Dr Ona McCarthy
BA MSc PhD
Assistant Professor
of Epidemiology
I am an epidemiologist in the Department of Population Health. I completed my BA at the University of Massachusetts where I studied Sociology and Psychology and MSc and PhD in Epidemiology at LSHTM. I joined LSHTM as a staff member in March 2013.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Centre for Evaluation
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH)
Teaching
I teach on the Basic Epidemiology and Study Design MSc modules and on the Introductory Course in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and Adolescent Health in Low and Middle Income Countries short courses. I co-organise the Family Planning Programmes module and am a personal tutor on the Reproductive and Sexual Health Research MSc.
Research
My research interests include developing and evaluating interventions to improve young people's sexual and reproductive health.
Research Area
Complex interventions
Public health
Sexual health
Adolescent health
Behaviour change
Mixed methods
Randomised controlled trials
Reproductive health
Discipline
Epidemiology
Psychology
Disease and Health Conditions
Sexually transmitted infection
Country
Bolivia
United Kingdom
Tajikistan
Region
Arab World
Europe & Central Asia (developing only)
Euro area
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)
Selected Publications
Adapting an evidence-based contraceptive behavioural intervention delivered by mobile phone for young people in Zimbabwe.
2022
BMC Health Services Research
Sexual health interventions delivered to participants by mobile technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
2021
Sexually Transmitted Infections
What young people want from a sexual health website: design and development of Sexunzipped.
2012
Journal of medical Internet research