Madison Little

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Research Affiliate

Madison Little holds a DPhil (PhD) in Social Intervention & Policy Evaluation from the Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford.

His research examined the effectiveness of interventions to reduce and prevent violence against children, including through packaged cash-plus programmes. In collaboration with the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, he led the research initiative to update the INSPIRE Framework, seven strategies for ending violence against children. This research synthesised together more than 200 systematic reviews and an estimated 3000 primary studies, the largest analysis thus far of what works to protect children from violence. 

Cuartas, J., Salazar, A., Backhaus, S., Little, M.T., McCoy, D., Yoshikawa, H., Bass, M., Metheny, N., & Knaul, F. (2024). Strategies to prevent violence against children in the home: A systematic review of reviews. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(4), 3419-3433. 

Hertzog, L., Cluver, L., Banougnin, B.H., Saminathen, M.G., Little, M.T., Mchenga, M., Yates, R., Rudgard, W., Chiang, L., Annor, F.B., Picchetti, V., Massetti, G., Foraci, M., Sanaha, R., & Toska, E. (2024). Social protection as a strategy for HIV prevention, education promotion and child marriage reduction among adolescents: a cross-sectional population-based study in Lesotho. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1523. 

Little, M.T., Roelen, K., Lange, B.C.L., Steinert, J.I., Yakubovich, A.R., Cluver, L., & Humphreys, D.K. (2021). Effectiveness of cash-plus programmes for early childhood outcomes compared to cash transfers alone: A systematic review & meta-analysis. PLOS Medicine, 18(9), e1003698. 

Nittas, V., Ameli, V., Little, M.T., & Humphreys, D.K. (2020). Exploring the equity impact of mobile health-based HIV interventions: A systematic review of reviews and evidence synthesis. Digital Health, 6, 1-11.

Meinck, F., Pantelic, M., Spreckelsen, T.F., Orza, L., Little, M.T., … & Stockl, H. (2019). Interventions to reduce gender-based violence among young people living with HIV/AIDS in low-income and middle-income countries. AIDS, 33(14), 2219-2236.

Little, M.T., Larsen, B., Cluver, L.D., Humphreys, D.K. (2018). A systematic review and theory synthesis for the impact of foreign aid on HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 72(Supp. 1): A24.

Little, M.T., & Fox, A. (2016). Sexual concurrency, male circumcision, and HIV risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Informing policy for an effective AIDS response in the post-2015 development era. Population Association of America Working Papers.

Barchi, F., & Little, M.T. (2016). National ethics guidance in Sub-Saharan Africa on the collection and use of human biological specimens: A systematic review.  BMC Medical Ethics, (17)64, 1-25.

Little, M.T., Tripathi, A, & Barchi, F. (2015). Collection and use of human biological specimens in research: Is there adequate ethics governance in Africa? Annals of Global Health, 81(1), 68.