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Helen A. Weiss · Sankore

University of Ghana

Helen A. Weiss

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-3547-7936

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Publications

79

Citations

706

h-index

15

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

27

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

Partners for Health and Development in Africa2 works
University of Ghana1 works
Addis Ababa University1 works
University of Nairobi1 works
Uganda Virus Research Institute1 works

Publications

79 works in the graph, newest first.

Assessing the Impact of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting on Genital Inflammation and Microbiota Among Kenyan Female Sex Workers
2026American Journal of Reproductive ImmunologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.1111/aji.70250
Towards an African-led model for strengthening capacity in medical statistics and epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa: an equitable partnership approach
2026International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1093/ije/dyag006
Epidemiology of sleep health and associations with mental health among in-school adolescents in Uganda: A cross-sectional mixed-methods study
2026Sleep HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.sleh.2025.12.007
Associations of menstrual health with school absenteeism and examination performance among Ugandan secondary school students: A prospective study
2026PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0326549

Feasibility and acceptability of a sleep health intervention among adolescents in Ugandan schools: A prospective pilot intervention study

2026SLEEP AdvancesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1093/sleepadvances/zpag029

Longitudinal assessment of changes in hair cortisol levels and associations with violence, poor mental health and harmful substance use among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

2026PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0005013

Well-care visit attendance among children of adolescent mothers in South Africa: a theory-informed mixed-methods study

2026BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-026-27326-z

Additional file 1 of Well-care visit attendance among children of adolescent mothers in South Africa: a theory-informed mixed-methods study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32494545

Additional file 2 of Well-care visit attendance among children of adolescent mothers in South Africa: a theory-informed mixed-methods study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32494548.v1

Additional file 1 of Well-care visit attendance among children of adolescent mothers in South Africa: a theory-informed mixed-methods study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32494545.v1

Additional file 2 of Well-care visit attendance among children of adolescent mothers in South Africa: a theory-informed mixed-methods study

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32494548

Defined by blood: lived experiences of menstrual health through the lifecourse among women in Zimbabwe – a qualitative study

2026BMJ OpenJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113914

Effects and costs of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on mental health problems, educational performance, and menstrual health in Ugandan secondary schools: an open-label, school-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial

2025The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00007-5

Sleep health epidemiology and associations with menstrual health, mental health, and educational performance among in-school female adolescents in Uganda: A longitudinal study

2025Sleep HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding6 citations10.1016/j.sleh.2024.12.007

The Association of Mental Health With Menstrual Health Among Secondary School Students in Uganda: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

2025Journal of Adolescent HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citations10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.04.014

Understanding sexual violence: Perspectives from an adolescent HIV prevention study

2025Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen access0 citations10.4102/jphia.v16i1.750

Acceptability and feasibility of CHANGE, a non-specialist worker delivered intervention to address alcohol use disorders and psychological distress among conflict-affected populations in Uganda: a qualitative study

2025Journal of Migration and HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100361

Menstrual Pain Management, School Absenteeism and Educational Performance Among Adolescent Students: Cross‐Sectional Mixed‐Methods Analysis Nested Within a Cluster Randomised Trial

2025BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1111/1471-0528.70094

Forced vaginal sex and genital immune correlates of HIV risk: a prospective study of female sex workers in Kenya

2025BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018219

Factors Associated with Retention in Routine Well-Care Visits Among Children of Adolescent Mothers Living With and Without HIV: A Community-Based Study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

2025BMJ OpenJournalOpen access2 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106412

Physical health among persons with untreated psychotic disorder in diverse settings of the Global South

2025Schizophrenia ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.schres.2025.07.027

Effects of community-based rehabilitation on caregivers of people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia in the RISE trial

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12888-025-06651-4

A cluster-randomized trial of interventions for adolescent mental disorders in Zimbabwe

2025BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen access10 citations10.1186/s12888-025-06755-x

Cost-effectiveness of Zvandiri, a community-based support intervention to reduce virological failure in adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe: Results of a decision analytical model

2025PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0005545

Adolescent health and well-being check-up programme in three African cities (Y-Check): protocol for a multimethod, prospective, hybrid implementation-effectiveness study

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access3 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077533

Characterization of bacterial and viral pathogens in the respiratory tract of children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease: a case–control study

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12879-024-09540-5

The epidemiology of HIV infection among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya: A structural determinants and life-course perspective

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access15 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001529

Epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol use disorders among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Northwest Tanzania: implications for ART adherence and case management

2024AIDS CareJournalOpen access9 citations10.1080/09540121.2023.2299324

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV in Sub Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0301954

Understanding menstrual factors associated with poor mental health among female secondary school students in Uganda: a cross-sectional analysis

2024Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1186/s13034-024-00829-6

Factors Associated with Usage of Oral-PrEP among Female Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya, Assessed by Self-Report and a Point-of-Care Urine Tenofovir Immunoassay

2024AIDS and BehaviorJournalOpen access7 citations10.1007/s10461-024-04455-3

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in humanitarian settings: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Uganda

2024TrialsJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s13063-024-07980-7

Comparison of the prevalence and associated factors of chronic kidney disease diagnosed by serum creatinine or cystatin C among young people living with HIV in Uganda

2024BMC NephrologyJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1186/s12882-024-03865-8

Factors associated with declining a menstrual cup among female students and their parents in Ugandan secondary schools: a cross-sectional study

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087438

Are violence, harmful alcohol/substance use and poor mental health associated with increased genital inflammation?: A longitudinal cohort study with HIV-negative female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0003592

Associations of hair cortisol levels with violence, poor mental health, and harmful alcohol and other substance use among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

2024Discover Mental HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1007/s44192-024-00086-1

The relationship between sleep and menstrual problems in early adolescent girls

2024Sleep Science and PracticeJournalOpen access12 citations10.1186/s41606-024-00111-w

Diagnostic performance of an albuminuria point-of-care test in screening for chronic kidney disease among young people living with HIV in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083221

Violence outcomes in later adolescence with the Good School Toolkit-Primary: a nonrandomized controlled trial in Uganda

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-024-19024-5

Cluster randomised controlled trial of double-dose azithromycin mass drug administration, facial cleanliness and fly control measures for trachoma control in Oromia, Ethiopia: the stronger SAFE trial protocol

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access4 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084478

Vaccine coverage and timeliness among children of adolescent mothers: A community-based study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

2024VaccineJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126318

84. Young People are not Hard to Reach, Services are: Participatory Development of a Comprehensive School- and Community-Based Health Screening Programme in Zimbabwe

2024Journal of Adolescent HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.282

Methodological issues of retrospective surveys for measuring mortality of highly clustered diseases: case study of the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak in Bo District, Sierra Leone

2024Global Health ActionJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1080/16549716.2024.2331291

83. Multimorbidity Burden Among Adolescents From the Health and Wellbeing Screening Programme, Y-Check, in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe

2024Journal of Adolescent HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.281

Effect of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders on HIV viral suppression: A non-randomised controlled study of the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access11 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001492

High uptake of menstrual health information, products and analgesics within an integrated sexual reproductive health service for young people in Zimbabwe

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01789-y

Predictors of spontaneous remission and recovery among women with untreated perinatal depression in India and Pakistan

2023Cambridge Prisms Global Mental HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1017/gmh.2023.26

Dose finding study for on-demand HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for insertive sex in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the CHAPS open label randomised controlled trial

2023EBioMedicineJournalOpen access20 citations10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104648

Preferences for oral PrEP dosing among adolescent boys and young men in three sub-Saharan African countries

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen access19 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0285132

Understanding the social and physical menstrual health environment of secondary schools in Uganda: A qualitative methods study

2023PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access18 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002665

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