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Peter Rockers, MPH, ScD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Global Health

DSc, Harvard University
MPH, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
BS, University of Illinois

Websites

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ORCID : 0000-0002-2198-127X

Dr. Rockers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, where he is also the Director of the Global Health Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation certificate program. His research is primarily concerned with evaluating the impacts of health system strengthening interventions and policies in low- and middle-income countries using experimental methods. He is particularly interested in interventions that aim to improve early childhood development outcomes in high poverty settings. Dr. Rockers is currently Co-Principal Investigator for a large cluster-randomized trial in South Africa evaluating the feasibility and impact of an innovative package of early childhood interventions delivered by community health workers. Dr. Rockers is involved in several projects focused on access to medicines. He is Co-Principle Investigator for a project developing a framework for evaluating pharmaceutical industry-led access to medicines programs. He is also Co-Investigator for a cluster-randomized trial in Kenya evaluating the impact of a medicine access program on the availability and price of NCD medicines.

BU Research

Harmonizing Industry Reporting on Access
10/19/2023 - 08/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Peter Rockers, MPH, ScD
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

World Health Organization (WHO) Global NCD Reporting Mechanism
01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Peter Rockers, MPH, ScD
World Health Organization

World Health Organization (WHO) Global NCD Reporting Mechanism
05/22/2023 - 12/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Peter Rockers, MPH, ScD
World Health Organization

Dialogue on Measurement of Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Access - SOW #4
07/01/2022 - 12/31/2023 (PI)
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations

The Impact of Growth Charts and Nutritional Supplements on Child Growth in Zambia: A Randomized Controlled Trial (ZamCharts)
05/01/2021 - 09/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Innovations For Poverty Action A Nonprofit Corporation SAS-P Fdn (Sint Ant)

Metrics for UCB’s new Epilepsy Patients Reach (EPR) Mumbai Pilot
01/01/2022 - 06/30/2023 (Multi-PI)
PI: Peter Rockers, MPH, ScD
The King Baudouin Foundation

IFPMA Metrics, Tracking and Evaluation Proposal: SOW3
10/01/2019 - 04/01/2023 (PI)
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations

Impact of Home-Based Growth Charts on Child Linear Growth in Indonesia
05/01/2020 - 12/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Australia D Frgn Aff

Child Nutrition, Systemic Inflammation, and Cognitive Development in South Africa
09/09/2019 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5R03HD099439-02

Amgen Access Metrics (Work Order #1)
05/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 (Multi-PI)
PI: Peter Rockers, MPH, ScD
Amgen, Inc.

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Locks LM, Chembe M, Bilima-Mulenga T, Lauer JM, Sizakawe D, Henderson S, Rockers PC, Parkerson D, Fink G. Predictors of stunting and pathway analysis for linear growth among children 2-3 years of age after a trial of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and home-installed growth charts in three districts in Zambia. J Nutr. 2024 Nov 12.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39542400

Fink G, Melero-Dominguez M, Chembe M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Billima T, Paul R, Alegria M, Parkerson D, Rockers PC, Banda Z, Lungu G, Sikazwe D, Falgas-Bague I. Feasibility and acceptability of the Problem Management for Moms programme for improving maternal mental health in Zambia: an open-label trial. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 05. PMID: 39515361

Moolla A, Coetzee L, Mongwenyana C, Robertson A, Marincowitz G, Zuckerman M, Günther F, Hamer DH, Yousafzai A, Rockers PC, Evans D. Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024 Oct 18; 16(1):e1-e10.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39501857; PMCID: PMC11538337; DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4412;

Hoffman R, Phiri K, Kalande P, Whitehead H, Moses A, Rockers PC, Tseng CH, Talama G, Banda JC, van Oosterhout JJ, Phiri S, Moucheraud C. Preferences for Hypertension Care in Malawi: A Discrete Choice Experiment Among People Living with Hypertension, With and Without HIV. AIDS Behav. 2024 Sep 13. PMID: 39269593

Kuhfeldt KJ, Kaiser JL, Morgan AJ, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Chirwa B, Scott NA. Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Nov 06; 111(5):1118-1126.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Kuhfeldt, Kayla
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39191235; PMCID: PMC11542508; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0005;

Fink G, Locks LM, Lauer JM, Chembe M, Henderson S, Sikazwe D, Billima-Mulenga T, Parkerson D, Rockers PC. The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Aug 16; 9(8).View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39153751; PMCID: PMC11331861; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015438;

Tarullo AR, Evans D, Coetzee L, Lopera-Perez DC, Brady SP, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Fink G, Hamer DH, Yousafzai AK, Rockers PC. Neonatal Physical Growth Predicts Electroencephalography Power in Rural South African Children. Brain Sci. 2024 May 29; 14(6).View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 38928552; PMCID: PMC11201818; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14060552;

Weisman K, Ghossainy ME, Williams AJ, Payir A, Lesage KA, Reyes-Jaquez B, Amin TG, Anggoro FK, Burdett ERR, Chen EE, Coetzee L, Coley JD, Dahl A, Dautel JB, Davis HE, Davis EL, Diesendruck G, Evans D, Feeney A, Gurven M, Jee BD, Kramer HJ, Kushnir T, Kyriakopoulou N, McAuliffe K, McLaughlin A, Nichols S, Nicolopoulou A, Rockers PC, Shneidman L, Skopeliti I, Srinivasan M, Tarullo AR, Taylor LK, Yu Y, Yucel M, Zhao X, Corriveau KH, Richert RA. The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0292755.View Related Profiles.

Payir, Ayse
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 38457421; PMCID: PMC10923471; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292755;

Koya SF, Ganesh S, Selvaraj S, Wirtz VJ, Galea S, Rockers PC. Determinants of private-sector antibiotic consumption in India: findings from a quasi-experimental fixed-effects regression analysis using cross-sectional time-series data, 2011-2019. Sci Rep. 2024 Feb 29; 14(1):5052.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 38424115; PMCID: PMC10904839; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54250-2;

Fink G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Rockers PC, Parkerson D. Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia. Popul Health Metr. 2024 Jan 31; 22(1):2. PMID: 38297266; PMCID: PMC10829329; DOI: 10.1186/s12963-024-00322-4;

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Falgas-Bague I, Melero-Dominguez M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Chembe M, Lubozha T, Paul R, Parkerson D, Rockers PC, Sikazwe D, Fink G. Testing the feasibility, acceptability, and exploring trends on efficacy of the problem management plus for moms: Protocol of a pilot randomized control trial. PLoS One. 2024; 19(1):e0287269. PMID: 38181004; PMCID: PMC10769019; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287269;

Rockers PC, Kiragu ZW, Onyango MA, Laing RO, Wirtz VJ. Willingness to pay brand premiums for generic medicines in Kenya: A bidding game experiment. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2023 Sep; 38(5):1453-1463.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 37337315

Kaiser JL, Hamer DH, Juntunen A, Ngoma T, Fink G, Schueler J, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. COVID-19 Knowledge and Prevention Behaviors in Rural Zambia: A Qualitative Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Jul 05; 109(1):76-89.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 37253445; PMCID: PMC10323997; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0604;

Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Rockers PC, Fink G, Juntunen A, Hamer DH, Chirwa B, Scott NA. A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Use of a Locally Developed Children's Book to Increase Shared Reading and Parent-Child Interactions in Rural Zambia. Ann Glob Health. 2023; 89(1):28.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 37124937; PMCID: PMC10143943; DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3920;

Rockers PC, Leppänen JM, Tarullo A, Coetzee L, Fink G, Hamer DH, Yousafzai AK, Evans D. Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2023 Apr; 20(4):e1004222.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 37058529; PMCID: PMC10146459; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004222;

Juntunen A, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Ngoma T, Mataka KK, Bwalya M, Sakanga V, Kalaba D, Biemba G, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Long LC. A cost description of the setup costs of community-owned maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(4):e0000340.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Long, Lawrence
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 37022997; PMCID: PMC10079123; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000340;

Killion JP, Silverman DT, Evans D, Coetzee L, Tarullo AR, Hamer DH, Rockers PC. Vaccination coverage at seven months of age in Limpopo Province, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey. Glob Health Promot. 2023; 30:42-52.

Falgas-Bague I, Thembo T, Kaiser JL, Hamer DH, Scott NA, Ngoma T, Paul R, Juntunen A, Rockers PC, Fink G. Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-evidence from Zambia. PLoS One. 2023; 18(2):e0281091.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 36735688; PMCID: PMC9897519; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281091;

Rockers PC, Zuilkowski SS, Fink G. Childhood adversity and educational attainment: Evidence from Zambia on the role of personality. Front Psychol. 2023; 14:995343. PMID: 36777195; PMCID: PMC9912843; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.995343;

Juntunen A, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. Lessons from a Year of COVID-19 in Zambia: Reported Attendance and Mask Wearing at Large Gatherings in Rural Communities. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Feb 01; 108(2):384-393.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 36509059; PMCID: PMC9896318; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0460;

Heerdegen ACS, Cellini CM, Wirtz VJ, Rockers PC. Digital Health Technologies Applied by the Pharmaceutical Industry to Improve Access to Noncommunicable Disease Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2022 Oct 31; 10(5).View Related Profiles.

Heerdegen, Anne
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 36316151; PMCID: PMC9622287; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00072;

Fazaludeen Koya S, Ganesh S, Selvaraj S, Wirtz VJ, Galea S, Rockers PC. Antibiotic consumption in India: geographical variations and temporal changes between 2011 and 2019. JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2022 Oct; 4(5):dlac112.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 36320447; PMCID: PMC9596537; DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac112;

Lee HE, Veliz PT, Maffioli EM, Munro-Kramer ML, Sakala I, Chiboola NM, Ngoma T, Kaiser JL, Rockers PC, Scott NA, Lori JR. The role of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) in improving community-level household wealth, financial preparedness for birth, and utilization of reproductive health services in rural Zambia: a secondary analysis. BMC Public Health. 2022 Sep 12; 22(1):1724.View Related Profiles.

Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 36096779; PMCID: PMC9465910; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14121-9;

Fong RM, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Vian T, Bwalya M, Sakanga VR, Lori JR, Kuhfeldt KJ, Musonda G, Munro-Kramer M, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Ahmed Mdluli E, Biemba G, Scott NA. Barriers and facilitators to facility-based delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative study of women's perceptions after implementation of an improved maternity waiting homes intervention. BMJ Open. 2022 Jul 25; 12(7):e058512.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Kuhfeldt, Kayla
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 35879007; PMCID: PMC9328096; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058512;

Koya SF, Ganesh S, Selvaraj S, Wirtz VJ, Galea S, Rockers PC. Consumption of systemic antibiotics in India in 2019. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2022 Sep; 4:100025.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 37383993; PMCID: PMC10305917; DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2022.100025;

Vian T, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Juntunen A, Mataka KK, Bwalya M, Sakanga VIR, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Scott NA. Planning for Maternity Waiting Home Bed Capacity: Lessons from Rural Zambia. Ann Glob Health. 2022; 88(1):37.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 35651969; PMCID: PMC9138814; DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3691;

Kiragu ZW, Rockers PC, Onyango MA, Mungai J, Mboya J, Laing R, Wirtz VJ. Household access to non-communicable disease medicines during universal health care roll-out in Kenya: A time series analysis. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0266715.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 35443014; PMCID: PMC9020677; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266715;

Smith-Sreen J, Heerdegen ACS, Wirtz VJ, Kulkarni P, Machado M, Rockers PC. Commercial and Social Value of Pharmaceutical Industry-led Access Programs: Conceptual Framework and Descriptive Analysis. Health Syst Reform. 2022 Jan 01; 8(1):e2057831.View Related Profiles.

Heerdegen, Anne
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 35583505

Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, McGlasson KL, Henry EG, Munro-Kramer ML, Biemba G, Bwalya M, Sakanga VR, Musonda G, Hamer DH, Boyd CJ, Bonawitz R, Vian T, Kruk ME, Fong RM, Chastain PS, Mataka K, Ahmed Mdluli E, Veliz P, Lori JR, Rockers PC. If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 12; 6(12).View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Henry, Elizabeth
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter
Bonawitz, Rachael

PMID: 34876457; PMCID: PMC8655557; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385;

Wirtz VJ, Servan-Mori E, Mungai J, Mboya J, Rockers PC, Onyango MA, Kiragu ZW, Laing R. Probability and amount of medicines expenditure according to health insurance status in Kenya: A household survey in eight counties. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 Mar; 37(2):725-733.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 34674309; PMCID: PMC9298347; DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3368;

Silverman DT, Killion JP, Evans D, Coetzee L, Rockers PC, Hamer DH. Postpartum Mental Health in Rural South Africa: Socioeconomic Stressors and Worsening Mental Health. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Feb; 26(2):434-440.View Related Profiles.

Silverman, David
Hamer, Davidson
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 34665355

Fontanet CP, Kaiser JL, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Lori JR, Biemba G, Munro-Kramer M, Sakala I, McGlasson KL, Vian T, Hamer DH, Rockers PC, Scott NA. Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Delivery for Maternity Waiting Home Users and Non-users in Rural Zambia. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022 Aug 01; 11(8):1542-1549.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 34273929; PMCID: PMC9808339; DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.61;

Lori JR, Munro-Kramer ML, Liu H, McGlasson KL, Zhang X, Lee H, Ngoma T, Kaiser JL, Bwalya M, Musonda G, Sakala I, Perosky JE, Fong RM, Boyd CJ, Chastain P, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Vian T, Bonawitz R, Lockhart N, Scott NA. Increasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi-experimental study. BJOG. 2021 10; 128(11):1804-1812.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter
Bonawitz, Rachael

PMID: 33993600; PMCID: PMC8518771; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16755;

Ashigbie PG, Rockers PC, Laing RO, Cabral HJ, Onyango MA, Mboya J, Arends D, Wirtz VJ. Phone-based monitoring to evaluate health policy and program implementation in Kenya. Health Policy Plan. 2021 May 17; 36(4):444-453.View Related Profiles.

Cabral, Howard
Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 33724372; PMCID: PMC8128015; DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czab029;

Ng G, Raskin E, Wirtz VJ, Banks KP, Laing RO, Kiragu ZW, Rockers PC, Onyango MA. Coping with access barriers to non-communicable disease medicines: qualitative patient interviews in eight counties in Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 May 03; 21(1):417.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 33941177; PMCID: PMC8094552; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06433-0;

Chitre I, Rede A, Mboya J, Wirtz VJ, Rockers PC, Laing RO. Association between risk factors and mortality in patients with non-communicable diseases in eight Kenyan counties: an observational cohort study. East African Medical Journal. 2021; 98(1).

Ashigbie PG, Rockers PC, Laing RO, Cabral HJ, Onyango MA, Buleti JPL, Wirtz VJ. Availability and prices of medicines for non-communicable diseases at health facilities and retail drug outlets in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey in eight counties. BMJ Open. 2020 05 15; 10(5):e035132.View Related Profiles.

Cabral, Howard
Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 32414824; PMCID: PMC7232616; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035132;

Umeh CA, Rockers PC, Laing R, Wagh O, Wirtz VJ. Public reporting on pharmaceutical industry-led access programs: alignment with the WHO medicine programs evaluation checklist. J Pharm Policy Pract. 2020; 13:5.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 32226630; PMCID: PMC7098075; DOI: 10.1186/s40545-020-0204-z;

Henry EG, Ngoma T, Kaiser JL, Fong RM, Vian T, Hamer DH, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. Evaluating implementation effectiveness and sustainability of a maternity waiting homes intervention to improve access to safe delivery in rural Zambia: a mixed-methods protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Mar 12; 20(1):191.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Henry, Elizabeth
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 32164728; PMCID: PMC7068884; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-4989-x;

Umeh CA, Rockers PC, Laing RO, Wagh O, Wirtz VJ. Pharmaceutical industry-led partnerships focused on addressing the global burden of non-communicable diseases: a review of Access Accelerated. Public Health. 2020 Apr; 181:73-79.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 31958672

Larson BA, Halim N, Tsikhutsu I, Bii M, Coakley P, Rockers PC. A tool for estimating antiretroviral medication coverage for HIV-infected women during pregnancy (PMTCT-ACT). Glob Health Res Policy. 2019; 4:29.View Related Profiles.

Larson, Bruce
Halim, Nafisa
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 31637308; PMCID: PMC6794749; DOI: 10.1186/s41256-019-0121-3;

Rockers PC, Laing RO, Scott N, Ashigbie P, Lucca EH, Umeh CA, Wirtz VJ. Evaluation of pharmaceutical industry-led access programmes: a standardised framework. BMJ Glob Health. 2019; 4(4):e001659.View Related Profiles.

Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 31423348; PMCID: PMC6688691; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001659;

Kaiser JL, McGlasson KL, Rockers PC, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Vian T, Biemba G, Lori JR, Scott NA. Out-of-pocket expenditure for home and facility-based delivery among rural women in Zambia: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study. Int J Womens Health. 2019; 11:411-430.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 31447591; PMCID: PMC6682766; DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S214081;

Rockers P, Sharda A, Shet A. Maternal Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, and Child Inflammation in India (P11-025-19). Curr Dev Nutr. 2019 Jun; 3(Suppl 1). PMID: 31225272

Turpin K, Rockers PC, Vian T, Onyango MA, Laing R, Wirtz VJ. Prevalence and treatment of hypertension, diabetes and asthma in Kenya: A representative household survey in eight counties in 2016. East African Medical Journal. 2019; 95(3). View Publication

Chiu C, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Lori JR, Boyd CJ, Rockers PC. Household saving during pregnancy and facility delivery in Zambia: a cross-sectional study. Health Policy Plan. 2019 Mar 01; 34(2):102-109.View Related Profiles.

Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 30768183; PMCID: PMC6481286; DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czz005;

Rockers PC, Laing RO, Ashigbie PG, Onyango MA, Mukiira CK, Wirtz VJ. Effect of Novartis Access on availability and price of non-communicable disease medicines in Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 04; 7(4):e492-e502.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 30799142

Chernyak N, Harvey T, Tarullo AR, Rockers PC, Blake PR. Varieties of Young Children's Prosocial Behavior in Zambia: The Role of Cognitive Ability, Wealth, and Inequality Beliefs. Front Psychol. 2018; 9:2209.View Related Profiles.

Blake, Peter
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 30505288; PMCID: PMC6250828; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02209;

Scott NA, Henry EG, Kaiser JL, Mataka K, Rockers PC, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Munro-Kramer ML, Lori JR. Factors affecting home delivery among women living in remote areas of rural Zambia: a cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis. Int J Womens Health. 2018; 10:589-601.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Henry, Elizabeth
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 30349403; PMCID: PMC6181475; DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S169067;

Syed N, Rockers PC, Vian T, Onyango M, Laing RO, Wirtz VJ. Access to Antihypertensive Medicines at the Household Level: A Study From 8 Counties of Kenya. Glob Heart. 2018 12; 13(4):247-253.e5.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Vian, Taryn
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 30245176

Onyango MA, Vian T, Hirsch I, Salvi DD, Laing R, Rockers PC, Ashigbie PG, Wirtz VJ. Perceptions of Kenyan adults on access to medicines for non-communicable diseases: A qualitative study. PLoS One. 2018; 13(8):e0201917.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Vian, Taryn
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 30142218; PMCID: PMC6108464; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201917;

Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Bonawitz R, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Biemba G, Boyd CJ, Lori JR, Hamer DH, Rockers PC. Impact of maternity waiting homes on facility delivery among remote households in Zambia: protocol for a quasiexperimental, mixed-methods study. BMJ Open. 2018 08 10; 8(8):e022224.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Scott, Nancy
Rockers, Peter
Bonawitz, Rachael
Vian, Taryn

PMID: 30099401; PMCID: PMC6089313; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022224;

Rockers PC, Reich MR, Kettler H, Wirtz VJ. Commitment to Impact: Strengthening Measurement of Industry-Led Access-to-Medicines Programs. Health Syst Reform. 2018; 4(3):188-193.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 30060703

Rockers PC, Laing RO, Wirtz VJ. Equity in access to non-communicable disease medicines: a cross-sectional study in Kenya. BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3(3):e000828.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 29989082; PMCID: PMC6035514; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000828;

Wirtz VJ, Turpin K, Laing RO, Mukiira CK, Rockers PC. Access to medicines for asthma, diabetes and hypertension in eight counties of Kenya. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 08; 23(8):879-885.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 29808960; DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13081;

Barakat D, Rockers PC, Vian T, Onyango MA, Laing RO, Wirtz VJ. Access to asthma medicines at the household level in eight counties of Kenya. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 05 01; 22(5):585-590.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Vian, Taryn
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 29663966

Rockers PC, Zanolini A, Banda B, Chipili MM, Hughes RC, Hamer DH, Fink G. Two-year impact of community-based health screening and parenting groups on child development in Zambia: Follow-up to a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2018 04; 15(4):e1002555.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 29689045; PMCID: PMC5915271; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002555;

Yan LD, Mwale J, Straitz S, Biemba G, Bhutta Z, Ross JF, Mwananyanda L, Nambao M, Ngwakum P, Genovese E, Banda B, Akseer N, Yeboah-Antwi K, Rockers PC, Hamer DH. Equity dimensions of the availability and quality of reproductive, maternal and neonatal health services in Zambia. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 04; 23(4):433-445.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo
Mwananyanda, Lawrence
Yan, Lily
Rockers, Peter
Bhutta, Zulfiqar

PMID: 29457318

Rockers PC. Methods commentary: quasi-experimental studies in health systems evidence. In Evidence Synthesis for Health Policy and Systems: A Methods Reader. Editors: E. Akl, K. Daniels, E. Langlois. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2018.
Hailu S, Rockers PC, Vian T, Onyango M, Laing R, Wirtz VJ. Access to diabetes medicines at the household level in eight counties of Kenya. Journal of Diabetology. 2018; 9:45-55.

Stokes A, Berry KM, Mchiza Z, Parker WA, Labadarios D, Chola L, Hongoro C, Zuma K, Brennan AT, Rockers PC, Rosen S. Prevalence and unmet need for diabetes care across the care continuum in a national sample of South African adults: Evidence from the SANHANES-1, 2011-2012. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0184264.View Related Profiles.

Brennan, Alana
Stokes, Andrew
Rockers, Peter
Rosen, Sydney

PMID: 28968435; PMCID: PMC5624573; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184264;

Fink G, Levenson R, Tembo S, Rockers PC. Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label, cluster-randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Oct; 106(4):1070-1077. PMID: 28835364; PMCID: PMC5611784; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.157545;

Bärnighausen T, Røttingen JA, Rockers P, Shemilt I, Tugwell P. Quasi-experimental study designs series-paper 1: introduction: two historical lineages. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Sep; 89:4-11. PMID: 28694121

Walsh FJ, Musonda M, Mwila J, Prust ML, Vosburg KB, Fink G, Berman P, Rockers PC. Improving Allocation And Management Of The Health Workforce In Zambia. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 May 01; 36(5):931-937. PMID: 28461362; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0679;

Rockers PC, Tugwell P, Røttingen JA, Bärnighausen T. Quasi-experimental study designs series-paper 13: realizing the full potential of quasi-experiments for health research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Sep; 89:106-110. PMID: 28390896; DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.03.016;

Rockers PC, Wirtz VJ, Umeh CA, Swamy PM, Laing RO. Industry-Led Access-To-Medicines Initiatives In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Strategies And Evidence. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Apr 01; 36(4):706-713.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 28373337; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1213;

Bärnighausen T, Tugwell P, Røttingen JA, Shemilt I, Rockers P, Geldsetzer P, Lavis J, Grimshaw J, Daniels K, Brown A, Bor J, Tanner J, Rashidian A, Barreto M, Vollmer S, Atun R. Quasi-experimental study designs series-paper 4: uses and value. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Sep; 89:21-29.View Related Profiles.

Bor, Jacob
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 28365303; DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.03.012;

Bärnighausen T, Oldenburg C, Tugwell P, Bommer C, Ebert C, Barreto M, Djimeu E, Haber N, Waddington H, Rockers P, Sianesi B, Bor J, Fink G, Valentine J, Tanner J, Stanley T, Sierra E, Tchetgen ET, Atun R, Vollmer S. Quasi-experimental study designs series-paper 7: assessing the assumptions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Sep; 89:53-66.View Related Profiles.

Bor, Jacob
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 28365306; DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.02.017;

Rockers PC, Tugwell P, Grimshaw J, Oliver S, Atun R, Røttingen JA, Fretheim A, Ranson MK, Daniels K, Luiza VL, Bärnighausen T. Quasi-experimental study designs series-paper 12: strengthening global capacity for evidence synthesis of quasi-experimental health systems research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Sep; 89:98-105. PMID: 28363733; DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.034;

Rockers PC, McConnell M. Child Gender and Parental Reporting of Illness Symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Apr; 96(4):994-1000. PMID: 28138051; PMCID: PMC5392653; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0249;

Rockers PC, Wirtz VJ, Vian T, Onyango MA, Ashigbie PG, Laing R. Study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial of an NCD access to medicines initiative: evaluation of Novartis Access in Kenya. BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 25; 6(11):e013386.View Related Profiles.

Onyango, Monica
Rockers, Peter
Laing, Richard
Vian, Taryn
Wirtz, Veronika

PMID: 27888177; PMCID: PMC5168521; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013386;

Rockers PC, Fink G, Zanolini A, Banda B, Biemba G, Sullivan C, Mutembo S, Silavwe V, Hamer DH. Impact of a community-based package of interventions on child development in Zambia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2016 Nov; 1(3):e000104.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 28588962; PMCID: PMC5321359; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000104;

Fink G, Rockers PC. Financial Incentives, Targeting, and Utilization of Child Health Services: Experimental Evidence from Zambia. Health Econ. 2017 Oct; 26(10):1307-1321. PMID: 27620009; DOI: 10.1002/hec.3404;

Larson BA, Rockers PC, Bonawitz R, Sriruttan C, Glencross DK, Cassim N, Coetzee LM, Greene GS, Chiller TM, Vallabhaneni S, Long L, van Rensburg C, Govender NP. Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0158986.View Related Profiles.

Larson, Bruce
Long, Lawrence
Rockers, Peter
Bonawitz, Rachael

PMID: 27390864; PMCID: PMC4938608; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158986;

Rockers PC, Røttingen JA, Shemilt I, Tugwell P, Bärnighausen T. Inclusion of quasi-experimental studies in systematic reviews of health systems research. Health Policy. 2015 Apr; 119(4):511-21. PMID: 25776033; DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.10.006;

Fink G, Rockers PC. Childhood growth, schooling, and cognitive development: further evidence from the Young Lives study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jul; 100(1):182-8. PMID: 24808488; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.080960;

Rockers PC, Jaskiewicz W, Kruk ME, Phathammavong O, Vangkonevilay P, Paphassarang C, Phachanh IT, Wurts L, Tulenko K. Differences in preferences for rural job postings between nursing students and practicing nurses: evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Hum Resour Health. 2013; 11(1):22. PMID: 23705805; PMCID: PMC3671159; DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-22;

Rockers PC, Bärnighausen T. Interventions for hiring, retaining and training district health systems managers in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 4:CD009035. PMID: 23633365; PMCID: PMC7386782; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009035.pub2;

Rockers PC, Jaskiewicz W, Wurts L, Kruk ME, Mgomella GS, Ntalazi F, Tulenko K. Preferences for working in rural clinics among trainee health professionals in Uganda: a discrete choice experiment. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012; 12:212. PMID: 22824497; PMCID: PMC3444383; DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-212;

Rockers PC, Feigl AB, Røttingen JA, Fretheim A, de Ferranti D, Lavis JN, Melberg HO, Bärnighausen T. Study-design selection criteria in systematic reviews of effectiveness of health systems interventions and reforms: A meta-review. Health Policy. 2012 Mar; 104(3):206-14. PMID: 22325150; DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.007;

Rockers PC, Kruk ME, Laugesen MJ. Perceptions of the health system and public trust in government in low- and middle-income countries: evidence from the World Health Surveys. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2012 Jun; 37(3):405-37. PMID: 22323234; DOI: 10.1215/03616878-1573076;

Ryan M, Kolstad J, Rockers PC, Dolea C. How to conduct a discrete choice experiment for health workforce recruitment and retention in remote and rural areas: a user guide with case studies. World Health Organization. Geneva. 2012. View Publication

Kruk ME, Rockers PC, Varpilah ST, Macauley R. Which doctor?: Determinants of utilization of formal and informal health care in postconflict liberia. Med Care. 2011 Jun; 49(6):585-91. PMID: 21422954; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820f0dd4;

Kruk ME, Rockers PC, Tornorlah Varpilah S, Macauley R. Population preferences for health care in liberia: insights for rebuilding a health system. Health Serv Res. 2011 Dec; 46(6pt2):2057-78. PMID: 21517835; PMCID: PMC3392998; DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01266.x;

Kruk ME, Rockers PC, Mbaruku G, Paczkowski MM, Galea S. Community and health system factors associated with facility delivery in rural Tanzania: a multilevel analysis. Health Policy. 2010 Oct; 97(2-3):209-16.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 20537423; DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.002;

Galea S, Rockers PC, Saydee G, Macauley R, Varpilah ST, Kruk ME. Persistent psychopathology in the wake of civil war: long-term posttraumatic stress disorder in Nimba County, Liberia. Am J Public Health. 2010 Sep; 100(9):1745-51.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 20634461; PMCID: PMC2920997; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.179697;

Kruk ME, Rockers PC, Williams EH, Varpilah ST, Macauley R, Saydee G, Galea S. Availability of essential health services in post-conflict Liberia. Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Jul 1; 88(7):527-34.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 20616972; PMCID: PMC2897988; DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.071068;

Rockers PC, Kruk ME, Saydee G, Varpilah ST, Galea S. Village characteristics associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms in postconflict Liberia. Epidemiology. 2010 Jul; 21(4):454-8.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 20453652; DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181df5fae;

Galukande M, von Schreeb J, Wladis A, Mbembati N, de Miranda H, Kruk ME, Luboga S, Matovu A, McCord C, Ndao-Brumblay SK, Ozgediz D, Rockers PC, Quiñones AR, Vaz F, Debas HT, Macfarlane SB. Essential surgery at the district hospital: a retrospective descriptive analysis in three African countries. PLoS Med. 2010 Mar; 7(3):e1000243. PMID: 20231871; PMCID: PMC2834708; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000243;

Kruk ME, Wladis A, Mbembati N, Ndao-Brumblay SK, Hsia RY, Galukande M, Luboga S, Matovu A, de Miranda H, Ozgediz D, Quiñones AR, Rockers PC, von Schreeb J, Vaz F, Debas HT, Macfarlane SB. Human resource and funding constraints for essential surgery in district hospitals in Africa: a retrospective cross-sectional survey. PLoS Med. 2010 Mar; 7(3):e1000242. PMID: 20231869; PMCID: PMC2834706; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000242;

Kruk ME, Porignon D, Rockers PC, Van Lerberghe W. The contribution of primary care to health and health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a critical review of major primary care initiatives. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Mar; 70(6):904-11. PMID: 20089341; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.025;

Danforth EJ, Kruk ME, Rockers PC, Mbaruku G, Galea S. Household decision-making about delivery in health facilities: evidence from Tanzania. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009 Oct; 27(5):696-703.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 19902806; PMCID: PMC2928090; DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i5.3781;

Mbaruku G, Msambichaka B, Galea S, Rockers PC, Kruk ME. Dissatisfaction with traditional birth attendants in rural Tanzania. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Oct; 107(1):8-11.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 19577750; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.05.008;

Kruk ME, Mbaruku G, McCord CW, Moran M, Rockers PC, Galea S. Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania. Health Policy Plan. 2009 Jul; 24(4):279-88.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 19304785; DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp011;

Kruk ME, Mbaruku G, Rockers PC, Galea S. User fee exemptions are not enough: out-of-pocket payments for 'free' delivery services in rural Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Dec; 13(12):1442-51.View Related Profiles.

Rockers, Peter
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 18983268; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02173.x;

Rockers PC, Wilson ML, Mbaruku G, Kruk ME. Source of antenatal care influences facility delivery in rural Tanzania: a population-based study. Matern Child Health J. 2009 Nov; 13(6):879-85. PMID: 18810618; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0412-7;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 96 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2018

Bar chart showing 96 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2018

Year	Publications
2008	2
2009	3
2010	7
2011	2
2012	4
2013	2
2014	2
2016	4
2017	10
2018	13
2019	7
2020	4
2021	8
2022	9
2023	8
2024	11

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