Carolyn Halpern
Biographic Data
| ID | 3934517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn Halpern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Halpern |
| SIGNATURE | HALPERN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Denise Hallfors, Hyunsan Cho, and Bonita Iritani are with the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC. Simbarashe Rusakaniko is with the Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare. John Mapfumo is with Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe. Carolyn Halpern is with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Investments in children’s health and the Kenyan cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children
Child mortality is one of the most pressing global health and policy issues in the developing world. The leading drivers of death-pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria-are preventable and treatable. However, these illnesses are exacerbated by a lack of accessible nutrition, water, basic and preventive health services, and sanitary living conditions-all factors which are more likely to disproportionately impact the poor. We examine whether Kenya's large…
Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls
Supporting Adolescent Orphan Girls to Stay in School as HIV Risk Prevention
Objectives. Using a randomized controlled trial in rural eastern Zimbabwe, we tested whether comprehensive support to keep orphan adolescent girls in school could reduce HIV risk. Methods. All orphan girls in grade 6 in 25 primary schools were invited to participate in the study in fall 2007 (n = 329). Primary schools were randomized to condition. All primary schools received a universal daily feeding program; intervention participants received f…
Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls
Supporting Adolescent Orphan Girls to Stay in School as HIV Risk Prevention
Objectives. Using a randomized controlled trial in rural eastern Zimbabwe, we tested whether comprehensive support to keep orphan adolescent girls in school could reduce HIV risk. Methods. All orphan girls in grade 6 in 25 primary schools were invited to participate in the study in fall 2007 (n = 329). Primary schools were randomized to condition. All primary schools received a universal daily feeding program; intervention participants received f…
Investments in children’s health and the Kenyan cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children
Child mortality is one of the most pressing global health and policy issues in the developing world. The leading drivers of death-pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria-are preventable and treatable. However, these illnesses are exacerbated by a lack of accessible nutrition, water, basic and preventive health services, and sanitary living conditions-all factors which are more likely to disproportionately impact the poor. We examine whether Kenya's large…
Supporting Adolescent Orphan Girls to Stay in School as HIV Risk Prevention
Objectives. Using a randomized controlled trial in rural eastern Zimbabwe, we tested whether comprehensive support to keep orphan adolescent girls in school could reduce HIV risk. Methods. All orphan girls in grade 6 in 25 primary schools were invited to participate in the study in fall 2007 (n = 329). Primary schools were randomized to condition. All primary schools received a universal daily feeding program; intervention participants received f…
Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls
Investments in children’s health and the Kenyan cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children
Child mortality is one of the most pressing global health and policy issues in the developing world. The leading drivers of death-pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria-are preventable and treatable. However, these illnesses are exacerbated by a lack of accessible nutrition, water, basic and preventive health services, and sanitary living conditions-all factors which are more likely to disproportionately impact the poor. We examine whether Kenya's large…
Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works) · Cash transfers (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Conditional cash transfer (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Kenya (2 works)