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Ms Sarah Bick

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am a Research Fellow in the Environmental Health Group with a focus on evaluations of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions, adolescent health and applied statistics. I coordinated a large-scale cluster-randomised trial in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia evaluating the impact of WASH in schools on child health and education (WISE Evaluation). I have also conducted several systematic reviews exploring the impacts of improved WASH in low- and middle-income settings.

I completed my MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases at the School, and am currently a PhD candidate examining the design and analysis of cluster-randomised trials in the school setting around the world.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I deliver a lecture in the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health module, and co-facilitate practical sessions for Evaluation of Public Health Interventions. I also co-supervise MSc summer project students.

Research

Research Area
Environmental health
Environmental hygiene
Hygiene
Menstrual hygiene
Adolescent health
Sanitation
Impact evaluation
Applied statistics (medical)
Quantitative research
School-based health
Research methodology
Child health
Disease and Health Conditions
Diarrhoeal diseases
Respiratory diseases
Country
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Malawi
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Effectiveness of handwashing with soap for preventing acute respiratory infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
ROSS, I; BICK, S; AYIEKO, P; DREIBELBIS, R; Wolf, J; Freeman, MC; ALLEN, E; Brauer, M; CUMMING, O;
2023
The Lancet
Using path analysis to test theory of change: a quantitative process evaluation of the MapSan trial.
BICK, S; Buxton, H; Chase, RP; ROSS, I; Adriano, Z; Capone, D; KNEE, J; Brown, J; Nalá, R; CUMMING, O; DREIBELBIS, R;
2021
BMC Public Health
Risk factors for child food contamination in low-income neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: An exploratory, cross-sectional study.
BICK, S; Perieres, L; D'MELLO-GUYETT, L; Baker, KK; Brown, J; Muneme, B; Nala, R; DREIBELBIS, R; CUMMING, O;
2020
Maternal & Child Nutrition
Impact of a school-based water and hygiene intervention on child health and school attendance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
BICK, S; Ezezew, A; OPONDO, C; Leurent, B; Argaw, W; Hunter, EC; CUMMING, O; ALLEN, E; DREIBELBIS, R;
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Frequency and determinants of COVID-19 prevention behaviours: assessment of large-scale programmes in seven countries
BICK, S; White, S; THORSETH, AH; Friedrich, M; Gavin, I; Gautam, OP; DREIBELBIS, R;
2023
medRxiv
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