Willa Friedman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3605649 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Willa Friedman |
| NOMBRES | Willa |
| APELLIDO | Friedman |
| FIRMA | FRIEDMAN W |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Houston |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Educational Effects of Sibling Deaths on Surviving Siblings
Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers
Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate disparities. We use a randomised controlled trial to evaluate an intervention to reduce family planning provider bias towards young women in 227 clinics in Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Pakistan. The intervention educated providers about bias towards young women, facilitated communication about bias with other providers and offered non-fina…
When Information is Not Enough
We implemented a large-scale randomised controlled trial encompassing 900 junior high schools in Ghana, a country with universal secondary school choice, to study whether providing students and parents with information on school characteristics and selection strategies improved outcomes in a centralised school selection mechanism. Information changed households’ preferences and the characteristics of schools to which they applied. Students gained…
Characterizing provider bias in contraceptive care in Tanzania and Burkina Faso
Can nudging overcome procrastinating on preventive health investments
Measuring Family Planning Provider Bias
The unmet need for modern contraception remains high around the world, particularly for youth. While some of this unmet need is driven by limited health infrastructure and method mix availability, many adolescents who visit family planning providers still do not receive methods that fit their needs. This suggests that providers may be biased against youth and that interventions to change provider behavior could help close this gap. However, it is…
Corruption and averting Aids deaths
Antiretroviral drug access and behavior change
Education as Liberation
This paper studies the political and social impacts of increased education by utilizing a randomized girls' merit scholarship programme in Kenya that raised test scores and secondary schooling. Consistent with the view that education empowers the disadvantaged to challenge authority, we find that the programme reduced the acceptance of domestic violence and political authority. Young women in programme schools also increased their objective polit…
Education as Liberation
This paper studies the political and social impacts of increased education by utilizing a randomized girls' merit scholarship programme in Kenya that raised test scores and secondary schooling. Consistent with the view that education empowers the disadvantaged to challenge authority, we find that the programme reduced the acceptance of domestic violence and political authority. Young women in programme schools also increased their objective polit…
Antiretroviral drug access and behavior change
Measuring Family Planning Provider Bias
The unmet need for modern contraception remains high around the world, particularly for youth. While some of this unmet need is driven by limited health infrastructure and method mix availability, many adolescents who visit family planning providers still do not receive methods that fit their needs. This suggests that providers may be biased against youth and that interventions to change provider behavior could help close this gap. However, it is…
Corruption and averting Aids deaths
Characterizing provider bias in contraceptive care in Tanzania and Burkina Faso
Education as Liberation
This paper studies the political and social impacts of increased education by utilizing a randomized girls' merit scholarship programme in Kenya that raised test scores and secondary schooling. Consistent with the view that education empowers the disadvantaged to challenge authority, we find that the programme reduced the acceptance of domestic violence and political authority. Young women in programme schools also increased their objective polit…
Corruption and averting Aids deaths
Antiretroviral drug access and behavior change
Can nudging overcome procrastinating on preventive health investments
Measuring Family Planning Provider Bias
The unmet need for modern contraception remains high around the world, particularly for youth. While some of this unmet need is driven by limited health infrastructure and method mix availability, many adolescents who visit family planning providers still do not receive methods that fit their needs. This suggests that providers may be biased against youth and that interventions to change provider behavior could help close this gap. However, it is…
Characterizing provider bias in contraceptive care in Tanzania and Burkina Faso
Reducing Bias Among Health Care Providers
Bias among health care providers can lead to poor-quality care and poor health outcomes, and it can exacerbate disparities. We use a randomised controlled trial to evaluate an intervention to reduce family planning provider bias towards young women in 227 clinics in Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Pakistan. The intervention educated providers about bias towards young women, facilitated communication about bias with other providers and offered non-fina…
When Information is Not Enough
We implemented a large-scale randomised controlled trial encompassing 900 junior high schools in Ghana, a country with universal secondary school choice, to study whether providing students and parents with information on school characteristics and selection strategies improved outcomes in a centralised school selection mechanism. Information changed households’ preferences and the characteristics of schools to which they applied. Students gained…
Educational Effects of Sibling Deaths on Surviving Siblings
Economics (5 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Population (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Demography (3 obras) · Demography (3 obras) · Economic growth (3 obras) · Family medicine (3 obras)