Helen (Lenny) Buxton

Research Interests

My area of research is the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities. My PhD is focused on how to measure quality of life, and what that measurement can tell us about which factors impact on a person’s quality of life. My primary supervisor is Vaso Totsika, and my secondary is Manuel Gomes. My research aligns with a human rights approach to disability and I am committed to participatory research methods and co-production. My PhD is in partnership with the charity Mencap where I have worked since 2019. Prior to this I was a Research Assistant in the Environmental Health Group at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2016-2019).

Publications and Achievements

Nalule, Y., Buxton, H., Ir, P., Leang, S., Macintyre, A., Pors, P., Samol, C. and Dreibelbis, R., 2021. Hand Hygiene During Facility-Based Childbirth in Cambodia: A Theory-Driven, Mixed-Methods Observational Study.

Bick, S., Buxton, H., Chase, R.P., Ross, I., Adriano, Z., Capone, D., Knee, J., Brown, J., Nalá, R., Cumming, O. and Dreibelbis, R., 2021. Using Path Analysis to Test Theory of Change: A Quantitative Process Evaluation of the MapSan Trial.

Duijster, D., Buxton, H., Benzian, H., Dimaisip-Nabuab, J., Monse, B., Volgenant, C. and Dreibelbis, R., 2020. Impact of a school-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme on children’s independent handwashing and toothbrushing habits: a cluster-randomised trial. International journal of public health, 65(9), pp.1699-1709.

Nalule, Y., Buxton, H., Flynn, E., Oluyinka, O., Sara, S., Cumming, O. and Dreibelbis, R., 2020. Hygiene along the continuum of care in the early post-natal period: an observational study in Nigeria. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 20(1), pp.1-11.

Capone, D., Buxton, H., Cumming, O., Dreibelbis, R., Knee, J., Nalá, R., Ross, I. and Brown, J., 2020. Impact of a intervention to improve pit latrine emptying practices in low income urban neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 226, p.113480.

Buxton, H., Dimaisip-Nabuab, J., Duijster, D., Monse, B., Benzian, H. and Dreibelbis, R., 2019. The impact of an operation and management intervention on toilet usability in schools in the Philippines: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC public health, 19(1), pp.1-11.

Buxton, H., Flynn, E., Oluyinka, O., Cumming, O., Mills, J.E., Shiras, T., Sara, S. and Dreibelbis, R., 2019. Barriers and opportunities experienced by staff when implementing infection prevention and control guidelines during labour and delivery in healthcare facilities in Nigeria. Journal of Hospital Infection, 103(4), pp.428-434.

Curtis, V., Dreibelbis, R., Buxton, H., Izang, N., Adekunle, D. and Aunger, R., 2019. Behaviour settings theory applied to domestic water use in Nigeria: A new conceptual tool for the study of routine behaviour. Social Science & Medicine, 235, p.112398.

Buxton, H., Flynn, E., Oluyinka, O., Cumming, O., Esteves Mills, J., Shiras, T., Sara, S. and Dreibelbis, R., 2019. Hygiene during childbirth: an observational study to understand infection risk in healthcare facilities in Kogi and Ebonyi States, Nigeria. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(7), p.1301.

Helen (Lenny) Buxton

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