Dr Marie Habito
Senior Research Officer
Working groups
Background
Dr Marie Habito is an experienced qualitative researcher with particular skills in participatory methodologies and a background in international development. Marie’s work aims to improve understanding of social determinants of adolescent health and wellbeing to inform evidence-based action. She has eight years of experience working in adolescent health, with a special focus on adolescent pregnancy and sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries and resource-constrained settings in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Before her PhD, Marie worked in the Philippines in research and consultancy roles with local and international NGOs.
Qualifications
- 2021: PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2013: MDevSt, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2007: BSABM, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Burnet publications
View 2 moreYoung men’s everyday life experiences with contraception and unintended pregnancy in Papua New Guinea
PLOS Global Public Health
Stephen Bell et al
Can youth-centred sexual and reproductive health self-care and contraceptive innovation address unintended pregnancy among girls and young women? Some reflections from Asia and the Pacific
BMJ Global Health
Stephen Bell et al
Advancing Impactful Research for Adolescent Health and Wellbeing: Key Principles and Required Technical Investments
Journal of Adolescent Health
Peter Azzopardi et al
Current projects
View 1 moreAdolescent contraceptive self-care in Indonesia
In Indonesia, we're modelling self-care to help revolutionise adolescent contraceptive care, moving away from traditional family planning.
Innovative futures for adolescent pregnancy prevention
In Papua New Guinea and Myanmar, we're changing responses to unintended pregnancy among girls and young women by exploring contraceptive self-care strategies.
Youth-led research and action on health and climate change in the Philippines
Past projects
Understanding Pathways to Adolescent Pregnancy in Southeast Asia
We aim to improve understanding of the drivers and pathways to adolescent pregnancy in Southeast Asia.
Review of the health and wellbeing of adolescents and young people in the Middle East and North Africa
This project assessed health outcomes, risks and factors related to wellbeing for adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa.
SRHIP: Sexual & Reproductive Health Integration Project
This project is uniquely positioned to enhance the delivery of HIV and sexual and reproductive health services and outcomes.
News and features
New Burnet funding for early-career research projects
Two exciting and diverse projects focused on Adolescent Health, and Women's and Newborns' Health in Lao PDR and the Philippines have been granted funding from Burnet’s Discovery Innovation Fund.
Child marriage a key factor in Laos' high adolescent pregnancy rate
