Rebecca French MSc PhD
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- LSHTM
- 15-17 Tavistock Place
- London
- WC1H 9SH
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I joined the Faculty of Public Health and Policy in January 2009, after previously working at the Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Research at UCL, where I did my PhD. My background is in health services research and I have been involved in national evaluations, including the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Evaluation and the Evaluation of One-Stop Shop Models of Sexual Health Care. My main research interests are in the areas of contraception, decision-making, young people, teenage pregnancy and sexual health service delivery.
Affiliation
Teaching
I am currently covering as the Distance Learning Public Health MSc Project Module Organiser. I am involved in running seminars for the Principles in Social Research and Sexual Health modules, and have taught on the Control of RTI/STIs and Family Planning Programme modules. I supervise PhD and DrPH students.
Research
The main focus of my work at present is the development and evaluation of decision aids in the sexual health field, based on the principles of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis.This includes a web-based contraceptive decision aid called ‘My Contraception Tool’ for Brook (a young people’s sexual health service provider) and the fpa (Family Planning Association) in the UK.
Research areas
- Decision analysis
- Health services research
- Public health
- Sexual health
Other interests
- Contraception
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Selected publications
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Use of contraceptive services in Britain: findings from the second National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-2)
French, R.S.; Mercer, C.H.; Johnson, A.M.; Fenton, K.A.; Erens, B.; Wellings, K.
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2009; 35(1):9-14
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STI risk exposure among black and minority ethnic youth in Northwest London: findings from a study translating an STI risk-reduction intervention to the UK setting.
Gerressu, M.; Elam, G.; Shain, R.; Bonell, C.; Brook, G.; Dimmitt Champion, J.; French, R.; Elford, J.; Hart, G.; Stephenson, J.; Imrie, J.;
Sex Transm Infect, 2009; 85(4):283-9
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How can we help people to choose a method of contraception? The case for contraceptive decision aids.
French, R.S.; Wellings, K.; Cowan, F.M.;
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 2009; 35(4):219-20
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Feasibility of a self-completed history questionnaire in women requesting repeat combined hormonal contraception
Doshi, J.S.; French, R.S.; Evans, H.E.; Wilkinson, C.L.
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 2008; 34(1):51-4
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Are one-stop shops acceptable? Community perspectives on one-stop shop models of sexual health service provision in the UK
Griffiths, C.; Gerressu, M.; French, R.S.; One-Stop Shop Evaluation Team
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2008; 84(5):395-9
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Subdermal implantable contraceptives versus other forms of reversible contraceptives or other implants as effective methods of preventing pregnancy
Power, J.; French, R.; Cowan, F.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2007; (3):CD001326
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What impact has England's teenage pregnancy strategy had on young people's knowledge of and access to contraceptive services?
French, R.S.; Mercer, C.H.; Kane, R.; Kingori, P.; Stephenson, J.M.; Wilkinson, P.; Grundy, C.; Lachowycz, K.; Jacklin, P.; Stevens, M.; Brooker, S.; Wellings, K.
Journal of Adolescent Health, 2007; 41(6):594-601
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Teenage conceptions, abortions, and births in England, 1994-2003, and the national teenage pregnancy strategy
Wilkinson, P.; French, R.; Kane, R.; Lachowycz, K.; Stephenson, J.; Grundy, C.; Jacklin, P.; Kingori, P.; Stevens, M.; Wellings, K.
Lancet, 2006; 368(9550):1879-1886
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