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Mara Decker, DPH

TitleRES-FY
SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
DepartmentInstitute for Health Policy Studies
Address3333 Calif. St,Laurel Heights
San Francisco CA 94118
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    University of California, BerkeleyDrPHSchool of Public Health
    Johns Hopkins University MHSSchool of Public Health
    Pomona CollegeBAInternational Relations

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    Mara Decker is a Project Director at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health where she oversees several applied research projects and evaluations focusing on reproductive health both domestically and globally. Currently, she directs the evaluation of California’s Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health programs as well as several global projects on adolescent health. Her research interests include the intersection between health and other developmental issues including the environment, human rights, social ecology, and empowerment. Most of her work involves mixed qualitative and quantitative methods and is dedicated to identifying and reducing health disparities.

    She currently teaches "Women's Health and Empowerment" in the Master of Science in Global Health program at UCSF and "Evaluation of Health and Social Programs" at UC Berkeley. She also is on the Steering Committee of California’s Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group, is a member of the UC Center of Expertise on Women’s Health and Empowerment, and is an advisor to the UNFPA’s adolescent health efforts.


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    1. Arons A, Decker M, Yarger J, Malvin J, Brindis CD. Implementation in Practice: Adaptations to Sexuality Education Curricula in California. J Sch Health. 2016 Sep; 86(9):669-76. PMID: 27492936.
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    2. Diana Lara, Martha J. Decker & Claire D. Brindis . Exploring how residential mobility and migration influences teenage pregnancy in five rural communities in California: youth and adult perceptions. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 2016.
    3. Decker M, Berglas NF, and Brindis CD. A Call to Action: Developing and Strengthening New Strategies to Promote Adolescent Sexual Health. Societies. 2015; 4(5):686-712.
    4. Decker M, Constantine NA. Factors associated with contraceptive use in Angola. Afr J Reprod Health. 2011 Dec; 15(4):68-77. PMID: 22571108.
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    5. Decker M, Hemmerling A, Lankoande F. Women front and center: the opportunities of involving women in participatory health research worldwide. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Nov; 19(11):2109-14. PMID: 20858061.
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    6. Decker M, Montagu D. Reaching youth through franchise clinics: assessment of Kenyan private sector involvement in youth services. J Adolesc Health. 2007 Mar; 40(3):280-2. PMID: 17321432.
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