Rachel C. Snow
Funded Research:
Human Resources for Health: A Learning Grant for Capacity Strengthening in Ghana (Gates Foundation)
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.
Associate Director, International Institute, University of Michigan.
Associate Professor, Heath Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan.
Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Snow conducts clinical, epidemiologic, and social research on the implementation of health technologies and services in resource-poor countries. In particular, she has examined the factors that affect the use of reproductive technologies and HIV care, and has helped design and evaluate reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programs across Africa and Asia, with sustained work in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, South Africa, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and China.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Hardy, Ellen, Eliana Maria Hebling, Maria Helena de Sousa, Elsbeth Kneuper, and Rachel C. Snow. 2009. "Association between characteristics of current menses and preference for induced amenorrhea." Contraception, 80(3): 266-269. DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2009.06.010. Licensed Access.
Snow, Rachel C. 2008. "Sex, Gender and Vulnerability." Global Public Health, 3(S1): 58-74. DOI:10.1080/17441690801902619. Licensed Access.
Camlin, C., and Rachel C. Snow. 2008. "Parental investment, club membership and youth sexual risk behavior in Cape Town." Health Education & Behavior, 35(4): 522-540. DOI:10.1177/1090198107313471. Licensed Access.
Sarker, M., A. Sanou, Rachel C. Snow, J. Ganame, and A. Gondos. 2007. "Determinants of HIV counseling and testing participation in a Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission programme in rural Burkina Faso." Tropical Medicine and International Health, 12(12): 1475-1483. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01956.x. Licensed Access.
Snow, Rachel C., Hardy, E., E. Kneuper, E.M. Hebling, and Grace Jean Hall. 2007. "Women's responses to menses and nonbleeding intervals in the USA, Brazil and Germany." Contraception, 76(1): 23-29. DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2007.03.008. Licensed Access.
Sarker, M., Sanou, A., Rachel C. Snow, J. Ganame, and A. Gondos. 2007. "Determinants of HIV counselling and testing participation in a Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission programme in rural Burkina Faso." Tropical Medicine & International Health, 12(12): 1475-1483. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01956.x. Licensed Access.
Sarker, M., A. Milkowski, T. Slanger, A. Gondos, A. Sanou, B. Kouyate, and Rachel C. Snow. 2005. "The role of HIV-related knowledge and ethnicity in determining HIV risk perception and willingness to undergo HIV testing among rural women in Burkina Faso." AIDS and Behavior, 9(2): 243-249. DOI:10.1007/s10461-005-3905-z. Licensed Access.
PSC Reports
Snow, Rachel C. 2007. "Sex, Gender and Vulnerability." PSC Research Report No. 07-628. September 2007. Abstract. PDF.
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Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
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