BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:36add4437d2d8123626a977a3b5fb2ee CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20211120T121114 SUMMARY:"Women’s Power in Cash Transfer Programs for Health Promotion" - A Talk by Jan E. Cooper (MIT Poverty Action Lab, J-PAL South Asia) LOCATION:Ramanujan 002 Lecture Theatre DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) Nuffield - FLAME Uni versity is pleased to welcome Dr. Jan E. Cooper, Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Poverty Action Lab, J-PAL South Asia. Dr. Cooper will be presenting he r work titled "Women’s Power in Cash Transfer Programs for Health Promotion ."\n\n\nAbstract:\n\n\nPrograms that target poverty and gender-equality hol d great promise in improving women’s reproductive and sexual health. Howeve r, important questions remain about the combined effect of poverty alleviat ion and women’s control over income; specifically, about how this synergy c an improve reproductive, maternal, and child health. My research on conditi onal cash transfers (CCTs) to reduce HIV in Tanzania showed that women’s re lationship power modified the effectiveness of the CCT on STI incidence. Al so, my work with female sex workers in Tanzania suggests that this group of women at high-risk for HIV have different ‘domains’ of empowerment where t hey had varying levels of control over their economic and sexual decisions. Interestingly, these women reported having the most control over their day -to-day lives, which they leveraged to reduce their risk of HIV in their se x work.\n\n\nIn India, economic incentives have great potential to break th e cycle of poverty and improve health outcomes, but these interventions wil l be successful only if beneficiaries have sufficient control over their im mediate circumstances to enact sustained behavior changes. This is particul arly true in the case of child health, where women’s relationship power is a key, yet understudied, determinant of the success of incentives for mater nal and child health. To that end, my current research; i) explores women’s power in the context of randomized trials of cash transfer interventions f or child health, and ii) develops a new instrument to measure women’s empow erment in the context of cash transfer programs for health promotion. \n \n \n\nBio:\n\n\nJan E. Cooper is a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Pascaline Dupas and Seema Jayachandran (Co-Chairs of J-PAL’s Health Sector) on the C ash Transfers for Child Health Initiative (CaTCH). Dr. Cooper’s research fo cuses on using monetary incentives for health promotion, with a particular focus on the role of women’s decision-making power in cash transfer interve ntions. Previously, Dr. Cooper worked with UC Berkeley and the World Bank o n randomized evaluations of conditional cash transfers to reduce sexually t ransmitted infections and HIV in Tanzania, and with the Harvard School of P ublic Health on a randomized clinical trial of the prevention of Mother-to- Child transmission of HIV. Dr. Cooper holds a BA in Philosophy from McGill University, an MPH from Brown University, and a PhD in Population Health Sc iences – Health Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.  \n\n\n For more information about Dr. Cooper, please visit this website.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:



The Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) Nuffield - FLAME University is pleased to welcome Dr. Jan E. Cooper, Postdoctoral Fe llow at the MIT Poverty Action Lab, J-PAL South Asia. Dr. Cooper will be pr esenting her work titled "Women’s Power in Cash Transfer Programs for Healt h Promotion."


Abstract:


Programs that tar get poverty and gender-equality hold great promise in improving women’s rep roductive and sexual health. However, important questions remain about the combined effect of poverty alleviation and women’s control over income; spe cifically, about how this synergy can improve reproductive, maternal, and c hild health. My research on conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to reduce HIV in Tanzania showed that women’s relationship power modified the effectiven ess of the CCT on STI incidence. Also, my work with female sex workers in T anzania suggests that this group of women at high-risk for HIV have differe nt ‘domains’ of empowerment where they had varying levels of control over t heir economic and sexual decisions. Interestingly, these women reported hav ing the most control over their day-to-day lives, which they leveraged to r educe their risk of HIV in their sex work.


In India, econo mic incentives have great potential to break the cycle of poverty and impro ve health outcomes, but these interventions will be successful only if bene ficiaries have sufficient control over their immediate circumstances to ena ct sustained behavior changes. This is particularly true in the case of chi ld health, where women’s relationship power is a key, yet understudied, det erminant of the success of incentives for maternal and child health. To tha t end, my current research; i) explores women’s power in the context of ran domized trials of cash transfer interventions for child health, and ii) dev elops a new instrument to measure women’s empowerment in the context of cas h transfer programs for health promotion. 



Bio:


Jan E. Cooper is a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Pascaline Dupas and Seema Jayachandran (Co-Chairs of J-PAL’s Health Sector) on the C ash Transfers for Child Health Initiative (CaTCH). Dr. Cooper’s research fo cuses on using monetary incentives for health promotion, with a particular focus on the role of women’s decision-making power in cash transfer interve ntions. Previously, Dr. Cooper worked with UC Berkeley and the World Bank o n randomized evaluations of conditional cash transfers to reduce sexually t ransmitted infections and HIV in Tanzania, and with the Harvard School of P ublic Health on a randomized clinical trial of the prevention of Mother-to- Child transmission of HIV. Dr. Cooper holds a BA in Philosophy from McGill University, an MPH from Brown University, and a PhD in Population Health Sc iences – Health Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.  


For more information about Dr. Cooper, please visit this websit e.

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