Puffer began the study assessing Kenyan family dynamics this summer with training for local Kenyans who will lead family focus groups.
Published July 9, 2013, last updated on April 9, 2018 under Research News
Shenglan Tang, professor of medicine and global health, has been awarded a two-year $230,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and evaluate financial models for effective treatment and care of Chinese patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Tang and his team will develop and implement case-based payment methods used to pay for hospital care, and appropriate financial incentives that encourage the provision of care. Tang will work with the China CDC on this project.
Sherryl Broverman, associate professor of the practice of biology and global health, has received $4,500 in pilot funds from the Duke Arts & Sciences Council on Faculty Research to engage undergraduate, graduate students and research assistants in research that explores the nutritional intake, body weight and cognition of primary school children in the WISER educational programs in Muhuru Bay, Kenya. The majority of children in this area experience food insecurity and consume inadequate calories, and overall diet quality is poor. Broverman is co-founder of WISER, which seeks to improve education, economic and health outcomes for adolescent girls in Kenya. DGHI faculty members Eve Puffer and Sara Benjamin Neelon are part of the project.
Eve Puffer, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience and global health, has received $4,500 in pilot funds from the Duke Arts & Sciences Council on Faculty Research to develop and evaluate a family-based intervention that aims to promote mental health and reduce the risk of HIV among adolescents in rural Kenya. Puffer and her team will explore culturally-relevant ways to assess Kenyan family dynamics, including family conflict, mental health problems and risk behaviors among adolescents and caregivers.
