Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Email: carol.camlin@ucsf.edu

Biosketch:

Carol Camlin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and the Division of Prevention Science at UCSF. Her research crosses the disciplines of social demography and health behavior to examine the overlooked role that women’s mobility plays in sustaining HIV epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. She is leading an NIMH-funded K01 study to assess how women’s participation in mobility in Kenya contributes to their high HIV infection risk. She is also leading smaller studies to test novel strategies to sample mobile populations of women, to explore how mobility of HIV-positive women affects their perceptions of empowerment, and their engagement in HIV care programs. She is Co-Investigator of two randomized controlled trials in sub-Saharan Africa, leading the qualitative evaluation of these efforts to apply HIV “treatment as prevention” in communities in East Africa. She is preparing to lead a five year study to examine the impact of population mobility on sexual mixing patterns and HIV care cascade outcomes in East African communities. 

Areas of Interest:

  • HIV/AIDS prevention
  • Migration and mobility
  • Gender
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Mixed research methods
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Maternal health


For a complete list of publications, please click here: Publications on PubMed

Ongoing Research Projects:

Updated June 2013

Citations:

  • Camlin CS, Kwena ZA, Dworkin SL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA. "She mixes her business": HIV transmission and acquisition risks among female migrants in western Kenya. Social Science & Medicine. 2014:102:146-56.
  • Camlin CS, Snow RC, Hosegood V. Gendered Patterns of Migration in Rural South Africa. Population, Space and Place. 2014:20(6):528-551.
  • Kwena Z, Mwanzo I, Shisanya C, Camlin C, Turan J, Achiro L, Bukusi E. Predictors of extra-marital partnerships among women married to fishermen along Lake Victoria in Kisumu County, Kenya. PLoS One. 2014:9(4):e95298.
  • Odeny T., Bukusi E.A., Cohen C.R., Yuhas M.S., Camlin C.S., McClelland R.S. Texting Improves Testing: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Text Messaging to Increase Postpartum PMTCT Retention and Early Infant Testing for HIV. AIDS. 2014:28(15):2307-12.
  • Odeny TA, Newman M, Bukusi EA, McClelland RS, Cohen CR, Camlin CS. Developing content for a mHealth intervention to promote postpartum retention in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs and early infant diagnosis of HIV: a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2014:9(9):e106383.
  • Camlin CS, Kwena ZK, Dworkin S. Jaboya vs. Jakambi: Status, negotiation and HIV risk in the “sex-for-fish” economy in Nyanza Province, Kenya. AIDS Education & Prevention. 2013:3(25):216-31.
  • Camlin CS, Kyle D. Working Internationally. In: Castañeda X, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Schenker MB, eds. Migration and Health Research Methodologies: A Handbook for the Study of Migrant Populations. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press; 2013.
  • Kwena ZA, Camlin CS, Shisanya CA, Mwanzo I, Bukusi EA. Short-term mobility and the risk of HIV infection among married couples in the fishing communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya. PLoS One. 2013:1(8):e54523.
  • Turan J, Ojengbede O, Fathalla M, Mourad-Youssif M, Morhason-Bello IO, Nsima D, Morris J, Butrick E, Martin H, Camlin C, Miller S. Positive effects of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment on delays in accessing care for postpartum and postabortion hemorrhage in Egypt and Nigeria. Journal of Women’s Health. 2011:1(20):91-8.
  • Camlin CS, Hosegood V, Newell ML, McGrath N, Bärnighausen T, Snow RC. Gender, migration and HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS One. 2010:7(5):e11539.
  • Camlin C.S. and Snow, R.C. Parental investment and youth sexual risk behavior in Cape Town. Health Education and Behavior. 2008:35(4):522-540.
  • Lara D., García S., Ellertson C., Camlin C.S. and Suaréz J. The measure of induced abortion levels with Random Response Technique. Sociological Methods and Research. 2006:35(2):279-301.
  • Camlin C.S., Garenne M. and Moultrie T.A. Fertility trend and pattern in a rural area of South Africa in the context of HIV/AIDS. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2004:8(2):39-54.
  • Camlin C.S. and Chimbwete C.E. Does knowing someone with AIDS affect condom use? An analysis from South Africa. AIDS Education and Prevention. 2003:15(3):232-245.