Overview
Catherine Stayton is the Director of the Injury Epidemiology Unit in the Bureau of Epidemiology Services at the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). She oversees the Unit's Female Homicide and Injury Surveillance Systems. She is writing a report on Intimate Partner Violence that brings together multiple DOHMH data sources. Dr. Stayton co-chairs the agency's Domestic Violence Steering Committee which develops and implements DOHMH domestic violence prevention initiatives.
Dr. Stayton has conducted research in the areas of intimate partner violence, violence, substance abuse, and adolescent risk behaviors. As a Research Associate at the Vera Institute of Justice in the 1990s, she designed and conducted an impact evaluation of a family-focused drug treatment program on the Lower East Side. Her dissertation research examined the health care response to intimate partner violence in prenatal care. For eight years, she taught Epidemiology and Research Methods at Brooklyn College.
Dr. Stayton serves on the Steering Committee of Columbia University's Center for Youth Violence Prevention, the Research Advisory Committee of NYC's Alliance Against Sexual Assault, and NYC's Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee.
Academic Appointments
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MPH, 1994 New York University
- BA, 1998 Amherst College
- DrPH, 2002 Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Committees, Societies, Councils
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, Public Health Association of New York City
Member, Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Fatality Review, City of New York
Member, Injury Community Planning Group, New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Injury Prevention
Member, Research Advisory Committee, New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault,
Past Member, City University of New York, Urban Health Initiative, 2003-2004
Honors & Awards
Eugene Litwak Dissertation Proposal Award, Sociomedical Sciences, The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 2001
Fellowship for Health Services Dissertation Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 2001
Marisa De Castro Benton Prize, Sociomedical Sciences, The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 2003
Research
Selected Publications
Patton, R.D. (Ed). The American Family: Life and Health. Third Party Publishing Oakland, CA 1995
Bayer R., Stayton C., Desvarieux M., Healton C. & Landesman S. Directly observed therapy and treatment completion of tuberculosis in the United States: 1990-1994. American Journal of Public Health 88 1052-1058 1998
Duncan M., Stayton C. & Hall C. Police reports on domestic incidents involving intimate partners: Injuries and medical help-seeking. Women and Health 30 1-14 1999
Rafter, N.H. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. The Oryx Press. Phoenix, Arizona 2000
Weston R. & Stayton C. (2004). The use of the community diffusion model to develop community partnerships and overcome barriers to an urban college internship program. California Journal of Health Promotion 2 1-19 2004
Stayton C. & Duncan M. The mutable influences on intimate partner abuse screening in health care settings: A synthesis of the literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: A Review Journal 6 271-285 2005
Duncan M., McIntosh P., Stayton C. & Hall C. Individualized performance feedback to increase prenatal domestic violence screening. Maternal and Child Health Journal 10 443-449 2006
Nicaj L., Mandel-Ricci J., Assefa S., Grasso K., McCarthy P., Caffarelli A., McKelvey W., Stayton C. & Thorpe L. A joint report from the New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, and the New York City Police Department New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene NYC DOHMH 2006
Thorpe L., Stayton C., Mandel-Ricci J., Olson C., Friedman S. City Health Information New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene NYC DOHMH 2007
Urban Health Activities
NYC Injury Surveillance System: The Injury Surveillance system tracks all deaths and hospitalizations related to intentional and unintentional injuries in NYC. It also tracks assault and self-inflicted injury-related emergency department visits at a sample of hospitals citywide.
Female Homicide Surveillance Project: This surveillance projects abstracts information about the decedent from Office of Chief Medical Examiner Office records.
Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee: This multi-agency review committee reviews family-related homicide data and matched service data in aggregate. The objective is to identify gaps in the service delivery system. The Committee is charged with making recommendations to fill gaps.