Constance Newman, MPH, MSW

About

Constance Newman is a global public health leader with 32 years experience in global and country projects specializing in family planning, reproductive health, human resources for health, HIV/AIDS, primary health care, child survival, environmental sanitation, developmental disabilities and refugee resettlement.

She worked at IntraHealth International for 30 years, including 15 years as senior team leader for gender equality and health, and 16 years in monitoring, evaluation and research.

Newman has worked in East and West Africa, Central/Latin America, Asia, the Near East and the Pacific regions. Newman’s technical assistance and research include improving health worker response to gender-based violence; integrating gender in HIV/AIDS programs; educating health workers and communities to prevent female genital mutilation; preventing workplace violence and gender discrimination; and involving men in community-based HIV/AIDS care and support.

Led a program of multicountry research on gender discrimination and violence in the health sector whose results have been disseminated through  international conferences and publications,and which have been used as references in the (attached) USAID Interagency Gender Working Group's 2023 Technical Brief: "Breaking Barriers Recommendations for Program Implementers in Addressing Gender Inequities Facing Global Health Workers (PDF)".

Teaching Interests

Newman teaches in maternal and child health and global health. Lectures include:

•    Gender discrimination and occupational segregation research and publications
•    Academic journal article review
•    Reproductive health policy
•    Global public health
•    Mentor for Gillings School of Global Public Health and other UNC Sumer Fellowships; doctoral dissertation advisor

Research Activities

•    Broad experience in using mixed methods to identify gender barriers in organizational and health systems components
•    Generating new evidence and knowledge to inform policy and program implementation
•    Employing a broad array of strategies to educate stakeholders to use data to make organizational and health systems more responsive to workers and clients
•     Policy analysis, development, implementation, and evaluation
•    Strengthening capabilities to address existing or emerging needs and problems by employing evidence-based approaches and technical consultation for learning, growth, and development

Service Activities

•    Reviewer for academic journals
•    Mentoring students and early- to mid-career public health professionals who want to go into global public health (MNCH, reproductive, health workforce) in the area of gender discrimination, and violence in the health sector

Key Publications

Systemic structural gender discrimination and inequality in the health workforce: Theoretical lenses for gender analysis, multi-country evidence and implications for implementation and HRH policy. Newman C, Nayebare A, Gacko NMNN, Okello P, Gueye A, Bijou S, Ba S, Gaye S, Thiam NC, B, Dial Y and Ndoye M. (2023).
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Nurses learning to be powerful leaders: What will it take? Stilwell B & Newman C.  (2022). Creative Nursing, 28(1).

Dying Silently: Uganda’s Response to Sexual Harassment in the Health Sector. Newman C, Nayebare A, Neema S, Agaba A, Perry Akello L (2021).
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Reasons behind the current gender imbalance in senior global health roles and the practice and policy changes that can catalyze organizational change in gendered organizations. Newman C, Chama PK, Mugisha M, Matsiko CW, and Oketcho V. (2017). Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics, 2(19).
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Integration of gender-transformative interventions in health professional education reform for the 21st century. Newman C, Ng C, Pacqué-Margolis S, and Frymus D. (2016). Human Resources for Health, 14(14).

Education