Journal Articles
* Represents work by student or recent graduate
2021
52. Plesons, M., Patkar, A., Babb, J., Balapitiya, A., Carson, F., Caruso, B.A., Franco, M., Hansen, M.M., Haver, J., Jahangir, A., Kabiru, C.W., Kisangala, E., Phillips-Howard, P., Sharma, A., Sommer, M., & Chandra-Mouli, V. (2021). The state of adolescent menstrual health in low-and middle-income countries and suggestions for future action and research. Reproductive Health, 18(1), 1-13.
51. Sommer, M., Caruso, B. A., Torondel, B., Warren, E. C., Yamakoshi, B., Haver, J., Long, J., Mahon, T., Nalinponguit, E., Okwaro, N., & Phillips-Howard, P. A. (2021). Menstrual hygiene management in schools: midway progress update on the “MHM in Ten” 2014–2024 global agenda. Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1), 1-14.2020
2020
50. Freeman, M.C., Ellis, A., Ogutu, E.A., Caruso, B.A., Linabarger, M., Micek, K., Muga, R., Webb-Girard, A., Wodnik, B.K., Kimberly Jacob Arriola. (2020). Impact of a demand-side integrated WASH and nutrition community-based care group intervention on behaviour change: a randomized-controlled trial. BMJ Global Health.
49. Arriola, K. R. J., Ellis, A., Webb-Girard, A., Ogutu, E. A., McClintic, E., Caruso, B., & Freeman, M. C. (2020). Designing integrated interventions to improve nutrition and WASH behaviors in Kenya. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1), 10.
48. Lane, C., Khatua, S., & Caruso, B. (2020). The use of behavioural-science informed interventions to promote latrine use in rural India: a synthesis of findings.
47. Freeman, M. C., & Caruso, B. A. (2020). Comment on “Global Access to Handwashing: Implications for COVID-19 Control in Low-Income Countries”. Environmental Health Perspectives, 128(9), 098001.
46. Ellis, A., McClintic, E. E., Awino, E. O., Caruso, B. A., Arriola, K. R., Ventura, S. G., ... & Muga, R. (2020). Practices and Perspectives on Latrine Use, Child Feces Disposal, and Clean Play Environments in Western Kenya. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102(5), 1094-1103.
45. Caruso, B. A., & Freeman, M. C. (2020). Shared sanitation and the spread of COVID-19: risks and next steps. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(5), e173.
44. Bauza, V., Majorin, F., Routray, P., Sclar, G. D., Caruso, B. A., & Clasen, T. (2020). Child feces management practices and fecal contamination: A cross-sectional study in rural Odisha, India. Science of The Total Environment, 709, 136169.
43. *De Shay, R., Comeau, D. L., Sclar, G. D., Routray, P., & Caruso, B. A. (2020). Community Perceptions of a Multilevel Sanitation Behavior Change Intervention in Rural Odisha, India. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(12), 4472.
42. Caruso, B. A., *Portela, G., *McManus, S., & Clasen, T. (2020). Assessing Women’s Menstruation Concerns and Experiences in Rural India: Development and Validation of a Menstrual Insecurity Measure. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(10), 3468.
2019
41. Bauza, V., Majorin, F., Routray, P., Sclar, G. D., Caruso, B. A., & Clasen, T. (Accepted). Child feces management practices and fecal contamination: a cross-sectional study in rural Odisha, India. Science of the Total Environment.
40. Caruso B.A. & Sinharoy, S.S. (2019). Gender data gaps represent missed opportunities in WASH. The Lancet Global Health, 7(12), e1617.
39. Walker, E. R., Lang, D. L., Caruso, B. A., & Salas-Hernández, L. (2019). Role of team dynamics in the learning process: a mixed-methods evaluation of a modified team-based learning approach in a behavioral research methods course. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 1-17.
38. *MacRae, E.R., Clasen, T., Daspohapatra, M., & Caruso, B.A. (2019) ‘It’s like a burden on the head’: Redefining Adequate Menstrual Hygiene Management Throughout Women’s Life Course in Odisha, India. PLoS One, 14(8), e0220114.
37. Delea, M.G., Snyder, J.S., Belew, M., Caruso, B.A., Garn, J.S., Sclar, G.D., Woreta, M., Zewudi, K., Gebremariam, A., & Freeman, M.C. (2019). Design of a parallel cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of a demand-side sanitation and hygiene intervention on sustained behavior change and mental well-being in rural and peri-urban Amhara, Ethiopia: Andilaye study protocol. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 801.
36. Caruso B.A., Sommer, M., Phillips-Howard, P. A. (2019). All of women’s health needs are worthy of attention. The Lancet, 393(10186), 2119.
35. Caruso, B.A., Sclar, G.D., Routray, P., Majorin, F., Nagel, C., & Clasen, T. (2019). A cluster-randomised multi-level intervention to increase latrine use and safe disposal of child feces in rural Odisha, India: the Sundara Grama research protocol. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 322.
34. Sinharoy, S.S. & Caruso B.A. (2019). On ‘World Water Day’ and Everyday, Gender Equality and Empowerment Require Attention. The Lancet Planetary Health.
2018
33. Haver, J., Long, J., Caruso B.A., & Dreibelbis, R.D. (2018). New directions for assessing MHM in Schools: a bottom-up approach to measuring program success. Studies in Social Justice, 12 (2): 372-381.
32. Caruso, B.A., Ellis, A., Sclar, G., Girod, C., Penakalapati, G., Sahin, M., & Cavill, S. (2018). Building qualitative research capacity among teams of interdisciplinary collaborators around the globe: Process and lessons learned from a 14-country e-course. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. doi.org/10.1177/2373379918811983
31. Delea, M.G., Sclar, G.D., Woreta, M., Haardoerfer, R., Nagel, C.L., Caruso, B.A., Dreibelbis, R., Gobezayehu A.G., Clasen, T.F., & Fremman, M.C. (2018). Collective efficacy: Development and validation of a measurement scale for use in public health and development programmes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10), 2139.
30. Sclar, G.D., Penakalapati, G., Caruso, B. A., Rehfuess, E. A., Garn, J. V., Alexander, K. T., Freeman, M.C., Boisson, S., Medlicott, K. & Clasen, T. (2018). Exploring the Relationship Between Sanitation and Well-being: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. Social Science & Medicine.
29. *Wodnick, B.K., Freeman, M.C., Ellis, A.S., Ogutu, E.A., Webb-Girard A., & Caruso, B.A. (2018). Development and Application of Novel Caregiver Hygiene Behavior Measures Relating to Food Preparation, Handwashing, and Play Environments in Rural Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(9), 1994.
28. Wilson, E., Haver, J., Torondel, B., Rubli, J., & Caruso, B. A. (2018). Dismantling menstrual taboos to overcome gender inequality. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2(8), e17.
27. Caruso, B. A., Cooper, H. L., Haardörfer, R., Hadley, C., Yount, K. M., Routray, P., Torondel, B., & Clasen, T. (2018). Women’s sanitation experiences are associated with their mental health: A quantitative cross sectional study in Rural, Odisha India. SSM – Population Health.
2017
26. Baker, K. K., Padhi, B., Torondel, B., Das, P., Dutta, A., Sahoo, K. C., Das, B., Dreibelbis, R., Caruso, B.A., Freeman, M.C., Sager, L., & Panigrahi, P. (2017). From Menarche to Menopause: A Population-Based Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Risk Factors for Reproductive Tract Infection Symptoms over Life stages in Girls and Women in India. PLoS One.
25. Caruso, B. A., Clasen, T., Hadley, C., Yount, K., Haardöerfer, R., Rout, M., Daspohapatra, M., & Cooper, H.L.F. (2017). Understanding and defining sanitation insecurity: women’s gendered experiences of urination, defecation and menstruation in rural Odisha, India. BMJ Global Health, 2(4), e000414.
24. *Girod, C., Ellis, A., Andes, K., Freeman, M.C. & Caruso B.A. (2017) Physical, social, and political inequities constraining girls’ menstrual management at schools in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Urban Health, 1-12.
23. Sommer, M., Phillips-Howard, P. A., Mahon, T., Zients, S., Jones, M., & Caruso, B. A. (2017). Beyond menstrual hygiene: addressing vaginal bleeding throughout the life course in low and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 2(2), e000405.
22. Caruso, B. A., Clasen, T., Yount, K. M., Cooper, H. L., Hadley, C., & Haardörfer, R. (2017). Assessing Women’s Negative Sanitation Experiences and Concerns: The Development of a Novel Sanitation Insecurity Measure. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(7), 755. *Featured cover story: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/7.
21. 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. (2017). 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, 7(3), e012719.
2016
20. 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
19. *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.
18. *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.
17. 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.
16. 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.
2015
15. 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.
14. 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.
13. 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.
12. *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.
10. 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
2014
9. 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.
8. 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. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 4(4), 642-653. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2014.028
7. 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
6. 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
2001-2013
5. 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
4. 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
3. 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
2. 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
1. 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.