Biography

Dr Maria Roura is Senior Lecturer in Public Health. She is a medical sociologist (PhD, 2002) with over two decades of experience teaching, supervising, and conducting research in diverse socio-cultural settings in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. With a specific focus on qualitative research, her work covers a broad spectrum of Public Health matters, including HIV, COVID-19, Tuberculosis, Zika, Chagas, the social determinants of health, sexual and reproductive health, gender violence, occupational health, water & sanitation, health systems, migrant/ethnic minority health, and nosocomial infections.Based overseas for ~10 years Maria returned to Europe in 2011 where she has continued to conduct research in the field of Global Health with a specific focus on trans-disciplinary and results-oriented monitoring approaches. She has contributed extensively to public health policy documents, including strategic planning reports, policy briefs, and qualitative assessments for the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Commission (EC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organisation for Migration, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The European Centre for Disease Control, the UK Department of International Development, the United Nations Development Program, UNWOMEN, the Irish Health Service Executive, and the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria. She has trained and coached field workers from numerous countries with partners from Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ukraine, Albania, Russia, Ireland, the UK, Italy, and the Netherlands. She recently assessed the EC response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan and conducted a qualitative study with senior EC officials to develop a concept note on the future strategic cooperation between the Directorate General for International Partnerships of the EC and WHO.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

Development of a pilot interprofessional education workshop for healthcare students and assessment of interprofessional collaborative competency attainment

Aoife Fleming;Carmel Buckley;Susan Kamal;Nora McCarthy;Caroline Dalton-O’Connor;Jennifer Daly;Maria Roura;Mairead Harding;Teresa Wills;Olivia Wall;HSE/UCC IPE Development Group;Rena Young; (2023) Development of a pilot interprofessional education workshop for healthcare students and assessment of interprofessional collaborative competency attainment. Journal of interprofessional care

2021

‘If relevant, yes; if not, no’: General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory

Maria Roura;Joseph LeMaster;Ailish Hannigan;Anna Papyan;Sharon McCarthy;Diane Nurse;Nazmy Villarroel;Anne MacFarlane; (2021) ‘If relevant, yes; if not, no’: General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory. Plos One

2021

‘You want to deal with power while riding on power’: global perspectives on power in participatory health research and co-production approaches

Beatrice Egid;María Roura;Bachera Aktar;Jessica Amegee Quach;Ivy Chumo;Sónia Dias;Guillermo Hegel;Laundette Jones;Robinson Karuga;Luret Lar;Yaimie López;Apurvakumar Pandya;Theresa C Norton;Payam Sheikhattari;Tara Tancred;Nina Wallerstein;Emily Zimmerman;Kim Ozano; (2021) ‘You want to deal with power while riding on power’: global perspectives on power in participatory health research and co-production approaches. Bmj Global Health

2021

'If relevant, yes; if not, no': General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory

Roura, M;LeMaster, JW;Hannigan, A;Papyan, A;McCarthy, S;Nurse, D;Villarroel, N;MacFarlane, A (2021) 'If relevant, yes; if not, no': General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory. SAN FRANCISCO : PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE Plos One

2015

A scoping review of cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants from high-incidence countries

Zammarchi, L.;Casadei, G.;Strohmeyer, M.;Bartalesi, F.;Liendo, C.;Matteelli, A.;Bonati, M.;Gotuzzo, E.;Bartoloni, A.;Pandolfini, C.;Severino, F.;Confalonieri, V.;Tognoni, G.;Bisoffi, Z.;Buonfrate, D.;Angheben, A.;Albonico, M.;Muñoz, J.;Requena-Mendez, A.;Roura, M.;Ventura, L.;Pool, R.;Pell, C.;Hardon, A.;Chiodini, P.;Moreira, J.;Anselmi, M.;Sempértegui, R.;Mena, M.A.;Garcia, H.H.;Bustos, J.;Santivañez, S.;Torrico, F.;Lozano, D.;Cabrera, T.H.;Morón, J.O.;AbaporiCuellar, I.;Suarez, J.A.;ChumirayRojas, G.;Nicoletti, A.;Bruno, E.; (2015) A scoping review of cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants from high-incidence countries. Bmc Health Services Research

2013

Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Latin America: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Bruno, E.;Bartoloni, A.;Zammarchi, L.;Strohmeyer, M.;Bartalesi, F.;Bustos, J.A.;Santivañez, S.;García, H.H.;Nicoletti, A.;Bonati, M.;Severino, F.;Confalonieri, V.;Pandolfini, C.;Bisoffi, Z.;Buonfrate, D.;Angheben, A.;Albonico, M.;Bartoloni, A.;Strohmeyer, M.;Bartalesi, F.;Muñoz, J.;Pool, R.;Requena-Mendez, A.;Roura, M.;Hardon, A.;Pell, C.;Chiodini, P.;Moreira, J.;Sempértegui, R.;Anselmi, M.;Gotuzzo, E.;Mena, M.A.;Garcia, H.H.;Bustos, J.;Torrico, F.;Lozano, D.;Rojas, G.C.;Cabrera, T.H.;Morón, J.O.;Cuellar, I.A.;Suarez, J.A.;Tognoni, G.;Nicoletti, A.;Bruno, E.;Caro, C.L.; (2013) Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Latin America: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases

2003

Comments on the article «Impact socio-économique de l'épidémie de sida en Afrique Subsaharienne sur les femmes et les enfants: Proposition d'un cadre conceptuel», with special reference to Central America [2]

Roura, M.; (2003) Comments on the article «Impact socio-économique de l'épidémie de sida en Afrique Subsaharienne sur les femmes et les enfants: Proposition d'un cadre conceptuel», with special reference to Central America [2]. Journal D'Economie Medicale

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2018

Developing a health care system level response to support the routine use of trained interpreters in the Irish healthcare system: A participatory, theoretically informed project

Puthoopparambil, S;Roura, M;Boyle, P;Silva, MD;Gleeson, C;Grogan, J;Kenny, M;Nurse, D;Phelan, M;Quilty, T;MacFarlane, A (2018) Developing a health care system level response to support the routine use of trained interpreters in the Irish healthcare system: A participatory, theoretically informed project. OXFORD : OXFORD UNIV PRESS European Journal Of Public Health :60-60