Susan Dierickx

Research output

Research output per year 2013 2015 2016 2019 2021 2022 2024

• 25 A1: Web of Science-article
• 2 Conference abstract in journal
• 1 Review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  'It's about time': policymakers' and health practitioners' perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system: policymakers' and health practitioners' perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system

  Afferri, A., Dierickx, S., Allen, H., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., 2024, In: BMC Health Services Research. 24, 11 p., 2882.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Policy action points and approaches to promote fertility care in The Gambia: Findings from a mixed-methods study

  Afferri, A., Dierickx, S., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Pacey, AA. & Balen, J., 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 5, 15 p., e0301700.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gambia 100%
  • Reproductive Health 45%
  • Infertility 27%
  • Management Information Systems 14%
  • Health Care Sector 12%
• 2023

  Wikitropica: access to inclusive and equitable quality education on tropical medicine (HITIHE consortium)

  HITIHE Consortium, 2023, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 28, S1, p. 48-48 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• 2022

  Availability of services for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility in The Gambia`s public and private health facilities: a cross-sectional survey

  Afferri, A., Allen, H., Dierickx, S., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research. 22, 1, 11 p., 1127.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Private Facilities 100%
  • Gambia 97%
  • Health Facilities 70%
  • Infertility 61%
  • public health 48%
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• Barriers and facilitators for the inclusion of fertility care in reproductive health policies in Africa: a qualitative evidence synthesis

  Afferri, A., Allen, H., Booth, A., Dierickx, S., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., Sept-2022, In: Human reproduction update. p. 1-10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• Barriers and facilitators for the inclusion of fertility care in reproductive health policies in Africa: a qualitative evidence synthesis

  Afferri, A., Allen, H., Booth, A., Dierickx, S., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., 28-Feb-2022, In: Human reproduction update. 28, 2, p. 190-199 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review

  • Reproductive Health 100%
  • Infertility 65%
  • Checklist 13%
  • MEDLINE 12%
  • Health Personnel 12%

• 'With the kanyaleng and the help of god, you don't feel ashamed': women experiencing infertility in Casamance, Senegal

  Dierickx, S., 2022, In: Culture, Health & Sexuality. 24, 2, p. 268-283 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Senegal 100%
  • god 90%
  • Infertility 77%
  • structural violence 11%
  • Marriage 10%
• 2021

  In pursuit of a cure: the plural therapeutic landscape of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in Cameroon - a mixed methods study

  Ronse, M., Irani, J., Gryseels, C., Smekens, T., Ekukole, S., Teh Monteh, C., Tatah Ntaimah, P., Dierickx, S., Verdonck, K., Colebunders, R., Njamnshi, A. K., O'Neill, S. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2021, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15, 2, 26 p., e0009206.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • epilepsy 100%
  • Cameroon 94%
  • Ivermectin 59%
  • community treatment 35%
  • drug 18%
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• Men and infertility in The Gambia: Limited biomedical knowledge and awareness discourage male involvement and exacerbate gender-based impacts of infertility

  Dierickx, S., Oruko, K. O., Clarke, E., Ceesay, S., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 11, 12 p., e0260084.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Gambia 100%
  • Infertility 63%
  • Western Africa 17%
  • Male Infertility 15%
  • Masculinity 9%
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• The Nairobi summit and reproductive justice: unmet needs for people with infertility

  Dierickx, S., De Proost, M., Huang, A. Y., Ceesay, S., Clarke, E. & Balen, J., 2021, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104, 3, p. 812-813 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Infertility 100%
  • Global Health 35%
  • Community Integration 27%
  • Reproductive Health Services 26%
  • Volition 23%
  13 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Mass drug administration with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and malaria transmission dynamics in The Gambia: a prospective cohort study

  Mwesigwa, J., Achan, J., Affara, M., Wathuo, M., Worwui, A., Mohammed, N. I., Kanuteh, F., Prom, A., Dierickx, S., di Tanna, G. L., Nwakanma, D., Bousema, T., Drakeley, C., Van Geertruyden, J. P. & D'Alessandro, U., 2019, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 69, 2, p. 278-286 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • piperaquine 100%
  • dihydroartemisinin 92%
  • Gambia 90%
  • Incidence 21%
  • Infections 10%
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• The fertile grounds of reproductive activism in The Gambia: A qualitative study of local key stakeholders' understandings and heterogeneous actions related to infertility

  Dierickx, S., Coene, G., Evans, M., Balen, J. & Longman, C., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 12, 18 p., e0226079.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Gambia 100%
  • Infertility 63%
  • Organizations 15%
  • Health Personnel 7%
  • Western Africa 5%
  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Transnational Solidarity with Which Muslim Women? The Case of the My Stealthy Freedom and World Hijab Day Campaigns

  Rahbari, L., Dierickx, S., Coene, G. & Longman, C., 2019, In: Politics and Gender. 17, 1, 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

• 'We are always desperate and will try anything to conceive': the convoluted and dynamic process of health seeking among women with infertility in the West Coast Region of The Gambia

  Dierickx, S., Balen, J., Longman, C., Rahbari, L., Clarke, E., Jarju, B. & Coene, G., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 1, 20 p., e0211634.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Gambia 100%
  • Infertility 63%
  • Information Storage and Retrieval 10%
  • Interviews 7%
  • Exercise 7%
  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Women with infertility complying with and resisting polygyny: an explorative qualitative study in urban Gambia

  Dierickx, S., Coene, G., Jarju, B. & Longman, C., 2019, In: Reproductive Health. 16, 11 p., 103.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Gambia 100%
  • Marriage 78%
  • Infertility 63%
  • Women's Rights 8%
  • Divorce 8%
  9 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Community sensitization and decision-making for trial participation: a mixed-methods study from The Gambia

  Dierickx, S., O'Neill, S., Gryseels, C., Immaculate Anyango, E., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Okebe, J., Mwesigwa, J., Jaiteh, F., Gerrets, R., Ravinetto, R., D'Alessandro, U. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2018, In: Developing World Bioethics. 18, 4, p. 406-419 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Gambia 100%
  • sensitization 89%
  • decision making 43%
  • participation 35%
  • Informed Consent Process 16%
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• Fear and rumours regarding placental biopsies in a malaria-in-pregnancy trial in Benin

  Compaoré, A., Dierickx, S., Jaiteh, F., Nahum, A., Bohissou, T. F. E., Tinto, H., Scott, S., D'Alessandro, U., Schallig, H. & Grietens, K. P., 2018, In: Malaria Journal. 17, 1, 8 p., 425.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Placenta 100%
  • Gambia 52%
  • Organizations 14%
  • Observation 12%
  • Interviews 11%
  40 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Evaluation of malaria screening during pregnancy with rapid diagnostic tests performed by community health workers in Burkina Faso

  Ruizendaal, E., Schallig, H. D. F. H., Scott, S., Traore-Coulibaly, M., Bradley, J., Lompo, P., Natama, H. M., Traore, O., Valea, I., Dierickx, S., Drabo, K. M., Pagnoni, F., d' Alessandro, U., Tinto, H. & Mens, P. F., 2017, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97, 4, p. 1190-1197 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  • Community Health Workers 100%
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests 72%
  • pyrimethamine drug combination fanasil 17%
  • Confidence Intervals 15%
  • Health Facilities 13%

• How rumours of 'placentas sellers' led to the decline of a malaria in pregnancy trial in Benin: an ethnographic study

  Compaore, A., Dierickx, S., Jaiteh, F., Nahum, A., D'Alessandro, U., Shallig, H., Halidou, T. & Grietens, P., 2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, p. 345-345 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal

• 2016

  Factors associated with non-participation and non-adherence in directly observed mass drug administration for malaria in the Gambia

  Dierickx, S., Gryseels, C., Mwesigwa, J., O'Neill, S., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Ronse, M., Jaiteh, F., Gerrets, R., D'Alessandro, U. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 2, 12 p., e0148627.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Gambia 100%
  • piperaquine 22%
  • dihydroartemisinin 20%
  • Observation 9%
  • Interviews 9%
  54 Downloads (Pure)

• 'Some anti-malarials are too strong for your body, they will harm you.' Socio-cultural factors influencing pregnant women's adherence to anti-malarial treatment in rural Gambia

  Jaiteh, F., Dierickx, S., Gryseels, C., O'Neill, S., D'Alessandro, U., Scott, S., Balen, J. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2016, In: Malaria Journal. 15, 7 p., 195.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Gambia 100%
  • Mothers 10%
  • Rivers 10%
  • Occupational Groups 6%
  • Observation 6%
  55 Downloads (Pure)

• The importance of blood is infinite: conceptions of blood as life force, rumours and fear of trial participation in a Fulani village in rural Gambia

  O'Neill, S., Dierickx, S., Okebe, J., Dabira, E., Gryseels, C., d'Alessandro, U. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 8, 13 p., e0160464.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Gambia 100%
  • piperaquine 15%
  • dihydroartemisinin 14%
  • Observation 6%
  • Interviews 6%
  57 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Characterizing types of human mobility to inform differential and targeted malaria elimination strategies in northeast Cambodia

  Peeters Grietens, K., Gryseels, C., Dierickx, S., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Trienekens, S., Uk, S., Phoeuk, P., Suon, S., Set, S., Gerrets, R., Hoibak, S., Muela Ribera, J., Hausmann-Muela, S., Tho, S., Durnez, L., Sluydts, V., D'Alessandro, U., Coosemans, M. & Erhart, A., 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 5, p. 16837

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Farmers 100%
  • Farms 98%
  • Interviews 56%
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• Foul wind, spirits and witchcraft: illness conceptions and health-seeking behaviour for malaria in the Gambia

  O'Neill, S., Gryseels, C., Dierickx, S., Mwesigwa, J., Okebe, J., D'Alessandro, U. & Peeters, K., 2015, In: Malaria Journal. 14, p. 167 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Witchcraft 100%
  • Gambia 86%
  • Rivers 16%
  • Parasites 10%
  • Focus Groups 6%
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• High mobility and low use of malaria preventive measures among the Jarai male youth along the Cambodian-Vietnamese border

  Gryseels, C., Peeters, K., Dierickx, S., Xuan, X. N., Uk, S., Bannister-Tyrrell, M., Trienekens, S., Ribera, J. M., Hausmann-Muela, S., Gerrets, R., D'Alessandro, U., Sochantha, T., Coosemans, M. & Erhart, A., 2015, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93, 4, p. 810-818

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Vietnam 100%
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• 2014

  Doctors and vampires in sub-Saharan Africa: ethical challenges in clinical trial research

  Peeters, K., Ribera, J. M., Erhart, A., Hoibak, S., Ravinetto, R., Gryseels, C., Dierickx, S., O'Neill, S., Muela, S. H. & D'Alessandro, U., 2014, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91, 2, p. 213-215 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Legendary Creatures 100%
  • Africa South of the Sahara 61%
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• Success or failure of critical steps in community case management of malaria with rapid diagnostic tests: a systematic review

  Ruizendaal, E., Dierickx, S., Peeters Grietens, K., Schallig, H. D. F. H., Pagnoni, F. & Mens, P. F., 2014, In: Malaria Journal. 13, p. 229 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • systematic review 100%
  • Case Management 83%
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests 72%
  • Systematic Reviews 56%
  • Community Health Workers 53%
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• 2013

  Could the decision of trial participation precede the informed consent process? Evidence from Burkina Faso

  Paré Toe, L., Ravinetto, R. M., Dierickx, S., Gryseels, C., Tinto, H., Rouamba, N., Diallo, I., Cissao, Y., Bayala, K., Hausmann, S., Muela, J., D'Alessandro, U. & Peeters Grietens, K., 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 11, p. e80800

  Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

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  • Health Services Accessibility 100%
  • Parents 94%
  • Community Participation 52%
  • Vulnerable Populations 43%
  • Income 34%
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