Deborah E Bender

Biographic Data

ID309504
NAMEDeborah E Bender
GIVEN NAMESDeborah E
FAMILY NAMEBender
SIGNATUREBENDER D E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS45
WORKS AS AUTHOR16
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX4

  • Perceptions of Quality of Reproductive Care Services in Bolivia

    Deborah E Bender, Ana Santander et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2008

    Surveys are sometimes used to assess women's perceptions of the quality of reproductive health care, but less empowered women may feel uncomfortable expressing their views in this method. We demonstrate the use of a participatory approach, combining a standard survey with an innovative photonarrative method. Women in Cochabamba, Bolivia, were asked to participate in exit surveys (n = 108). A subsample did photonarratives (n = 20). The survey show…

  • Development of a Word Recognition Instrument to Test Health Literacy in Dentistry

    Open AccessJessica Y Lee, R Gary Rozier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2007

    The new REALD-30 instrument displays good reliability but only partial validity. Results suggest that dental health literacy may be distinct from medical health literacy and may have an independent effect on dental health outcomes

  • Perceived Insufficient Milk as a Barrier to Optimal Infant Feeding

    Open AccessMargaret F Mccann, Deborah E BenderARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2006

    In its recently adopted Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding, the World Health Assembly called for urgent action in addressing the barriers to optimal feeding practices. This paper examines mothers’ concerns about milk insufficiency as a major contributor to suboptimal infant feeding decisions, using survey data from periurban areas of two Bolivian cities. Mothers in the lowland modernizing city of Santa Cruz were more likely than mo…

  • Social Support Among Latina Immigrant Women

    Open AccessMelanie R Wasserman, Deborah E Bender et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2005

  • A Church-Based Sampling Design for Research with Latina Immigrant Women

    Open AccessMelanie R Wasserman, Deborah E Bender et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2005References: 27

  • Improving Access for Latino Immigrants

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, Margaret Clawson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant Health2004

  • "Tell Me What You Mean by "Si

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, C Harbour et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2001Cited by: 5References: 21

    Individual perceptions form the basis of many health research reports related to access, utilization, continuity, and quality. Many health care providers are not well equipped for designing studies or collecting data with immigrant populations. In this article, the authors examine issues in data collection on topics related to perceptions of quality of prenatal care among immigrant Latino populations. The conceptual model is Donabedian’s framewor…

  • Explaining the Birth Weight Paradox

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, Dina C Castro et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant Health2000

  • The influence of maternal intergenerational education on health behaviors of women in peri-urban Bolivia

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, Margaret F MccannARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2000Cited by: 10References: 5

  • Neonatal feeding practices in Periurban Bolivia

    Margaret F Mccann, Deborah E Bender et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1999

    Early initiation of breastfeeding offers numerous benefits, but in many cultures the first suckling is delayed and the infant is instead given various prelacteal foods. Mothers residing in periurban areas of two Bolivian cities were interviewed regarding their neonatal feeding practices. Virtually all infants were breastfed, but the first breastfeed was typically delayed for more than 1–2 hours after birth; about 15% did not suckle for at least 2…

  • From Efficacy to Effectiveness

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, Erin Dusch et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1998

    This paper reviews the results of clinical trials and community studies of lactational amenorrhoea and its role as a contraceptive method (LAM). Indicators which are used in efficacy trials and effectiveness interventions are compared and sets of indicators of effectiveness appropriate to community-based LAM programmes are recommended. A five-tiered ecological framework is used to facilitate selection of indicators which range from individual to …

  • Transforming the process of service delivery to reduce maternal mortality in Cochabamba, Bolivia

    Deborah Bender, Deborah E Bender et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health Matters1995References: 1

    Maternal mortality is a problem of considerable magnitude yet it still receives inadequate attention in developing countries. Recently, increased attention has been given to preventing maternal mortality through innovative programmes of service delivery, in which success is usually measured by outcomes such as changes in the ratio of maternal mortality/morbidity or an increase in use of health services, without looking at the actual process of se…

  • Rural origin as a risk factor for maternal and child health in periurban Bolivia

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, Tirsa Rivera et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1993Cited by: 11References: 8

  • Bridging the gap

    Open AccessDeborah E Bender, Kathryn PitkinARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1987Cited by: 19References: 13

  • Managing Teenage Pregnancy

    Hannah Meara, James E Allen et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1981

  • Health Care Services and the Appalachian Migrant . John Friedl

    Open AccessDeborah Bender, Deborah E BenderARTICLEMedical Anthropology Newsletter1980