Empowering Prevention of Cervical Cancer: Women-inspired Strategies for Health (WISH) (2020-2021)
Building on the work of previous teams and leveraging strong relationships in Peru, this project examined ways to deploy innovative women-centered technologies for home-based screening for cervical cancer with the efficacy of screening done in health facilities.
Team members focused on three components: storytelling as a way to empower women to take control of their health; cost-effectiveness of interventions with respect to traditional models of care; and a policy framework for in-country adoption of the model.
Team members gained a deep understanding of cervical cancer and global health disparities as well as the technological developments to democratize access to healthcare and screening. Focusing their work around the Callascope, a state-of-the-art device that helps women take an image of their own cervix and explore their reproductive anatomy, the team investigated healthcare systems and challenges in Peru, oral history, cost-effectiveness analysis and policy analysis before turning to the creation of specific tools around storytelling, stakeholder interviews and time-motion analysis for costing.
Timing
Fall 2020 – Summer 2021
Team Outputs
Exploring Health Literacy through Visual Narratives: An Interview with Fatima Massare Somers
The Value of Storytelling in Women’s Health
“Failing Black Mothers” and the Non-Consensual Origins of Gynecology
Teaching From My Kitchen Table: Education in Trying Times
Inspired by Women in 2020: End of Year Recap of WISH
Cervical Cancer Team: Developing Interventions for Cervical Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
This Team in the News
Using Storytelling to Break the Stigma Surrounding Reproductive Health
Reimagining the Gynecological Exam
Engineering a Revolution in Women's Health
Announcing the 2020 ReMed Fellows (Margaret Gaw)
“Cervical Cancer Revolution” Proposal Among Top 100 for MacArthur $100 Million Grant
See related team, Empowering Prevention of Cervical Cancer: Women-inspired Strategies for Health (WISH) (2021-2022).
Image: Mercy Asiedu and Julia Agudogo hold the Callascope.
Team Leaders
- Patricia Garcia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Wesley Hogan, Franklin Humanities Institute
- Nimmi Ramanujam, Pratt School of Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
/graduate Team Members
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Maria Connearn Diaz, Masters of Public Policy, International Dev Policy
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Diana Carolina Quintero, International Dev Policy
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Diana Ramirez Guzman, Grad Innovation & Entrprship
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Jessica LaLonde, Mech Engg/Materials Sci-PHD
/undergraduate Team Members
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Helen Williams, Interdepartmental Major
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Ruhama Tereda, Public Policy Studies (AB)
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Rhea Tejwani, Computer Science (BS)
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Natalie Rincon, Neuroscience (BS)
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Rachel Mundaden, Biology (BS)
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Karina Moreno Bueno, Biology (BS)
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Elizabeth Maydew, Spanish (AB)
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Fatima Massare Somers, Program II (AB)
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Khue Huynh, Biomedical Engineering (BSE)
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Margaret Gaw, English (AB)
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Caroline Doherty, Public Policy Studies (AB)
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Tamira Daniely, Robertson Scholarship - UNC
/yfaculty/staff Team Members
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Libby Dotson, Pratt School of Engineering-Biomedical Engineering
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Andrea Thoumi, Margolis Center for Health Policy
/zcommunity Team Members
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HOPE Initiative
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Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia