Valerie Bauza
Biographic Data
| ID | 1727378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Bauza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Bauza |
| SIGNATURE | BAUZA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emory University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1919-0767 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gender disparities in water-related knowledge, perceptions, and governance in rural Ghana
Gender inequalities remain persistent across water-related activities in labor division and decision-making disparities. Yet, our understanding of these dynamics remains limited to generalized narratives. This study examined gender disparities in water knowledge, perceptions, and governance in rural Ghana, drawing from focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted between January and March 2023. Using both qualitative thematic analysis and Natural Lan…
Effect of a behavior change and hardware intervention on safe child feces management practices in rural Odisha, India
This trial was retrospectively registered at ISRCTN15831099 on 18/02/2020, which was approximately two months after the first participant was recruited for the baseline survey on 02/12/2019
Effects of environmental conditions on healthcare worker wellbeing and quality of care
Environmental conditions (water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management, cleaning, energy, building design) are important for a safe and functional healthcare environment. Yet their full range of impacts are not well understood. In this study, we assessed the impact of environmental conditions on healthcare workers’ wellbeing and quality of care, using qualitative interviews with 81 healthcare workers at 26 small healthcare facilities in rural Nig…
Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings
Study design and rationale for a cluster randomized trial of a safe child feces management intervention in rural Odisha, India
This trial is registered at ISRCTN: ISRCTN15831099
Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Rural Odisha, India
We conducted 131 semi-structured phone interviews with householders in rural Odisha, India to explore participants' COVID-19 related knowledge, perceptions, and preventative actions, as well as how the pandemic affected their daily life, economic and food security, and the village-level response. Interviews were conducted with 73 heads of household, 37 primary caregivers, and 21 members of village water and sanitation committees from 43 rural vil…
A Bottom-Up Approach to Short-Term Immersion in Subsistence Marketplaces
We discuss an international immersion research experience conducted by an interdisciplinary team of business and environmental engineering students and faculty in Tanzania. Using this experience as “data,” we bring out methodological and substantive issues in studying the intersection of poverty and the environment. The approach we describe is bottom-up, beginning with micro-level details of life circumstances. Such micro-level details are often …
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A Bottom-Up Approach to Short-Term Immersion in Subsistence Marketplaces
We discuss an international immersion research experience conducted by an interdisciplinary team of business and environmental engineering students and faculty in Tanzania. Using this experience as “data,” we bring out methodological and substantive issues in studying the intersection of poverty and the environment. The approach we describe is bottom-up, beginning with micro-level details of life circumstances. Such micro-level details are often …
Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Rural Odisha, India
We conducted 131 semi-structured phone interviews with householders in rural Odisha, India to explore participants' COVID-19 related knowledge, perceptions, and preventative actions, as well as how the pandemic affected their daily life, economic and food security, and the village-level response. Interviews were conducted with 73 heads of household, 37 primary caregivers, and 21 members of village water and sanitation committees from 43 rural vil…
Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings
Study design and rationale for a cluster randomized trial of a safe child feces management intervention in rural Odisha, India
This trial is registered at ISRCTN: ISRCTN15831099
Effects of environmental conditions on healthcare worker wellbeing and quality of care
Environmental conditions (water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management, cleaning, energy, building design) are important for a safe and functional healthcare environment. Yet their full range of impacts are not well understood. In this study, we assessed the impact of environmental conditions on healthcare workers’ wellbeing and quality of care, using qualitative interviews with 81 healthcare workers at 26 small healthcare facilities in rural Nig…
Effect of a behavior change and hardware intervention on safe child feces management practices in rural Odisha, India
This trial was retrospectively registered at ISRCTN15831099 on 18/02/2020, which was approximately two months after the first participant was recruited for the baseline survey on 02/12/2019
Gender disparities in water-related knowledge, perceptions, and governance in rural Ghana
Gender inequalities remain persistent across water-related activities in labor division and decision-making disparities. Yet, our understanding of these dynamics remains limited to generalized narratives. This study examined gender disparities in water knowledge, perceptions, and governance in rural Ghana, drawing from focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted between January and March 2023. Using both qualitative thematic analysis and Natural Lan…
Medicine (4 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Sanitation (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works)