Dept. of Health Services
Program Affiliations
Program Affiliations
Mary Anne Mercer
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer, Global Health (primary appt.)
Mary Anne Mercer also works with the Department of Global Health MPH program. She specializes in maternal and child health in developing countries. Dr. Mercer was on the faculty of the International Health Department at Johns Hopkins University from 1981- 1994 where she directed a technical support program for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa, and later was Deputy Director of the PVO Child Survival NGO Support Program. Dr. Mercer is also Deputy Director of Health Alliance International, an international health non-profit organization based in Seattle. She teaches Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries at UW.
Research Interests:
International health; maternal and child health
SciVal Experts Profile
Contact Information
email: mamercer@u.washington.edu
address:
Health Alliance International
1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 410
Seattle, WA 98105
campus box: 354809
voice: 206-543-8382
fax: 206-685-4184
address:
Health Alliance International
1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 410
Seattle, WA 98105
campus box: 354809
voice: 206-543-8382
fax: 206-685-4184
Education
DrPH
Johns Hopkins University, 1987 (Maternal and Child Health)
MPH Johns Hopkins University, 1981 (International Health)
MPH Johns Hopkins University, 1981 (International Health)
Recent Publications
Fort MP, Grembowski DE, Verdugo JC, Morales LC, Arriaga CA, Mercer MA, Lim SS. Implementation and progress of an inclusive primary health care model in Guatemala: coverage, quality, and utilization. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011 Sep;30(3):217-24. PMID: 22069068
Hagopian A, Spigner C, Gorstein JL, Mercer MA, Pfeiffer J, Frey S, Benjamin L, Gloyd S. Developing competencies for a graduate school curriculum in international health. Public Health Rep. 2008 May-Jun;123(3):408-14. PMID: 19006985 PMCID: PMC2289971
Brentlinger PE, Dgedge M, Correia MA, Rojas AJ, Saúte F, Gimbel-Sherr KH, Stubbs BA, Mercer MA, Gloyd S. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in central Mozambique. Bull World Health Organ. 2007 Nov;85(11):873-9. PMID: 18038078 PMCID: PMC2636267
Brentlinger PE, Montoya P, Rojas AJ, Correia MA, Dgedge M, Saúte F, Gimbel-Sherr K, Mercer MA, Gloyd S. Prevalence and predictors of maternal peripheral malaria parasitemia in central Mozambique. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug;77(2):228-34. PMID: 17690391
Brentlinger PE, Correia MA, Chinhacata FS, Gimbel-Sherr KH, Stubbs B, Mercer MA. Lessons learned from bednet distribution in Central Mozambique. Health Policy Plan. 2007 Mar;22(2):103-10. Epub 2007 Feb 8. PMID: 17289750
Hagopian A, Spigner C, Gorstein JL, Mercer MA, Pfeiffer J, Frey S, Benjamin L, Gloyd S. Developing competencies for a graduate school curriculum in international health. Public Health Rep. 2008 May-Jun;123(3):408-14. PMID: 19006985 PMCID: PMC2289971
Brentlinger PE, Dgedge M, Correia MA, Rojas AJ, Saúte F, Gimbel-Sherr KH, Stubbs BA, Mercer MA, Gloyd S. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in central Mozambique. Bull World Health Organ. 2007 Nov;85(11):873-9. PMID: 18038078 PMCID: PMC2636267
Brentlinger PE, Montoya P, Rojas AJ, Correia MA, Dgedge M, Saúte F, Gimbel-Sherr K, Mercer MA, Gloyd S. Prevalence and predictors of maternal peripheral malaria parasitemia in central Mozambique. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug;77(2):228-34. PMID: 17690391
Brentlinger PE, Correia MA, Chinhacata FS, Gimbel-Sherr KH, Stubbs B, Mercer MA. Lessons learned from bednet distribution in Central Mozambique. Health Policy Plan. 2007 Mar;22(2):103-10. Epub 2007 Feb 8. PMID: 17289750
Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)
2012
Chair, capstone for Paula Kett
Perspectives on preferences for care and barriers in access to maternal health services in Mbita, Kenya
2012
Chair, capstone for Erin Larsen-Cooper
Planning for the worst & hoping for the best: Developing transportation plans for pregnant women in Malawi
2011
Chair, thesis committee for Kassia Binkowski
Determinants of breastfeeding behavior among indigenous Guatemalan mothers
2011
Member, thesis committee for Jessica Crawford
Measles vaccination coverage and timing of vaccine administration in Northern Mozambique: 1997 - 2010
2011
Member, dissertation committee for Meredith Fort
Evaluation of a primary health care demonstration project in rural Guatemala: Quality, coverage, utilization and impact
2011
Chair, capstone for Norah Meyerson
Expanding the use of birth friendly facilities - A situation analysis in Fatuberliu, Maubara and Remexio - An assessment for Health Alliance International and the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste
External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)
Health Alliance International 8 (Moz. Health Comm.)
Health Alliance International (HAI)PI: Holmes Dates: 10/1/2012 - 9/30/2013
Mozambique Health Committee 7
Health Alliance International (HAI)PI: Holmes Dates: 10/1/2011 - 9/30/2012
Mozambique Health Committee 6
Health Alliance International (HAI)PI: Holmes Dates: 12/1/2010 - 9/30/2011
Mozambique Health Committee 6
Health Alliance International (HAI)PI: Holmes Dates: 10/1/2010 - 11/30/2010
Mozambique Health Committee 5
Health Alliance International (HAI)PI: Holmes Dates: 10/1/2009 - 7/31/2010
Mozambique Health Committee 5
Health Alliance International (HAI)PI: Holmes Dates: 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2010
Global Health Fellows Program
Public Health Institute (PHI)PI: Katz Dates: 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2011
Projects
East Timor Village Health Promotion Project
This project aims to improve basic health understanding and skills, including decision-making regarding the use of health services, in the Venilale subdistrict of Baucau District in the new nation of East Timor. Collaborators are the Salesian Sisters of Venilale, who operate a health clinic, and the local health center of the East Timor Ministry of Health. Villlage Health Promoters (VHPs) from rural areas surrounding Venilale have been trained in home care and indications for referral for diarrheal disease and tuberculosis, and in basic issues surrounding safe pregnancy/delivery and immunizations. The VHPs are supervised monthly and receive regular refresher training. If the project is found to provide significant benefits it may be expanded to other areas of East Timor.
Central Mozambique Child Survival and Maternal Care Project
The goal of this project is to bring about reductions in infant, perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity in the two central provinces of Mozambique. The project interventions are maternal and newborn care, STD/HIV/AIDS prevention, and malaria control. The program design includes two main strategies: mobilizing communities to adopt better health practices and to use improved services, and strengthening the quality of the health-care delivery system so that services will meet newly-raised community expectations.
Maternal Health Care in Dili, East Timor
This project aims to provide basic maternity services (prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care) to women in Dili, East Timor, and to contribute to the ability of the East Timorese people to provide for their own health care needs. The project supported training and supervision of Timorese midwives and the upgrading of training and maternal care facilities at Bairo Pite Clinic in Dili, East Timor. Trained midwives expanded the prenatal care services to include outreach areas in Dili neighborhoods that were otherwise without access to care.
Links
Health Alliance International
