Dr. Kathryn Mishkin

• DrPH MPH MA
• Director at March of Dimes Foundation

High-risk sexual behavior among young adults is concerning to clinicians, public health practitioners and policy makers because it is associated with unintended health outcomes including transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy. This paper analyzes how knowledge of HIV, experience with dating behavior, and per...

Background While maternal health is a priority in international goals, maternal health outcomes remain poor in many regions of the world. In Brazil, maternal mortality has decreased over the past decades, but the country’s maternal mortality ratio is higher than over half of all countries at 59 deaths per 100,000 live births. The Brazilian maternal...

Purpose: Practical experience in maternal and child health (MCH) settings is critical for professional development and learning. In 2002, the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) formalized its inclusion of students in section activities through the establishment of the Student Fellows Program. T...

According to the World Health Organization, intimate partner violence (IPV) affects 35% of women worldwide and 40% of pregnant women, often resulting in maternal and infant death and harm. Displaced persons are at higher risk of abuse compared to the general population. While few studies have explored IPV in Iraq, research from Erbil, Iraq showed n...

Introduction Mentorship should be a transformative experience that propels mentees from one point in their career to another and drives personal growth. Within the field of maternal and child health (MCH), it is considered a critical professional duty. However, MCH has yet to explicitly embrace mentorship practice as a means to address workforce ch...

This paper in the 35th DrPH edition of the Harvard Public Health Review Journal offers recommendations for policy and programs that will have community impact through the reduction of preventable poor maternal, infant, and child health outcomes. It advocates for the development of an environment that promotes health equity through the advancement o...

Introduction: Maternal depression, which includes depression in the prenatal and postpartum periods, is estimated to affect between 10 and 20% of women globally but the rate is higher in the Middle East. Research focused on maternal depression in Iraq is limited to one study focused on postpartum depression. This paper identifies the prevalence an...

This paper offers recommendations for policy and programs that will have community impact through the reduction of preventable poor maternal, infant, and child health outcomes. It advocates for the development of an environment that promotes health equity through the advancement of preconception health.

Introduction: Professional development is a critical component of learning. The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) strives to provide career development and networking opportunities to its diverse and multidisciplinary body of over 5,000 members. In 2018, the Section launched its new Professiona...

Agents of sustainable international development seek to impact community transformation through developing the capacity of stakeholders. This article analyses six semi-structured interviews with mentors from two international development projects in the Middle East. Programmes sought to advance international development and human rights in a region...

An increase in new HIV infections among women in Kazakhstan has motivated efforts to improve access to comprehensive health services. This study estimates anxiety and depression frequency among women seeking HIV services. A cross-sectional survey was administered to women seen at the Almaty AIDS Center. Bivariable analyses (e.g., Chi-square, means...

American Public Health Association

Background: While drug use is increasing in Turkey, little research documented Hepatitis C (HCV) infections among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). Because the country has low HCV screening practices, we conducted a HCV screening assessment of all patients entering a large governmental addiction treatment hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Aim: This paper...

An analysis of the women’s international recognized health care indicator’s will show that improvements have been made around the world, but the results for access to quality health care are still beyond expected. The new Sustainable Development Goals put once more the lenses on women’s right and quality of health care. In this article we are going...

Background and objective: Maternal mental health is considered an important subject among leading public health experts. Women are two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with mental illness compared to men. According to the World Health Organization, depression will be the biggest contributor to burden of disease among women by 2020. Chroni...

Mentoring is a critical component of career development for research scientists and is related to mentee success both in terms of career selection and advancement. However, there are limited data on the role of mentoring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Cross-cultural mentorship programs have the potential to foster the transfer of know...

There is a growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Tajikistan. This paper presents factors associated with linkage to HIV care among people aged 15 years and older in Tajikistan. This retrospective cross-sectional study used the Tajikistan Ministry of Health HIV registry data from patients diagnosed with HIV at age 15 years or older...

Background: HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) infections are increasing in Tajikistan. While injection drug use (IDU) is a known risk factor for coinfection, little is known about non-injection drug users (NIDU). Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with HIV-HCV coinfection and HIV infection alone among IDU and NIDU. Methods...

Animal milk is an important contributor to women's dietary diversity, especially among pastoral communities where access to diverse diets is limited. While there have been numerous large-scale milk development projects in East Africa, few examples of propoor milk collective action projects exist that focus on expanding milk production and consumpti...

Introduction: TB drug resistance poses a serious threat to the public health of Kazakhstan. This paper presents findings related to TB treatment outcome and drug resistant status among people coinfected with HIV and TB in Kazakhstan. Methods: Cohort study using data were provided by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Health's National Tuberculosis Progr...

This case study analyzes the design and implementation of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Afghanistan by synthesizing the literature with a focus on maternal health services. The authors are a group of graduate students in the Brandeis University International Health Policy and Management Program and Sustainable International Develop...