Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH

Carol Camlin PhDResearch interests

My research crosses the disciplines of social demography, epidemiology and health behavior, and is focused on gender, migration and HIV prevention. The main emphasis of my work has been to examine the overlooked role that women’s participation in migration may play in sustaining the enormous HIV epidemic in Southern and East Africa.

Prior to my doctoral studies in public health and population studies at the University of Michigan, I worked for several years in applied research and practice in sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. For two years I worked as a demographer at the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where I analyzed fertility trends and designed a sexual behavior surveillance system to link with the Centre’s longitudinal HIV and demographic surveillance of a population of over 90,000 individuals. My dissertation research used these data to examine the contribution of women’s migration to their HIV infection risk, finding that higher risk sexual behavior in the context of migration enhanced women’s risk of HIV infection relative to men’s.

My current research uses mixed (quantitative and ethnographic) methods to investigate the mechanisms through which migration and mobility facilitate women’s risks of acquiring and transmitting HIV infection. My current program of research in Kisumu, Kenya aims to (1) describe women’s patterns of migration and mobility, and the spatial and social features of the common destinations of female migrants; (2) identify the social, environmental and structural aspects of women’s migration which render it particularly hazardous vis-à-vis HIV risks; and (3) describe HIV-related beliefs, attitudes and sexual risk behaviors among female migrants.  The ultimate aim of this research is to develop and test a multi-level HIV prevention intervention with female migrants in western Kenya.

My areas of interest for future projects include research on the effects of women’s migration on gender and sexuality, and patterns of HIV infection, uptake and adherence to HIV treatment and prevention interventions, in sub-Saharan Africa and globally; and developing new models for incorporating cross-disciplinary social science data into the development of new HIV prevention and reproductive health interventions with under-researched populations in Africa.

Current research

Education

  • Ph.D., Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 2008. Secondary concentration: Sociology
  • M.P.H., Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. Secondary concentration: Epidemiology
  • A.B., English and German, Oberlin College, 1987.

Selected Publications

  • Camlin, C.S., Kwena, Z.K., Dworkin, S., Cohen C. and Bukusi E. (2012) “She mixes her business”: HIV transmission and acquisition risks among migrant and highly mobile women in western Kenya. [Under review.]
  • Camlin, C.S., Kwena, Z.K. and Dworkin, S. (2012)  Jaboya vs. Jakambi: Status, negotiation and HIV risk in the “sex-for-fish” economy in Nyanza Province, Kenya. [Under review.]
  • Camlin C.S., Snow R.C. and Hosegood V. (2012). Gendered patterns of migration in South Africa.  [Under review]
  • Camlin, C.S. and Kyle, D. (Forthcoming in 2012). Chapter 20: Working Internationally. In: X. Castañeda, A. Rodriguez-Lainz and M.B. Schenker (Eds.) Migration and Health Research Methodologies: A Handbook for the Study of Migrant Populations. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
  • Camlin, C.S., Kwena, Z.K., Dworkin, S., Cohen C. and Bukusi E. (2011). Typologies of migration and mobility and associated contexts of HIV risk among women in western Kenya. IUSSP Working Paper. Paris: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP).
  • Fathalla M.M.F., Youssif M.M., Meyer C., Camlin C., Turan J., Morris J.L., Butrick E. and Miller S. (2011) Non-Atonic Obstetric Haemorrhage: Effectiveness of the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment in Egypt. ISRN Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Volume 2011, Article ID 179349, doi:10.5402/2011/179349.
  • Turan J., Ojengbede, O., Fathalla, M., Morhason-Bello, I.O., Mourad-Youssif M., Butrick E., Martin H., Camlin C.S. and Miller S. (2011). Positive effects of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment on delays in accessing care for postpartum and postabortion hemorrhage in Egypt and Nigeria. Journal of Women’s Health. 1:91-8. Epub 2010 Dec 29.
  • Camlin C.S., Hosegood V., Newell ML., McGrath N., Bärnighausen T. and R.C. Snow. (2010). Gender, Migration and HIV in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS ONE. 5(7): e11539. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011539.
  • Miller S, Fathalla MM, Ojengbede OA, Camlin C, Mourad-Youssif M, Morhason-Bello IO, Galadanci H, Nsima D, Butrick E, Al Hussaini T, Turan J, Meyer C, Martin H, Mohammed AI. (2010). Obstetric hemorrhage and shock management: using the low technology Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment in Nigerian and Egyptian tertiary care facilities. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 10:64.
  • Ojengbede O., Morhason-Bello I.O., Galadanci H., Carinne Meyer C., David Nsima D., Camlin C.S., Butrick E., and S. Miller. (2010). Assessing the Role of the Non-pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) in Reducing Mortality from Postpartum Hemorrhage in Nigeria. Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. 71(1): 66-72 (DOI: 10.1159/000316053)
  • Miller S., Fathalla M.M., Youssif M.M., Turan J.M., Camlin C.S., Al-Hussaini T.K., Butrick E. and Meyer C. (2010). A Comparative Study of the Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) for the Treatment of Obstetric Haemorrhage in Egypt. International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Apr; 109(1): 20-4. Epub 2010 Jan 22.
  • Camlin C.S. and Snow, R.C. (2008). Parental investment and youth sexual risk behavior in Cape Town. Health Education and Behavior. Aug. 35(4): 522-540.
  • Lara D., García S., Ellertson C., Camlin C.S. and Suaréz J. (2006). The measure of induced abortion levels with Random Response Technique. Sociological Methods and Research. Nov. 35(2): 279-301.
  • Camlin C.S., Garenne M. and Moultrie T.A. (2004). Fertility trend and pattern in a rural area of South Africa in the context of HIV/AIDS. African Journal of Reproductive Health. Aug. (8) 2:39-54.
  • Barge S., Bracken H., Elul B., Kumar N., Khan W., Verma S. and C.S. Camlin. (2004) Formal and Informal Abortion Services in Rajasthan, India: Results of a Situation Analysis. New Delhi: Population Council.
  • Camlin C.S. and Chimbwete C.E. (2003). Does knowing someone with AIDS affect condom use? An analysis from South Africa. AIDS Education and Prevention. June. 15(3): 232-245.
  • Bailey S., Camlin C.S., and Ennett S. (1998) Substance use and risky sexual behavior among homeless and runaway youth. Journal of Adolescent Health. Dec. 23(6):378-388.
  • Camlin, C., Folsom, M., Smith, T., Sangvi, H., Kaseba, C., Phiri, D., and P. Chibuye (1998). The Situation of Postabortion Care in Zambia: An Assessment and Recommendations to USAID. Washington, DC: POLICY Project, The Futures Group International, Research Triangle Institute and CEDPA.

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