflin K, Schwind B, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Biller-Andorno N. PubliCo. A protocol for a new risk and crisis communication platform to bridge the gap between policy makers and the public in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021;10(11):e33653. DOI: 10.5167/uzh-20779

2021
Journal Article

Zepro N.B, Medhanyie A.A, Bezabih A.M, Tarr N, Merten S. Lived experiences and perceptions of childbirth among pastoralist women in north-eastern Ethiopia: a multimethod qualitative analysis to the WHO health systems responsiveness framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23):12518. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312518

2021
Journal Article

Bapolisi W.A, Ferrari G, Blampain C, Makelele J, Kono-Tange L, Bisimwa G, Merten S. Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: protocol of a longitudinal parallel mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:51. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8084-3

2020
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Giles M.L, Mantel C, Munoz F.M, Moran A, Roos N, Yusuf N, Diaz T, Ahun M, Nic Lochlainn L.M, Wootton E, Pathirana J, Rendell S, Tuncalp O, Perut M, Hombach J, Merten S, Lambach P. Vaccine implementation factors affecting maternal tetanus immunization in low- and middle-income countries: results of the Maternal Immunization and Antenatal Care Situational Analysis (MIACSA) project. Vaccine. 2020;38(33):5268-5277. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.084

2020
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Giles M.L, Mason E, Muñoz F.M, Moran A.C, Lambach P, Merten S, Diaz T, Baye M, Mathai M, Pathirana J, Rendell S, Tunçalp O, Hombach J, Roos N. Antenatal care service delivery and factors affecting effective tetanus vaccine coverage in low- and middle-income countries: results of the Maternal Immunisation and Antenatal Care Situational analysis (MIACSA) project. Vaccine. 2020;38(33):5278-5285. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.025

2020
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Jafflin K. Monitoring der Baby Freundlichen Spitäler in zertifizierten Geburtskliniken (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative): Bericht 2019: eine Analyse im Auftrag der UNICEF Schweiz und Lichtenstein. Basel: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, 2020

2020
Report

Jafflin K. Monitoring des hôpitaux amis des bébés. Maternités certifiées (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative): rapport 2019: une analyse réalisée sur mandat d’UNICEF Suisse Lichtenstein. Basel: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique Suisse, 2020

2020
Report

Kusi C, Steinmann P, Merten S. The fight against lymphatic filariasis: perceptions of community drug distributors during mass drug administration in coastal Kenya. Infect Dis Poverty. 2020;9:22. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-0638-1

2020
Journal Article
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Merten S, Mlotshwa L, Schwarz J. Youth, sexuality, gender, and health: dealing with a social phenomenon. Int J Public Health. 2020;65(4):375-376. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01392-5

2020
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Wyss-van den Berg M, Ogutu B, Sewankambo N.K, Merten S, Biller-Andorno N, Tanner M. Communities and clinical trials: a case study from the RTS,S malaria vaccine trials in eastern Africa. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2020;15(5):465-477. DOI: 10.1177/1556264620951384

2020
Journal Article
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Deml M.J, Jafflin K, Merten S, Huber B, Buhl A, Frau E, Mettraux V, Sonderegger J, Kliem P, Cattalani R, Kruerke D, Pfeiffer C, Burton-Jeangros C, Tarr P.E. Determinants of vaccine hesitancy in Switzerland: study protocol of a mixed-methods national research programme. BMJ Open. 2019;9(11):e032218. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032218

2019
Journal Article
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Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Bisimwa G, Mwamini M.C, Mommers P, Merten S. Navigating fertility, reproduction and modern contraception in the fragile context of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: 'Les enfants sont une richesse'. Cult Health Sex. 2019;21(3):323-337. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1470255

2019
Journal Article
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Leuenberger A, Farnham A, Azevedo S, Cossa H, Dietler D, Nimako B, Adongo P.B, Merten S, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Health impact assessment and health equity in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2019;79:106288. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2019.106288

2019
Journal Article

Mhalu G, Weiss M.G, Hella J, Mhimbira F, Mahongo E, Schindler C, Reither K, Fenner L, Zemp E, Merten S. Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:217. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4030-4

2019
Journal Article
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Schwarz J, Arminjon M, Zemp Stutz E, Merten S, Bodenmann P, Clair C. Déterminants sociaux de la santé en Suisse - comment le genre s'est perdu en chemin. Rev Méd Suisse. 2019;15(640):485-489

2019
Journal Article
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Schwarz J, Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, Ndorere M.S, Mwamini M.C, Bisimwa G, Merten S. "So that's why I'm scared of these methods": Locating contraceptive side effects in embodied life circumstances in Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Soc Sci Med. 2019;220:264-272. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.030

2019
Journal Article
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Späth A. Monitoring der Baby Freundlichen Spitäler in zertifizierten Geburtskliniken (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative): Bericht 2018: eine Analyse im Auftrag der UNICEF Schweiz und Lichtenstein. Basel: Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, 2019

2019
Report

Späth A. Monitoring des hôpitaux amis des bébés. Maternités certifiées (Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative): rapport 2018: une analyse réalisée sur mandat d’UNICEF Suisse Lichtenstein. Basel: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique Suisse, 2019

2019
Report

van den Berg M, Ogutu B, Sewankambo N.K, Merten S, Biller-Andorno N, Tanner M. Clinical trials in low-resource settings: the perspectives of caregivers of paediatric participants from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2019;24(8):1023-1030. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13281

2019
Journal Article
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Elouard Y, Weiss C, Martin-Hilber A, Merten S. Sexual violence as a risk factor for family planning-related outcomes among young Burundian women. Int J Public Health. 2018;63:13-22. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-0988-z

2018
Journal Article
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Haller T, Merten S. Crafting our own rules: constitutionality as a bottom-up approach for the development of by-laws in Zambia. Hum Ecol. 2018;46(1):3-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-017-9917-2

2018
Journal Article

Mlotshwa L, Manderson L, Chasela C, Merten S. Talking about sex in pregnancy: reflections from the field in urban South Africa. Cult Health Sex. 2018;20(11):1157-1170. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1420233

2018
Journal Article
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Mtenga S.M, Pfeiffer C, Tanner M, Geubbels E, Merten S. Linking gender, extramarital affairs, and HIV: a mixed methods study on contextual determinants of extramarital affairs in rural Tanzania. AIDS Res Ther. 2018;15:12. DOI: 10.1186/s12981-018-0199-6

2018
Journal Article
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Rokicki S, Merten S. The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study. Reprod Health. 2018;15:212. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-018-0656-7

2018
Journal Article
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Späth A, Zemp E, Merten S, Dratva J. Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding. Matern Child Nutr. 2018;14(1):e12497. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12497

2018
Journal Article
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Weiss C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Merten S. Training in youth-friendly service provision improves nurses' competency level in the Great Lakes Region. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(6):753-763. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1106-6

2018
Journal Article
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Dumbaugh M, Bapolisi W, van de Weerd J, Zabiti M, Mommers P, Balaluka G.B, Merten S. Evaluating the comparative effectiveness of different demand side interventions to increase maternal health service utilization and practice of birth spacing in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: an innovative, mixed methods approach. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017;17:212. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1396-3

2017
Journal Article
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Mlotshwa L, Manderson L, Merten S. Personal support and expressions of care for pregnant women in Soweto, South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2017;10:1363454. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1363454

2017
Journal Article
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Späth A, Merten S, Zemp E, Dratva J. The impact of baby-friendly hospital designation on duration of breastfeeding in Switzerland. European J Pub Health, 2017;27(Suppl. 3)

2017
Conference Paper

Gerold J, Staudacher S, Merten S. Survey among Medicus Mundi Switzerland members on human rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health: study report. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2016

2016
Report

Merten S, Ntalasha H, Musheke M. Non-uptake of HIV testing in children at risk in two urban and rural settings in Zambia: a mixed-methods study. PLoS One. 2016;11(6):e0155510. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155510

2016
Journal Article
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