Publications

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Peer-reviewed papers
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2022 Shields, K.F.*, Barrington, D.J.*, Meo, S., Sridharan, S., Saunders, S.G., Bartram, J. & Souter, R.T. Achieving development outcomes by building practical authority in WASH participatory collectives in Melanesia. Water Alternatives 5(2): 215-264.
2021 Shields, K.F., Moffa, M., Behnke, N.L., Kelly, E., Klug, T., Lee, K., Cronk, R., & Bartram, J. Community management does not equate to participation: Fostering community participation in rural water supplies. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 11(6), 937-947. DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2021.089
2020 Chan, T., MacDonald, M.C., Kearton, A., Elliot, M., Shields, K.F., Powell, B., Bartram, J.K. & Hadwen, W.L. Climate adaptation for rural water and sanitation systems in the Solomon Islands: A community scale systems model for decision support. Science of the Total Environment, 714, 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136681
2020 Anthonj, C., Wren, T., Fleming, L., Shields, K.F., Tikoisuva, W.M., Kelly, E., Thakkar, M.B., Cronk, R., Overmars, M., & Bartram, J. Geographical inequalities in drinking water in the Solomon Islands. Science of the Total Environment, 712, 1-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135241
2019 Fleming, L., Anthonj, C., Thakkar, M.B., Tikoisuva, W.M., Manga, M., Howard, G., Shields, K.F., Kelly, E., Overmars, M., & Bartram, J. Urban and rural sanitation and hygiene in the Solomon Islands:  How resilient are these to extreme weather events? Science of the Total Environment, 683, 331-340. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.253
2018 Kelly, E., Shields, K.F., Cronk, R., Lee, K., Behnke, N., Klug, T. & Bartram, J. Seasonality, water use and community management of water systems in rural settings: qualitative evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 715-721. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.045
2018 Klug, T., Cronk, R., Shields, K.F. & Bartram, J. A categorization of water system breakdowns: evidence from Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Science of the Total Environment, 619-620, 1126-1132. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.183
2017 Elliott, M., MacDonald, M., Chan, T., Kearton, A., Shields, K.F., Bartram, J. & Hadwen, W.L. Multiple household water sources and their use in remote communities with evidence from Pacific Island communities. Water Resources Research, 53, 1-12. DOI: 10.1002/2017WR021047
2017 Barrington, D.J., Sridharan, S., Shields, K.F., Saunders, S.G. Souter, R.T., & Bartram, J. Sanitation Marketing: A Systematic Review and Theoretical Critique Using the Capability Approach. Social Science & Medicine, 194, 128-134. DOI: 10.​1016/​j.​socscimed.​2017.​10.​021
2017 Kelly, E., Lee, K., Shields, K.F., Cronk, R., Behnke, N., Klug, T. & Bartram, J. The role of social capital and sense of ownership in rural community-managed water systems: qualitative evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Journal of Rural Studies, 56, 156-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.08.021
2017 MacDonald, M., Chan, T., Elliott, M., Kearton, A., Shields, K.F., Barrington, D.J., Souter, R.T., Powell, B.R., Bartram, J. & Hadwen, W.L. Temporal and thematic trends in water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) research in Pacific Island Countries: A systematic review. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 7(3), 352-368. DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2017.021
2017 Crocker, J., Saywell, D., Shields, K.F., Kolsky, P. & Bartram, J. The true costs of participatory sanitation: evidence from community-led total sanitation studies in Ghana and Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment, 601-602, 1075-1083. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.279
2017 Behnke, N.L, Klug, T., Cronk, R., Shields, K.F., Lee, K., Kelly, E.R., Allgood, G. & Bartram, J. Resource mobilization for community-managed rural water systems: evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 156, 437-444. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.016
2017 Klug, T., Shields, K.F., Cronk, R., Kelly, E., Behnke, N., Lee, K. & Bartram, J. Pathways for water system hardware and management rehabilitation: qualitative evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 220, 531-538. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.02.009
2016 Macdonald, M.C., Elliott, M., Chan, T., Kearton, A., Shields, K.F., Bartram, J., & Hadwen, W.L. Investigating Multiple Household Water Sources and Uses with a Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) Survey. Water, 8(12), 574. DOI:10.3390/w8120574.
2016 Barrington, D.J., Sridharan, S., Saunders, S.G., Souter, R., Bartram, J., Shields, K.F., Meo, S., Kearton, A. & Hughes, R. Improving community health through marketing exchanges: insights from a Participatory Action Research study on water, sanitation, and hygiene in three Melanesian countries. Social Science & Medicine, 171, 84-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.11.003
2016 Fisher, M.B, Mann, B.H., Cronk, R.D, Shields, K.F., Klug, T.L. & Ramaswamy, R. Evaluating Mobile Survey Tools (MSTs) for field-level monitoring and data collection: development of a novel evaluation framework, and application to MSTs for rural water and sanitation monitoring. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(9), 840. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13090840
2016 Crocker, J.*, Shields, K.F.*, Venkataramanan, V., Saywell, D., & Bartram, J. Building capacity for water, sanitation, and hygiene programming: training evaluation theory applied to CLTS management training in Kenya. Social Science & Medicine, 166, 66-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.008
2016 Saunders, S.G., Barrington D.J., Sridharan, S., Meo, S., Hadwen, W., Shields, K.F., Souter, R., & Bartram, J. Addressing water, sanitation and hygiene challenges in Pacific Island Countries: A participatory systems mapping approach to empower informal settlement community action. Habitat International, 55, 159-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.03.010
2015 Shields, K.F., Bain, R.E, Cronk, R. Wright, J.A., & Bartram, J. Association of Supply Type with Fecal Contamination of Source Water and Household Stored Drinking Water in Developing Countries: A Bivariate Meta-analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives, 123(12), 1222-1231. DOI:10.1289/ehp.1409002.
2015 Fisher, M.F, Shields, K.F., Chan, T.U, Christenson, E., Cronk, R.D., Leker, H., Samani, D., Apoya, P., Lutz, A.& Bartram, J. Understanding handpump sustainability: Determinants of rural water source functionality in the Greater Afram Plains region of Ghana. Water Resources Research, 51, DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016770
2012 Eisenberg, J.N., Trostle, J., Sorensen, R.J., & Shields, K.F. Toward a systems approach to enteric pathogen transmission: From individual independence to community interdependence. Annual review of public health, 33, 239.
2006 Partch, C.L., Shields, K.F., Thompson, C.L., Selby, C.P., & Sancar, A. Posttranslational regulation of the mammalian circadian clock by cryptochrome and protein phosphatase 5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103(27), 10467-10472.

Other Reports and Writing

2017 Shields, K.F., Cronk, R.D., & Abebe, L. Solomon Islands Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Baseline Report. The Water Institute at UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
2017 Shields, K.F., Karon, A.J. Integrated WASH/MUS/CBN Program in Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray Regions: Baseline and Midline report. Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
2017 Shields, K.F., Souter, R.T., Barrington, D.J., Sridharan, S., Saunders, S.G., Meo, S., & Bartram, J. Policy Brief: Melanesian WaSH policy environments to foster inclusive WaSH marketing exchanges. International WaterCentre, Brisbane, Australia.
2017 Shields, K.F., Souter, R.T., Barrington, D.J., Sridharan, S., Saunders, S.G., Meo, S., & Bartram, J. Policy Brief: Enabling environments that support sustainable, effective and inclusive WASH marketing exchanges. International WaterCentre, Brisbane, Australia.
2017 Barrington, D.J., Bartram, J., Meo, S., Saunders, S.G., Shields, K.F., Sridharan, S, & Souter, R.T. Fostering water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) marketing exchanges using participatory processes: a guide for working with residents of informal settlements in the Pacific. International WaterCentre: Brisbane, Australia.  ISBN: 978-1-921499-05-0
2016 Shields, K.F., Klug, T.L, Lee, K.M., Kelly, E.R., Behnke, N.L., & Cronk, R.D. Processes for Sustainability in Community-Managed Water Supply Systems. The Water Institute at UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
2016 Shields, K.F, Christenson, E., Ambelu, A., & Liang, K. MWA Water Quality Study Report. Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
2013 Shields, K. Karachi Elegies:  Naiza Khan. ArtNow: Contemporary Art of Pakistan 2.
2006 Shields, K. Cracked foundations: urban development and the changing politics of squatter settlements in Istanbul (Unpublished undergraduate honors thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Advised by Dr. Banu Gökarıksel and Dr. Wendy Wolford.