Bethany Caruso Research

publications

Peer reviewed

1.     Reese, H., Routray, P., Torondel, B., Sclar, G., Delea, M. G., Sinharoy, S. S., Zambrano, L., Caruso, B. A., Mishra, S.R., Chang, H.H., Clasen, T. (Accepted). Design and rationale of a matched cohort study to assess the effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention in rural Odisha, India. BMJ open.

2.     Phillips-Howard, P., Caruso, B. A., Torondel, B., Zulaika, G., Sahin, M., & Sommer, M. (2016). Menstrual hygiene management among adolescent schoolgirls in low- and middle-income countries: research priorities. Global Health Action, 9. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.33032

3.     Ellis, A., Haver, J., Villasenor, J., Parawan, A., Venkatesh, M., Freeman, M. C., & Caruso, B. A. ‡ (2016). WASH challenges to girls’ menstrual hygiene management in Metro Manila, Masbate, and South Central Mindanao, Philippines. Waterlines, 35(3), 306-323.

4.     Bresee, S.*, Caruso, B. A., Sales, J., Lupele, J., & Freeman, M. C. (2016). ‘A child is also a teacher’: exploring the potential for children as change agents in the context of a school-based WASH intervention in rural Eastern Zambia.Health education research, cyw022.

5.     Stevenson, E. G. J., Ambelu, A., Caruso, B. A., Tesfaye, Y., & Freeman, M. C. (2016). Community Water Improvement, Household Water Insecurity, and Women’s Psychological Distress: An Intervention and Control Study in Ethiopia. PloS one, 11(4), e0153432.

6.     Sommer, M., Caruso, B. A., Sahin, M., Calderon, T., Cavill, S., Mahon, T., & Phillips-Howard, P. A. (2016). A Time for Global Action: Addressing Girls’ Menstrual Hygiene Management Needs in Schools. PLoS Med, 13(2), e1001962.

7.     Caruso, B. A., Sevilimedu, V., Fung, I. C. H., Patkar, A., & Baker, K. K. (2015). Gender disparities in water, sanitation, and global health. The Lancet,386 (9994), 650-651.

8.     Hulland, K. R., Chase, R. P., Caruso, B. A., Swain, R., Biswal, B., Sahoo, K. C., Panigrahi, P., & Dreibelbis, R. (2015). Sanitation, Stress, and Life Stage: A Systematic Data Collection Study among Women in Odisha, India. PloS one,10(11), e0141883.

9.     Sahoo, K. C., Hulland, K. R., Caruso, B. A., Swain, R., Freeman, M. C., Panigrahi, P., & Dreibelbis, R. (2015). Sanitation-related psychosocial stress: A grounded theory study of women across the life-course in Odisha, India.Social Science & Medicine, 139, 80-89.

10.  Long J.L.*, Caruso B.A., Mamani M, Camacho G, Vancraeynest K, & Freeman, M.C. (2015). Developing Games as a Qualitative Method for Researching Menstrual Hygiene Management in Rural Bolivia. Waterlines, 34(1). doi: 10.3362/1756-3488.2015.007.                 

11.  Trinies, V., Caruso, B. A., Sogore, A., Toubkiss, J., & Freeman, M. C. (2015). Uncovering the challenges to menstrual hygiene management in schools in Mali. Waterlines, 34(1). doi: 10.3362/1756-3488.2015.004

12.  Cooper, H. L., Caruso, B.A., Barham, T., Embry, V., Dauria, E., Clark, C. D., & Comfort, M. L. (2015). Partner Incarceration and African-American Women’s Sexual Relationships and Risk: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study. Journal of Urban Health, 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s11524-015-9941-8

13.  Caruso, B. A., Freeman, M. C., Garn, J. V., Dreibelbis, R., Saboori, S., Muga, R., & Rheingans, R. (2014). Assessing the impact of a school‐based latrine cleaning and handwashing program on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster‐randomized trial. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 19(10), 1185-1197.

14. Caruso, B. A., Dreibelbis, R., Ogutu, E. A., & Rheingans, R. (2014). If you build it will they come? Factors influencing rural primary pupils' urination and defecation practices at school in western Kenya. 4(4), 642-653. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2014.028

15.  Garn, J. V., Caruso, B. A., Drews-Botsch, C. D., Kramer, M. R., Brumback, B. A., Rheingans, R. D., & Freeman, M. C. (2014). Factors Associated With Pupil Toilet Use in Kenyan Primary Schools. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(9), 9694-9711. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110909694

16.  Cooper, H. L., Clark, C. D., Barham, T., Embry, V., Caruso, B.A., & Comfort, M. (2014). “He Was the Story of My Drug Use Life”: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of the Impact of Partner Incarceration on Substance Misuse Patterns Among African American Women. Substance Use & Misuse, 49(1-2), 176-188. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2013.824474

17.  Saboori, S., Greene, L. E., Moe, C. L., Freeman, M. C., Caruso, B. A., Akoko, D., & Rheingans, R. D. (2013). Impact of Regular Soap Provision to Primary Schools on Hand Washing and E. coli Hand Contamination among Pupils in Nyanza Province, Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 89(4), 698. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0387

18.  McMahon, S. A., Winch, P. J., Caruso, B. A., Obure, A. F., Ogutu, E. A., Ochari, I. A., & Rheingans, R. D. (2011). 'The girl with her period is the one to hang her head' Reflections on menstrual management among schoolgirls in rural Kenya. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 11(1), 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-11-7

19.  McMahon, S., Caruso, B. A., Obure, A., Okumu, F., & Rheingans, R. D. (2011). Anal cleansing practices and faecal contamination: a preliminary investigation of behaviours and conditions in schools in rural Nyanza Province, Kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health 16(12), 1536-1540. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02879.x

20.  Caruso, B. A., Stephenson, R., & Leon, J. S. (2010). Maternal behavior and experience, care access, and agency as determinants of child diarrhea in Bolivia. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 28(6), 429-439. doi: 10.1590/S1020-49892010001200004

21.  Lafrancois, B. M., Nydick, K. R., & Caruso, B.A. (2003). Influence of nitrogen on phytoplankton biomass and community composition in fifteen Snowy Range lakes (Wyoming, USA). Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 35(4), 499-508.