Dr Judith Yargawa, PhD

Profile

I am an applied health and mixed methods researcher working on the INTERPRET-X study which aims to investigate how interpreter services are implemented/delivered in primary care in the UK for South Asian communities. My research interests are in health services research, quality of care, maternal and newborn health, and global health. 

Before joining QMUL, I worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine within 3 large maternal and newborn health research collaborations cumulatively involving >300 researchers/authors in >45 low-, middle- and high-income countries. I was also part of a Cancer Research UK funded-project at the University of Nottingham on views of UK health professionals on vaping during pregnancy and postpartum. I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research

Research Interests:

•    Health services research
•    Quality of care
•    Maternal and newborn health
•    Global health

Publications

•     Suárez- Idueta, L., Yargawa, J., Blencowe, H., Bradley, E., Okwaraji, YB., Pingray, V., Gibbons, L., Gordon, A., Warrilow, K., Paixao, ES., Falcão, IR., et al. (2023). Vulnerable newborn types: Analysis of population-based registries for 165 million births in 23 countries, 2000–2021. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 00, pp.1–15

•     Lawn, JE., Ohuma, EO., Bradley, E., Suárez- Idueta, L., Hazel, E., Okwaraji, YB., Erchick, DJ., Yargawa, J., Katz, J., Lee, ACC., Diaz, M., et al. (2023). Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting. Lancet, 401, pp. 1707–1719

•     Suárez- Idueta, L., Blencowe, H., Okwaraji, YB., Yargawa, J., Bradley, E., Gordon, A., Flenady, V., Paixao, ES., Barreto, ML., Lisonkova, S., Wen, Q., et al. (2023). Neonatal mortality risk for vulnerable newborn types in 15 countries using 125.5 million nationwide birth outcome records, 2000–2020. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 00, pp. 1–11

•     Yargawa, J., Hill, Z., Fottrell, E. (2022). Self-reported vomiting during pregnancy in Northern Nigeria: Perceptions, prevalence, severity and impacts. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22: 614, pp. 1-10

•     Yargawa, J., Fottrell, E., Hill, Z. (2021). Women’s perceptions and self-reports of excessive bleeding during and after delivery: findings from a mixed methods study in Northern Nigeria. BMJ Open, 0:e047711, pp. 1-10

•     Yargawa, J., Machiyama, K., Ponce Hardy, V., Enuameh, Y., Galiwango, E., Gelaye, K., Mahmud, K., Thysen, SM., Kadengye, DT., Gordeev, VS., Blencowe, H., Lawn, JE., Baschieri, A., Cleland, J., Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group. (2021). Pregnancy intention data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study. Population Health Metrics, 19 (Suppl 1):6, pp. 1-18  

•     Di Stefano, L., Bottecchia, M., Yargawa, J., Akuze, J., Haider, MM., Galiwango, E., Dzabeng, F., Fisker, AB., Geremew, BM., Cousens, S., Lawn, JE., Blencowe, H., Waiswa, P., Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group. (2021). Stillbirth maternity care measurement and associated factors in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study. Population Health Metrics, 19 (Suppl 1):11, pp. 1-16 

•     Haider, MM., Mahmud, K., Blencowe, H., Ahmed, T., Akuze, J., Cousens, S., Delwar, N., Fisker, AB., Ponce Hardy, V., Hasan, SMT., Imam, MA., Kajungu, D., Khan, MA., Martins, JSD., Nahar, Q., Nettey, OEA., Tesega, AK., Yargawa, J., Alam, N., Lawn, JE., Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group. (2021). Gestational age data completeness, quality and validity in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study. Population Health Metrics, 19 (Suppl 1):16, pp. 1-18

•     Kasasa, S., Natukwatsa, D., Galiwango, E., Nareeba, T., Gyezaho, C., Fisker, AB., Mengistu, MY., Dzabeng, F., Haider, MM., Yargawa, J., Akuze, J., Baschieri, A., Cappa, C., Jackson, D., Lawn, JE., Blencowe, H., Kajungu, D., Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group. (2021). Birth, stillbirth and death registration data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study. Population Health Metrics, 19 (Suppl 1):14, pp. 1-15

•     Tollman, SM., Byass, P., Waiswa, P., Blencowe, H., Yargawa, J., Lawn, JE. (2021). Count Every Newborn: EN-INDEPTH study to improve pregnancy outcome measurement in population-based surveys. Population Health Metrics, 19 (Suppl 1):5, pp. 1-7

•     Hunter, A., Yargawa, J., Notley, C., Ussher, M., Bobak, A., Murray, RL., Nath, S., Cooper, S. (2020).  Healthcare professionals' beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and behavior around vaping in pregnancy and postpartum: A qualitative study. Nicotine Tob Res, 23 (3), pp. 471-478

•     Yargawa, J. (2019). Maternal morbidity in Northern Nigeria: Perceptions, care-seeking and measurement within community settings. Doctoral thesis, Institute for Global Health, University College London

•     Yargawa, J., Fottrell, E., Hill, Z. (2018). Care-seeking for maternal morbidity in Northern Nigeria: A qualitative study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 125 (S1), pp. 145. Poster also presented at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists World Congress, Singapore, 21st-24th March, 2018 

•     Yargawa, J., Morrison, J., Fottrell, E., Hill, Z. (2016). Influence of lay networks on care-seeking for maternal morbidity in Northern Nigeria: Preliminary findings from a qualitative study. Poster presented at the Global Health Day, UCL Institute for Global Health, 18th April 2016

•     Bergstrom, A., Fottrell, E., Hopkins, H., Lloyd D., Stevenson, O., Willats, P., Yargawa, J., Byass, P. (2015). mHealth: Can mobile technology improve health in low-and-middle income countries? UCL Briefing Paper, UCL Public Policy

•     Yargawa, J., Leonardi-Bee, J. (2015). Male involvement and maternal health outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69, pp. 604- 612