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Zoe Matthews is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their primary research lies within the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Finance.

Their work covers a range of topics related to global health, particularly in maternal and child health, healthcare systems, and mental health. Specific topics addressed in their research include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Zoe Matthews has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers highlighting global maternal health and healthcare workforce issues. These include:

  • The State of the World's Midwifery 2021 report: findings to drive global policy and practice (2021), published in Human Resources for Health
  • Measuring the availability and geographical accessibility of maternal health services across sub-Saharan Africa (2020), published in BMC Medicine
  • Why do some health care providers disrespect and abuse women during childbirth in India? (2021), published in Women and Birth
  • The impacts of soy production on multi-dimensional well-being and ecosystem services: A systematic review (2021), published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Health workforce demography: a framework to improve understanding of the health workforce and support achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (2020), published in Human Resources for Health

Frequently, Matthews publishes in venues such as Human Resources for Health, BMC Health Services Research, Women and Birth, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, and Sustainable Development. These journals reflect their multidisciplinary interests within global health and development contexts.

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Matthews' research activities. Frequent co-authors include Andrew J. Tatem, Kristine Nilsen, Kaveri Mayra, Victor A. Alegana, and Corrine W. Ruktanonchai, indicating involvement in networked research efforts in health and population studies.

Best Publications

  • The World Health Report 2005 - make every mother and child count

    Wim Van Lerberghe;Annick Manuel;Zoë Matthews;Wolfheim Cathy

  • Going to scale with professional skilled care

    Marge Koblinsky;Marge Koblinsky;Zoë Matthews;Julia Hussein;Dileep Mavalankar

  • Improvement of maternal and newborn health through midwifery

    Petra ten Hoope-Bender;Luc de Bernis;James Campbell;Soo Downe

  • Quality maternity care for every woman, everywhere: a call to action

    Marjorie Koblinsky;Cheryl A Moyer;Clara Calvert;James Campbell

  • Maternal mortality in adolescents compared with women of other ages: Evidence from 144 countries

    Andrea Nove;Zoë Matthews;Sarah Neal;Alma Virginia Camacho

  • Childbearing in adolescents aged 12–15 years in low resource countries: a neglected issue. New estimates from demographic and household surveys in 42 countries

    Sarah Neal;Zoë Matthews;Melanie Frost;Helga Fogstad

  • Country experience with strengthening of health systems and deployment of midwives in countries with high maternal mortality

    Wim Van Lerberghe;Zoe Matthews;Endang Achadi;Chiara Ancona

  • Examining the "urban advantage" in maternal health care in developing countries.

    Zoe Matthews;Andrew A.R. Channon;Sarah Neal;David Osrin

  • Community factors affecting rising caesarean section rates in developing countries: an analysis of six countries.

    Tiziana Leone;Sabu S. Padmadas;Zoë Matthews

  • A framework for the evaluation of quality of care in maternity services

    Louise Hulton;Zoe Matthews;R. William Stones

  • Impact and determinants of sex preference in Nepal.

    Tiziana Leone;Zoe Matthews;Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna

  • Applying a framework for assessing the quality of maternal health services in urban India.

    Louise Anne Hulton;Zoë Matthews;Robert William Stones

  • Geographical access to care at birth in Ghana: a barrier to safe motherhood

    Peter W Gething;Fiifi Amoako Johnson;Faustina Frempong-Ainguah;Faustina Frempong-Ainguah;Philomena Nyarko;Philomena Nyarko

  • Soil salinity, household wealth and food insecurity in tropical deltas: evidence from south-west coast of Bangladesh.

    Sylvia Szabo;Md. Sarwar Hossain;W. Neil Adger;Zoe Matthews

  • Heterogeneity of child nutritional status between households: A comparison of six sub-Saharan African countries

    Nyovani J. Madise;Zoë Matthews;Barrie Margetts

  • Population dynamics, delta vulnerability and environmental change: comparison of the Mekong, Ganges–Brahmaputra and Amazon delta regions

    Sylvia Szabo;Eduardo Brondizio;Fabrice G. Renaud;Scott Hetrick

  • Gender, family, and the nutritional status of children in three culturally contrasting states of India

    Paula Griffiths;Zoë Matthews;Andrew Hinde

  • Agricultural livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh under climate and environmental change – a model framework

    Attila N Lázár;Derek Clarke;Helen Adams;Abdur Razzaque Akanda

  • The state of the world's midwifery 2011: delivering health, saving lives.

    Petra ten Hoope-Bender;James Campbell;Vincent Fauveau;Zoë Matthews

  • Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Use of Postnatal Care in India

    Abhishek Singh;Sabu S. Padmadas;Udaya S. Mishra;Saseendran Pallikadavath

  • A tale of two continents: a multilevel comparison of the determinants of child nutritional status from selected African and Indian regions.

    Paula Griffiths;Nyovani Madise;Alison Whitworth;Zoë Matthews

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Fabrice G. Renaud
Fabrice G. Renaud University of Glasgow
John A. Dearing
John A. Dearing University of Southampton
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou University of California, Irvine
Nyovani Madise
Nyovani Madise University of Southampton
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Jane Falkingham
Jane Falkingham University of Southampton
Paula L. Griffiths
Paula L. Griffiths Loughborough University
Rob Stephenson
Rob Stephenson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joy E Lawn
Joy E Lawn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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