Alison Comfort, PhD

Title(s)Associate Researcher, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th. Street
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Understanding individual- and social network-level factors affecting infant HIV testing to design social network interventions to increase testing of HIV-exposed infants
    NIH K01HD105521Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Social and provider networks and women's contraceptive use: Evidence from Madagascar. Contraception. 2021 Apr 23. Comfort AB, Harper CC, Tsai AC, Moody J, Perkins JM, Rasolofomana JR, Alperin C, Ranjalahy AN, Heriniaina R, Krezanoski PJ. PMID: 33901430.
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    2. Mental health among outpatient reproductive health care providers during the US COVID-19 epidemic. Reprod Health. 2021 Feb 24; 18(1):49. Comfort AB, Krezanoski PJ, Rao L, El Ayadi A, Tsai AC, Goodman S, Harper CC. PMID: 33627155.
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    3. The association between men's family planning networks and contraceptive use among their female partners: an egocentric network study in Madagascar. BMC Public Health. 2021 01 25; 21(1):209. Comfort AB, Harper CC, Tsai AC, Perkins JM, Moody J, Rasolofomana JR, Alperin C, Schultz M, Ranjalahy AN, Heriniaina R, Krezanoski PJ. PMID: 33494746.
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    4. Implementation science: Scaling a training intervention to include IUDs and implants in contraceptive services in primary care. Prev Med. 2020 12; 141:106290. Harper CC, Comfort AB, Blum M, Rocca CH, McCulloch CE, Rao L, Shah N, Oquendo Del Toro H, Goodman S. PMID: 33096126.
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    5. Improving Capacity at School-based Health Centers to Offer Adolescents Counseling and Access to Comprehensive Contraceptive Services. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Feb; 34(1):26-32. Comfort AB, Rao L, Goodman S, Barney A, Glymph A, Schroeder R, McCulloch C, Harper CC. PMID: 32730800.
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    6. The impact of pill counting on resource-limited health facilities: a thematic qualitative analysis in eSwatini. Health Policy Plan. 2020 May 01; 35(4):452-460. Krezanoski JD, Matshotyana K, Nxumalo N, Comfort AB, Khumalo P, Krezanoski PJ. PMID: 32073622.
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    7. Comparison of traditional methods versus SAFEcount for filling prescriptions: A pilot study of an innovative pill counting solution in eSwatini. PLoS One. 2019; 14(12):e0224323. Krezanoski PJ, Krezanoski JD, Nxumalo N, Gabert R, Comfort AB, Khumalo P, Matshotyana K. PMID: 31800584.
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    8. Do home pregnancy tests bring women to community health workers for antenatal care counselling? A randomized controlled trial in Madagascar. Health Policy Plan. 2019 Oct 01; 34(8):566-573. Comfort AB, Juras RC, Bradley SEK, Ranjalahy Rasolofomanana J, Noeliarivelo Ranjalahy A, Harper CC. PMID: 31408150.
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    9. Extending health insurance coverage to the informal sector: Lessons from a private micro health insurance scheme in Lagos, Nigeria. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2018 Apr 15. Peterson L, Comfort A, Hatt L, van Bastelaer T. PMID: 29658152.
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    10. Cost-effectiveness analysis and mortality impact estimation of scaling-up pregnancy test kits in Madagascar, Ethiopia and Malawi. Health Policy Plan. 2017 Jul 01; 32(6):869-881. Kolesar RJ, Audibert M, Comfort AB. PMID: 28387867.
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    11. The effect of price on demand for and use of bednets: evidence from a randomized experiment in Madagascar. Health Policy Plan. 2017 03 01; 32(2):178-193. Comfort AB, Krezanoski PJ. PMID: 28207055.
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    12. Exploring the use of routinely-available, retrospective data to study the association between malaria control scale-up and micro-economic outcomes in Zambia. Malar J. 2017 01 04; 16(1):15. Comfort A, Leegwater A, Nakhimovsky S, Kansembe H, Hamainza B, Bwalya B, Alilio M, Johns B, Olsho L. PMID: 28052759.
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    13. Providing free pregnancy test kits to community health workers increases distribution of contraceptives: results from an impact evaluation in Madagascar. Contraception. 2016 Jan; 93(1):44-51. Comfort AB, Chankova S, Juras R, Hsi CN, Peterson LA, Hathi P. PMID: 26409247.
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    14. A false dichotomy: RCTs and their contributions to evidence-based public health. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2015 Mar; 3(1):138-40. Hatt LE, Chatterji M, Miles L, Comfort AB, Bellows BW, Okello FO. PMID: 25745128.
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    15. Association between malaria control and paediatric blood transfusions in rural Zambia: an interrupted time-series analysis. Malar J. 2014 Sep 26; 13:383. Comfort AB, van Dijk JH, Mharakurwa S, Stillman K, Johns B, Hathi P, Korde S, Craig AS, Nachbar N, Derriennic Y, Gabert R, Thuma PE. PMID: 25261276.
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    16. Household malaria knowledge and its association with bednet ownership in settings without large-scale distribution programs: Evidence from rural Madagascar. J Glob Health. 2014 Jun; 4(1):010401. Krezanoski PJ, Tsai AC, Hamer DH, Comfort AB, Bangsberg DR. PMID: 24976960.
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    17. Households with young children and use of freely distributed bednets in rural Madagascar. Int Health. 2014 Mar; 6(1):29-34. Krezanoski PJ, Comfort AB, Tsai AC, Bangsberg DR. PMID: 24366350.
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    18. Effect of health insurance on the use and provision of maternal health services and maternal and neonatal health outcomes: a systematic review. J Health Popul Nutr. 2013 Dec; 31(4 Suppl 2):81-105. Comfort AB, Peterson LA, Hatt LE. PMID: 24992805.
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    19. Financial incentives and maternal health: where do we go from here? J Health Popul Nutr. 2013 Dec; 31(4 Suppl 2):8-22. Morgan L, Stanton ME, Higgs ES, Balster RL, Bellows BW, Brandes N, Comfort AB, Eichler R, Glassman A, Hatt LE, Conlon CM, Koblinsky M. PMID: 24992800.
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    20. Hospitalizations and costs incurred at the facility level after scale-up of malaria control: pre-post comparisons from two hospitals in Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jan; 90(1):20-32. Comfort AB, van Dijk JH, Mharakurwa S, Stillman K, Gabert R, Korde S, Nachbar N, Derriennic Y, Musau S, Hamazakaza P, Zyambo KD, Zyongwe NM, Hamainza B, Thuma PE. PMID: 24218409.
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    21. Effect of incentives on insecticide-treated bed net use in sub-Saharan Africa: a cluster randomized trial in Madagascar. Malar J. 2010 Jun 27; 9:186. Krezanoski PJ, Comfort AB, Hamer DH. PMID: 20579392.
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