Lead supervisor:
Prof Cathy Thornton 
Start date: October 2021 (Part time)
Award: General
Subject Pathway:
Health and Well-Being and Data Science
Thematic Cluster:
Society and Well-Being Cluster
The indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility, maternal and neonatal health
I am researching the indirect impact the COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken to mitigate the spread of the virus has had on maternal and neonatal health. My research will also assess inequities in maternal and neonatal health care and outcomes, largely focusing on socio-economic characteristics. My research will use a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative methods using linked population-level data from the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank and qualitative methods.
Biography
Neal S, Stone L, Moncrieff G. et al. (2023) Assessing safe and personalised maternity and neonatal care through a pandemic: a case study of outcomes and experiences in two trusts in England using the ASPIRE COVID-19 framework. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 675. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-09669-0
Puri MC, Guo M, Stone L, Shah IH. (2023) Integrating postpartum IUD counselling and insertion into routine maternity care in Nepal: Assessing trends over time. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(3): e0001665. https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001665
Channon MD, Puri M, Gietel-Basten S, Stone LW, Channon A. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of sex-selective abortions and missing girls in Nepal: evidence from the 2011 Population Census and 2016 Demographic and Health Survey. BMJ Open, 11:e042542. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e042542
Stone L, Puri MC, Guo M, Shah I. (2021). Assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practice of health providers towards the provision of postpartum intrauterine devices in Nepal: a two-year follow-up. Reproductive Health, 18(43). https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-021-01099-7
Puri MC, Guo M, Shah I, Stone L, Maharjan D, Canning, D. (2020). Provider and Women Characteristics as Risk Factors for Postpartum Copper IUD Expulsion and Discontinuation in Nepal. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 46, 235-245. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1363/46e1220?seq=1
Puri MC, Stone L. (2020). Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 18(2), 313-315. https://www.jnhrc.com.np/index.php/jnhrc/article/view/2747