Rob Stephenson Assistant Professor of Global Health Hubert Department of Global Health Emory University 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 Telephone: 404.727.9976 Fax: 404.727.4590 Email: rbsteph@sph.emory.edu

Rob Stephenson received his Ph.D. in demography from the University of Southampton in 1999. Following the completion of his doctoral work, Stephenson worked as a Research Associate with the "Opportunities and Choices in Reproductive Health" research program at the University of Southampton, England, conducting research into reproductive health issues in south Asia and east and west Africa. He then began a post-doctoral program with the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he continued his research interests in reproductive health. Following his post-doc Stephenson moved to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, where he worked as a Faculty Research Associate with the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health. His activities included the capacity building of our partner institutions in South Asia and East Africa, conducting research into reproductive health issues, and overseeing a Summer Institute program in Reproductive Health and Development.
Stephenson’s research interests center primarily around reproductive health, examining issues of maternal health, family planning and service delivery. The influence of the community and the wider socio-cultural context on individual health is a particular interest of his, and he is currently conducting studies of community effects on maternal health, family planning and domestic violence outcomes.

Research interests: reproductive health and reproductive rights, domestic violence, community level influences on health

Human rights courses: Global Health 590R – Migration and Health: offered annually, fall semester; Global Health 547 – Maternal and Child Health Demography: offered annually, fall semester.

Publications related to human rights:

Ahmed, S, Koenig, M and Stephenson, R: Effect of Domestic Violence on Early Childhood Mortality: Evidence from North India. Forthcoming in American Journal of Public Health.

Koenig, M, Stephenson, R, Ahmed, S, Jejeebhoy, S, and Campbell, J. Individual and Contextual Determinants of Domestic Violence in North India. Forthcoming in American Journal of Public Health.

Stephenson, R, Baschieri, A, Clements, S, Hennink, M and Madise, N: Contextual Influences on the use of Health Facilities for Child Birth in Africa. Forthcoming in American Journal of Public Health.

Sheikhattari, P, Stephenson, R, Assasi, N, Eftekar, H, Zamani, Q, Maleki, B, Kiabayan, H: The Determinants of Child Abuse among Middle School Children in the Kurdistan Province, Iran. Forthcoming in Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal.

Hennink, M and Stephenson, R.B: Moving Beyond Research to Inform Policy: Barriers and Strategies in Developing Countries. Forthcoming in Journal of Health Communication.

Basu, A and Stephenson, R.B: Is a Little Learning a Dangerous Thing? Maternal Education and the Proximate Determinants of Mortality. Social Science and Medicine, 60, 2011-2023.

Stephenson, R.B, Tsui, A, Sulzbach, S, Bardsley, P, Bekele, G, Gidhay, T, Ahmed, R, Gopalkrishnan, G, Feyesitan, B. 2004. Franchising Reproductive Health Services. Health Services Research, 39 (6), Part II.

Stephenson, R.B and Hennink, M. 2004. Barriers to Family Planning Service Use among the Urban Poor in Pakistan. Asia Pacific Population Journal, 19 (3), September 2004.

Stephenson, R.B and Matthews, Z: Uptake of Maternal Health Care Services among Migrant and Non-Migrant Groups in Maharashtra, India. Asia Pacific Population Journal, 19 (1), 39-60. March 2004.

Stephenson, R.B and Tsui, A.O, Knight, R: Measuring Family Planning Sustainability at the Outcome and Program Levels. Health Policy and Planning, 19(2): 88-100, 2004.

Stephenson, R.B and Tsui, A.O: Contextual Influences on Reproductive Wellness in Northern India. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (11), 1820-1829, November 2003.

Whitworth, A.L and Stephenson, R.B. 2003: Birth Spacing, Sibling Rivalry and Child Mortality in India. Social Science and Medicine, 55(12), 2107-2119.

Stephenson, R.B, Matthews, Z, and McDonald, J.W. 2003: The Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on Under-Two Mortality in India. Journal of Biosocial Science, 35, 15-31.

Karlsen, S, Nazroo, J, and Stephenson, R.B. 2002: Ethnicity, Environment and Health; Putting Ethnic Inequalities in Health in their Place? Social Science and Medicine, 55 (9), 1647-1661.

Stephenson, R.B and Tsui, A.O. 2002: Community Influences on Reproductive Health Service Utilisation in Uttar Pradesh, India. Studies in Family Planning, 33 (4) December.

Griffiths, P.L and Stephenson, R.B.2001: Understanding Users Perspectives of Barriers to Maternal Health Care Utilisation in Maharashtra. Journal of Biosocial Science, 33, 339-359.

Nanda, S and Stephenson, R.B. 2001: Household Environment and Infant Mortality in India: A Study with Special Focus on Orissa. Journal of Human Ecology, Vol 12 (2): 81-86.