Melanie Yahner

Medicine · Health Sciences

5h-index162citations11works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Global Maternal and Child Health(10), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(6), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health(4), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions(3), Child Nutrition and Water Access(2)

Publications11 total

“Remember to say goodbye”: How close-out practices of donor-funded projects can undermine development progress in Tanzania
2025
“Remember to say goodbye”: How close-out practices of donor-funded projects can undermine development progress in Tanzania
2025
How do first-time mothers' perceptions of family planning social norms change according to the marital status and parity of family planning users? Findings from a cross-sectional study in Tanzania.
2025
What it takes to sustain: A realist evaluation of the implementation and sustainability potential for a postnatal predischarge checklist in Bangladesh
2025
Proximate and distant determinants of maternal and neonatal mortality in the postnatal period: A scoping review of data from low- and middle-income countries
PLoS ONE·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Balancing Quality, Intensity and Scalability: Results of a Multi-level Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention for Very Young Adolescents in Kinshasa
Journal of Adolescent Health·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
Designing for Impact and Institutionalization: Applying Systems Thinking to Sustainable Postpartum Family Planning Approaches for First-Time Mothers in Bangladesh
Global Health Science and Practice·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
On the road to universal coverage of postnatal care: considerations for a targeted postnatal care approach for at-risk mother–baby dyads in low-income and middle-income countries informed by a consultation with global experts
BMJ Open·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Reaching the Youngest Moms and Dads: A Socio-Ecological View of Actors and Factors Influencing First-time Young Parents' Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Madagascar.
PubMed·2019· 3 cited
Harmonizing Methods for Estimating the Impact of Contraceptive Use on Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion, and Maternal Health
Global Health Science and Practice·2017· 18 citedOpen Access
Women's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge
Global Health Science and Practice·2013· 94 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Angela Muriuki(3), Syeda Nabin Ara Nitu(3), Sarah Elaraby(3), Preston Izulla(2), Michael Kiragu(2), Joseph de Graft‐Johnson(2), Lynn M. Van Lith(1), Lynn Bakamjian(1), Ian Askew(1), Michelle Weinberger(1), Aisha Dasgupta(1), Jacqueline E. Darroch(1), Ellen Smith(1), John Stover(1), Virginia A. Fonner(1), Bernard Osir(1), Farahat Bello(1), Jennifer Gayles(1), Kathryn M. Barker(1), Caroline Moreau(1)