Judi Aubel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1743939 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judi Aubel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judi |
| FAMILY NAME | Aubel |
| SIGNATURE | AUBEL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Breakthrough |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2304-6100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A decolonial feminist perspective on gender equality programming in the Global South
The feminisms emerging from postcolonial regions of the Global South have critiqued gender equality initiatives that adapt to, rather than dismantle, racist, capitalist, and patriarchal systems. They call for an exploration of how these initiatives become hosts to oppressive forces that derail gender equality efforts and worsen the health and well-being of women and girls in the Global South. Drawing on decolonial feminist perspectives, this pape…
Conditions favorables à l’engagement communautaire: Évaluation participative de l’adaptation culturelle d’un programme de développement des filles au Sénégal, Afrique
Les programmes pour le développement des jeunes se fondent sur les forces des jeunes et les facteurs environnementaux favorisant leur résilience. La recherche adopte une approche qualitative et participative, reposant sur des entretiens individuels, des groupes de discussion, et l’analyse participative. Les résultats révèlent que les participants jugent pertinent d’intégrer des éléments culturels et religieux (tels que la langue locale et les pra…
Overcoming coloniality in adolescent health programmes: Harnessing cultural values and the indigenous roles of grandmothers to promote girls’ holistic development in Senegal
Decolonial and feminist scholars have long pointed out that theory and praxis in global health and gender and development employ models of gender and social change that are Euro-North-American-centric and fit poorly with cultural realities and community dynamics in the global South. Interventions informed by these biases are often minimally effective and can cause backlash or resistance. In this paper, we unpack how coloniality informs some of th…
The neglect of culture in global health research and practice
Grandmothers — a neglected family resource for saving newborn lives
Across the globe, the well-being of newborns is significantly influenced by the knowledge and practices of family members, yet global health policies and interventions primarily focus on strengthening health services to save newborn lives. Predominant approaches to promote newborn survival in non-western cultures across the Global South are based on a western, nuclear family model and ignore the roles of caregivers within wider family systems, wh…
Introduction: A family systems approach to promote maternal, child and adolescent nutrition
In all cultures, women and children are embedded in family systems that determine roles, relationships, patterns of communication and authority between family members. Especially in non-western societies, maternal and child nutrition practices are determined not only by the biological parents but also by other influential family members. Most maternal and child nutrition research and interventions do not consider the constellation of family roles…
The role and influence of grandmothers on child nutrition: Culturally designated advisors and caregivers
Improving the nutritional status of infants and young children in developing countries depends to a significant extent on adoption of optimal nutrition‐related practices within the context of the household. Most policies, research and programmes on child nutrition in non‐Western societies focus narrowly on the mother–child dyad and fail to consider the wider household and community environments in which other actors, hierarchical patterns of auth…
Senegalese grandmothers promote improved maternal and child nutrition practices: The Guardians of Tradition Are Not Averse to Change
Strengthening grandmother networks to improve community nutrition: Experience from Senegal
In societies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, older women, or grandmothers, traditionally have considerable influence on maternal and child health at the household level. However, most maternal and child health (MCH) programmes focus exclusively on women of reproductive age. In an MCH project in Senegal, a community study showed that grandmothers and other older women1 continue to play a leading role in all household MCH decisions…
Practitioners research their own practice: Collaborative research in family planning
A recurring problem in many African countries is that the results of research carried out in public health programmes are often not used by programme planners and managers. Collaborative research, which involves programme practitioners in applied research projects with social scientists, can strengthen the link between programme research and its application in programme implementation. In this paper, the rationale for a collaborative research app…
Practitioners research their own practice: Collaborative research in family planning
A recurring problem in many African countries is that the results of research carried out in public health programmes are often not used by programme planners and managers. Collaborative research, which involves programme practitioners in applied research projects with social scientists, can strengthen the link between programme research and its application in programme implementation. In this paper, the rationale for a collaborative research app…
Strengthening grandmother networks to improve community nutrition: Experience from Senegal
In societies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, older women, or grandmothers, traditionally have considerable influence on maternal and child health at the household level. However, most maternal and child health (MCH) programmes focus exclusively on women of reproductive age. In an MCH project in Senegal, a community study showed that grandmothers and other older women1 continue to play a leading role in all household MCH decisions…
Senegalese grandmothers promote improved maternal and child nutrition practices: The Guardians of Tradition Are Not Averse to Change
The role and influence of grandmothers on child nutrition: Culturally designated advisors and caregivers
Improving the nutritional status of infants and young children in developing countries depends to a significant extent on adoption of optimal nutrition‐related practices within the context of the household. Most policies, research and programmes on child nutrition in non‐Western societies focus narrowly on the mother–child dyad and fail to consider the wider household and community environments in which other actors, hierarchical patterns of auth…
Grandmothers — a neglected family resource for saving newborn lives
Across the globe, the well-being of newborns is significantly influenced by the knowledge and practices of family members, yet global health policies and interventions primarily focus on strengthening health services to save newborn lives. Predominant approaches to promote newborn survival in non-western cultures across the Global South are based on a western, nuclear family model and ignore the roles of caregivers within wider family systems, wh…
Introduction: A family systems approach to promote maternal, child and adolescent nutrition
In all cultures, women and children are embedded in family systems that determine roles, relationships, patterns of communication and authority between family members. Especially in non-western societies, maternal and child nutrition practices are determined not only by the biological parents but also by other influential family members. Most maternal and child nutrition research and interventions do not consider the constellation of family roles…
The neglect of culture in global health research and practice
Overcoming coloniality in adolescent health programmes: Harnessing cultural values and the indigenous roles of grandmothers to promote girls’ holistic development in Senegal
Decolonial and feminist scholars have long pointed out that theory and praxis in global health and gender and development employ models of gender and social change that are Euro-North-American-centric and fit poorly with cultural realities and community dynamics in the global South. Interventions informed by these biases are often minimally effective and can cause backlash or resistance. In this paper, we unpack how coloniality informs some of th…
Conditions favorables à l’engagement communautaire: Évaluation participative de l’adaptation culturelle d’un programme de développement des filles au Sénégal, Afrique
Les programmes pour le développement des jeunes se fondent sur les forces des jeunes et les facteurs environnementaux favorisant leur résilience. La recherche adopte une approche qualitative et participative, reposant sur des entretiens individuels, des groupes de discussion, et l’analyse participative. Les résultats révèlent que les participants jugent pertinent d’intégrer des éléments culturels et religieux (tels que la langue locale et les pra…
A decolonial feminist perspective on gender equality programming in the Global South
The feminisms emerging from postcolonial regions of the Global South have critiqued gender equality initiatives that adapt to, rather than dismantle, racist, capitalist, and patriarchal systems. They call for an exploration of how these initiatives become hosts to oppressive forces that derail gender equality efforts and worsen the health and well-being of women and girls in the Global South. Drawing on decolonial feminist perspectives, this pape…
Global Maternal and Child Health (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works)