Strength and Serenity

Publications

Updated October 2026

Original Research Investigations 

  1. Cardoso MR, Talarico MCR, Sousa RS, Farias SF, Forte FD, Sampaio YPCC, Morais APP, Greenwald M, Castro MC, Yousafzai AK, Goodman A, Vieira-Meyer APGF. Domestic and urban violence faced by community health workers: a multidimensional analysis in vulnerable territories in northeastern Brazil during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Mar 11;57:101436. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101436. PMID: 41853775; PMCID: PMC12995465.
  2. Artyomenko V, Fachon K, Cardoso M, Zhelezov D, Goodman A, Greenwald M, Velieva Z, Duzyj C. Perceptions of respectful maternity care in Ukraine during a time of war. J Perinat Med. 2025 Dec 15;54(1):189-200. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2025-0341. PMID: 41383113.
  3. Fachon K, Narayan S, Truong S, Duzyj C, Kruczynski KV, Lalla AT, Cohen A, Barbosa P, Flynn A, Goodman A. “You feel like you come up short over and over again”: a qualitative study of provider perspectives of barriers to respectful maternity care in Boston. Reprod Health. 2025 Jun 11;22(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s12978-025-02053-7. PMID: 40500749; PMCID: PMC12160462.
  4. Akhter, T. , Pervin, S. , Baqui, S. , Ara, R. , Haque, F. , Nigar, T. , Yeasmin, D. , Khan, S. and Goodman, A. (2024) Evaluation of the Factors Associated with Delay in Initiation of Treatment of Advanced Stage Cervical Cancer Patients in Bangladesh. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 15, 381-400. doi: 10.4236/jct.2024.1511035. 
  5. Gillen, M. , Goodman, A. , Danaher, F. , Bosson, R. , Greenwald, M. and Jasrasaria, R. (2024) Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience among Im/Migrant Families: Child Mental Health Outcomes and Psychosocial Mechanisms of Transmission. Health, 16, 888-920. doi: 10.4236/health.2024.1610063. 
  6. Fachon KD, Truong S, Narayan S, Buniak CD, Vergara Kruczynski K, Cohen A, Barbosa P, Flynn A, Goodman A. Providers’ Perceptions of Respectful and Disrespectful Maternity Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Reproductive Medicine. 2024; 5(4):231-242. https://doi.org/10.3390/reprodmed5040020  
  7. Fachon, K. D., Truong, S., Narayan, S., Buniak, C. D., Vergara Kruczynski, K., Cohen, A., Barbosa, P., Flynn, A., & Goodman, A. (2024). Providers’ Perceptions of Respectful and Disrespectful Maternity Care at Massachusetts General Hospital. Reproductive Medicine, 5(4), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.3390/reprodmed5040020
  8. Haque, F., Pervin, S. and Goodman, A. (2023) Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients and Clinicopathological Features and Survival: A Comparison of Outcomes of Two Age Cohorts in Bangladesh. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 14, 416-428. doi: 10.4236/jct.2023.1410035. 
  9. Shahida, S., Chowdhury, M. , Shajahan, F. , Rifat, J. , Lubaba, A. , Shamsuzzaman, S. and Goodman, A. (2023) Distribution of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Genotypes among Women with Colposcopic Diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Bangladesh. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 14, 277-290. doi: 10.4236/jct.2023.146023. 
  10. Chaudhary A, Nakarmi J, Goodman A. Association between intimate partner violence and nutritional status of married Nepalese women. Glob Health Res Policy. 2022 May 18;7(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s41256-022-00248-0. PMID: 35585625; PMCID: PMC9118640. 
  11. Kalam, F., Pervin, S., Joy, K.M.N.I., Islam, J. and Goodman, A. (2021) Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery versus Primary Surgery in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Review of Outcomes at National Institute of Cancer Research Hospital in Bangladesh. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 12, 621-633. https://doi.org/10.4236/jct.2021.1211054 
  12. Nigar, T., Goodman, A. & Pervin, S. Total Antioxidant Capacity and Lipid Peroxidation Status in Cervical Cancer Patients Compared with Women Without Cervical Cancer in Bangladesh. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 19, 60 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-021-00560-6 
  13. Akhter, T., Pervin,S. and Goodman, A. (2020) Quality of Life in Ovarian-Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 11, 695-714. https://doi.org/10.4236/jct.2020.1111059 
  14. Ara R, Khatun S, Pervin S, Jahan M, Shahera U, Ferdous J, Akter Begum S, Fatema S, Begum M, Nazneen S, Goodman A. (2020). Role of Molecular Biomarker Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) E6 Oncoprotein in Cervical Cancer Screening. Gynecologic Oncology 158, 590-596. 
  15. Dowla R, Goodman A, Akter S. (2020). Prevalence of Various Cancer-Related Risk Factors among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National Community, the Rohingya, in Bangladesh: A Preliminary Assessment. Journal of Cancer Therapy 11, 251-264. 
  16. Mahmood I, Bergbower H, Mahmood A, Goodman A. (2019). Maternal Health Care In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A Survey Of Midwifery Experience At Hope Foundation And A Review Of The Literature. Open Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 9, 1624-1637 https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2019.912158 
  17. Jahan FI, Begum F, Pervin S, Islam F, Goodman A. (2019). Risk Factors for Wound Infection Following Caesarean Section: A Case Control Study from Sir Salimullah Medical College & MitfordHospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9(6), 904-913 DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2019.96088 
  18. Dowla R, Goodman A, Kashem T. (2019). “Art therapy to improve quality of life of cancer patients and their carers in Bangladesh” Journal of Cancer Therapy 10 (6), 485-470. DOI: 10.4236/jct.2019.106038 
  19. Pervin S, Ruma FI, Rahman K, Ferdous J, Ara R, Sayed MMA, Goodman A. (2019). Adjuvant hysterectomy in patients with residual disease after radiation for locally advanced cervical cancer: A prospective longitudinal study. Journal of Global Oncology. Jan;5:1-7. doi: 10.1200/JGO.18.00157. 
  20. Ferdous J, Khatun S, Akhter S, Chowdhury S, Pervin S, Amir M, Goodman A. (2018). Evaluation of the Risk Factors for Pelvic Lymph Node Metastasis in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer. Journal of Cancer Therapy 9(12), 1011-1026 https://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=89504 
  21. Khatun S, Sharmin F, Ferdous J, Goodman A. (2018). Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Treatment of Cervical Cancer: A Case Series of Thirty-Eight Patients Treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 08. 446-455. 10.4236/ojog.2018.8505 
  22. Haque N, Uddin AFMK, Dey BR, Islam F, Goodman A.  (2017). Challenges to cervical cancer treatment in Bangladesh: The development of a women’s cancer ward at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 21: 67-72. doi:10.1016/j.gore.2017.06.001. 

Clinical Communications 

  1. Guzman, L., Manning, W. , Zanfagnin, V. , Devins, K. , Giap, F. , Russo, A. and Goodman, A. (2025) Radiation-Induced Liposarcoma of the Groin in a Patient with Prior Vulvar Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review. Journal of Cancer Therapy, 16, 28-37. doi: 10.4236/jct.2025.161003. 
  2. Agarwal N, Garg R, Gandhi G, Goodman A. Mucinous ovarian malignancy in a young woman: a case report. Clin Case Rep J. 2021;2(5):1–5. 
  3. Lipi LB, Philp L, Goodman A. (2020). A challenging case of twin pregnancy with complete hydatidiform mole and coexisting normal live fetus – a case report and review of the literature. Gynecologic Oncology Reports 31 (2020) 100519 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2019.100519 
  4. Pervin S, Islam F, Hall TR, Goodman A. The Management of Ovarian Cancer in Bangladesh: A Report of a Long-Term Survivor.  Austin Journal of Obstet Gynecol 2015; 2(4): 1047. 

Reviews and Perspectives 

  1. Cardoso MR, Sánchez ODR, Greenwald M, Surita FG, Goodman A. Intersectionality and Intimate Partner Violence: Risk Factors and Vulnerabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Humanitarian Emergencies. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2025 Oct 29:15248380251367411. doi: 10.1177/15248380251367411. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41163324.
  2. Fachon, K.D., Narayan, S., Greenwald, M. and Goodman, A. (2025) Health Care Providers’ Perceptions of Respectful and Disrespectful Maternity Care in Facility-Based Births Worldwide: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 15, 1763-1794. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2025.1510149
  3. Gillen, M. , Goodman, A. , Danaher, F. , Bosson, R. , Greenwald, M. and Jasrasaria, R. (2024) Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience among Im/Migrant Families: Child Mental Health Outcomes and Psychosocial Mechanisms of Transmission. Health, 16, 888-920. doi: 10.4236/health.2024.1610063.
  4. Peredy, T., Greenwald, M., Fachon, K.D., Danaher, F., Jasrasaria, R., Truong, S. and Goodman, A. (2024) Maternal Mortality Rates among Im/Migrant Populations in the United States. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 14, 1161-1175. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2024.148094 
  5. Truong, S., Doughty, K., Greenwald, M. and Goodman, A. (2024) Mistreatment during Childbirth: Impact on Maternal Outcomes and Importance of Provider Perspectives. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 14, 227-233. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2024.142020. 
  6. Osnytska, Y. , Martin, L. and Goodman, A. (2023) Cervical Cancer Prevention Challenges and Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening and HPV Vaccinations in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Health, 15, 525-543. doi: 10.4236/health.2023.156036. 
  7. Das, G., Masoi, T.J., Kibusi, S.M., Chaudhary, A., Greenwald, M. and Goodman, A. (2021) Patient and Provider Perspectives of Disrespect and Abuse during Childbirth in Tanzania: A Literature Review. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 11, 1248-1272. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2021.11911 
  8. Goodman, A. , Bergbower, H. , Perrotte, V. and Chaudhary, A. (2020) Survival after Sexual Violence and Genocide: Trauma and Healing for Yazidi Women in Northern Iraq. Health, 12, 612-628. doi: 10.4236/health.2020.126046 
  9. Perrotte, V., Chaudhary, A. and Goodman, A. (2020) “At Least Your Baby Is Healthy” Obstetric Violence or Disrespect and Abuse in Childbirth Occurrence Worldwide: A Literature Review. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10, 1544-1562.  https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2020.10110139 
  10. Goodman A, Mahmood I. (2019). “The Rohingya Refugee Crisis of Bangladesh: Gender Based Violence and the Humanitarian Response” Open Journal of Political Science. 9(3), 490-501. DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2019.93027  
  11. Daubman B, Hilarie Cranmer H, Lynn Black L, Goodman A. (2019). How to talk with dying patients and their families after disasters and humanitarian crises: A review of available tools and guides for disaster responders. Journal of International Humanitarian Action  4: 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-019-0059-6 
  12. Hesham, H., Hesham, M. and Goodman, A. (2019) Obstetric Care among Refugees: The Complex Interplay of Barriers to Care, Culture, Health Resources and the Healthcare Infrastructure of Host Countries. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 9, 170-185. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2019.92018.  
  13. Goodman A. (2016). In the aftermath of Disasters: The Impact on Women’s Health. Critical care Obstetrics and Gynecology Vol 2 (No 6): 126. http://obstetrics.imedpub.com/in-the-aftermath-of-disasters-the-impact-on-womens-health.pdf  DOI: 10.4172/2471-9803.1000137 
  14. Goodman A, Faruque M, Clark RM. (2016). In Bangla there is no word for vagina: Reflections on Language, Sexual Health, and Women’s Access to Healthcare in Resource-Limited Countries. Open Journal Obstet Gynecol. Vol 8 (No 12). http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=70860 DOI: 10.4236/health.2016.812127 
  15. Shahida SM, Islam MA, Dey BR, Islam F, Venkatesh K, Goodman A. Hospital Acquired Infections in Low and Middle Income Countries: Root Cause Analysis and the Development of Infection Control Practices in Bangladesh. Open Journal Obstet Gynecol. 2016 6(1) http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=62917 DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2016.61004