Pitchforth, Emma


Dr Emma Pitchforth  

Department

Position held

LSE Health

Jamsetji Tata Senior Research Fellow

Experience keywords:

health; developing countries; maternal health; health services research

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Dr Pitchforth is interested in general in health in developing countries with a current focus on health policy in India. Main research interests include maternal health and access to maternal health services. She has been involved in multidisciplinary research in these areas in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the United Kingdom.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Healthcare

Countries and regions to which research relates:

United Kingdom; Ethiopia; Africa; South Asia; India; Bangladesh

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7852 3794

Publications

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2012

de-Graft Aikins, Ama and Arhinful, Daniel and Pitchforth, Emma and Ogedegbe, Gbenga and Allotey, Pascale and Agyemang, Charles (2012) Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease. Globalization and health, 8 (29). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1744-8603

Coast, Ernestina and McDaid, David and Leone, Tiziana and Pitchforth, E. and Matthews, Zoe and Iemmi, Valentina and Hirose, Atsumi and Macrae-Gibson, Rowena and Secker, Jane and Jones, Eleri (2012) What are the effects of different models of delivery for improving maternal and infant health outcomes for poor people in urban areas in low income and lower middle income countries? Department for International Development, London

de-Graft Aikins, Ama and Pitchforth, E. and Allotey, Pascale and Ogedegbe, Gbenga and Agyemang, Charles (2012) Editorial: culture, ethnicity and chronic conditions: reframing concepts and methods for research, interventions and policy in low- and middle-income countries. Ethnicity and health, 17 (6). pp. 551-561. ISSN 1355-7858

2011

Pitchforth, E. and Weaver, S. and Willars, J. and Wawrzkowicz, E. and Luyt, D. and Dixon-Woods, M. (2011) A qualitative study of families of a child with a nut allergy. Chronic illness, pp. 1-19. ISSN 1742-3953

Bakali, Evangelia and Pitchforth, E. and Tincello, Douglas G. and Kenyon, Sara L. and Slack, Mark and Toozs-Hobson, Philip M. and Mayne, Christopher J. and Jones, David R. and Taylor, David J. (2011) Clinicians' views on the feasibility of surgical randomized trials in urogynecology: results of a questionnaire survey. Neurourology and Urodynamics , 30 (1). pp. 69-74. ISSN 0733-2467

2010

Pitchforth, E. and Lilford, R.J. and Kebede, Y. and Asres, G. and Stanford, C. and Frost, J. (2010) Assessing and understanding quality of care in a labour ward: a pilot study combining clinical and social science perspectives in Gondar, Ethiopia. Social science & medicine, 71 (10). pp. 1739-1748. ISSN 0277-9536

Al-Attas, Ahmed H and Williams, Chris D and Pitchforth, E. (2010) Understanding delay in accessing specialist emergency eye care in a developing country: eye trauma in Tanzania. Ophthalmic empidemiology, 17 (2). pp. 103-112. ISSN 0928-6586

Tucker, J. and McVicar, A. and Pitchforth, E. and Farmer, J. and Bryers, H. (2010) Maternity care models in a remote and rural network: assessing clinical appropriateness and outcome indicators. Quality and safety in health care, 19 (2). pp. 83-89. ISSN 1475-3901

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