RESEARCH SCHOLAR:
UCLA
Center for the Study of Women
2524 Mira Hersley Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1504
Tel: 310-206-5898
Fax: 310-206-7700
TEACHING:
part-time lecturer, Department of
Anthropology, California State University Northridge (CSUN).
EDUCATION:
1988 Ph.D. in
Anthropology, University of California at Los Angeles.
1982 M.A. in Anthropology, California
State University at Northridge
1977 Bachelor's degree in Anthropology,
Honor Society Pi Gamma Mu, University of
California at Los Angeles.
RESEARCH
EXPERTISE:
Qualitative research, surveys, in-depth
interviews, focus group discussions, situation analysis,
training/teaching facilitators, monitoring and evaluation of programs:
reproductive health, STIs/ HIV/AIDS prevention, quality of care of
services, training of ToT, maternal and child health, research
concerning adolescents’ sexual behaviour, men’s KAP
and contraception, gender inequalities, women’s empowerment,
family planning and behaviour change communication.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: (Mark 1 to 5 for
competence)
French (5), English (5), Spanish (4),
Haitian Creole (4), Italian, Quechua (3).
COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE:
Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon,
Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal.
PUBLICATIONS:
2005 Peer education in the Workplace: HIV
Prevention in Lagos, Nigeria.
AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin, Vol. 17(2) July 2005.
2002 Are
lessons Learned? The case of a sex workers' project in Madagascar,
Practicing Anthropology, Vol.24 (2): 16-19.
2000 Conducting Focus Groups in Developing
Countries: Skill Training for
Local Bilingual Facilitators, International Health Research vol.10,
No.3:
396-410.
1999 Women's Empowerment and Reproductive
Health: Links Throughout
the Life Cycle, report written with Barbara Pillsbury and
France
Nguyen, UNFPA Publication
1999 Implementing the Reproductive Health
Vision: Progress and Directions
for UNFPA. Contributed to the consolidated report of the
thematic
evaluation for Morocco with Drs. Jurrien Toomen, Gaston Legrain and
Mohamed el
Aouad, UNFPA Publication.
1998 Parents’ Management of ARI in
the Region of Marrakech.
Journal of Tropical of Pediatrics, Vol. 44, February,
pp.59-62.
1994 Haiti: Unions, Fertility and the Quest
for Survival, Social Science and
Medicine
Vol. 43 (9): 1379-1387.
1994 Indigenous Perceptions and Quality of
Care of Family Planning Services
in Haiti,
Health
Policy and Planning, Oxford University Press Vol.9 (3): 306-317.
1994 Men's and Women's Reproductive and
Contraceptive Decisions: A
Case Study from Highland Peru,
Working Paper #248, Working Papers on Women in International
Development
Publications Series, October 1994, Michigan State University.
1990 Book review, Le Corps Paradoxal:
Regards de Femmes sur la
Maternite, by Anne Queniart, American Anthropologist vol. 92:256-257.
1989 Women's Status as a Factor
in Male and Female
Decision Making about the Use of Contraception: A
Case Study from Rural Peru. Working Papers Women in
International
Development Publication Series no 191. Ann Arbor: Michigan State
University.
1989 Knowledge of Reproductive Physiology
and Modern Contraceptives in Rural Peru. Studies in Family Planning
vol.
20 (4): 215-224.
1988 Modern
Contraception: Characteristics of Users and Nonusers in a
Peruvian Pueblo, Anthropology UCLA: UCLA
Publications, vol. 15, spring 1988.
1986 Barriers to Modern Contraceptive Use in
Rural Peru. Studies in
Family Planning,
November December 1986, vol.17 (6): 307 316.
RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL CONSULTATIVE
WORK:
(Copies of the research/evaluation reports
can be requested from the administrative agencies cited for
each mission)
2004 Team leader for the mid-term evaluation
of the project
SMARTWORK in Lagos, Nigeria. The project aimed at preventing
HIV/AIDS in the
workplace through the training of enterprise workers as peer educators
and the
development of support materials. US Ministry of Labour/AED/Development
Associates.
2002 Team member of the project CHANGE,
assessment of Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) in the
activities sponsored by
USAID/Haiti regarding HIV/AIDS prevention programs. A project
administered by AED and Manoff.
2001 Team
member for the evaluation of the project PRISM (Pour Renforcer
les Interventions en Santé
Reproductive et MST/SIDA). Performed the evaluation of the
reproductive health services
delivery and quality of care of
PRISM in various regions of Guinea. A project of
USAID/Guinea administered by MSH and
LTG.
1999 Team
member for the Evaluation of the "Proyecto Servicios Integrales para
Adolescentes en Condicion de
Pobreza." Performed the evaluation of four Institutions in
Guatemala City regarding
adolescents' sexual education
programs. A project of the foundation Paniamor in
Costa Rica, administrated by
Futures Group International.
1999 Team
member for the Review of Experiences in Operationalising
Reproductive Health Programs. Analysis of
UNFPA’s support to reproductive
health counseling, information, education and
communication strategies,
programs and activities in Morocco. Analysis of IEC
activities in relation to the
socio-cultural environment including gender and
women’s rights.
Morocco/UNFPA.
1998 As a team member
conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews with medical personnel
and beneficiaries, in
three regions of Bolivia;
the Altiplano, Las Yungas and Santa Cruz for the final
evaluation of
the Community and Child
Health Project (CCH). A USAID/Bolivia project administered
by Futures Group/POPTECH)
1997 As a
team member performed social and gender analyses of family planning
clients and conducted workshop with health
professionals in Parakou (Benin) for
the preparation of "Results Package for the
Benin Integrated Family Health
Program." A USAID/Benin project administered by
POPTECH.
1997 Designed and
conducted inquiries concerning the Retrospective Study of USAID
Contribution of Senegal National Health
Programs since 1977. The
qualitative study divided in two parts was composed of an
historical component of oral
stories and the analysis of four field trips conducted
in Dakar, Louga, Kaolack and
Fatick. A USAID/Dakar project administered by The
Futures Group International.
1996 Health Services
Specialist of a team, designed instruments and conducted exit
interviews in order to evaluate the project
"Appui aux Services de
Santé." The research focused on the delivery of
health
services and the
implementation of pharmacies in the health facilities of the
West and East Provinces of
Cameroon. A project of the European Union
administered by The Futures Group International.
1996 Designed and conducted
focus groups with sex workers, clients and STD
patients concerning the prevention of STDs\AIDS and
investigated the barriers to
the use of condoms among sex workers who are not
registered in STD clinics, their
clients and STD patients in Antananarivo, Madagascar. A
project of the World
Bank/Futures Group International.
1995 Designed formative
research and pre-tested instruments for KAP study regarding
micronutrient interventions in three rural
communities in Haiti. Also
trained social scientists in qualitative research
techniques for KAP study. Project OMNI administered by
JSI/Manoff for CDS/USAID
Haiti.
1995 Health Services
Specialist of a team, analysis of the social soundness of Pre-Design
Assessment for Community Health
Partnerships (CHAPS) Malawi. Conducted focus groups with
antenatal patients and
in-depth interviews with
medical staff, traditional healers and TBAs, Project
administered by BASICS
for USAID Malawi.
1994 Designed formative
research and conducted focus group discussions with school
girls, parents and teachers in order to evaluate
the Female Education
Scholarship Program (FESP) sponsored by USAID in Nepalgung
(Nepal). Project administered by
the Asia Foundation for USAID Nepal.
1993 Co-principal investigator of
WHO’s focused
ethnographic research study in Marrakech
(Morocco) on acute respiratory infection
(ARI), in-depth
multi-methodology research on mothers' knowledge, perceptions and
practices regarding treatments of
children experiencing ARI. Project REACH
administered by JSI/USAID for the World
Health
Organization.
1991 Designed
formative research for the investigation of traditional
midwives’ practices during pregnancy, delivery and
puerperium,
and evaluated the
implementation of the MOH/MotherCare birthing huts initiative
for
the Perinatal
Regionalization Project in Tanjungsari, Indonesia. Project
administered by MotherCare/Manoff for
AID.
1990 Provided technical assistance to the
Child Health Institute in Haiti (Haitian research center), for
conducting surveys, in-depth
interviews, operations
research, focus group
discussions and qualitative and
quantitative analyses. Designed a
monitoring system for
evaluating the quality of care of the
services of the Private Sector
Family Planning Project
(PSFPP) in Haiti.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION:
2003 Qualitative analysis of fifteen
HIV/AIDS patients participating in the COMET Program
of Chicago hospital. Patients were able to
follow their condition through
the display of their lab tests and treatment using the
COMET computer program. A
project administered by REAP Change Consultants,
Steve Maack Founder.
2000 Consultant services: analyzed and wrote
a booklet with Dr. Barbara
Pillsbury and France Nguyen on issues discussed at the
Beijing +5 meeting for women's empowerment and reproductive
Health, a
UNFPA project.
1999 Consultant services: Designed
research and performed analysis of data for improving the
performance of the
Research Scholars’
program offered by the Center for the study of Women at
UCLA.
1996 Consultant services:
Synthesis and analysis of answers of
preliminary questionnaires, for evaluation of the
program "the Global Fund for
Women," a project administered by the Pacific
Institute for Women/Western
Consortium for Public Health.
1995 Consultant services: Synthesis and
analysis of USAID Reproductive Health Baseline
Survey with Dr. Barbara Pillsbury, for AID/Washington, Office
of Health and Nutrition and Office of
Population.
1993 Consultant services: Preliminary
analysis of
contraceptive practice for synthesis report, Population, Family
Planning and
Reproductive Health in Turkey." Background
report for national population sector assessment, with Dr. Barbara
Pillsbury. International Health &
Development Associates, for
AID/Washington, Office of
Population.
1991 Consultant
services: Analysis of research conducted under Rockefeller Foundation
program, "Status of Women and Fertility,"
evaluation of program
achievements, with Dr. Barbara Pillsbury. International
Health Development
Associates, for the
Rockefeller Foundation.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
(The following reports last ten years)
2006 Organizer of the session
“Career opportunities in
Development
for Students,” Annual meeting of the society for
Applied
Anthropology, March 28-April
2, 2006 Vancouver, BC.
2005 Moderator of the session
“Global Perspectives/Politics
of
Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS,” The 15th Annual
Thinking Gender Conference,
March 4, UCLA.
2005 Organizer of the workshop”
International Career
Opportunities
for Students-Phase Two,” Annual Meeting, Society for
Applied Anthropology, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, April.
2005 Organizer of the
International Committee panel” Conservation, Heritage and
Environmental Issues: Challenges and
Resolutions.” Paper
presented “Peer Education in the Workplace: Findings
from
an HIV prevention Program in Lagos, Nigeria.” Annual
Meeting
Society for Applied
Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April.
2004 Organizer of the International
Committee panel ”Gender,
Social Conditions and Health: an International
Perspective on
Advocacy.” Paper presented “Gender
Inequity, Poverty and
Unmet Needs: Advocating
Women’s Health in Developing Countries.”
Annual
Meeting Society for Applied
Anthropology, Dallas, Texas, April.
2004 Organizer of the workshop
“International Career
Opportunities
for Students.” Annual Meeting, Society for Applied
Anthropology, Dallas, Texas, April.
2003 Organizer of the International
Committee panel
“Globalization, Collaboration, and Social
Impact.” Paper
presented “Improving
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Partnership and Collaboration in
Haiti.” Annual
Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon,
March.
2002 Organizer of the International
Committee panel "Changing
Environments
in Transitional Societies: International views
on Conflict and
Resolution." Paper presented "Guinea: the Impact of Guerilla
War Refugees on the Delivery
of Primary Health Care in the Regions of Kankan and
Faranah." Annual
Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, Atlanta, Georgia,
March.
2001 “Conflicts and Collaboration
in a Project Concerning
Adolescents' Sexual Education in Guatemala.” Paper
presented at
the Annual Meeting, Society
for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico, March.
2000 “Are Lessons
Learned? The Case of a Women's
Empowerment Project in Madagascar.” Paper presented at
the Annual meeting, Society
for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, March.
1999 “Mothers’
Home-Medication in Africa: Education
Imperatives and the Vulnerability of the
Anthropologist.” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, Tucson,
Arizona, April.
1998 “Senegal:
Collaborative efforts and
Community Management of Primary Care.” Paper
presented at the Annual
Meeting, Society for
Applied Anthropology, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, April.
1997 “Pornography and AIDS
Prevention in Madagascar: the
Controversy of a Changing World." Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology in Seattle,
Washington, March.
1996 Co-chair of the
session “Training Ethnographic Methods in the
Field: Global Issues and Local Expertise”, with Dr.
Margot
Wilson-Moore. Paper presented “Skill Training in the
Field:
Problems
and Suggestions for Conducting Focus Groups in Developing
Countries.”
Annual Meeting,
Society for Applied Anthropology, Baltimore, Maryland, March.
1996 Speaker for the
workshop "Literacy and Education" at the Huntington
library, Women's Studies Seminar and the United
Nations Association-USA, "From
Seneca Falls to Beijing and Beyond," Anticipating
the 4th
World Conference on Women, April.
1995 Co-chair of the
session “Women's Empowerment: Issues on the Road from Cairo
to Beijing,” with Dr.
Barbara Pillsbury. Paper
presented “Nepal: Girls' Secondary Education and
Reproductive
Attitudes.” Annual Meeting,
Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
April.
TEACHING:
2005 Course 308, Women sex Roles and
Culture. Department of Antrhropology California State
University Northridge
2005 Course 315, Third World Cultures.
Department of Anthropology, California State University
Northridge.
2004 Course 308, Women, Sex Roles and
Culture. Department of Anthropology, California State
University Northridge.
2003 Course 308, Women, Sex Roles and
Culture. Department of Anthropology, California State
University Northridge
2002 Guest Lecturer, course 202,
Questionnaire, Questions and Methods of Observations.
Department of Sociology,
California State University,
Northridge.
2001 Guest lecturer, courses 202,
Qualitative
Methods: Understanding Human Behavior, Department of Sociology,
California State University, Northridge.
MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American
Anthropological Association
American Public Health Association
Fellow of The Society for Applied
Anthropology
International Board Member of the AIDSsail
Organization
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