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Drake, Harrington, Seth, and Colleagues Evaluate Mobile Solutions to Empower Reproductive Life Planning for Women Living with HIV in Kenya

CSDE Affiliates Alison Drake (Global Health), Elizabeth Harrington (Obstetrics and Gynecology), and CSDE Trainee Aparna Seth (Global Health) co-authored an article in Plos One, entitled “Mobile solutions to Empower reproductive life planning for women living with HIV in Kenya (MWACh EMPOWER): Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial“. Women living with HIV (WLWH) face unique reproductive health (RH) barriers which increase their risks of unmet need for contraception, contraceptive failure, unintended pregnancy, and pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality and may prevent them from achieving their reproductive goals. Patient-centered counseling interventions that support health care workers (HCWs) in providing high-quality RH counseling, tailored to the needs of WLWH, may improve reproductive health outcomes. Authors conduct a non-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) of a digital health intervention for WLWH.

CSDE Seminar – Nature Contact and Human Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Community Partnerships

CSDE Affiliate Greg Bratman (Environmental and Forest Sciences) will be presenting in this week’s seminar on Friday, April 26th from 12:30-1:30 PM in 360 Parrington Hall and on Zoom (register here). This seminar is co-sponsored by The Population Health Initiative. Bratman is the director of the Environment and Well-Being Lab. His work takes place at the nexus of psychology, public health and ecology, and is focused on investigating the ways in which the environment is associated with human well-being.

Bender, Ellyson, Adhia and Colleagues Examine Survivor-centered Approaches to Address Sexual Violence Amongst College Student-athletes

CSDE Affiliate Avanti Adhia (Nursing) released an article with colleagues in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology, entitled “Developing and implementing survivor-centred approaches for college student-athletes: perspectives from athletic department, Title IX, and campus advocacy personnel“. The article was lead-authored by Anna Bender, a postdoctoral scholar in UW’s School of Medicine, and senior-authored by Alice Ellyson in the Department of Pediatrics. Sexual violence (SV) is a persistent issue on US college campuses, particularly among college student-athletes. Strategies to address SV are urgently needed. Yet, prior research shows that many university practices can be more harmful than helpful to SV survivors and necessitates a reimagination of how institutions support SV survivors. Survivor-centred approaches may be one way to effectively address SV for students, including student-athletes, across college campuses. This qualitative study explored campus personnel experiences with and perceptions of survivor-centred SV prevention and intervention policies and practices on college campuses and examined how these approaches serve SV survivors, including college student-athletes.

*New* Workshop Series by the Open Scholarship Commons

The eScience Institute is pleased to announce the Fellows selected for the inaugural Open Scholarship Commons Community Fellows Workshop Series, along with their workshops! The Open Scholarship Commons Community Fellows Workshop Series is a paid fellowship opportunity for  graduate students underrepresented in the field of open scholarship. The goal of this Fellowship is to lift up students as experts and create opportunities for peer to peer learning by offering student-led workshops. This Fellowship, funded by the UW Diversity Council, aims to support the expertise and leadership of underrepresented students in the field of open scholarship. See the full schedule of workshops here!