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Miss Katherine Davies

Research Assistant

United Kingdom

I work as a Research Assistant in the Environmental Health Group, primarily supporting research studies focussed on hand hygiene behaviour change in peri-urban communities in Zambia. I hold a MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter. Prior to joining LSHTM, I worked in healthcare management in the NHS.

Affiliations

Department of Disease Control
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I am a tutor on the Distance Learning Infectious Disease course for module IDM215 "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene". I also co-lead the behaviour change practical on the WASH & Health module (3434) at LSHTM. 

Research

Research Area
Sanitation
Hygiene
Behaviour change
Disease control
Water purification and treatment
Environmental hygiene
Disease and Health Conditions
Diarrhoeal diseases
Cholera
Country
Malawi
Zambia

Selected Publications

WASH and learn: a scoping review of health, education and gender equity outcomes of school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene in low- and middle-income countries
BICK, S; DAVIES, K; Mwenge, M; MacLeod, C; Braun, L; Chipungu, J; Chidziwisano, K; Dreibelbis, R;
2024
Center for Open Science
Understanding end-user preferences for hand hygiene enabling technologies: a mixed-methods study in peri-urban Lusaka
Kazimbaya, K; DAVIES, K; Mwenge, M; Tadiri, E; Chipungu, J; DREIBELBIS, R;
2024
medRxiv
Inclusion of persons living with disabilities in a district-wide sanitation programme: A cross-sectional study in rural Malawi.
DAVIES, K; Panulo, M; MACLEOD, C; WILBUR, J; Morse, T; Chidziwisano, K; DREIBELBIS, R;
2024
PLOS global public health
Household behaviour change interventions to improve sanitation and hygiene practices in urban settings: a scoping review
MACLEOD, C; DAVIES, K; Mwenge, M; Chipungu, J; CUMMING, O; DREIBELBIS, R;
2024
medRxiv
Evaluation of a district-wide sanitation programme in rural Malawi: does it include people living with disabilities?
DAVIES, K; Panulo, M; MacLeod, C; WILBUR, J; Morse, T; Chidziwisano, K; DREIBELBIS, R;
2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Data for: "Inclusion of persons living with disabilities in a district-wide sanitation programme: a cross-sectional study in rural Malawi"
DAVIES, K; Panulo, M; MACLEOD, C; Tracy, M; Chidziwisano, K; DREIBELBIS, R;
2024
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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