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Dr. Brynne Gilmore
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Psychology

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Finn M, Gilmore B, Sheaf G and Vallières F., What do we mean by individual capacity strengthening for primary health care in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic scoping review to improve conceptual clarity, Human Resources for Health, 19, (1), 2021, p5 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Atieno, B., Sheikh Hassan, S., Clarke, M., Mwangi, C., & Gilmore, B, SBC Programming and the Importance of Gender: Findings from a Gender Analysis within Community Conversations in Marsabit, Africa Social Behaviour Change Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, February 19-21, 2019, 2019 Oral Presentation, 2019

Ngetich, W., Nancy Mbae, Catherine Mwangi, Frédérique Vallières, Edwin Mbugua Maina, Brynne Gilmore, Screening practices and decision-making of mothers trained on MUAC measurements in Marsabit, Kenya, CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, October 14-16, 2019, 2019 Poster, 2019

Brynne Gilmore, Realist evaluations in low- and middle-income countries: reflections and recommendations from the experiences of a foreign researcher, BMJ Global Health, 4, (5), 2019 Journal Article, 2019 URL

Gilmore B., Yishak, Y, Sheikh Hassan, S.,Gahan, B., Cadogan, M. & Vallieres, F. , Community conversations for Gender Role Transformation, Global Health Exchange, Dublin, September 12, 2019 Oral Presentation, 2019

Power, J., Gilmore, B., Vallières, F., Toomey, E., Mannan, H. and McAuliffe, E. , Adapting Health Interventions for Local Fit when Scaling-up: A Realist Review Protocol. , BMJ Open, 9, (1), 2019, pe022084 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Gilmore, B., McAuliffe, E., Power, J. and Vallières, F., Data Analysis and Synthesis Within a Realist Evaluation: Toward More Transparent Methodological Approaches, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Heraty, L., Gilmore, B., Ngetich, W. & Mwangi, C., Mother's Capability, Opportunity and Motivation in MUAC Screening: Applying the COM-B Model to Explore Behaviour, Global Health Exchange, Dublin, 2019 Poster, 2019

Gilmore, B., Yishak, Y., Mutunga, N.Z., Maina, M.E., Omollo, W., Mugu, C., Gahan., Vallieres, F. , Innovation in Methodology - Thinking Outside the Black Box by Using Realist Evaluations to Study Social Behaviour Change Interventions, Africa Social & Behaviour Change Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, February 19-21, 2019, 2019 Oral Presentation, 2019

Vallières, F., Ceannt, R., Daccache, F., Abou Daher, R., Sleiman, J., Gilmore, B., Byrne, S., Shevlin, M., Murphy, J. and Hyland, P, ICD‐11 PTSD and complex PTSD amongst Syrian refugees in Lebanon: the factor structure and the clinical utility of the International Trauma Questionnaire, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 138, (6), 2018, p547 - 557 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Hyland, P., Ceannt, R., Daccache, F., Abou Daher, R., Sleiman, J., Gilmore, B., Shevlin, M., Murphy, J. and Vallières, F. , Are Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex- PTSD Distinguishable within a treatment seeking sample of Syrian Refugees Living in Lebanon?, Global Mental Health, 5, 2018, pe14- Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Gilmore, B., MacLachlan, M., McVeigh, J., McClean, C., Mannan, H., Carr, S., Duttine, A., Eide, A.H., McAuliffe, E. & Mji, G., A study of human resource competencies required to implement community rehabilitation in less resourced settings. , Human resources for health, 15, (1), 2017, p70 Journal Article, 2017 TARA - Full Text URL

McVeigh, J., MacLachlan, M., Gilmore, B., McClean, C., Eide, A. H., Mannan, H., Geiser, P., Duttine, A., Mji, G., McAuliffe, E., Sprunt, B., Amin, M., and Normand C, Promoting good policy related leadership and governance of health related rehabilitation: a realist synthesis, Globalization and Health, 12, (1), 2017, p49 Journal Article, 2017 URL TARA - Full Text

Muhumuza, J., Gilmore, B., Conteh, M., Dunne, N., Larkan, F., McAuliffe, E., Vallières, F. & Tumwesigye, N.M, ) Community Committees for Capacity Building: Lessons Learned from a Study in North Rukiga, Uganda, Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World, Health Systems Global, Vancouver Canada, November 14-18, 2016, 2016 Oral Presentation, 2016

Vallières, F., McAuliffe, E., Gilmore, B., Galligan, M., Bangura, A., and Walker, P, Understanding Volunteer Community Health Worker (CHW) Motivation: A longitudinal cohort study of CHWs in Bonthe District, Sierra Leone, Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World, Health Systems Global, Vancouver, Canada, November 14-18, 2016, 2016 Poster, 2016

Vallières, F., Cassidy, E.L., McAullife, E., Gilmore, B., Bangura, A. & Conteh, M, Can Sierra Leone maintain their Free Health Care Initiative? The case for greater contextualised interventions, BMC Health Services Research, 16, (1), 2016, p258 Journal Article, 2016 TARA - Full Text URL

Gilmore, Brynne, Ben Jack Adams, Alex Bartoloni, Bana Alhaydar, Eilish McAuliffe, Joanna Raven, Miriam Taegtmeyer, and Frédérique Vallières, Improving the performance of community health workers in humanitarian emergencies: a realist evaluation protocol for the PIECES programme, BMJ Open, 6, (8), 2016, pe011753 Journal Article, 2016 TARA - Full Text URL

Gilmore, B., Tumwesigye, N.M., Mollel, H., Conteh, M., Dunne, N., McAuliffe, E., Larkan, F. & Vallières, F. , How do community health committees build capacity for maternal and child health?: A realist evaluation in Uganda and Tanzania, Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World, Health Systems Global, Vancouver Canada, November 14-18, 2016, 2016 Oral Presentation, 2016

Gilmore, B., McAuliffe, E. Larkan, F, Conteh, M., Dunne, N.,Mollel, H., Tumwesigye, N.M.,Vallières, F , How do community health committees build capacity for maternal and child health?: A realist evaluation protocol, BMJ Open, 6, (11), 2016, pp.e011885 Journal Article, 2016 URL TARA - Full Text

Gilmore, B., Vallières, F., McAuliffe, E., Tumwesigye, N.M. & Muyambi, G, The last ones heard: the importance of an early stage formative evaluation for programme implementation, Implementation Science, 9, (1), 2014, p137 Journal Article, 2014 URL TARA - Full Text

Gilmore, B., Vallières, F., McAuliffe, E., Tumwesigye, N.M. & Muyambi, G. , Early stage formative evaluation for programme implementation for health systems strengthening, DSAI: Health, Gender and Equity in a Period of Global Crisis, Galway, Ireland, November, 2013 Oral Presentation, 2013

Gilmore, B. & McAuliffe, E, Effectiveness of community health workers delivering preventive interventions for maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review, BMC Public Health , 13, (1), 2013, p847 Journal Article, 2013 URL TARA - Full Text

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Brynne Gilmore, Academic and NGO partnerships for Maternal and Child Health, Sharing knowledge and lessons learned from Irish Aid funded Maternal and Child Health programmes, RCSI, Sept 12, 2017, Irish Forum for Global Health, World Vision Ireland, Concern Worldwide, Centre for Global health Invited Talk, 2017

Brynne Gilmore, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Low-Income Contexts, Women's Week, March 7, 2017 Invited Talk, 2017

Brynne Gilmore, How do community health committees build capacity for community health systems strengthening?: A realist evaluation in Uganda, 2017 Thesis, 2017

Brynne Gilmore, Community Health Committees (COMMs) for Community Capacity for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Global Health Community of Practice , Webinar, August 22, 2017, World Vision Invited Talk, 2017

van Bavel, B., Gilmore, B., Wilkinson, O, 'Student Guidelines for Ethical Fieldwork Overseas', 2016, - Protocol or guideline, 2016 TARA - Full Text URL

Conroy, N. & Gilmore, B, Child Mortality and the Sustainable Development Goals: a challenge and an opportunity, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 186, (2), 2016, p357 - 358 Journal Article, 2016 URL

Gilmore, B. van Bavel, B., Mroue, M., Jones, R., Duffy, CP., Rieger, K., Cantley, N., The Student Outreach Group: A model of Irish Universities' partnerships for global health, Partnerships for Health: The Irish Forum for Global Health Biennial Conference., Dublin, November , 2014 Oral Presentation, 2014

McClean, C., Gilmore, B., van Bavel, B., MacDonald, S., Muroe, M., Jones, R., Duffy, C, Annual Making Time Global Health Debate: Partnership Challenges and Opportunities, Partnerships for Health: The Irish Forum for Global Health Biennial Conference, Dublin, November, 2014 Poster, 2014

McVeigh, J., Gilmore, B. MacLachlan, M., Carr, S., Duttine, A., Mannan, H., McAuliffe, E., Mji, G., Eide, A.H., Hem, K., Neeru, G, . Recommendations for the health-rehabilitation in less-resourced settings: a realist review, 1st Annual CARES Conference, London, UK, October, 2014 Oral Presentation, 2014

Research Expertise

Projects

  • Title
    • Community Engagement for Social, Behavioural, Communication Change in Kenya
  • Summary
    • MSCA CoFUND Postdoctoral Fellow on the CAROLINE - "Collaborative Research Fellowships for a Responsive and Innovative Europe" programme, in collaboration with Concern Kenya, Concern Worldwide, the World Health Organisation, and the Centre for Global Health.
  • Funding Agency
    • Marie Skłodowska-Curie / Irish Research Council
  • Date From
    • 2017
  • Date To
    • 2020
  • Title
    • Validating the ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire for use with Syrian Refugees
  • Summary
    • The aim of this project is to validate the ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire for use with Syrian Refugees currently living in the Lebanon. We also seek to assess the acceptability of the scale, from the perspective of NGO-based psychotherapists. (PI: Dr. F. Vallières)
  • Funding Agency
    • Trinity College Dublin
  • Date From
    • 2015
  • Date To
    • 2017
  • Title
    • "What enhances community health worker performance in emergency contexts?" An exploratory study in Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon
  • Summary
    • Exploratory realist evaluation project with international NGO in Turkey/Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. Part of of international and multi-institutional (CGH, LSTM, IMC) team looking at community health workers for emergency health system responses.
  • Funding Agency
    • Wellcome Trust & DFID
  • Date From
    • 2015
  • Date To
    • 2016

Keywords

Child/Maternal Health; Community Health; Health systems research; Operations Research; PUBLIC HEALTH; REALIST EVALUATION; Realist Synthesis ; Strengthening health systems

Recognition

Representations

Irish Forum for Global Health, Board Member and Executive Management Committee 2015

Awards and Honours

Trinity College Dublin 1252 Postgraduate Research Studentship 2014

Marie-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2017

Memberships

Health Systems Global 2014 – -

Irish Forum for Global Health 2011 – -