Eric Umar, BSoc Sc., BA (Hons), MA (Counseling and Community psychology, WITS University)
Lecturer, University of Malawi, College of Medicine
OPERATIONS RESEARCH PROJECTS:
2008- 2012 Malawi Orphan and Vulnerable Children Evaluation Project. A project by Duke University and College of Medicine, (Co Investigator)
2007- 2009 Acceptability of circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in Malawi. This is project that will be conducted in 13 months. (Principal Investigator)
2006-2007 Promotion of health rights and governance project (Project coordinator)
PUBLICATIONS
Donahue, M.C., Dube, Q., Dow, A. Umar, E. Van Rie, A. (2012) They have already thrown away their chicken barriers affecting participation by HIV-infected women in care and treatment programs for infants in Blantyre, Malawi. AIDS Care. 1-7 iFirst
Mtibo. C, Kennedy. N, Umar. E,. (2011). Explanations for child sexual abuse given by convicted offenders in Malawi: No evidence for “HIV cleansing” Child Abuse & Neglect 35, 142–146
Melissa Gladstone, Gillian A. Lancaster, Eric Umar, Maggie Nyirenda, Edith Kayira, Nynke R. van den Broek (2010). The Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool (MDAT): The Creation, Validation, and Reliability of a Tool to Assess Child Development in Rural African Settings. May Issue, PLoS Medicine
Gladstone M, Lancaster G, Umar E, Nyirenda M, Kayira E, van den Broek N, Smyth RL Perspectives of normal child development in rural Malawi - a qualitative analysis to create a more culturally appropriate developmental assessment tool. Child Care Health Dev. 2009 Aug 31
Baral S, Trapence G, Motimedi F, Umar E, Iipinge S, Dausab F, Beyrer C. HIV prevalence, risks for HIV infection, and human rights among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana. PLoS ONE. 2009; 4(3):e4997. Epub 2009 Mar 26. PMID: 19325707 [PubMed - in process]
Stewart RC, Umar E, Kauye F, Bunn J, Vokhiwa M, Fitzgerald M, Tomenson B, Rahman A, Creed F. Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth--a cross-sectional study from Malawi. Matern Child Nutr. 2008 Jul; 4(3):209-19. PMID: 18582354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Stewart RC, Kauye F, Umar E, Vokhiwa M, Bunn J, Fitzgerald M, Tomenson B, Rahman A, Creed F. Validation of a Chichewa version of the self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ) as a brief screening measure for maternal depressive disorder in Malawi, Africa. J Affect Disord. 2009 Jan; 112(1-3):126-34. Epub 2008 May 27. PMID: 18504058 [PubMed - in process]
Siziya S, Ntata PR, Rudatsikira E, Makupe CM, Umar E, Muula AS. Sex differences in prevalence rates and predictors of cigarette smoking among in-school adolescents in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Tanzan Health Res Bull. 2007 Sep; 9(3):190-5. PMID: 18087898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Muula AS, Ngulube TJ, Siziya S, Makupe CM, Umar E, Prozesky HW, Wiysonge CS, Mataya RH. Gender distribution of adult patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Southern Africa: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2007 Apr 25;7:63. Review. PMID: 17459154 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Yeudall F, Gibson RS, Kayira C, Umar E. Efficacy of a multi-micronutrient dietary intervention based on haemoglobin, hair zinc concentrations, and selected functional outcomes in rural Malawian children. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2002 Dec;56(12):1176-85. PMID: 12494302 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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