Gender, population and reproductive health
CEPH is committed to advance understanding of gender and development and the promotion of population health particularly sexual and reproductive health for women.
Areas of interest:
- Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy
- Cross-cultural Issues and Migrant Health Needs
- Lifecycle and Settings Approach to Reproductive and Population health
- Migrant children’s health
- Adolescent health
- Postnatal health
- Menopausal health
- Healthy Ageing
- HIV AIDS local decision making and risk communication
Research Partners:
- Maternal and Child Health, China CDC
- Women’s research Institute, All-China Women’s Federation
- Gender and Population Research Program, and School of Public Health, National Taiwan University
Research Focus
Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy
The example of this work is a four stage reproductive health project with the All-China Women’s federation funded by the Ford foundation which has resulted in 17 provincial projects and thousands of women in disadvantaged areas. The project also produced a set of training material, a book and a draft Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy paper (PDF 2.4Mb).
HIV/AIDS local decision making and risk communication
Liew and Chu (2006-08) “Risk and Heterogeneity: AIDS and SARS Policymaking in China,” an ARC funded project; An international research consortium on risk communication and public health decision-making in emergencies with 20 members including 3 CEPH staff and 17 CEPH graduates who are also researchers at China’s national or provincial level CDCs. The 17 sub-projects in various stages of developing risk communication strategies include disaster management, infectious disease outbreaks, mother to child HIV AID transmission, food safety, environmental pollution and occupational safety incidents. HIV/AIDS local decision making and risk communication (PDF 709k)
Population Health: Lifecycle approach to reproductive and population health
- Migrant children’s health (PDF 763k)
- Adolescent health
- Postnatal health
- Menopausal health
- Healthy Ageing