Sara Casey, DrPH
- Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center
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Overview
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Medical Center
Administrative Titles
- Director, Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BA, 1995 Washington University in St. Louis
- MPH, 2002 Mailman School of Public Health
- Other, 2002 School of International and Public Affairs
- DrPH, 2016 Mailman School of Public Health
Committees, Societies, Councils
Steering Committee Member, Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises
Research
Research Interests
- Global Health
- Humanitarian Health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Selected Publications
S E Casey, G P Isa, E I Mazambi, M M Giuffrida, M J Kulkarni & S M Perera (2021). Community perceptions of the impact of war on unintended pregnancy and induced abortion in Protection of Civilian sites in Juba, South Sudan, Global Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1959939 https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1959939
S E Casey, M C Gallagher, E F Dumas, J Kakesa, J M Katsongo, J B Muselemu (2019). Meeting the demand of women affected by ongoing crisis: increasing contraceptive prevalence in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219990. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219990
V J Steven, J Deitch, E F Dumas, M C Gallagher, J Nzau, A Paluku, S E Casey (2019). "Provide care for everyone please": engaging community leaders as sexual and reproductive health advocates in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reproductive Health 16:98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0764-z
S E Casey, V J Steven, J Deitch, E F Dumas, M C Gallagher, S Martinez, C N Morris, R V Rafanoharana, E Wheeler. “You must first save her life": Community perceptions towards induced abortion and post abortion care in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2019). Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 27:1. https://doi.org/10.1080/09688080.2019.1571309.
S E Casey, A Cannon, B M Balikubirhi, J B Muyisa, R Amsalu, M Tsolka (2017). Twelve-month contraceptive continuation among women initiating short- and long-acting reversible contraceptives in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0182744.
S E Casey and M. Tshipamba (2017). "Contraceptive availability leads to increase in use in conflict-affected Democratic Republic of the Congo: evidence from cross-sectional cluster surveys, facility assessments and service statistics." Conflict and Health 11:2.
T McGinn and S E Casey (2016). Why don't humanitarian organizations provide safe abortion services? Conflict and Health 10(8)
S E Casey, S K Chynoweth, N Cornier, M C Gallagher, E E Wheeler (2015). Progress and gaps in reproductive health services in three humanitarian settings: mixed-methods case studies, Conflict and Health 9(Suppl 1):S3
S E Casey, S E McNab, C Tanton , J Odong , A C Testa & L Lee-Jones (2013). Availability of long-acting and permanent family-planning methods leads to increase in use in conflict-affected northern Uganda: Evidence from cross-sectional baseline and endline cluster surveys, Global Public Health 8(3):284-297
T McGinn, J Austin, K Anfinson, R Amsalu, S E Casey, S Fadulalmula, A Langston, L Lee-Jones, J Meyers, F Mubiru, J Schlecht, M Sharer, M Yetter (2011). Family planning in conflict: results of cross-sectional baseline surveys in three African countries. Conflict and Health 5:11.
Global Health Activities
Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative: Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen: The RAISE Initiative works with partners and international consortia to advance the conditions needed to make SRH services in emergencies a basic standard of care. RAISE facilitates technical support, research, documentation, and use and dissemination of findings. RAISE also participates in advocacy efforts for improved SRHR. We focus in particular on components of SRHR that remain too often unaddressed: contraception, comprehensive abortion care and adolescent SRH.