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Rachel C. Snow
Funded Research:
Economic crisis, residential instability, and changing sexual geographies of Detroit youth (Ford Foundation)
Ghana-Michigan Postdoctoral and Research Trainee NEtwoRk (PARTNER) Program (HHS-PHS-NIH)
Human Resources for Health: A Learning Grant for Capacity Strengthening in Ghana (Mellon)
Short course in analysis of census and survey data in Ghana (Freedman)
Social Vulnerabilities and HIV/AIDS Risk Among African American and Latino Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Detroit (Ford Foundation)
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center.
Associate Director, International Institute.
Associate Professor, Heath Behavior and Health Education.
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
Knittel, A., R. Riolo, and Rachel C. Snow. 2011. "Development and evaluation of an agent-based model of sexual partnership." Adaptive Behavior, 19(6): 425-450. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Johnson, J., E. Nakua, M. Dzodzomenyo, P. Agyei-Baffour, M. Gyakobo, K. Asabir, J. Kwansah, S. Kotha, Rachel C. Snow, and M. Kruk. 2011. "For money or service? a cross-sectional survey of preference for financial versus non-financial rural practice characteristics among ghanaian medical students." Bmc Health Services Research, 11. (Article Number 300) DOI. Abstract.
Agyei-Baffour, P., S. Kotha, J. Johnson, M. Gyakobo, K. Asabir, J. Kwansah, E. Nakua, M. Dzodzomenyo, Rachel C. Snow, and M. Kruk. 2011. "Willingness to work in rural areas and the role of intrinsic versus extrinsic professional motivations - a survey of medical students in Ghana." Bmc Medical Education, 11. DOI. Abstract.
Snow, Rachel C., K. Asabir, M. Mutumba, E. Koomson, K. Gyan, M. Dzodzomenyo, M. Kruk, and J. Kwansah. 2011. "Key factors leading to reduced recruitment and retention of health professionals in remote areas of Ghana: a qualitative study and proposed policy solutions." Human Resources for Health, 9. DOI.
Snow, Rachel C., M. Madalane, and M. Poulsen. 2010. "Are men testing? Sex differentials in HIV testing in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa." AIDS Care, 22(9): 1060-1065. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Camlin, C.S., V. Hosegood, M.L. Newell, N. McGrath, T. Barnighausen, and Rachel C. Snow. 2010. "Gender, Migration and HIV in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." PLoS ONE, 5(7): e11539. PMCID: PMC2902532. DOI. Abstract.
Kruk, M.E., J.C. Johnson, M. Gyakobo, P. Agyei-Baffour, K. Asabir, S.R. Kotha, J. Kwansah, E. Nakua, Rachel C. Snow, and M. Dzodzomenyo. 2010. "Rural practice preferences among medical students in Ghana: a discrete choice experiment." Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(5): 333-341. PMCID: PMC2865662. DOI. Abstract.
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. Abstract.
Snow, Rachel C. 2008. "Sex, Gender and Vulnerability." Global Public Health, 3(S1): 58-74. DOI. Abstract.
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. PMCID: PMC2882035. DOI. Abstract.