Publications

Navigate research from the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health through the years.

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2020

• HIV Recency Testing: Should Results be Disclosed to Individuals Tested? - Read » Details: Author: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ruth Macklin, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA  Sara Klucking, Lejeune Lockett, Celia J Maxwell, Kenneth H Mayer, Edwin Sanders, Frederick Sawe Date: September, 2020Publication... Read More »
• Global Health and Human Rights for a Postpandemic World - Authors: Albert Wirya, Ajeng Larasati, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA, Laura Ferguson 
• Between Progress and Backlash: Protecting Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights - Read » Details: Author: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIAPublished By: Open Global RightsDate: September, 2020Publication Link: https://www.openglobalrights.org/between-progress-and-backlash-protecting-sexual-and-reproductive-rights/ 
• Expanding the Role of Paralegals: Supporting Realization of the Right to Health for Vulnerable Communities - Authors: Albert Wirya, Ajeng Larasati, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA, Laura Ferguson 
• Twenty five years after the Beijing Declaration we need to reaffirm that women’s rights are human rights - Authors: Khosla R, Fisseha S, Iversen K, Malla Pradhan S, Gruskin S.
• Social, Economic, and Political Events Affect Gender Equity in China, Nepal, and Nicaragua: A Matched, Interrupted Time-Series Study - Authors: Withers, M, Nguyen, TT, Darnell, A
• A Call for (Renewed) Commitment to Sexual Health, Sexual Rights, and Sexual Pleasure: A Matter of Health and Well-being - Authors: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA, and Eszter Kismödi JD, LLM
• The Manila Declaration on Migration and Health: commentary of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program - Authors: Withers, M, Wipfli, H., Schenker, MB, Herbosa, T, Tigno, JV

2019

• Reflections on 25 Years of Health and Human Rights: History, Context, and the Need for Strategic Action - Authors: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA,
• A sexual and reproductive health and rights journey: from Cairo to the present - by Rebecca Brown, Eszter Kismödi, Rajat Khosla, S. Malla, Lucy Asuagbor, Ximena Andión-Ibanez, Sofia Gruskin for Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters.
• The Manila Declaration on the Drug Problem in the Philippines - Authors: Khosla R, Fisseha S, Iversen K, Malla Pradhan S, Gruskin S.
• Teledermatology: Meeting the Need for Specialized Care in Rural Haiti - by Lauren Cutler, Katherine Ross, Mellissa Withers, Melvin Chiu and David Cutler, published in JHCPU.
• A Mixed-Methods Study of Cultural Beliefs About Dementia and Genetic Testing Among Mexicans and Mexican-Americans At-Risk for Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s Disease - Authors: Withers, M., Sayegh, P, Rodriguez-Agudelo, Y, Montoya, L, Zuno-Reyes, A, Matute, E, Ringman, J.
• Baseline Assessment – Scaling up Programs to Remove Human Rights Related Barriers to HIV Services – Ghana - Authors: Ferguson L. Alva S. Ricardo C. Gruskin S. 
• Human rights and legal dimensions of self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health - by Laura Ferguson, Susana Fried, Thabo Matsaseng, Sundari Ravindran and Sofia Gruskin, published in BMJ.
• Sex Work-related Stigma: Experiential, Symbolic and Structural Forms in the Health Systems of Delhi, India - By: Ferguson L, Fried S, Matsaseng T, Ravindran STK, Gruskin S.
• Engaging global institutions to achieve practical justice: the case of sexual rights - by Sofia Gruskin and Alexandra Nicholson (book edited by Peter Aggleton, Alex Broom, Jeremy Moss) in Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change.
• “It’s Changed Our Way of Eating a Lot”: Experiences of Nutrition and Health Improvements After Participation in an Urban Home Garden Program - By: Palar K, Hufstedler LL, Hernandez K, Chang A, Ferguson L, Lozano R, Weiser SD
• Establishing Competencies for a Global Health Workforce: Recommendations from the Association of Pacific Rim Universities - by Mellissa Withers, Hsien-Ho Lin, Terry Schmidt, John Paul Caesar Robles delos Trinos and Shubha Kumar, in Annals of Global Health.
• Sex work-related stigma: Experiential, symbolic and structural forms in the health systems of Delhi, India - by Martha S. Ryan, Devaki Nambiar and Laura Ferguson, in Social Science & Medicine.
• Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Economic and Racial/Ethnic Polarization, United States, 2015–2016 - by Justin M. Feldman, Sofia Gruskin, Brent A. Coull, and Nancy Krieger for American Journal of Public Health.
• We are not infertile’: challenges and limitations faced by women in same-sex relationships when seeking conception services in São Paulo, Brazil - Paula Galdino Cardin de Carvalho, Cristiane da Silva Cabral, Laura Ferguson, Sofia Gruskin and Carmen Simone Grilo Diniz for Culture, Health & Sexuality .

2018

• Global Health Leadership: Case Studies From the Asia-Pacific - edited by Mellissa Withers and Judith McCool, published by Springer.
• Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the UDHR, celebrating sexual and reproductive rights - by Eszter Kismödi and Laura Ferguson, in Reproductive Health Matters.
• A Meta-Narrative Literature Synthesis and Framework to Guide Future Evaluation of Legal Empowerment Interventions - by Katherine Footer, Michael Windle, Laura Ferguson, Jordan Hatcher, Carrie Lyons, Emma Gorin, Anne L. Stangl, Steven Golub, Sofia Gruskin, and Stefan Baral, in Health and Human Rights Journal.
• The recognition and evolution of the HIV and human rights interface: 1981–2017 - by Daniel Tarantola and Sofia Gruskin (book edited by Gian Luca Burci and Brigit Toebes), in Research Handbook on Global Health Law
• Interpersonal Violence in Afghanistan—Beyond a Strictly Public Health Approach - by Laura Ferguson, published in AJPH.
• Desert, Rainforest or Jungle: Navigating the Global Sexual Rights Landscape - by Sofia Gruskin, Alice Miller, Jane Cottingham and Eszter Kismodi in SexPolitics Trends & Tensions in the 21st Century
• The AIDS conference 2018: a critical moment - by Sofia Gruskin and Julia Hussein, in Reproductive Health Matters.
• Resource Kit: Ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of transgender populations - by the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration.
• “In transition: ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of transgender populations.” A roundtable discussion - by Sofia Gruskin, Avery Everhart, Diana Feliz Olivia, Stefan Baral, Sari L. Reisner, Eszter Kismödi, David Cruz, Cary Klemmer, Michael R Reich and Laura Ferguson, for Reproductive Health Matters.
• US Opposition to Breastfeeding Resolution: Don’t be surprised, do be concerned - by Laura Ferguson, for the Center for Health Journalism.
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: translating the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission’s global report to local action - by Laura Ferguson and Sapna Desai, in Reproductive Health Matters.
• The how: a message for the UN high-level meeting on NCDs - by Kent Buse, Robert Marten, Sarah Hawkes, George Alleyne, Phillip Baker, Fran Baum, Robert Beaglehole, Chantal Blouin, Ruth Bonita, Luisa Brumana, John Butler, Simon Capewell, Sally Casswell, José Luis Castro, Mickey Chopra, Helen Clark, Katie Dain, Sandro Demaio, Andrea Feigl, Patricia Frenz, Peter Friberg, Sharon Friel, Amanda Glassman, Unni Gopinathan, Lawrence Gostin, Sofia Gruskin, Corinna Hawkes, David Hipgrave, Paula Johns, Alexandra Jones, Sowmya Kadandale, Roger Magnusson, Patricio V. Marquez, Martin McKee, Benjamin Mason Meier, Carlos A. Monteiro, Modi Mwatsama, Rachel Nugent, David Patterson, Stefan Peterson, Yogan Pillay, Johanna Ralston, Srinath Reddy, Juan A. Rivera, Sandhya Singh, Sudhvir Singh, Tim Sladden, Richard Smith, Kristina Sperkova, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Francis Thompson and Douglas Webb, in The Lancet.
• Postpartum depression in Mongolia: A qualitative exploration of health care providers’ perspectives - by Justin Trop, Battulga Gendenjamts, UndralBat-Erdene, Doljinsuren Doripurev, Solongo Ganbold, Munkhuu Bayalag, Mellissa Withers, in Midwifery.
• A Vicious Cycle: Domestic Abuse, Homelessness, Trafficking - by Mellissa Withers, in Psychology Today.
• Workplace wellness programming in low-and middle-income countries: a qualitative study of corporate key informants in Mexico and India - by Heather Wipfli, Kristin Dessie Zacharias, Nuvjote (Nivvy) Hundal, Luz Myriam Reynales Shigematsu, Deepika Bahl, Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi and Shubha Kumar, in Globalization and Health.
• From evidence to action: challenges for the Brazilian Unified National Health System in offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV to persons with the greatest vulnerability - by Eliana Miura Zucchi, Alexandre Grangeiro, Dulce Ferraz, Thiago Félix Pinheiro, Tatianna Alencar, Laura Ferguson, Denize Lotufo Estevam, Rosemeire Munhoz and Equipe do Estudo Combina! in Cadernos de Saúde Pública.
• Assessing changes in HIV-related legal and policy environments: Lessons learned from a multi-country evaluation - by Laura Ferguson, Alexandra Nicholson, Ian Henry, Amitrajit Saha, Tilly Sellers and Sofia Gruskin, in PLOS One.
• When Perpetrators Are Also Victims - by Mellissa Withers, in Psychology Today.
• Global Perspectives on Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse - by Shonali Choudhury, Jennifer Toller Erausquin and Mellissa Withers, published by Springer International Publishing AG.

2017

• Sofia Gruskin: We must follow California’s example and repeal archaic HIV laws - by Sofia Gruskin, for BMJ Opinion.
• A novel methodology for strengthening human rights based monitoring in public health: Family planning indicators as an illustrative example - by Sofia Gruskin, Laura Ferguson, Shubha Kumar, Alexandra Nicholson, Moazzam Ali and Rajat Khosla, for PLOS One
• Traditional beliefs and practices in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum: A review of the evidence from Asian countries - by Mellissa Withers, Nina Kharazmi and Esther Lim, for MIdwifery.
• Best Practices in Global Health Practicums: Recommendations from the Association of Pacific Rim Universities - by Mellissa Withers, Mu Li, Giselle Manalo, Senice So, Heather Wipfli, Hoon Eng Khoo, Joseph Tsung-Shu Wu and Hsien-Ho Lin, for the Journal of Community Health
• A new vision for global health leadership - by Michele Barry, Zohray Talib, Zohray Talib, Ashley Jowell, Kelly Thompson, Cheryl Moyer, Heidi Larson, Katherine Burke and the Steering Committee of the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference, published in The Lancet.
• Domestic Violence Victims Kept Silent by Trump’s Policies - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today
• Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture–recapture analysis - by Justin M. Feldman, Sofia Gruskin, Brent A. Coull and Nancy Krieger, for PLoS Medicine.
• Killed by Police: Validity of Media-Based Data and Misclassification of Death Certificates in Massachusetts, 2004–2016 - By Justin M. Feldman, Sofia Gruskin, Brent A. Coull and Nancy Krieger, for the American Journal of Public Health.
• The Under-recognized Victims of Trafficking: Deaf Women - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• How the new anti-trafficking bill will help to curb the human trafficking epidemic - by Mellissa Withers, for Thompson Reuters Foundation News.
• Regulation of fine particulate matter in the Pacific Rim: perspectives from the APRU Global Health Program - by Chang-Fu Wu, Alistair Woodward, Ya-Ru Li, Haidong Kan, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Mohd Talib Latif, Mazrura Sahani, Tsun-Jen Cheng, Chia-Pin Chio, Nutta Taneepanichskul, Ho Kim, Chang-Chuan Chan, Seung-Muk Yi, Mellissa Withers and Jonathan Samet, for Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.
• Assessing value-for-money in maternal and newborn health - by Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Barbara Madaj, Shubha Kumar, Charles Ameh and Nynke van den Broek, for BMJ Global Health.
• Monitoring human rights in contraceptive services and programmes - by Sofia Gruskin, Shubha Kumar and Alexandra Nicholson, for the World Health Organization.
• Untangling Myths About Human Trafficking - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• Trauma-Informed Care and Why It Matters - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• Pimp Culture Glorification and Sex Trafficking - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• Defunding Planned Parenthood is a violation of women’s reproductive rights - by Mellissa Withers, for The Hill.
• Not without a fight: standing up against the Global Gag Rule - by Sarah Pugh, Sapna Desai, Laura Ferguson, Heidi Stöckl and Shirin Heidari, for Reproductive Health Matters.
• Engaging Human Rights in the Evolving Zika Virus Epidemic - By Jennifer J. K. Rasanathan, Sarah MacCarthy, Debora Diniz, Els Torreele, and Sofia Gruskin, for the American Journal of Public Health.
• The Super Bowl and Sex Trafficking - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• Efforts to Reach Human Trafficking Victims are Falling Short - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• Baseline Evaluation Report – The Global Fund Africa Regional HIV Grant: Removing Legal Barriers to Accessing HIV, TB and Malaria Services - by Laura Ferguson, Ian Henry, Alexandra Nicholson and Sofia Gruskin, for United Nations Development Programme.
• Monitoring HIV-Related Laws and Policies: Lessons for AIDS and Global Health in Agenda 2030 - by Mary Ann Torres, Sofia Gruskin, Kent Buse, Taavi Erkkola, Victoria Bendaud and Tobias Alfvén, for AIDS and Behavior.

2016

• Using international human rights, norms and standards to strengthen Vietnam’s legal framework on population - by Sofia Gruskin and Ian Henry, for UNFPA Vietnam.
• How are Gender Equality and Human Rights Interventions Included in Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes and Policies: A Review of Existing Research Foci and Gaps - by Miriam Hartmann, Rajat Khosla, Suneeta Krishnan, Asha George, Sofia Gruskin, and Avni Amin, for PLOS One .
• Social Return on Investment (SROI): An Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Goals for Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming in sub-Saharan Africa - by Shubba Kumar, for the African Journal of Reproductive Health.
• How U.S. Citizens Become Human Trafficking Victims - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• Human Rights, Gender, and Infectious Disease: From HIV/AIDS to Ebola - by Lara Stemple, Portia Karegeya and Sofia Gruskin, for Human Rights Quarterly.
• Psychological Tactics Used by Human Traffickers - by Mellissa Withers, for Psychology Today.
• No “Shared Governance” Without Attention to Law, Broadly Conceived - by Alexander Capron and Sofia Gruskin, published in The American Journal of Bioethics.
• Training the Next Generation of Global Health Experts: Experiences and Recommendations From Pacific Rim Universities - by Mellissa Withers, David Press, Heather Wipfli, Judith McCool, Chang-Chuan Chan, Masamine Jimba, Christopher Tremewan and Jonathan Samet, for Globalization and Health.
• Intimate Partner Violence Screening Practices in California After Passage of the Affordable Care Act - by Paula Tavrow, Brittnie Bloom, Mellissa Withers, for Violence Against Women
• Non-communicable diseases and human rights: Global synergies, gaps and opportunities - by Laura Ferguson, Daniel Tarantola, Michael Hoffmann and Sofia Gruskin, for Global Public Health.
• The APRU Global Health Program: Past and Future - by Jonathan Samet and Mellissa Withers, for the Journal of Epidemiology.
• Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State funding, family planning, abortion, and infant mortality, US 1980–2010 - by Nancy Krieger, Sofia Gruskin, Nakul Singh, Mathew V. Kiang, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Jason Beckfield and Brent A. Coull, for SSM - Population Health.
• Health and Human Rights: Overview - by Sofia Gruskin and Daniel Tarantola, edited by Michael J. Caplan (Editor-in-Chief), for Elsevier.
• Baby cereals overlooked in assessment of Vietnam child nutrition - by Nguyen T. Tuan, Mellissa Withers, Edward A. Frongillo and Nemat Hajeebhoy, for Maternal & Child Nutrition.
• Mid-Term Review: Access and Delivery Partnership Project - By Laura Ferguson, Ian Henry and Sofia Gruskin, for the United Nations Development Program.
• Revisiting the Use of Condoms in Brazil - By Inês DouradoI, Sarah MacCarthy, Manasa Reddy, Gabriela Calazans and Sofia Gruskin, published in Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia.
• Why history matters for quantitative target setting: long-term trends in socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequities in US infant death rates (1960–2010) - By Nancy Krieger, Nakul Singh, Jarvis T. Chen, Jason Beckfield, Matthew V. Kiang, Pamela D. Waterman, Sofia Gruskin, published in the Journal of Public Health Policy.