Fern Terris-Prestholt MSc PhD
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Fern Terris-Prestholt joined SAME (then the HIVTools Research Group) in the Department of Global Health and Development 2000. She completed her PhD on Introduction and Distribution of New Barrier Methods for HIV prevention, which focussed primarily on women's demand for microbicidein South Africa. She holds a MSc in Development Economics from Wageningen University, The Netherlands and a B.A. from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, USA. She previously worked at the Institute for Medical Technology Assessment in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Affiliation
Teaching
Course organiser: Economic analysis for health policy
Seminar leader: Introduction to health economics
Guest lectures on economic evaluation of reproductive health / HIV interventions on a range of courses both within and outside of LSHTM.
Research
Fern is part of SaME (Social and Mathematical Epidemioloty) _ HIV modelling and Economics subgroup, which is a group of economists and mathematical modellers who use modelling and economic analysis to inform HIV/AIDS policy. Her work focuses on the the economics of new technology introduction for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and related conditions (such as STIs and TB), primarily in low and middle income countries. Her PhD was on the determinants of women's demand for barrier methods for HIV prevention in South Africa.
Current projects:
She is working on a number of HIV/STI prevention projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the UK:
- Understanding economies of scope and scale of integrating HIV treatment and care in family planning and post-natal care services in Kenya, Swaziland and Malawi as part of the 5 year Gates funded project: Assesing the benefits and costs of integrating HIV services into family planning and post natal care services in Kenya, Swaziland and Malawi.
- Estimating the costs and cost effectiveness of introducing rapid syphilis screening tests in hard to reach populations in Brazil, Tanzania and China and estimating the costs of scaling up. This is a 3 year Gates/WHO funded project which is very much country driven. I provide the support to local researchers to assist their economic analysis.
- Effectiveness of HIV screening in Primary Care: a clustered randomised controlled trial and economic analysis. This study looks at provider initiated HIV screening at registration with GP practices in Hackney, an area of London which hosts many new migrants.
Together these studies contribute to a new body of work on the uptake and introduction of new technologies.
Main methodologies used:
cost-effectiveness analysis, discrete choice experiments to estimate new uptake, and econometric analysis.
Research areas
- Economic evaluation
Disciplines
- Economics
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexually transmitted disease
Other interests
- Discrete Choice Experiments
- Microbicides
- New Health Technologies
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Selected publications
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Costs of cervical cancer screening and treatment using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and cryotherapy in Ghana: the importance of scale.
Quentin, W.; Adu-Sarkodie, Y.; Terris-Prestholt, F.; Legood, R.; Opoku, B.K.; Mayaud, P.;
Trop Med Int Health, 2011;
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Optimising the management of vaginal discharge syndrome in Bulgaria: cost effectiveness of four clinical algorithms with risk assessment.
Cornier, N.; Petrova, E.; Cavailler, P.; Dentcheva, R.; Terris-Prestholt, F.; Janin, A.; Ninet, B.; Anguenot, J.L.; Vassilakos, P.; Gerbase, A.; Mayaud, P.;
Sex Transm Infect, 2010; 86(4):303-9
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Managing men: women's dilemmas about overt and covert use of barrier methods for HIV prevention
MacPhail, C.; Terris-Prestholt, F.; Kumaranayake, L.; Ngoako, P.; Watts, C.; Rees, H.
Culture Health & Sexuality, 2009; 11(5):485-497
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Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services for people living with HIV: Costs of the Zambian ProTEST Initiative.
Terris-Prestholt, F.; Kumaranayake, L.; Ginwalla, R.; Ayles, H.; Kayawe, I.; Hillery, M.; Godfrey-Faussett, P.;
Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2008; 6:2
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The Role of Community Acceptance Over Time for Costs of HIV and STI Prevention Interventions: Analysis of the Masaka Intervention Trial, Uganda, 1996-1999.
Terris-Prestholt, F.; Kumaranayake, L.; Foster, S.; Kamali, A.; Kinsman, J.; Basajja, V.; Nalweyso, N.; Quigley, M.; Kengeya-Kayondo, J.; Whitworth, J.;
Sex Transm Dis, 2006; 33(10 Suppl):S111-6
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From Trial Intervention to Scale-Up: Costs of An Adolescent Sexual Health Program in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Terris-Prestholt, F.; Kumaranayake, L.; Obasi, A.I.; Cleophas-Mazige, B.; Makokha, M.; Todd, J.; Ross, D.A.; Hayes, R.J.;
Sex Transm Dis, 2006; 33(10 Suppl):S133-9
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The costs of treating curable sexually transmitted infections in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Terris-Prestholt, F.; Vyas, S.; Kumaranayake, L.; Mayaud, P.; Watts, C.;
Sex Transm Dis, 2006; 33(10 Suppl):S153-66
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Modelling the cost-effectiveness of introducing rapid syphilis tests into an antenatal syphilis screening programme in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Vickerman, P.; Peeling, R.W.; Terris-Prestholt, F.; Changalucha, J.; Mabey, D.; Watson-Jones, D.; Watts, C.;
Sex Transm Infect, 2006; 82 Suppl 5:v38-v43
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