Dr Joe Strong

Profile

Joe is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow with a specific interest in global health. His research centres around sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and the role of gender, power, and masculinities. His fellowship focuses on the role of data and evidence production in global health governance.

He has published numerous peer reviewed articles from his research, working across global contexts including the USA, Poland, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Bangladesh and with diverse populations including young people and LGBTQ+ people. His work has been featured in global news outlets and used as evidence in US Supreme Court cases. His research activism has centred around improving access to abortion in Europe.

Joe began his academic career with a PhD at the London School of Economics, where he also worked as a Teacher in the Department of International Development, before joining QMUL.

Research

Research Interests:

Joe's research centres around gender, masculinities and sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (particularly abortion). Joe interrogates the role of power and politics in global health governance, focusing on data and evidence production and use.

Publications

Strong, J. (2024). "“Even when you write with a pencil there is an eraser to clean it”: Examining men's conceptualisations of and involvement in emergency contraceptive use in Accra, Ghana." Social Science & Medicine 344: 116635.

Rahman, A., J. Strong, P. P. Mondal, A. Maynard, T. Haque, A. M. Moore and K. Afsana (2024). "Perceptions and attitudes of Rohingya community stakeholders to pregnancy termination services: a qualitative study in camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh." Conflict and Health 18(1): 19.

Strong, J., E. Coast, T. Fetters, M. Chiweshe, A. Getachew, R. Griffin and L. Tembo (2023). "“I was waiting for my period”: understanding pregnancy recognition among adolescents seeking abortions in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia." Contraception: 110006.

Strong, J., E. Coast, E. Freeman, A. M. Moore, A. H. Norris, O. Owolabi and C. H. Rocca (2023). "Pregnancy recognition trajectories: a needed framework." Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 31(1): 2167552.

VandeVusse, A. J., J. Mueller, M. Kirstein, J. Strong and L. D. Lindberg (2023). "“Technically an abortion”: Understanding perceptions and definitions of abortion in the United States." Social Science & Medicine 335: 116216.

Strong, J., N. L. S. Lamptey, N. K. Quartey and N. K. R. Owoo (2022). "“If I Am Ready”: Exploring the relationships between masculinities, pregnancy, and abortion among men in James Town, Ghana." Social Science & Medicine 314: 115454.

Strong, J. (2022). "Men’s involvement in women’s abortion-related care: a scoping review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries." Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 30(1): 2040774.

Zielke, J., J. Strong, F. Ahmed, C. Miani, Y. Namer, S. Storey and O. Razum (2022). "Towards gender-transformative SRHR: a statement in reply to EUPHA and offer of a working definition." European Journal of Public Health: ckac102.

Strong, J., S. R. Lattof, B. Maliqi and N. Yaqub (2021). "Experiences of private sector quality care amongst mothers, newborns, and children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review." BMC Health Services Research 21(1): 1311.

Strong, J. (2021). "Exploring the roles of men and masculinities in abortion and emergency contraception pathways, Ghana: a mobile phone-based mixed-methods study protocol." BMJ Open 11(2): e042649.

Nandagiri, R., E. Coast and J. Strong (2020). "COVID-19 and Abortion: Making Structural Violence Visible." International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 46(Supplement 1): 83-89.

Coast, E., S. R. Lattof and J. Strong (2019). "Puberty and menstruation knowledge among young adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review." Int J Public Health 64(2): 293-304.