PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Palermo T, Logan-Greene P, Lima SM, Grooms K, Lillvis D. Systematic review of the impacts of US Social Safety Nets on child maltreatment. American Journal of Preventive Medicine (in press).
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Cirillo C, Palermo T, Viola F. (2024). Non-contributory Social Protection and Adolescents in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries: A review of government programmes and impacts. Oxford Development Studies (in press).
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Prencipe L, Houweling T, van Lenthe F, Kajula L, Palermo T. (2023). Climate distress, climate sensitive risk factors, and mental health among Tanzanian youth: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Planetary Health, 7(11): E877-887.
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Rogers K, Kajula L, Kilonzo MN, Palermo T, Ranganathan M, Collins RL, Livingston JA, Yamanis T. (2024). ‘You are looked upon as a luxury tool’: Young Tanzanian women’s perception of community norms supporting partner violence during transactional sex (kudanga). Culture, Health and Sexuality (in press).Rogers K, Ranganathan M, Kajula L, Collins RL, Livingston JA, Palermo T, On Behalf of the Tanzania Adolescent Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2023). “The Influence of Gender Equitable Attitudes on Sexual Behavior Among Unmarried Adolescents in Rural Tanzania.” Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (in press).
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Zuilkowski SS, LaPointe S, Kihanzah H, Marwerwe G, Prencipe L, Kajula L, Palermo T. Economic vulnerabilities, mental health, and coping strategies among Tanzanian adolescents during COVID-19. BMC Public Health, 24(577). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18074-z
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Lima SM, Ren X, Mu L, Ochs-Balcom HM, Palermo T. (2023). Food Insecurity, Telomere Length and the Potential Modifying Effects of Social Support in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Public Health Nutrition, 26(12). doi:10.1017/S1368980023002008.
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Maara J, Cirillo C, Prencipe L, Angeles G, Lima SG, Palermo T. (2023). Impacts of cash transfers on self-perceived stress in Africa: a multi-country study. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732300068X
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Mussa EC, Palermo T, Angeles G, Otchere, F, on behalf of the ISNP Evaluation Team. (2023). Impact of community-based health insurance on health services utilisation among vulnerable households in Amhara region, Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research, 23(55). https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-09024-3
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Ranganathan M, Quinones S, Palermo T, Gilbert U, Kajula L, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2022). Transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a cash plus intervention in rural Tanzania: a mixed-methods study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25: e26038. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26038
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Quiñones S*, Palermo T, Gavrilovic M, Vinci V, Otchere F, Chanie Mussa E, on behalf of the ISNP Evaluation Team. “Knowledge of and access to frontline workers among poor, rural households in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study.” BMC Public Health, 22: 2179. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14594-8
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Mussa EC, Palermo T, Angeles G, Otchere, F, on behalf of the ISNP Evaluation Team. Enrolment in Community-Based Health Insurance, Health Services Utilization, and Health Outcomes in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research (in press).
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Otieno P*, Quiñones S*, Angeles G, Novignon J, van Halsema V, Palermo T. Health services availability and readiness moderate cash transfer impacts on health insurance enrolment: Evidence from the LEAP 1000 cash transfer program in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 599. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-022-07964-w
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Novignon J*, Prencipe L*, Molotsky A, de Groot R, Adamba C, Palermo T. (2022). The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health seeking behavior in Africa: Evidence from Ghana, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Health Policy and Planning, 37(5): 607–623. PMID: 35157775. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czac014
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Prencipe L*, Houweling TAJ, van Lenthe F, Kajula L, Palermo T, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2022). “Impacts of a cash plus program on adolescent mental health.” American Journal of Epidemiology (in press).
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Waidler J, Gilbert U, Mulokozi A, Palermo T, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2022). “Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Evidence from a cluster randomized control trial of a multi-component intervention layered onto a national social protection programme on sexual behavior and health seeking among Tanzania’s youth.” Studies in Family Planning, 53(2): 233-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12190
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Barrington C, Peterman A, de Miliano M, Akaligaung A, Palermo T, Aborigo R. (2022). ‘Poverty can break a home’: Unpacking mechanisms and program design factors linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114521. PMID: 34750015. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114521
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Peterman A, Valli E, Palermo T, On Behalf of the LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2022). “Government Anti-Poverty Programming and Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana.” Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70(2). https://doi.org/10.1086/713767
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Palermo T, Prencipe L*, Kajula L, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2021). “Government implemented cash plus model reduces violence experiences and perpetration among adolescents in Tanzania.” American Journal of Public Health, 111(12): 2227-2238. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306509
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Yoo EH, Palermo T, Maluka S. (2021). “Geostatistical Linkage of National Demographic and Health Survey Data: A Case Study of Tanzania.” Population Health Metrics, 19: 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00273-0
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Mussa EC, Otchere, F, Vinci V, Reshad A, Palermo T, on behalf of the ISNP Evaluation Team. (2021). Enrolment, linkages, and gaps in Ethiopian Community-Based Health Insurance: a cross-sectional study. Social Science & Medicine, 286: 114312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114312
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Prencipe L*, Houweling TAJ, van Lenthe F, Palermo T, Kajula L. (2021). Exploring multilevel social determinants of depressive symptoms for Tanzanian adolescents: evidence from a cross-sectional study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (online ahead of print). https://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/28/jech-2020-216200.full
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Prencipe L*, Houweling TAJ, van Lenthe F, Palermo T, on behalf of the PSSN evaluation team. (2021). “Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Mental Health? Evidence From Tanzania’s Governmental Social Protection Program.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(5): 797-805. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X21002305
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Quiñones S*, Palermo T, Mnyawami Lukongo T, Luchemba P, Mitti R, Devries K, de Groot R, Khurshid A, Kuper H, on behalf of the Tanzania Adolescent Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2021). “Disability status and multi-dimensional personal well-being among adolescents in the Southern Highlands Region of Tanzania: results of a cross-sectional study.” BMJ Open, 11: e0444077. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044077
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Chzhen Y, Prencipe L*, Eetaama F, Luchemba P, Lukongo T, Palermo T, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2021). Impacts of a Cash Plus Intervention on Gender Attitudes among Tanzanian Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(5): 899-905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.07.025
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Palermo T, Balvin N, Chzhen Y, Kajula L, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2020). Examining Determinants of Gender Attitudes: Evidence among Tanzanian adolescents. BMC Women’s Health, 20: 195. PMID: 32912210 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01057-8
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Kidman R, Waidler J, Palermo T, on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2020). “Uptake of HIV testing among adolescents associated with adolescent-friendly services in Tanzania.” BMC Health Services Research 2020. 20:881. PMID: 32943066. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-020-05731-3
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Palermo T, Cirillo C, Hall B, on behalf of the LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team, the PSSN Youth Study Evaluation Team, and the Tanzania Adolescent Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2020). Enhanced Life Distress Inventory: development and validation in two African countries.” British Journal of Health Psychology (25): 728-753. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjhp.12448
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Palermo T, Valli E, Angeles G, Barrington C, Adamba C, Spadafora T, On Behalf of the LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2019). “Impacts of a social protection program paired with fee waivers on enrolment in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme.” BMJ Open, 9(11). https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e028726.full
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Hall B, Garabiles M, de Hoop J, Prencipe L, Pereira A, Palermo T. (2019). “Perspectives of adolescent and young adults on poverty related stressors: A qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania.” BMJ Open, 9(10). https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e027047.abstract
*Mentored student/fellow