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Focused and hard-working professional with Master of Health Science degree eager to contribute academic background and talents toward supporting a dynamic organization in achieving goals and objectives.

 

           

• Keen interests in women's health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and social and behavioral interventions among developing country populations.
• Proficiency in qualitative data analysis, conducting surveys and focus groups, administering interviews, and collecting, synthesizing, and presenting findings.
• Considerable knowledge of HIV infection in women, children and adolescents, and strong talents in health education and promotion. 
• Able to drive collaborative efforts among all levels of a public health or community organization.
• Exemplary blend of planning, analytical, organizational, communication and presentation skills.
• Fluent in Ga and Akan (Ghanaian languages); conversational skills in Spanish and Hindi.

 

 

Master of Health Sciences (MHS) C Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2009

Essay Topic: The state of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Okurase: A needs assessment for Project OKURASE

 

Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Women's & Gender Studies, Amherst College, Amherst MA, 2006   

Thesis Topic: "The Hidden Population: Unwed Teen Mothers in Rural Ghana"

 

 

Project Okurase, Okurase, Ghana, 2008 to 2009

Qualitative Research Consultant                                                                                       

• Applied sharp analytical strengths toward developing field guides for interviewing target populations in a qualitative needs assessment in Okurase Village.
• Effectively supported three focus groups and 34 semi-structured individual interviews.
• Accurately transcribed and translated 23 audio-taped interviews and focus group sessions.
• Completed comprehensive analysis on interview and focus group transcripts with ATLAS.ti 5.2 to summarize needs of orphans and vulnerable village children.

 

Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA, 2008 to 2009

Health Intern   

• Prepared and distributed nationwide invitation letters to gain participation in Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day recognizing healthcare students and professionals efforts to reduce domestic violence.
• Wrote initial draft of a folio on connection between HIV/AIDS and domestic violence including guidelines to help practitioners working with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to screen for domestic violence.
• Moderated listserv and distributed monthly newsletter for Health Professions Student and Faculty against Domestic Violence to 242 recipients.
• Proactively recruited presenters and designed appropriate content for health professions student session at National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence scheduled for October 2009 in New Orleans.

 

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Diva DUI Research Project, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 2007 to 2008

Research Assistant

• Conducted research on news coverage of young female celebrity DUIs featured in leading newspapers and on major television networks.
• Co-drafted coding framework for print articles and developed similar framework for televised episodes.
• Scrutinized 150 print news articles and 16 TV News segments, expertly converting frameworks into numerical codes via Microsoft Excel for further analysis.
• Co-authored journal article Media Coverage Of Celebrity DUIs: Teachable Moments Or Problematic Social Modeling? published in Alcohol and Alcoholism Journal in February 2009.

 

The Thomas J. Watson Foundation, UK, India, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, South Africa, 2006 to 2007

Fellow   

• Visited four organizations in the UK focused on tackling domestic violence and completed specialized training in identifying domestic violence in healthcare settings.
• Authored first draft of 2005-2006 Annual Report for Swayam, an NGO in Kolkata, India and  spoke with multiple women affected by domestic violence.
• Played an active role in preparations for 16 Days of Activism campaign and assisted in organizing press conference on new civil domestic violence law.
• Completed survey in Chachiyawas village (India) on prevalence of domestic violence, the awareness level of residents, and sources of help used during domestic violence incidents.
• In Trinidad & Tobago, resided at the Shelter for Abused Women and Children to study intake procedures and daily shelter management practices.
• Co-facilitated peer training workshop with Families in Action at a local secondary school.
• Leveraged excellent organizational skills to assist with delivering domestic violence prevention training workshop for 10 Civil Service Organizations (CSOs) in Kampala, Uganda.

• Visited EngenderHealth in South Africa to examine youth project and Men as Partners (MAP) program, and visited three police stations to learn about Victim Empowerment Centers.
• Joined Gauteng Province Department of Community Safety (South Africa) in visiting a women s community organization, and a complex facility for domestic violence victims comprised of a 150-bed shelter, medical center, legal assistance, skills training programs, and counseling services.

         Adeptly managed $25K budget and meticulously tracked and submitted expenses.

 

Unite for Sight Organization, Patriensa, Ghana, 2005

Summer Volunteer

         Championed efforts to acquire 300 pairs of donated eyeglasses and raised funds to provide free cataract surgery for program participants in need.

         Teamed with two other interns in teaching eye health education classes, screening patients eyes for disease, and standardizing clinic procedures.

         Appropriately distributed prescription glasses based on visual acuity tests.

         Demonstrated significant multi-tasking and planning abilities to arrange transportation, meals, and housing arrangements for patients selected for cataract surgery.

 

 

Windows and Macintosh O/S; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint); SeAl; AutoAssembler; Datatel; STATA; ATLAS.ti

 

 

Global Health Council Unite for Sight GhanaThink International Federation of University Women