WALKER, MD, Dilys M
Associate Professor
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Specialties:
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Women’s Health Care:
• Family planning • Latina women's health • Adolescent reproductive health |
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Licensure:
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• Washington, 2010
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Certification:
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• Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1993
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| Joined UW Medicine: |
5/1/10
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Education:
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• MD degree
(University of California, San Diego, 1987) • Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology (University of Pennsylvania, 1991) • Fellowship in Family Planning and Abortion (Buffet Family Foundation, 1992) |
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Research Interests:
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• International maternal mortality
• Emergency obstetric care in resource-limited settings • Implementation of evidence-based practices in developing countries
• International family planning |
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Professional Organizations:
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• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Society of Family Planning |
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Selected Publications:
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Smid M, Campero L, Cragin L, Gonzalez Hernandez D, Walker D. Bringing two worlds together: exploring the integration of traditional midwives as doulas in Mexican public hospitals. Health Care Women Int. 2010 Jun;31(6):475-98.
Campero L, Walker D, Rouvier M, Atienzo E. First Steps Toward Successful Communication About Sexual Health Between Adolescents and Parents in Mexico.Qual Health Res. 2010 May 6. Billings DL, Walker D, Mainero del Paso G, Clark KA, Dayananda I. Pharmacy worker practices related to use of misoprostol for abortion in one Mexican state. Contraception. 2009 Jun;79(6):445-51. Epub 2009 Feb 20. Lisa M. DeMaria1 , Omar Galárraga2 , Lourdes Campero3 , Dilys M. Walker. Sex education and HIV prevention: an evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pan American Journal of Public Health. Volume 26 (6) | December 31, 2009 | page(s) 485-493. Erika E. Atienzo, Dilys M. Walker, Lourdes Campero, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa and Juan Pablo Gutiérrez. Parent-adolescent communication about sex in Morelos, Mexico: does it impact sexual behaviour? Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 2009 Apr;14(2):111-9. Sosa-Rubi S, Walker DM, Servon E. Performance of mammography and papanicolau among rural women in Mexico. Salud Pub Mex; 2009 51 supl 2:S236-245. Estrada F, Hernández-Girón C, Walker D, Campero L, Hernández-Prado B, Maternowska C. [Use of family planning services and its relationship with women's decision-making and support from their partner]Salud Publica Mex. 2008 Nov-Dec;50(6):472-81. Spanish. Cragin L, DeMaria LM, Campero L, Walker DM. Educating skilled birth attendants in Mexico: do the curricula meet international confederation of midwives standards? Reprod Health Matters. 2007 Nov;15(30):50-60. Gutierrez JP, Conde-González CJ, Walker DM, Bertozzi SM. Herpes simplex virus type 2 among Mexican high school adolescents: prevalence and association with community characteristics. Arch Med Res. 2007 Oct;38(7):774-82. Epub 2007 Jun 21. Walker D, Gutierrez JP, Torres P, Bertozzi S. HIV prevention in Mexican schools: prospective randomised evaluation of intervention. BMJ. 2006 May 20;332(7551):1189-94. Epub 2006 May 8. |
