Center for Global Health Faculty

Professor

Director, Social and Behavioral Interventions Program

Academic Degrees

• MD
• MPH

Departmental Affiliation

• Name:

  International Health

  Affiliation Type:

  Primary

  Division:

  Social and Behavioral Interventions Program http://www.jhsph.edu/dept/IH/sbi

• Name:

  Health, Behavior and Society

  Affiliation Type:

  Joint

• Name:

  Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

  Affiliation Type:

  Joint

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

pwinch+jhsph.edu

Phone:

410-955-9854

Fax:

410-502-6733

Link:

SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

My research focus is on improving the health of mothers, newborns and young children in areas where access to health facilities is poor or non-existent, and social, cultural and economic factors affecting the introduction of new treatments and therapies to improve the maternal and child health.  My current research includes the evaluation of a nation-wide program to promote correct treatment of malaria in Ghana, promotion of integrated packages of water and sanitation interventions in Bangladesh, and evaluation of an integrated maternal and newborn health program in Tanzania.  I also serve as technical advisor with the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Project (MCHIP) for operations research projects on the delivery of maternal and child health interventions conducted by NGOs.  I am a partner in the International Center for Maternal & Newborn Health, and I currently provide technical support to maternal and newborn health projects in Tanzania, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Keywords

International Health, Behavior change interventions, community participation, qualitative research methods, vector-borne diseases, malaria, neonatal health, treatment-seeking behavior, compliance with antimicrobial treatment, community health workers, operational research

Honors and Awards

The Dory Storms Child Survival Recognition Award, awarded by the CORE Group (www.coregroup.org), October 2011; Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence for online version of the course Introduction to International Health for academic year 2005-2006; Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA) for academic years 1992-1993, 1998-1999 and 2003-2004, Student Assembly, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; James H. Nakano Citation of the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for outstanding paper published in 2002

Selected Publications

1. Hu A, Loo E, Winch PJ, Surkan PJ. Filipino women's tuberculosis care seeking experience in an urban poor setting: a socioecological perspective. Health Care Women Int. 2012;33(1):29-44.
2. Sharkey AB, Chopra M, Jackson D, Winch PJ, Minkovitz CS. Pathways of care-seeking during fatal infant illnesses in under-resourced South African settings. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2012;106(2):110-6.
3. Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Choi Y, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Ahmed AS, Saha SK, Seraji HR, Rahman R, Winch PJ, Chang S, Begum N, Black RE, Santosham M, Arifeen SE; Bangladesh Projahnmo-2 (Mirzapur) Study. Validation of a clinical algorithm to identify neonates with severe illness during routine household visits in rural Bangladesh. Arch Dis Child. 2011; 96(12):1140-6.
4. Sharkey A, Chopra M, Jackson D, Winch PJ, Minkovitz CS. Influences on healthcare-seeking during final illnesses of infants in under-resourced South African settings. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011;29(4):379-87.
5. Mannan I, Choi Y, Coutinho AJ, Chowdhury AI, Rahman SM, Seraji HR, Bari S, Shah R, Winch PJ, El Arifeen S, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH. Vulnerability of newborns to environmental factors: findings from community based surveillance data in Bangladesh. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011;8(8):3437-52.
6. Winch P, Stepnitz R. Peak oil and health in low- and middle-income countries: impacts and potential responses. Am J Public Health. 2011;101(9):1607-14.
7. McMahon SA, Winch PJ, Caruso BA, Obure AF, Ogutu EA, Ochari IA, Rheingans RD. 'The girl with her period is the one to hang her head' Reflections on menstrual management among schoolgirls in rural Kenya. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2011;11(1):7.
8. Pongpirul K, Walker DG, Winch PJ, Robinson C. A qualitative study of DRG coding practice in hospitals under the Thai Universal Coverage scheme. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:71.
9. Nizame MF, Nasreen S, Unicomb L, Southern D, Gurley ES, Arman S, Kadir MA, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Luby SP, Winch PJ. Understanding community perceptions, social norms and current practice related to respiratory infection in Bangladesh during 2009: a qualitative formative study.  BMC Public Health. 2011;11(1):901.
10. Shah R, Munos MK, Winch PJ, Mullany LC, Mannan I, Rahman SM, Rahman R, Hossain D, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH. Community-based health workers achieve high coverage in neonatal intervention trials: a case study from Sylhet, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2010;28(6):610-8.
11. Hyder AA, Corluka A, Winch PJ, El-Shinnawy A, Ghassany H, Malekafzali H, Lim MK, Mfutso-Bengo J, Segura E, Ghaffar A. National policy-makers speak out: are researchers giving them what they need? Health Policy Plan. 2011;26(1):73-82.
12. Haws RA, Mashasi I, Mrisho M, Schellenberg JA, Darmstadt GL, Winch PJ. "These are not good things for other people to know": how rural Tanzanian women's experiences of pregnancy loss and early neonatal death may impact survey data quality. Soc Sci Med. 2010;71(10):1764-72.
13. McPherson RA, Tamang J, Hodgins S, Pathak LR, Silwal RC, Baqui AH, Winch PJ.  Process evaluation of a community-based intervention promoting multiple maternal and neonatal care practices in rural Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2010;10:31.
14. Nasreen S, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Gurley ES, Winch PJ, Unicomb L, Sharker MA, Southern D, Luby SP. Prevalent high-risk respiratory hygiene practices in urban and rural Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15(6):762-71.
15. Darmstadt GL, Choi Y, Arifeen SE, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Seraji HR, Winch PJ, Saha SK, Ahmed AS, Ahmed S, Begum N, Lee AC, Black RE, Santosham M, Crook D, Baqui AH; Bangladesh Projahnmo-2 Mirzapur Study Group. Evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a package of community-based maternal and newborn interventions in Mirzapur, Bangladesh.
16. PLoS One. 2010;5(3):e9696.
17. Balsara ZP*, Hussein MH, Winch PJ, Gipson R, Santosham M, Darmstadt GL. Impact of clean delivery kit use on clean delivery practices in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. J Perinatol. 2009;29(10):673-9.
18. Baqui AH, Ahmed S, El Arifeen S, Darmstadt GL, Rosecrans AM, Mannan I, Rahman SM, Begum N, Mahmud AB, Seraji HR, Williams EK, Winch PJ, Santosham M, Black RE; Projahnmo 1 Study Group. Effect of timing of first postnatal care home visit on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh: a observational cohort study. BMJ. 2009;339:b2826.
19. Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Williams EK, Ahmed S, Mannan I, Rahman SM, Begum N, Seraji HR, Winch PJ, Santosham M, Black RE, Darmstadt GL. Effectiveness of home-based management of newborn infections by community health workers in rural Bangladesh. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009;28(4):304-10.
20. Darmstadt GL, Arifeen SE, Choi Y, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Winch PJ, Ahmed AN, Seraji HR, Begum N, Black RE, Santosham M, Baqui AH; for the Bangladesh Projahnmo-2 (Mirzapur) Study Group. Household surveillance of severe neonatal illness by community health workers in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: coverage and compliance with referral. Health Policy Plan. 2009 Nov 16.  [Epub ahead of print]
21. Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Choi Y, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Ahmed AS, Saha SK, Rahman R, Chang S, Winch PJ, Black RE, Santosham M, El Arifeen S; Bangladesh Projahnmo-2 (Mirzapur) Study Group. Validation of community health workers' assessment of neonatal illness in rural Bangladesh. Bull World Health Organ. 2009;87(1):12-9.
22. Darmstadt GL, Hassan M, Balsara ZP, Winch PJ, Gipson R, Santosham M. Impact of clean delivery-kit use on newborn umbilical cord and maternal puerperal infections in Egypt. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009;27(6):746-54.
23. Darmstadt GL, Saha SK, Choi Y, El Arifeen S, Ahmed NU, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Crook D, Fatima K, Winch PJ, Seraji HR, Begum N, Rahman R, Islam M, Rahman A, Black RE, Santosham M, Sacks E, Baqui AH; Bangladesh Projahnmo-2 (Mirzapur) Study Group. Population-based incidence and etiology of community-acquired neonatal bacteremia in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: an observational study. J Infect Dis. 2009;200(6):906-15.
24. Harvey SA*, Olortegui MP, Leontsini E, Winch PJ.  “They’ll change what they’re doing if they know that you’re watching:” Measuring reactivity in health behavior due to an observer’s presence – A case from the Peruvian Amazon.  Field Methods.  2009; 21(1): 3-26.
25. Mullany LC, El Arifeen S, Winch PJ, Shah R, Mannan I, Rahman SM, Rahman MR,Darmstadt GL, Ahmed S, Santosham M, Black RE, Baqui AH. Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord on mortality and omphalitis among newborns of Sylhet, Bangladesh: design of a community-based cluster randomized trial. BMC Pediatr. 2009;9:67.
26. Weiss WM, Burnham G, Winch PJ. Evaluating the experience of GAPS—a methodology for improving quality of mass immunization campaigns in developing countries. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009;27(5):684-95.
27. Weiss WM, Winch PJ, Burnham G. Factors associated with missed vaccination during mass immunization campaigns. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009;27(3):358-67.