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Dr. Moyer’s research focuses on the social and cultural factors that impact maternal and neonatal health outcomes, with a specific focus on women and newborns in sub-Saharan Africa. She has served as an investigator and partner on projects funded by the Fogarty International Center (FIC), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She has co-led five FIC-funded training grants, and she has mentored more than 100 trainees from Ghana, Uganda, and the U.S. on research addressing maternal and newborn health.
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PhDUniversity of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, 2012
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MPHUniversity of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, 1995
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BAUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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Center MemberGlobal REACH
Global health; maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; social and cultural factors that impact clinical outcomes; respectful maternity care; research capacity development; sub-Saharan Africa (particular focus in Ghana)
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Alatinga KA, Abiiro GA, Kanmiki EW, Gyan EK, Hsu V, Moyer CA. SSM - Health Systems, 2024 Dec; 3: 100018 - 100018.Journal ArticleBurden of out-of-pocket payment for maternal healthcare and its catastrophic effects in the era of free maternal and child health policy in Ghana
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Kukula VA, Awini E, Ghosh B, Apetorgbor V, Zielinski R, Amankwah G, Ofosu WK, James K, Williams JEO, Lori JR, Moyer CA. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2024 Aug 16; 24 (1): 546Journal ArticleEffect of group antenatal care versus individualized antenatal care on birth preparedness and complication readiness: a cluster randomized controlled study among pregnant women in Eastern Region of Ghana.
DOI:10.1186/s12884-024-06743-1 PMID: 39152408 -
Newman N, Beyuo TK, Nartey BA, Segbedzi-Rich E, Pangori A, Moyer CA, Lori JR, Oppong SA, Lawrence ER. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2024 Mar 19; 24 (1): 208Journal ArticleFacilitators and barriers to home blood pressure monitoring among pregnant women in Ghana: a mixed-methods analysis of patient perspectives.
DOI:10.1186/s12884-024-06421-2 PMID: 38504214 -
Hall SV, Zivin K, Piatt GA, Weaver A, Tilea A, Zhang X, Moyer CA. BMC Health Serv Res, 2024 Jan 30; 24 (1): 149Journal ArticleThe impact of the affordable care act on perinatal mood and anxiety disorder diagnosis and treatment rates among Michigan Medicaid enrollees 2012-2018.
DOI:10.1186/s12913-023-10539-y PMID: 38291449 -
Alatinga KA, Hsu V, Abiiro GA, Kanmiki EW, Gyan EK, Moyer CA. Health Res Policy Syst, 2024 Oct 9; 22 (1): 142Journal ArticleWhy "free maternal healthcare" is not entirely free in Ghana: a qualitative exploration of the role of street-level bureaucratic power.
DOI:10.1186/s12961-024-01233-4 PMID: 39385274 -
Lanyo TN, Williams J, Ghosh B, Apetorgbor VEA, Kukula VA, Zielinski R, Awini E, Moyer C, Lori JR. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (12): 1587Journal ArticleEffect of Group Antenatal Care on Breastfeeding Knowledge and Practices Among Pregnant Women in Ghana: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
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Bakari A, Wolski AV, Otoo B, Amoah R, Nakua EK, Jacovetty J, Kaselitz E, Compton SD, Moyer CA. Preprints.org,PreprintUsing a Hand‐Held Icterometer to Screen for Neonatal Jaundice: Validation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of the Bili‐RulerTM in Kumasi, Ghana
DOI:10.20944/preprints202411.1931.v1 -
Apetorgbor V, Awini E, Ghosh B, Zielinski R, Amankwah G, Kukula VA, James K, Williams JEO, Lori JR, Moyer CA. BMC Pediatr, 2024 Nov 18; 24 (1): 747Journal ArticleThe impact of group antenatal care on newborns: Results of a cluster randomized control trial in Eastern Region, Ghana.
DOI:10.1186/s12887-024-05225-9 PMID: 39558280
