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February 14, 2012
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Greetings!
The Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research joined DGHI in 2007 and is continuing its rich history of health inequalities research. Under the leadership of Kathryn Whetten, the Center has built a reputation as a collaborative, creative, experienced group dedicated to improving the quality of life for vulnerable populations in Durham, North Carolina and around the world. With more than 50 active research and program evaluation projects, DGHI is proud to be associated with such a hard-working organization. Read more about new CHPIR initiatives and achievements below.
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Until next week,
Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI
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New Resource Offered to North Carolinians Living with HIV
The Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR) is one of three collaborators on a new North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services initiative to improve access to information and treatment for people living with HIV in North Carolina. Studies estimate as many as 28,000 North Carolinians are unaware they
 | | Messer (left) with E. Byrd Quinlivan (UNC) and Jacquelyn Clymore (NC CDB) |
have HIV. Funded through a $1 million grant, NC-LINK will link state-level programs for HIV surveillance, testing and care with local public health agencies, community-based organizations and academic institutions. It will use this network to identify persons with HIV and connect them with high-quality, sustained HIV care. A recent report by CHPIR and the Duke AIDS Legal Project found that HIV has reached crisis proportion in the Southeastern United States; and North Carolina is one of eight southern states with the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses. "To remove disparities of accessing care, people with HIV, especially those in the rural areas of North Carolina, we need a coordinated multidisciplinary approach that promotes HIV testing, entry into and retention in quality care," said Lynne Messer, assistant professor of global health at CHPIR, who leads the effort at Duke. NC-LINK collaborators also include the NC Communicable Disease Branch, The Center of Infectious Diseases at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest Baptist Health Center, and East Carolina University.  |
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Research News at DGHI
Global Review of Who Adopts Improved Cookstoves
A new article published in Environmental Health Perspectives by Duke Associate in Research Jessica Lewis and DGHI faculty member Subhrendu Pattanayak evaluates who adopts improved fuels and cookstoves across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Cognitive Tests Shed Light on How Orphans Fare as Adults
Karen O'Donnell of the Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, and the Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team has published new research in the journal AIDS and Behavior on the cognitive development and learning of orphaned children in low- and middle-income countries.
Health Disparities Decrease with Age in China
DGHI and School of Nursing faculty member Bei Wu is lead author on a new article published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health highlighting that differences in gender and place of residence, whether in a rural or urban setting, have less of an impact on the health of older Chinese adults. Need for Emergency Obstetrics Training in Rwanda
Ruchi Puri, a recent graduate of the Duke Master of Science in Global Health and Duke Global Health Residency/Fellowship Pathway, is lead author on a new study in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics that identifies a need to improve safe motherhood knowledge and practices of obstetric care providers in the Bugesera District of Rwanda.
Fever is Misdiagnosed among Hospital Patients in Tanzania
A new article published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by Duke Infectious Diseases Fellow and former Global Health Resident Holly Biggs found that patients presenting with fever at hospitals in Moshi, Tanzania were often misdiagnosed as having malaria and pneumonia.
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Whetten Promoted to Professor
Kathryn Whetten has been promoted to full professor with tenure at the Sanford School of Public Policy. She has additional appointments in Community and Family Medicine, Nursing and Global Health, and is also director of the Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research.
Whetten's work focuses on health disparities in the US and around the globe, more specifically on life course events and the social and environmental factors that influence health-related behaviors and wellbeing. Her research is grounded in the idea that public policies can make a difference in people's lives.
Whetten is widely recognized as an expert in the study of orphaned and vulnerable children. Her work has led to important policy changes in the care of children worldwide. Learn more about her research on orphans.
She also teaches multidisciplinary approaches to global health, an introductory course in the global health certificate.
Whetten came to Duke in 1993 as Associate in Research at the Center for Health Policy Research and Education while finishing her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also has an MPH with a focus in Maternal and Child Health.
Her new position takes effect July 1.
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From DGHI's Global Health Dispatch Blog:
The Most Important Lesson of All
Blog by Duke PA student Holly Stump
"I wasn't sure what to expect when I arrived at Mahamodara Maternity Hospital. The tuk tuk dropped us off outside of what appeared to be fortress walls. We were met by our Duke coordinator and led through the gate, past a building that was in disrepair and dilapidated. We traversed through a labyrinth of crumbling plaster and boarded up windows. There was a smell of mildew lingering in the air. I thought to myself, "Women come here to give birth"? Once we rounded a corner, I noticed an area to my right which looked as if it should  have been full of expectant women, but was eerily vacant. It was then I realized what I was seeing was the shell of the Mahamodara which stood during the 2004 tsunami. I stared into the ward, and could imagine this area full of pregnant women and newborns on that day, and could almost feel their terror..."
Short Stay, But Lasting Impact
Blog by Duke PA student Tracy Curtis "...As I was taking in the similarities and differences of the OT, one of the general surgeons asked me to scrub for a thyroidectomy. The case got underway and I was impressed by the speed and precision of the surgeon. Thyroidectomies are a very common procedure here in Sri Lanka and these surgeons perform so many each day, I'm sure they could do this procedure in their sleep. Following the procedure, I noted that the turnover time between cases is quite rapid. Turning over an OR at home takes a bit of time, but here, there is no time to waste. They have so many patients in need of surgery and not enough resources to do so...."
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Global Health Opportunities
Job Opportunity
Research Professor in Global Health, Duke Kunshan University: (3 positions) in Health Systems, Chronic Disease & Global Environmental Health
Upcoming Conferences
NCD Child Conference, March 12-21, Oakland, CA
Global Surgery Conference, March 22-23, Salt Lake City, UT
Global Health & Innovation Conference, April 21-22, New Haven, CT
International Conference on Global Health, July 18-21, Washington, DC
Faculty
Merle A. Sande African Health Leadership Award - due Feb. 17
Education & Research Innovations in China (ERIC) Request for Proposals - due Mar. 1
Request for Duke Service Learning Label and Funds - due Mar. 2
Duke Population Research Institute Developmental Awards - due Apr 15
HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) Program (P01) - due May 13
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