Julie Evans BA MA MPA

Research Degree Student

My research is a community study on the role of social networks in the management of childhood health and illness in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. The study has followed a sample of child care-givers over a 16 month period, collecting social network and indepth qualitative data to analyze how the structure, content and function of social ties influence and enable caregivers to co-ordinate the response to childhood illness. The work therefore is a case study of social capital amongst a diverse population group living in the shared context of urban poverty and exclusion.

The research is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council.

My recent prior experience includes working with a genomic epidemiology of malaria research group, running a primary healthcare programme in Liberia and working in the HIV Surveillance Unit of NYC's Department of Health. I have also completed a series of short-term public health and development assignments in Ethiopia, The Philippines and East Timor relating to family planning, microfinance and gender-based violence. I completed an MPA in economic and political development from Columbia University in 2005, specialising in international health.

Affiliation

Teaching

I have been a seminar leader for the Health Services module.

Research

My core interest is in improving access to health services for vulnerable groups, and a broader interest in interventions which build the organizational capacity of the poor to address the determinants of social inclusion/exclusion.

Research areas

  • Child health
  • Health inequalities
  • Health services
  • Implementation research
  • Inequalities
  • Qualitative methods
  • Social and structural determinants of health

Disciplines

  • Development studies
  • Social Policy

Regions

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Countries

  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Philippines
  • Timor-Leste

Other interests

  • Access To Care
  • Africa
  • Community
  • Community health services
  • Demand For Health Services
  • Gender And Health
  • Health Related Behaviour
  • Health Services Utilisation
  • Informal Settlements
  • Marginalised Populations
  • Maternal And Child Health
  • Poverty
  • Social Networks
  • Urban development
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