Dr Julie Hennegan

Hennegan, Julie (2020). Interventions to Improve menstrual health in low- and middle-income countries: do we know what works?. The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies. (pp. 637-652) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_47

Wuresah, Israel, Klutse, Priscilla, Mantey, Sarah Odi, Agorinya, Isaiah, Hennegan, Julie and Gbogbo, Sitsofe (2025). Adolescent boys’ sociocultural beliefs and attitudes toward menstruation in selected high schools in Ghana: Mediation and moderation effect of knowledge. PLOS Global Public Health, 5 (6), e0004354-6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004354

Habito, Marie, Kennedy, Elissa, Gnim, Chandara, Heak, Morina, Phon, Vutha, Akiyama, Maki, Binder, Gerda, Bell, Stephen, Azzopardi, Peter and Hennegan, Julie (2025). Unpacking diverse pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Cambodia: qualitative research with girls in rural, peri-urban, and urban settings. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 7 100518, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100518

Nurunnahar, Syeda, Akter, Nazrin, Jahan, Farjana, Haque, Rehnuma, Hennegan, Julie and Mahfuz, Mehjabin Tishan (2025). Taking menstruation health and hygiene seriously: a qualitative exploration of the challenges and facility requirements of female adolescent athletes in Bangladesh. BMC Women's Health, 25 (1) 250, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12905-025-03800-5

Gbogbo, Sitsofe, Axame, Wisdom Kudzo, Wuresah, Israel, Gbogbo, Emmanuel, Klutse, Priscilla, Hayibor, Fred, Kugbey, Nuworza, Imakando, Mercy Monde, Doku, Victor Christian Korley, Hennegan, Julie, Baiden, Frank E, Binka, Fred and Danso-Appiah, Anthony (2025). Menstrual health needs and educational outcomes among adolescent girls living in countries in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review protocol. BMJ Open , 15 (5) e094613, e094613. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094613

Gbogbo, Sitsofe, Wuresah, Israel, Axame, Wisdom, Klutse, Priscilla, Gbogbo, Emmanuel, Dowou, Robert Kokou, Mantey, Sarah Odi, Ayitey, Sarah Abena Yeome, Boateng, Ishmael, Nelson, Paramount Eli, Kugbey, Nuworza, Doku, Victor Christian Korley, Hennegan, Julie, Baiden, Frank E. and Binka, Fred N. (2025). Menstrual blood and ritual beliefs: a qualitative study on menstrual health and hygiene practices among senior high school girls in Volta Region, Ghana. Reproductive Health, 22 (1) 69, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12978-025-02024-y

Suttor, Heather, Yamayanti, Kadek Putri, Astiti, Ni Luh Eka Purni, Dewi, Tungga, Chenhall, Richard D., Ansariadi, Ansariadi and Hennegan, Julie (2025). Seeking and encountering online information for menstrual health: a qualitative study among adolescent schoolgirls in Gianyar Regency and Denpasar City, Bali, Indonesia. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 32 (1) 2445936. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2024.2445936

Head, Alexandra, Lim, Megan S.C., Orozco, Ana, Dunstan, Laura, Kirwan, Amy and Hennegan, Julie (2025). “Basically, my answer is, there needs to be options!” Recommendations for the delivery of free menstrual products to the public: A qualitative exploration among marginalised groups in Victoria, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 49 (1) 100219, 100219. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100219

Hennegan, Julie, Orozco, Ana, Head, Alexandra, Marino, Jennifer L., Jayasinghe, Yasmin and Lim, Megan S. C. (2024). Menstrual cup acceptability and functionality in real‐world use: a cross‐sectional survey of young people in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13910

Hennegan, Julie, Hasan, Md Tanvir, Jalil, Tasfiyah, Hunter, Erin C, Head, Alexandra, Jabbar, Abdul, Mohosin, Arifa Bente, Zoha, Nigar Sultana, Alam, Muhammad Khairul, Dunstan, Laura, Akter, Sabina, Zaman, Afreen, Kaiser, Adrita, Smith, Calum, Bagala, Lillian and Azzopardi, Peter S (2024). Menstrual Practice Needs Scale short form (MPNS-SF) and rapid (MPNS-R): development in Khulna, Bangladesh, and validation in cross-sectional surveys from Bangladesh and Uganda. BMJ Open, 14 (7) e084581, e084581. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084581

Head, Alexandra, Huggett, Chelsea, Chea, Pisey, Yamakoshi, Brooke, Suttor, Heather and Hennegan, Julie (2024). Systematic review of the effectiveness of menstrual health interventions in low- and middle-income countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 20 100295, 100295. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100295

Plesons, Marina, Torondel, Belen, Caruso, Bethany A., Hennegan, Julie, Sommer, Marni, Haver, Jacquelyn, Keiser, Danielle, van Eijk, Anna M., Zulaika, Garazi, Mason, Linda and Phillips-Howard, Penelope A. (2023). Research priorities for improving menstrual health across the life-course in low- and middle-income countries. Global Health Action, 16 (1). doi: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2279396

Borg, Sarah A., Bukenya, Justine N., Kibira, Simon P. S., Nakamya, Petranilla, Makumbi, Fredrick E., Exum, Natalie G., Schwab, Kellogg J. and Hennegan, Julie (2023). The association between menstrual hygiene, workplace sanitation practices and self-reported urogenital symptoms in a cross-sectional survey of women working in Mukono District, Uganda. PLOS ONE, 18 (7) e0288942, e0288942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288942

Azzopardi, Peter S., Kerr, Jessica A., Francis, Kate L., Sawyer, Susan M., Kennedy, Elissa Clare, Steer, Andrew C., Graham, Stephen Michael, Viner, Russell M., Ward, Joseph L., Hennegan, Julie, Pham, Minh, Habito, Christine Marie D., Kurji, Jaameeta, Cini, Karly, Beeson, James G., Brown, Alex, Murray, Christopher J. L., Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abolhassani, Hassan, Adekanmbi, Victor, Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika, Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Ajami, Marjan, Akbarialiabad, Hossein, Akbarzadeh-Khiavi, Mostafa, AL-Ahdal, Tareq Mohammed Ali, Ali, Musa Mohammed, Samakkhah, Shohreh Alian, Alimohamadi, Yousef ... Patton, George C. (2023). The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases among children and adolescents before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet, 402 (10398), 313-335. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00860-7

Hennegan, Julie, Bukenya, Justine N., Makumbi, Fredrick E., Nakamya, Petranilla, Exum, Natalie G., Schwab, Kellogg J. and Kibira, Simon P. S. (2022). Menstrual health challenges in the workplace and consequences for women’s work and wellbeing: a cross-sectional survey in Mukono, Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health, 2 (7) e0000589, e0000589. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000589

Hennegan, Julie, Bukenya, Justine N, Kibira, Simon P S, Nakamya, Petranilla, Makumbi, Fredrick E, Exum, Natalie G and Schwab, Kellogg J (2022). Revalidation and adaptation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS) in a cross-sectional survey to measure the menstrual experiences of adult women working in Mukono District, Uganda. BMJ Open, 12 (7) e057662, e057662. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057662

Barrington, Dani Jennifer, Robinson, Hannah Jayne, Wilson, Emily and Hennegan, Julie (2021). Experiences of menstruation in high income countries: a systematic review, qualitative evidence synthesis and comparison to low- and middle-income countries. PLoS One, 16 (7) e0255001, e0255001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255001

Ritchie, Tirritpa, Purcell, Tara, Westhead, Seth, Wenitong, Mark, Cadet-James, Yvonne, Brown, Alex, Kirkham, Renae, Neville, Johanna, Saleh, Clara, Brown, Ngiare, Kennedy, Elissa C., Hennegan, Julie, Pearson, Odette and Azzopardi, Peter S. (2021). Enablers and barriers to primary healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents: study protocol for participatory mixed-methods research that builds on WHO global standards. BMJ Open, 11 (4) e046459, e046459-4. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046459

Hennegan, Julie, OlaOlorun, Funmilola M., Oumarou, Sani, Alzouma, Souleymane, Guiella, Georges, Omoluabi, Elizabeth and Schwab, Kellogg J. (2021). School and work absenteeism due to menstruation in three West African countries: findings from PMA2020 surveys. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 29 (1), 409-424. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2021.1915940

Sommer, Marni, Torondel, Belen, Hennegan, Julie, Phillips-Howard, Penelope A., Mahon, Thérèse, Motivans, Albert, Zulaika, Garazi, Gruer, Caitlin, Haver, Jacquelyn, Caruso, Bethany A. and Monitoring Menstrual Health and Hygiene Group (2021). How addressing menstrual health and hygiene may enable progress across the Sustainable Development Goals. Global Health Action, 14 (1). doi: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1920315

Hennegan, Julie, Winkler, Inga T., Bobel, Chris, Keiser, Danielle, Hampton, Janie, Larsson, Gerda, Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman, Plesons, Marina and Mahon, Thérèse (2021). Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 29 (1), 31-38. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2021.1911618

Hennegan, Julie, Kibira, Simon P S, Exum, Natalie G, Schwab, Kellogg J, Makumbi, Fredrick E and Bukenya, Justine (2020). ‘I do what a woman should do’: a grounded theory study of women’s menstrual experiences at work in Mukono District, Uganda. BMJ Global Health, 5 (11) e003433, e003433. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003433

Hennegan, Julie, Nansubuga, Agnes, Akullo, Agnes, Smith, Calum and Schwab, Kellogg J. (2020). The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ): development, elaboration, and implications for future research. Global Health Action, 13 (1). doi: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1829402

Hennegan, Julie, Brooks, Deborah Jordan, Schwab, Kellogg J. and Melendez-Torres, G. J. (2020). Measurement in the study of menstrual health and hygiene: a systematic review and audit. PLOS ONE, 15 (6) e0232935, e0232935. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232935

Smith, Annie D., Muli, Alfred, Schwab, Kellogg J. and Hennegan, Julie (2020). National monitoring for menstrual health and hygiene: is the type of menstrual material used indicative of needs across 10 countries?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (8), 2633-8. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082633

Shannon, Alexandra K., Melendez-Torres, G. J. and Hennegan, Julie (2020). How do women and girls experience menstrual health interventions in low- and middle-income countries? Insights from a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 23 (5), 624-643. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1718758

Hennegan, Julie, Nansubuga, Agnes, Smith, Calum, Redshaw, Maggie, Akullo, Agnes and Schwab, Kellogg J (2020). Measuring menstrual hygiene experience: development and validation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36) in Soroti, Uganda. BMJ Open, 10 (2) e034461, e034461. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034461

Hennegan, Julie and Sol, Lidwien (2020). Confidence to manage menstruation at home and at school: findings from a cross-sectional survey of schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 22 (2), 146-165. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1580768

Krusz, Emily, Hall, Nina, Barrington, Dani J., Creamer, Sandra, Anders, Wendy, King, Minnie, Martin, Helen and Hennegan, Julie (2019). Menstrual health and hygiene among Indigenous Australian girls and women: barriers and opportunities. BMC Women's Health, 19 (1) 146, 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0846-7

Hennegan, Julie (2019). Inserting informed choice into global menstrual product use and provision. The Lancet Public Health, 4 (8), e361-e362. doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30126-4

Dolan, Catherine, Gordon, Claire, Steinfield, Laurel and Hennegan, Julie (2019). Logics of affordability and worth: Gendered consumption in rural Uganda. Economic Anthropology, 7 (1), 93-107. doi: 10.1002/sea2.12157

Hennegan, Julie, Shannon, Alexandra K., Rubli, Jennifer, Schwab, Kellogg J. and Melendez-Torres, G. J. (2019). Women’s and girls’ experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis. PLOS Medicine, 16 (5) e1002803, 1-40. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002803

Hennegan, Julie, Tsui, Amy O. and Sommer, Marni (2019). Missed opportunities: menstruation matters for family planning. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 45, 55-45. doi: 10.1363/45e7919

Phillips-Howard, Penelope A., Hennegan, Julie, Weiss, Helen A., Hytti, Laura and Sommer, Marni (2018). Inclusion of menstrual health in sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 2 (8), e18-e18. doi: 10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30204-9

Hennegan, Julie, Zimmerman, Linnea, Shannon, Alexandra K., Exum, Natalie G., OlaOlorun, Funmilola, Omoluabi, Elizabeth and Schwab, Kellogg J. (2018). The relationship between household sanitation and women’s experience of menstrual hygiene: findings from a cross-sectional survey in Kaduna State, Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (5) 905, 905. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15050905

Hennegan, Julie M., Henderson, Jane and Redshaw, Maggie (2018). Is partners’ mental health and well-being affected by holding the baby after stillbirth? Mothers’ accounts from a national survey. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 36 (2), 120-131. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1424325

Hennegan, Julie, Shannon, Alexandra K., Schwab, Kellogg J. and On behalf of PMA2020 investigators (2018). Wealthy, urban, educated. Who is represented in population surveys of women’s menstrual hygiene management?. Reproductive Health Matters, 26 (52), 81-91. doi: 10.1080/09688080.2018.1484220

Hennegan, Julie M. (2017). Menstrual hygiene management and human rights: the case for an evidence-based approach. Women's Reproductive Health, 4 (3), 212-231. doi: 10.1080/23293691.2017.1388720

Hennegan, Julie, Torondel, Belen, Phillips-Howard, Penelope A, Sommer, Marni and Montgomery, Paul (2017). Time to talk about menstruation: a response. The Lancet, 390 (10097), 845-846. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31950-5

Hennegan, Julie, Dolan, Catherine, Steinfield, Laurel and Montgomery, Paul (2017). A qualitative understanding of the effects of reusable sanitary pads and puberty education: implications for future research and practice. Reproductive Health, 14 (1) 78. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0339-9

Maxwell, Aimee L., Loxton, Natalie J. and Hennegan, Julie M. (2017). Exposure to food cues moderates the indirect effect of reward sensitivity and external eating via implicit eating expectancies. Appetite, 111, 135-141. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.037

Montgomery, Paul, Hennegan, Julie, Dolan, Catherine, Wu, Maryalice, Steinfield, Laurel and Scott, Linda (2016). Menstruation and the cycle of poverty: a cluster quasi-randomised control trial of sanitary pad and puberty education provision in Uganda. PLOS ONE, 11 (12) e0166122, 1-26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166122

Hennegan, Julie, Dolan, Catherine, Wu, Maryalice, Scott, Linda and Montgomery, Paul (2016). Schoolgirls’ experience and appraisal of menstrual absorbents in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional evaluation of reusable sanitary pads. Reproductive Health, 13 (1) 143. doi: 10.1186/s12978-016-0260-7

Hennegan, Julie, Dolan, Catherine, Wu, Maryalice, Scott, Linda and Montgomery, Paul (2016). Measuring the prevalence and impact of poor menstrual hygiene management: a quantitative survey of schoolgirls in rural Uganda. BMJ Open, 6 (12) e012596, e012596. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012596

Hennegan, Julie and Montgomery, Paul (2016). Do menstrual hygiene management interventions improve education and psychosocial outcomes for women and girls in low and middle income countries? a systematic review. PLOS ONE, 11 (2) e0146985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146985

Hennegan, Julie M., Henderson, Jane and Redshaw, Maggie (2015). Contact with the baby following stillbirth and parental mental health and well-being: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 5 (11) e008616. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008616

Hennegan, Julie, Redshaw, Maggie and Kruske, Sue (2015). Another country, another language and a new baby: a quantitative study of the postnatal experiences of migrant women in Australia. Women and Birth, 28 (4), e124-e133. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.001

Hennegan, Julie, Kruske, Sue and Redshaw, Maggie (2014). Remote access and care: a comparison of Queensland women's maternity care experience according to area of residence. Women and Birth, 27 (4), 281-291. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.06.012

Hennegan, Julie, Redshaw, Maggie and Miller, Yvette (2014). Born in another country: women's experience of labour and birth in Queensland, Australia. Women and Birth, 27 (2), 91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.02.002

Redshaw, Maggie, Hennegan, Julie and Kruske, Sue (2014). Holding the baby: early mother-infant contact after childbirth and outcomes. Midwifery, 30 (5), E177-E187. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.02.003

Redshaw, Maggie, Miller, Yvette D. and Hennegan, Julie (2014). Young women's experiences as consumers of maternity care in Queensland. Birth, 41 (1), 56-63. doi: 10.1111/birt.12084

Hennegan, Julie M., Loxton, Natalie J. and Mattar, Ameerah (2013). Great expectations. Eating expectancies as mediators of reinforcement sensitivity and eating. Appetite, 71, 81-88. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.07.013

Redshaw, Maggie, Hennegan, Julie and Miller, Yvette (2013). Young women's recent experience of labour and birth care in Queensland. Midwifery, 30 (7), 810-816. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.018

Redshaw, M., Hennegan, J. M. and Henderson, J. (2016). P117 The impact of holding the baby following stillbirth on maternal mental health and wellbeing: findings from a national survey. Society for Social Medicine, 60th Annual Scientific Meeting, York, United Kingdom, 14 - 16 September 2016. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208064.214

Montgomery, P., Hennegan, J. M., Dolan, C., Wu, M. and Scott, L. (2016). OP47 Menstruation and the cycle of poverty: a cluster quasi-randomised control trial of sanitary pad and puberty education provision in Uganda. Society for Social Medicine, 60th Annual Scientific Meeting, York, United Kingdom, 14 - 16 September 2016. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208064.47

Hennegan, J. M., Henderson, J. and Redshaw, M. (2015). OP38 Contact with the baby after stillbirth and parental mental health and wellbeing: a systematic review. ociety for Social Medicine 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 2 - 4 September 2015. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206256.37

Hennegan, J. M. and Montgomery, P. (2015). OP39 Do menstruation management interventions improve education and psychosocial outcomes for women and girls in low and middle income countries? a systematic review. Society for Social Medicine 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 2 - 4 September 2015. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206256.38

Hennegan, Julie, Redshaw, Maggie and Miller, Yvette (2013). Born in another country: women's experience of labour and birth in Queensland, Australia. 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Unknown, Unknown. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Loxton, N. J., Hennegan, J. and Mattar, A. P. (2011). Eating for pleasure or to reduce pain? Eating expectancies as mediators of reinforcement sensitivity and over-eating. 2011 International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Conference, London, United Kingdom, 25-28 July 2011.

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