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 is currently assessing the EC response to COVID-19 in Afghanistan and conducting 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. She has recently led a qualitative assessment of the EC funded program "Health System Strengthening for Universal Health Coverage Programme_ Phase IV" implemented by WHO in 115 countries (Team Leader). In 2020 she assessed the inter-agency UN programme "Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region"  implemented by ILO and UN Women in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines, Viet Nam, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

As Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the UCC School of Public Health, over the last 4 years Maria has taught undergraduate and postgraduate public health/medical students including coordination of modules using hybrid learning approaches, and supervision of student dissertations.  Her teaching modalities include Problem Based Learning and participatory task-oriented tutorials based on real-life case studies drawn from her work with WHO, EC, and UN agencies.  Employed as Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), between 2006 and 2011 she set up and coordinated a qualitative research team at the Tanzanian Institute of Medical Research. Previously she served as HIV technical adviser to the UN in Albania where she facilitated a consultative process to engage different stakeholders in the development of the first HIV/AIDS National Strategy in this country.  This included different UN agencies, the Albanian Institute of Public Health, and ethnic minorities including Roma. In 2011, she was awarded a competitive fellowship by the Spanish Ministry of Science (“Ramon y Cajal” Fellow) and spent six years leading transdisciplinary research at the University of Barcelona (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), with co-financing from the European Commission FP7 and Erasmus Mundus programs.  Maria subsequently contributed to migrant health research at the University of Limerick, with a focus on perceptions of ethnicity data and use of trained interpreters.  

 

Dr.Roura has specific interest in the development and use of results-oriented monitoring tools to qualitatively assess public/global health interventions and health system’s performance; as well as innovative ways of delivering Public Health teaching. She is specifically interested in the role of the European Union in Global Health, Health System Strengthening, and blended teaching and learning approaches.

PGCert in Teaching and Learning, University College Cork (2022)

PhD Sociology, University of Barcelona, Spain (2002)

BA Economics, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (1994)

Publications

Peer reviewed papers

  1. Villarroel, N., MacFarlane, A., Roura, M. et al. The impact of economic recession on the health of migrant fathers over time: results from the Growing up in Ireland longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 22, 166 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12596-0
  2. Roura M. The Social Ecology of Power in Participatory Health Research. Qualitative Health Research. 2021;31(4):778-788.
  3. Egid BR, Roura M, Aktar B, et al ‘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;6:e006978.
  4. Egid, B., Ozano, K., Hegel, G., Zimmerman, E., López, Y., Roura, M., Sheikhattari, P., Jones, L., Dias, S., & Wallerstein, N. (2021). Can everyone hear me? Reflections on the use of global online workshops for promoting inclusive knowledge generation. Qualitative Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941211019585
  5. Roura M, Dias S, Le Master J, MacFarlane A.  Participatory health research with migrants: Opportunities, challenges, and way forwards. Health Expectations. 2021;00:1– 10.
  6. Roura M, LeMaster JW, Hannigan A, Papyan A, McCarthy S, et al. (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 16(5): e0251192.  IF=3.240.
  7. Linde-Arias A.R., Roura M, Siqueira, E. Solidarity, vulnerability and mistrust: how context, information and government affect the lives of women in times of Zika. BMC Infectious Diseases 20, 263 (2020). IF= 3.670.
  8. Hannigan A, Villarroel N, Roura M, MacFarlane A. Ethnicity recording in health and social care data collections in Ireland: where and how is it measured and what is it used for? International Journal for Equity in Health 19(1). December 2020. IF= 4.666. 
  9. Tokar A, Sazonova I , Sharmistha M, Smyrnov P, Tetiana S, Lazarus J, Broerse J, Roura M, Blanchard J, Becker M. HIV testing behaviour and HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Ukraine: findings from an Integrated Bio-Behavioural Survey, 2013-2014. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019 May; 95(3): 193–200. IF: 3.346.
  10. Hannigan A, Basogomba A, LeMaster J, D Nurse, F O’Reilly, M Roura, et al. Ethnic Minority Health in Ireland—Co-creating knowledge (EMH-IC): a participatory health research protocol. BMJ Open 2018;8:e026335. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026335. IF: 2.413.
  11. Tokar, JEW Broerse, J Blanchard, Roura M. HIV Testing and Counselling Among Female Sex Workers: A Systematic Literature Review. AIDS and Behavior 2018, 1-23, 2018. IF: 3.017.  
  12. Roura M. Unravelling migrants’ health paradoxes: a transdisciplinary research agenda.J Epidemiol Community Health 2017;71:870-873. IF: 3.973.  
  13. Zammarchi L, Bonati M et al, COHEMI Project Study Group. Screening, diagnosis and management of human cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis: technical recommendations by the COHEMI project study group. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Jul;22(7):881-894. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12887. Epub 2017 Jun 1. IF: 2.541.
  14. Inzaule, RL Hamers, C Kityo, TFR de Wit, Roura M. Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence in HIV-infected Adolescents and Adults in Uganda: A Qualitative Study. PLoS One. 2016; 11 (11).
  15. Navaza B, Abarca B, Bisoffi F, Pool R, Roura M). Provider-Initiated HIV Testing for Migrants in Spain: A Qualitative Study with Health Care Workers and Foreign-Born Sexual Minorities. PLoS One. 2016;11(2): e0150223.
  16. Roura M, Domingo A, Leyva-Moral JM, Pool R. Hispano-Americans in Europe: what do we know about their health status and determinants? A scoping review. BMC public health. 2015;15:472.
  17. Zammarchi, L., G. Casadei, M. Strohmeyer, F. Bartalesi, C. Liendo, A. Matteelli, M. Bonati, E. Gotuzzo, A. Bartoloni and COHEMI Project Study Group (2015). "A scoping review of cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants from high-incidence countries." BMC Health Serv Res 15: 412.
  18. Roura M, Bisoffi F, Navaza B, Pool R. "Carrying Ibuprofen in the Bag": Priority Health Concerns of Latin American Migrants in Spain- A Participatory Qualitative Study. PLoS One. 2015;10(8):e0136315.
  19. Buonfrate D, Mena MA, et al, COHEMI Project Study Group. Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Latin America: a systematic review of the literature. Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Feb;143(3):452-60. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814001563. Epub 2014 Jul 3. Review.
  20. Zammarchi, L., E. Tortoli, E. Borroni, F. Bartalesi, M. Strohmeyer, S. Baretti, M. T. Simonetti, C. Liendo, M. G. Santini, G. M. Rossolini, E. Gotuzzo, A. Bartoloni and , COHEMI Project Study Group. (2014). "High prevalence of clustered tuberculosis cases in peruvian migrants in florence, Italy." Infect Dis Rep 6(4): 5646.
  21. Ventura-Garcia L, Roura M, Pell C, et al. Socio-cultural aspects of Chagas disease: a systematic review of qualitative research. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2013;7(9):e2410.
  22. Roura M, Watson-Jones D, Kahawita TM, Ferguson L, Ross DA. Provider-initiated testing and counselling programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of their operational implementation. Aids. 2013;27(4):617-626.
  23. Abarca Tomas B, Pell C, Bueno Cavanillas A, Guillen Solvas J, Pool R, Roura M. Tuberculosis in migrant populations. A systematic review of the qualitative literature. PLoS One. 2013;8(12):e82440.
  24. Petit D, Sondorp E, Mayhew S, Roura M, Roberts B. Implementing a Basic Package of Health Services in post-conflict Liberia: perceptions of key stakeholders. Social Science & Medicine. 2013;78:42-49.
  25. Bruno E, Bartoloni A et al, COHEMI Project Study Group. Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Oct 31;7(10):e2480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002480. eCollection 2013. Review.
  26. Zammarchi L, Strohmeyer M, et al, COHEMI Project Study Group. Epidemiology and management of cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis in Europe, systematic review 1990-2011. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 29;8(7):e69537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069537. Print 2013
  27. Keogh SC, Urassa M, Roura M, et al. The impact of antenatal HIV diagnosis on postpartum childbearing desires in northern Tanzania: a mixed methods study. Reproductive Health Matters. 2012;20(39 Suppl):39-49
  28. Roura M, Nsigaye R, Nhandi B, et al. "Driving the devil away": qualitative insights into miraculous cures for AIDS in a rural Tanzanian ward. BMC public health. 2010;10:427.
  29. Wringe A, Roura M, Urassa M, Busza J, Athanas V, Zaba B. Doubts, denial and divine intervention: understanding delayed attendance and poor retention rates at a HIV treatment programme in rural Tanzania. AIDS care. 2009;21(5):632-637.
  30. Roura M, Busza J, Wringe A, Mbata D, Urassa M, Zaba B. Barriers to sustaining antiretroviral treatment in Kisesa, Tanzania: a follow-up study to understand attrition from the antiretroviral program. AIDS patient care and STDs. 2009;23(3):203-210.
  31. Roura M, Urassa M, Busza J, Mbata D, Wringe A, Zaba B. Scaling up stigma? The effects of antiretroviral roll-out on stigma and HIV testing. Early evidence from rural Tanzania. Sexually transmitted infections. 2009;85(4):308-312.
  32. Nsigaye R, Wringe A, Roura M, et al. From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2009;12:31.
  33. Roura M, Wringe A, Busza J, et al. "Just like fever": a qualitative study on the impact of antiretroviral provision on the normalisation of HIV in rural Tanzania and its implications for prevention. BMC international health and human rights. 2009;9:22.
  34. Roura M. HIV Interventions in Low Prevalence Countries. A case study: Albania.  186. International Social Science journal. 2008 ; 4 :703-713.
  35. Roura M. Comments on the article "Impact Socio-Economique de l'Epidemie de SIDA en Afrique Subsahariane sur les Femmes et les Enfants. Proposition d'un Cadre Conceptuel”. Journal d’Economie Medicale. 2003; 21:313-316.

 

Other publications

  1. Roura M, S Dias, J LeMaster, A MacFarlane.  Position paper on participatory health research with migrants. International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. ICPHR Migration working group. 2021
  2. Roura, M. Mid-term assessment of the project “Improving HIV/AIDS awareness Among Urban Labour migrants in Armenia through social media”. Consultancy report for the International Organisation for Migration in Armenia)
  3. Roura, M. Resource Oriented Monitoring Report for the European Commission – DEVCO B4. EU Support to Health and Nutrition to the Poor in Urban Bangladesh: Programme Estimate’ (C-388677).March 2020 (Consultancy report)
  4. Roura, M. Resource Oriented Monitoring Report for the European Commission – DEVCO B4. Health Advisory Services. August 2018 (Consultancy report)
  5. Roura M. Resource Oriented Monitoring Report for the European Commission - DEVCO B4. Pilot Project: Integrated approach to develop and roll out health solutions to tackle neglected tropical diseases in endemic areas - ‘Enhancing access and innovation to medical products in developing countries in the context of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property’. Implemented by WHO – HQ, May 2918. (Consultancy report)
  6. South A, Roura M. Stigma in the balance: ensuring the roll-out of ART decreases stigma. Evidence for Action Policy Briefing Issue 08, April 2011, 4 pp. (Policy brief)
  7. Roura M (coord), Rios V, Sabater J, Jan Visser E. The Impact of Economic Reforms on Health. Case studies: Russia, Cuba and Honduras. Ed. by the Centre for Initiatives and Research in the Mediterranean (CIREM). Financed by the EC DGVIII. Barcelona, 2000. (Research monograph)
  8. The Ministry of Health of Albania/The National Institute of Public Health/UNDP Country Office and the UN HIV/AIDS Theme Group. LET’S KEEP ALBANIA A LOW PREVALENCE COUNTRY: THE NATIONAL STRATEGY OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HIV/AIDS IN ALBANIA. (co-facilitator of the process and author of around 10 working papers). (Document for policy makers)
  9. UNDP Albania. Albanian Human Development Report, UN Common Country Assessment, Regional Development Strategy for Kukes and Regional Development Strategy for Fier. 2003-2004 (Contributions to health chapters). (Document for policy makers)

 

Conference publications

  1. M Roura, The social ecology of power in participatory research, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa166.180, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.180
  2. M Roura, S Dias, J LeMaster, A MacFarlane, Participatory health research with migrants: opportunities, challenges, and way forwards, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa166.781, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.781
  3. M Roura, C Bradley, A Hannigan, A Basogomba, M Adshead, J LeMaster, N Villarroel, A Romer, A Papyan, S McCarthy, D Nurse, A MacFarlane, 2.3-O3
    Unveiling participation of ethnic minorities and other stakeholders in heath research decision-making in Ireland, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 28, Issue suppl_1, May 2018, cky047.056, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky047.056
  4. Roura M, Watson-Jones D, Kahawita T.M., Ferguson L, Ross D. Missed opportunities to accessing HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy during routine patient-provider encounters in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the evidence. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2011; 16:160-160. Conference proceedings. 7Th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Barcelona, Oct. 2011.

 

Conference contributions

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

  1. Roura M (presenter), C Bradley, A Hannigan, A Basogomba, M Adshead, J LeMaster, N Villarroel, A Romer, A Papyan, S McCarthy, D Nurse, A MacFarlane. Unveiling participation of ethnic minorities and other stakeholders in heath research decision-making in Ireland. 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health (17th-19th May 2018), Edinburgh, UK.
  2. SJ Puthoopparambil, Roura M, D Nurse, A MacFarlane. Developing a model to implement the use of trained spoken language interpreters in the Irish healthcare system. Community Interpreting Conference. June 2017. Trinity College, Dublin
  3. Roura M (presenter). Participatory Learning and Action Tools. - Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in health research: Giving people a voice - PPI Summer School, University of Limerick.  June 2017.
  4. Roura M (presenter), Navaza B, Abarca B, Bisoffi, Pool R. Provider-Initiated HIV Testing for Migrants in the Times of Austerity: A Qualitative Study with Health Care Workers and Foreign-Born Sexual Minorities in Spain. Third ISA Forum of Sociology. Vienna (Austria), July 10-14, 2016.
  5. Roura M (presenter), Bisoffi F, Navaza B, Domingo A, Ventura L, Abarca B, Alonso Y, Ochoa J, Confalonieri V, Pell C, Pool R. Health status and determinants of Hispano-Americans in Europe: a trans-disciplinary and trans-national health research agenda. Better Health for Latin Americans in Europe. International Symposium. Milan (Italy), 2-3 December 2013.
  6. Roura M (presenter), Muñoz J, Pool R. Multiple determinants of health seeking of Latin American migrants in Europe: the need for a multidisciplinary and trans-continental approach. 7th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Barcelona (Spain), 3-6 October 2011.
  7. Roura M (presenter), Bisoffi F, Posada E, Muñoz J, Pool R. Engaging migrant’s communities in policy-making processes: insights from the COHEMI program. 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe. European Public Health Association – EUPHA. Milan (Italy), 21-23 June 2012.
  8. Roura M (presenter), Muñoz J, Pool R. Developing a Multi-disciplinary agenda to investigate Latin-American migrants’ health seeking behaviours in Europe. 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe. European Public Health Association – EUPHA. Milan (Italy), 21-23 June 2012.
  9. Roura M (presenter), Ventura L, Pool R. Latin-American migrants’ health seeking behaviours in Europe: results from technical workshops with social and non-social scientists. 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe. European Public Health Association – EUPHA. Milan (Italy), 21-23 June 2012.
  10. Roura M (presenter), Muñoz J, Pool R. Latin American migrants’ health seeking in Europe: A systematic review of the literature. Maria Roura and Robert Pool. 23rd June 2012. 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe. European Public Health Association – EUPHA. Milan (Italy), 21-23 June 2012.
  11. Roura M (presenter) and Abarca B. Addressing the social aspects of NTD and TB in migrants: How can qualitative methods contribute?. Neglected Diseases and Global Health Symposium. SIMET, SEMTSI, COHEMI. Venice (Italy), 1st May 2012.
  12. Roura M (presenter), Muñoz J, Pool R. Social & cultural determinants of health seeking of Latin American Migrants in Europe: developing an agenda for cooperation amongst social scientists. Latin-American migrants’ health seeking behaviours in Europe - International Technical Workshop with Qualitative Social Scientists. Barcelona (Spain), 24-25 May 2012.
  13. Poveda M (presenter), Sequeira E, Requena A, Roura M, Muñoz J. Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Latin-American Migrants in Spain. 4th Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health in Europe. European Public Health Association – EUPHA. Milan (Italy), 21-23 June 2012.
  14. Ventura L (presenter), Roura M and Pool R. Preliminary results of a systematic review of qualitative studies on Chagas disease. Neglected Diseases and Global Health Symposium. SIMET, SEMTSI, COHEMI. Venice (Italy), 1st May 2012.
  15. Ventura L (presenter), Roura M, Pool R. Socio-cultural Aspects of Chagas Disease: a Systematic Review of Qualitative Research. Encounters and Engagements: creating a new agenda for medical anthropology. Tarragona (Spain), 12-13 June 2013.
  16. Ventura L (presenter), Roura M, Pool R. The social determinants of Chagas disease. International Symposium on Latin American Migrants Health. Lima (Peru), 12-13 April 2013.
  17. Ventura L (presenter), Roura M, Pool R. Aspectos socio-culturales relacionados con la enfermedad de Chagas. Symposium on neglected diseases and migration. Cochabamba (Bolivia), 15th April 2013.
  18. Ventura L (presenter), Roura M, Pool R. Consequences of Latin-American migration on health and health seeking of those who did not migrate: an overview of big themes in research. International technical workshop with qualitative social scientists: The influence of migration on health and health seeking in Latin America. Lima (Peru),12th April 2013.
  19. Roura M, Nhandi B (presenter), Nsigaye R, Wayomi J, Busza J, Urassa M, Todd J,  Zaba B.Driving the devil away.  Prayers, ‘holy water’, and other miraculous cures for AIDS in a semi-rural Tanzanian ward. AIDS Impact Conference. Parallel Treatment and Alternative Treatments. Gaborone (Botswana), 24th Sept. 2009.
  20. Roura M (presenter), Urassa M, Busza J, Nhandi B, Mbata D, Wringe A, Nsigaye R, Zaba B “Scaling up stigma” or “Just like fever”? Effects of ART on attitudes to PLHA. Oral presentation at the Tanzanian National Aids Control Programme, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 19th Sept 2008 (meeting with policy makers).
  21. Roura M (presenter), Wringe A, Busza J, Mbata D, Nhandi B, Zaba B, Urassa M.  Barriers to sustaining antiretroviral treatment in Kisesa, Tanzania. Oral presentation at the Tanzanian National Aids Control Programme, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 19th Sept 2008 (meeting with policy makers).
  22. Roura M (presenter), Wringe A, Busza J, Nhandi B, Mbata D, Urassa M, Zaba B. ARV availability and HIV normalisation; results from a qualitative study in a rural ward at Magu district, Tanzania. Oral presentation at the 2nd East African Health and Scientific Conference, Arusha (Tanzania), 26th-28th March 2008.
  23. Mbata D (presenter), Roura M, Wringe A, Busza J, Urassa M, Zaba B. Determinants of sustained attendance to ART clinics in rural Tanzania . An exploration of factors and underlying mechanisms. Oral presentation at the East African Public Health Association Conference, Arusha (Tanzania), 5th-9th Nov 2007. Policy brief submitted: What makes residents of semi-rural Tanzania interrupt antiretroviral treatment?
  24. Roura M (presenter). The need for a Multisectorial Approach. Launching of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Tirana (Albania), March 2004.
  25. Wringe A (presenter), Nsigaye R, Roura M, Ndege M, Mbata D, Busza J, Marston M, Clark B, Urassa M. “HIV testing as the gateway to treatment”. 26th International Population Conference. Marrakech (Morocco), 27 September - 2 October 2009.
  26. Mbata D (presenter), Wringe A, Roura M, Busza J, Nhandi B, Nsigaye R, Urassa M, Clark B, Isingo R, Zaba B. Applying the equity lens to HIV service coverage: insights from an long-term community cohort in Tanzania. INDEPTH network meeting, Pune (India), 24-29th October 2009.
  27.  Keogh S (presenter), Urassa M, Roura M, Kumogola Y, Zaba B. The impact of antenatal HIV diagnosis on postpartum reproductive behavior in northern Tanzania. Washington DC (USA). 31st March-2nd April 2011. Population Association of America Annual Meeting- 2011.

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

  1. Roura M, Harding M, Harrington J, Matvienko-Sikar K, McCarthy N, Slattery A, Young R, Fleming A, Buckley C. HSE  IPE Development Group. Public Health in Interprofessional Education. 15th European Public Health Conference Berlin 2022.
  2. Roura M. Participatory health research with migrants: opportunities, challenges, and way forwards.16th World Congress on Public Health - WCPH2020/13th European Public Health Conference. Public health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action. Virtual Edition, 12 - 16 October 2020.
  3. Roura M. The social ecology of power in participatory research 16th World Congress on Public Health - WCPH2020/13th European Public Health Conference. Public health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action. Virtual Edition, 12 - 16 October 2020.
  4. Roura M, MacFarlane A. Use of Participatory Learning and Action Methodology for Joint Decision-Making in a Multi-Sectoral Health Research Partnership. Community empowerment for health: a multi-sectorial approach. Becoming more socially accountable to communities. Featured as Excellent abstract at the Towards Unity For Health Network newsletter. 2018.
  5. Villarroel-Williams, A MacFarlane, Roura M, D Nurse, J LeMaster, A Basogomba, M Adshead, A Hannigan. A mapping of ethnicity recording in routinely collected health and social care data in Ireland. 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health (17th-19th May 2018), Edinburgh, UK.
  6. Roura M, Ailish Hannigan, Nazmy Williams et al. Investigating the implementation of an ethnic identifier in primary care. A participatory health research study. Joint Scientific Meeting of the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) and the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP). April 2017.
  7. N Williams, A MacFarlane, Roura M et al. Secondary data analysis to build the evidence base for ethnic minority and migrant health in Ireland: a participatory health research project. Joint Scientific Meeting of the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) and the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP). April 2017.
  8. Roura M, Ailish Hannigan, Nazmy Williams et al. Title: Implementation of Ethnic Identifiers in Irish Primary Care: A Participatory Health Research Project. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual meeting, Montreal, November 2017
  9. N Williams, A MacFarlane, Roura M et al. Expanding the Evidence About Ethnic Diversity in Ireland: Secondary Data Analyses. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual meeting, Montreal, November 2017
  10. Inzaule S, Hamers R, Kityo C, Rinke de Wit TB, Roura M. Barriers to antiretroviral treatment adherence in HIV-infected long-term treated adolescents and adults in Uganda. 21th International AIDS Conference. Durban (South Africa). 18-22 July 2016
  11. Inzaule S, Hamers R, Kityo C, Rinke de Wit TB, Roura M. Long-term antiretroviral treatment adherence in perinatally HIV infected adolescents in Uganda: A qualitative study. 10th International Workshop on the HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research in Resource-Limited Settings (INTEREST). Yaoundé (Cameroon), 3rd-6th May 2016
  12. Tokar A, Denisiuk O, Roura M, Smyrnov P. Behind the curtain of war: sex work in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea- impact on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 24th International Harm Reduction Conference. Kuala Lumpur, (Malaysia), 18th-21th October 2015.
  13. Ventura L, Roura M, Posada E, Muñoz J, Pool R. Revisión sistematica de estudios cualitativos sobre la enfermedad de Chagas (Systematic review of qualitative studies about Chagas disease). II Encuetro de la Sociedad Panamericana de Infectología. Cochabamba (Bolivia), August 2012.
  14. Posada E, Pell C, Aldasoro E, Pinazo MJ, Muñoz J, Roura M, Gascon J. Word-of-mouth and Social Networks are key to Bolivian migrants seeking Chagas screening in Barcelona, Spain. XVIII International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). 23rd-37th September 2012.
  15. Roura M, Watson-Jones D, Kahawita T.M et al. Missed opportunities to accessing HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy during routine patient-provider encounters in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the evidence. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2011; 16:160-160. Conference proceedings. 7Th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Barcelona (Spain), 3rd-6th October 2011.
  16. Roura M, Urassa M, Busza J, Nhandi B, Mbata D, Wringe A, Zaba B. Scaling up stigma? The effects of antiretroviral treatment on stigma and VCT uptake: Early evidence from rural Tanzania. Poster presented at the International Aids Society Conference. Mexico DF (Mexico), 3rd-8th August 2008.
  17. Urassa M, Roura M, Nhandi B, Busza J, Zaba B, Todd J. “The witch is dying too”:.The changing role of traditional healing in the times of antiretrovirals.  A qualitative exploration in Kisesa, Tanzania. AIDS Impact Conference. Gaborone (Botswana), 24th September 2009.
  18. Mbata D, Wringe A, Busza J, Roura M, Nhandi B, Nsigaye R, Urassa M, Isingo R, Zaba, B. Applying the equity lens to HIV service coverage: insights from an long-term community cohort in Tanzania. ICASA Conference. Dakar (Senegal), 3rd-7th December 2008.
  19. Wringe A, Roura M, Mbata D, Nhandi B, Nsigaye R, Busza J, Zaba B, Urassa M. Understanding delays in accessing HIV care and treatment among HIV-positive adults in rural Tanzania. AIDS IMPACT conference. Marseilles (France), 2nd-4th July 2007.
  20. Nhandi B, Roura M, Wringe A, Mbata D, Busza J, Nsigaye R, Zaba B, Urassa M. Barriers to sustaining ART in Kisesa, Tanzania. A qualitative study to understand attrition from the ART programme. INDEPTH network meeting, Pune (India), 24-29th October 2009.
  21. Rivas P, Valdés F, Roura M, Hassan A.O, Hassan R.I, Coll C, García T, Fernández R, Munne A, Ramírez B, Saura C, Garitaonandia R, del Pozo J.J, Sued O, Nassor K.A, Dahoma M.J.U, Casas I. Trends in HIV prevalence in Zanzibar (Tanzania): impact of an HIV prevention programme.  XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006. Toronto (Canada). 13-18th August 2006
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