Waru Gichane, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Margaret (Waru) Gichane, PhD, MSPH, is an Assistant Professor and social and behavioral scientist at ANSIRH. Her research is dedicated to identifying and addressing the structural and social factors that produce disparities in sexual and reproductive health outcomes globally. In her work, she utilizes a variety of participatory and applied qualitative methods to explore quality of sexual and reproductive health services, adolescent sexual behavior, and HIV prevention and treatment interventions.

Education & Training

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• PhD Health Behavior University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 12/2019
• MSPH Health Behavior University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 05/2016
• BS Human Development Cornell University 05/2012

Publications (33)

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Persons With Hearing ImpairmentsIntimate Partner ViolenceMalawiMass VaccinationAnti-HIV AgentsChild, OrphanedDisabled PersonsHealth Services AccessibilityImmunization ProgramsSouth AfricaMaternal Health ServicesContraceptive Devices, FemaleSign LanguageReproductive Health ServicesHIV Infections

• Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities.
  JAMA network open 2023 Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Casebolt MT, Laureano BI, Wilson-Beattie RL, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Adler A, Gichane MW
• Understanding Patients' Experiences with a Brief Alcohol Reduction Intervention among People Living with HIV in Uganda: A Qualitative Study.
  Substance use & misuse 2023 Gichane MW, Camlin CS, Getahun M, Emenyonu N, Woolf-King S, Sanyu N, Katusiime A, Fatch R, Muyindike W, Hahn JA
• Dismantling and reimagining global health education.
  Global health action 2022 Gichane MW, Wallace DD
• Social Determinants of Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse Among Women Living with HIV in Economically Underserved Communities in Cape Town, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Browne FA, Gichane MW, Shangase N, Ndirangu J, Bonner CP, Wechsberg WM
• Alcohol, drug use, and sexual risk among young African American women in North Carolina: Is educational attainment protective?
  Vulnerable children and youth studies 2022 Browne FA, Peasant Bonner C, Kline TL, Cox EN, Gichane MW, Wechsberg WM

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• Alcohol, drug use, and sexual risk among young African American women in North Carolina: is educational attainment protective?
  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 2022 Felicia A. Browne, Courtney Peasant Bonner, Tracy L. Kline, Erin N. Cox, Margaret W. Gichane & Wendee M. Wechsberg
• 'We have goals but [it is difficult]'. Barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence among women using alcohol and other drugs living with HIV in South Africa.
  Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy 2022 Ndirangu JW, Gichane MW, Browne FA, Bonner CP, Zule WA, Cox EN, Smith KM, Carney T, Wechsberg WM
• "Because all mothers is not the same": The development and implementation of an in loco parentis informed consent procedure to enroll adolescent girls and young women to participate in HIV research.
  Journal of adolescence 2021 Bonner CP, Fisher CB, Carney T, Browne FA, Gichane MW, Howard BN, Turner L, Wechsberg WM
• Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi: A QualitativeAnalysis.
  Studies in family planning 2021 Bhushan NL, Phanga T, Maseko B, Vansia D, Kamtsendero L, Gichane MW, Maman S, Pettifor AE, Rosenberg NE
• Sustainability of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual care settings in South Africa: a mixed methods analysis.
  AIDS care 2021 Gichane MW, Wechsberg WM, Ndirangu J, Howard B, Bonner CP, Browne FA, Zule WA
• Individual and Relationship-Level Correlates of Transactional Sex Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi: A Multilevel Analysis.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Gichane MW, Rosenberg NE, Zimmer C, Pettifor AE, Maman S, Maseko B, Moracco KE
• Impact of Women's Home Environment on Use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Gichane MW, Katz AWK, Ngure K, Scheckter R, Woeber K, Reddy K, Tauya T, Zimba C, Etima J, Mangxilana N, Palanee-Phillips T, van der Straten A, MTN-025/HOPE Study Team
• Outcomes of Implementing in the Real World the Women's Health CoOp Intervention in Cape Town, South Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Wechsberg WM, Browne FA, Ndirangu J, Bonner CP, Kline TL, Gichane M, Zule WA
• Developing a framework for cash transfer programs that foster sustained economic empowerment to reduce sexual risk among adolescent girls and young women: a qualitative study.
  BMC public health 2021 Gangaramany A, Balvanz P, Gichane MW, Goetschius S, Sharma S, Sharma K, Mulhausen J, Noble-Campbell P, Wamoyi J, Maman S, Prasad R
• Correction to: Conceptualization of Empowerment and Pathways Through Which Cash Transfers Work to Empower Young Women to Reduce HIV Risk: A Qualitative Study in Tanzania.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Wamoyi J, Balvanz P, Atkins K, Gichane M, Majani E, Pettifor A, Maman S
• A Systematic Review of HIV Interventions for Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Muthoni CN, Kneipp SM, Gichane MW, Caiola CE, Pettifor AE, Williams JR
• Socioeconomic Predictors of Transactional Sex in a Cohort of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi: A Longitudinal Analysis.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Gichane MW, Moracco KE, Pettifor AE, Zimmer C, Maman S, Phanga T, Nthani T, Rosenberg NE
• Conceptualization of Empowerment and Pathways Through Which Cash Transfers Work to Empower Young Women to Reduce HIV Risk: A Qualitative Study in Tanzania.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Wamoyi J, Balvanz P, Atkins K, Gichane M, Majani E, Pettifor A, Maman S
• The influence of cash transfers on engagement in transactional sex and partner choice among adolescent girls and young women in Northwest Tanzania.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2020 Gichane MW, Wamoyi J, Atkins K, Balvanz P, Maman S, Majani E, Pettifor A
• Implementation science outcomes of a gender-focused HIV and alcohol risk-reduction intervention in usual-care settings in South Africa.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2020 Gichane MW, Wechsberg WM, Ndirangu J, Browne FA, Bonner CP, Grimwood A, Shaikh N, Howard B, Zule WA
• Assessing the Impact of a Small-Group Behavioral Intervention on Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lilongwe Malawi: A Quasi-Experimental Cohort Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Rosenberg NE, Gichane MW, Vansia D, Phanga T, Bhushan NL, Bekker LG, Pettifor AE
• "If the Big Fish are Doing It Then Why Not Me Down Here?": Informal Fee Payments and Reproductive Health Care Provider Motivation in Kenya.
  Studies in family planning 2020 Tumlinson K, Gichane MW, Curtis SL
• Decision-making and cash spending patterns of adolescent girls and young women participating in a cash-transfer intervention in Tanzania: Implications for sexual health.
  Global public health 2019 Wamoyi J, Balvanz P, Gichane MW, Maman S, Mugunga S, Majani E, Pettifor A
• Understanding healthcare provider absenteeism in Kenya: a qualitative analysis.
  BMC health services research 2019 Tumlinson K, Gichane MW, Curtis SL, LeMasters K
• Cash plus: exploring the mechanisms through which a cash transfer plus financial education programme in Tanzania reduced HIV risk for adolescent girls and young women.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019 Pettifor A, Wamoyi J, Balvanz P, Gichane MW, Maman S
• Lost to Care and Back Again: Patient and Navigator Perspectives on HIV Care Re-engagement.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Parnell HE, Berger MB, Gichane MW, LeViere AF, Sullivan KA, Clymore JM, Quinlivan EB
• Validity and reliability of maternal recall of pregnancy history and service use among signing Deaf women: a cross-sectional descriptive study from South Africa.
  BMJ open 2018 Fontes Marx M, Heap M, Gichane MW, London L
• Intimate partner violence and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: Evidence from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
  PloS one 2018 Gichane MW, Moracco KE, Thirumurthy H, Okitolonda EW, Behets F, Yotebieng M
• Pregnancy experiences of women in rural Romania: understanding ethnic and socioeconomic disparities.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2018 LeMasters K, Baber Wallis A, Chereches R, Gichane M, Tehei C, Varga A, Tumlinson K
• Caregiver role in HIV medication adherence among HIV-infected orphans in Tanzania.
  AIDS care 2017 Gichane MW, Sullivan KA, Shayo AM, Mmbaga BT, O' Donnell K, Cunningham CK, Dow DE
• "They must understand we are people": Pregnancy and maternity service use among signing Deaf women in Cape Town.
  Disability and health journal 2017 Gichane MW, Heap M, Fontes M, London L
• Awareness of Cervical Cancer Causes and Predeterminants of Likelihood to Screen Among Women in Haiti.
  Journal of lower genital tract disease 2017 McCarthy SH, Walmer KA, Boggan JC, Gichane MW, Calo WA, Beauvais HA, Brewer NT
• Human Papillomavirus Awareness in Haiti: Preparing for a National HPV Vaccination Program.
  Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2016 Gichane MW, Calo WA, McCarthy SH, Walmer KA, Boggan JC, Brewer NT