Roseanne Schuster

Research Methods 

Schuster RC, Brewis AA, Wutich A, Safi C, Elegido T*, Bowen G*, SturtzSreetharan C, McDaniel A*, and Ochandarena P. (2023). Individual interviews versus focus groups for evaluations of international development programs: Systematic testing of method performance to elicit sensitive information in a justice study in Haiti. Evaluation & Program Planning, 97: 102208. doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102208

Schuster RC, Wutich A, Brewis A, SturtzSreetharan C. 2022. Ethnographic methods in cross-cultural research. In: Liamputtong P (Ed.). Handbook of Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research: A Social Science Perspective Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 273-289.

Schuster RC, Brewis A, Ochandarena P, Abdelmonem A, Hoso S, Faqeeh K. 2019. Measuring community norms around women’s empowerment in the West Bank. Opportunities and challenges of a novel approach using cultural consensus. Gender Empowerment and Health: From Measurement to Impact Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine – Population Health; 9:100489. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100489

Water Insecurity, Nutrition, and Health

Koyratty N, Ntozini R, Mbuya MNN, Jones AD, Schuster RC, Kordas K, Li CS, Tavengwa NV, Majo FD, Humphrey JH, Smith LE; on behalf of the SHINE Trial Team. Growth and growth trajectory among infants in early life: Contributions of food insecurity and water insecurity in rural Zimbabwe. Under review at BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, 5(2):332-343. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000470

Koyratty N, Mbuya MNN, Jones AD, Schuster RC, Kordas K, Li CS, Tavengwa NV, Majo FD, Ntozini R, Humphrey JH, Smith LE; on behalf of the SHINE Trial TeamCM. Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity: Contribution of food insecurity and water insecurity. BMC Nutrition, 8:136. doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022-00622-8

Choudhary N, Schuster RC, Brewis AA, Wutich A. 2021. Household water insecurity affects child nutrition through alternative pathways to sanitation/hygiene: Evidence from India. Food & Nutrition Bulletin, 42(2) 170-187. doi.org/10.1177/0379572121998122

Stoler J, Miller JD, Brewis A, Freeman M, Harris LM, Jepson W, Pearson AL, Rosinger AY, Shah SH, Staddon C, Workman C, Wutich A, Young SL, and HWISE-RCNCM. 2021. Household water insecurity will complicate COVID-19 prevention and response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 234: 113715. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113715

Koyratty N, Jones AD, Schuster RC, Kordas K, Li C-S, Mbuya MNN, Boateng GO, Ntozini R, Chasekwa B, Humphrey JH, Smith LE, and SHINE Trial Team. Food insecurity and water insecurity in rural Zimbabwe: Development of multidimensional household measures. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021,18(11): 6020; doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116020

Schuster RC, Butler MS, Wutich A, Miller JL, Young SL, and HWISE-RCN. 2020. “If there is no water, we cannot feed our children”: The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries. American Journal of Human Biology, 32:e23357. doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23357

Choudhary N, Schuster RC, Brewis AA, Wutich A. 2020. Water insecurity potentially undermines dietary diversity of children aged 6-23 months through multiple mechanisms: Evidence from India. Maternal Child Nutrition, e12929. doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12929

Brewis A, Workman C, Wutich A, Jepson W, Young SL, and HWISE-RCN. 2020. Household Water Insecurity Is Strongly Associated with Food Insecurity: Evidence from 27 Sites in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. American Journal of Human Biology, 32:e23309. doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23309

Young SL, Collins SM, Boateng GO, Neilands TB, Jamaluddine Z, Miller JD,  Brewis AA, Frongillo E, Jepson W, Melgar-Quiñonez H, Schuster RC, Stoler J, Wutich A. 2019. A protocol for the development and validation of an instrument to measure household water insecurity scale across cultures: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) scale. BMC Open, 9:e023558. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023558

Stoler J, Brewis A, Harris LM, Wutich A, Pearson AL, Rosinger AY, Schuster RC, Young SL. 2019. Household water sharing: a missing link in international health. International Health, 11:163-165. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135881

Wutich A, Budds J, Jepson W, Harris L, Adams E, Brewis AA, Cronk L, DeMyers C, Maes K, Marley T, Miller J, Pearson A, Rosinger A, Schuster RC, Stoler, Staddon C, Wiessner P, Workman C, Young SL. Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures. WIRES – Water, 5:e1309. doi:10.1002/wat2.130

Health, Health Workers, & Health Systems

Mercado M, Wachter K, Schuster RC, Mathis C, Johnson E*, Davis OI, Johnson-Agbakwu CA. 2022. A cross-sectional a­nalysis of factors associated with stress, burnout, and turnover intention among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5): e2690-e2701. doi:10.1111/hsc.13712

Tefera M, Assefa N, Roba KT, Gedefa L, Brewis A, and Schuster RC. 2022. Women's hospital  birth experiences in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: A qualitative study using Roy’s Adaptation Model. BMJ Open, 12(7):e055250. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055250

Wachter K, Mathis C, Mercado M., Schuster RC, Davis O, and Johnson-Agbakwu C. 2021. Provider wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from a survey of staff employed by refugee resettlement agencies in Arizona. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona State University, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center. [Technical Report]

Wachter K, Mathis C, Mercado M, Schuster RC, Davis O, and Johnson-Agbakwu C. 2021. Provider wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from a survey of staff employed by refugee resettlement agencies in Arizona. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona State University, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center. [Technical Report]

Schuster RC, Rodriguez EM, Mongo A, Delvicchio-Hitchcock N, Kahn LS, Tumiel-Berhalter L. 2019. Perceptions of cancer and cancer prevention among Somali Bantu and Karen refugees in Buffalo, NY. Journal of the National Medical Association, 111(3):234-245. doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2018.10.006

Boateng GO, Schuster RC, Odei-Boateng M. 2019. Uncovering a health and well-being gap among professional nurses: situated experiences of direct care nurses in two Canadian cities. Social Science & Medicine, 242:112568. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112568

Schuster RC, de Sousa OL, Reme AK*, Vopelak CM*, Pelletier DL, Johnson LM, Mbuya MN, Pinault D, Young SL. 2018. Performance-based incentives empower health workers delivering prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services and decrease desire to leave in rural Mozambique. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7(7):574-580. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2017.137

Chesoli RN, Schuster RC, Okello S, Omotayo MO. 2018. Strengthening implementation of routine immunization programs in primary healthcare facilities: perspectives of managers on the immunization program in Kenya. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 17(12): 1130–1137. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.83

Schuster RC, de Sousa OL, Rivera J*, Olson R*, Pinault D, Young SL. 2016. Performance-based incentives may be appropriate to address challenges to delivery of prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in rural Mozambique: a qualitative investigation. Human Resources for Health, 14:60. doi:10.1186/s12960-016-0157-0  

Schuster RC, McMahon DE*, Young SL. 2016. A comprehensive review of the barriers and promoters health workers experience in delivering prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS Care, 28(6):778-794. doi:10.1080/09540121.2016.1139041

Vest BM, Kahn LS, Danzo, A, Tumiel-Berhalter L,  Schuster RC, Karl R, Taylor R, Glaser K, Danakas A, Fox CH. 2013. Diabetes self-management in a low-income population: impacts of social support and relationships with the health care system. Chronic Illness, 9(2): 145-155. doi:10.1177/1742395313475674

Kahn LS, Vest BM, Karl R, Tumiel-Berhalter L, Taylor R,  Schuster RC , Glaser K, Danakas A, Fox CH. 2013. Living with diabetes on Buffalo, New York's culturally diverse West Side. Chronic Illness, 9(1): 43-46. doi:10.1177/1742395312450895

​Nutrition and Food Security

Smith LE, Schuster RC, Dumas SE, Kerr BT. 2020. Chapter: Food, Body, Land: Three Interactive Systems in Nutrition. In: Smith KH and Ram PK, (Eds.). Transforming Global Health: Interdisciplinary Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies. New York, New York: Springer Publishing Company, pp 51-66. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32112-3_4 

Osman N, Erickson K, Schuster RC, Picolo M, Possolo E, Norte A and Cunguara B. 2020. “Support to Accelerate Progress Towards Achievement of MDG1c in Mozambique – FAO Sub-Program”: Final Evaluation of RC16 Subcomponent - Nutritional Education and Social Behaviour Change Communications Integrated with Home Gardens at Community Level. [Technical Report] 

Schuster RC, Szpak M*, Klein E*, Sklar K*, Dickin SL. 2019. “I try, I do”: Child feeding practices of motivated, low-income parents reflect trade-offs between psychosocial- and nutrition-oriented goals. Appetite, 136:114-123. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.01.005

Sabatini F, Ulian MD, Perez I, Pinto AJ, Vessoni A, Aburad L, Benatti FB, de Campos-Ferraz PL, Coelho D, de Morais Sato P, Roble OJ, Unsain RF, Schuster RC, Gualano B, Scagliusi FB. 2019. Eating pleasure in obese women: a qualitative study about the effects of a new intervention based on the Health at Every Size® approach. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 119(9):1470-1482. doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2019.01.006

Schuster RC, Gamberg M, Dickson C, Chan HM. 2011. Assessing risk of mercury exposure and nutritional benefits of consumption of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation community of Old Crow, Yukon, Canada. Environmental Research, 111(6): 881-887. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.025

Schuster RC, Wein EE, Dickson C, Chan HM. 2011. Importance of traditional food use in the context of food security of two First Nations communities in Yukon, Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 70(3): 286-300. doi:10.3402/ijch.v70i3.17833

Wesche S, Schuster RC, Tobin P, Dickson C, Mattiessen D, Graupe S, Williams M, Chan HM. 2011. Community-based health research led by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 70(4): 296-406. doi:10.3402/ijch.v70i4.17846

Gender

Schuster RC, Brewis A, Ochandarena P, Abdelmonem A, Hoso S, Faqeeh K. 2019. Measuring community norms around women’s empowerment in the West Bank. Opportunities and challenges of a novel approach using cultural consensus. Gender Empowerment and Health: From Measurement to Impact Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine – Population Health; 9:100489. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100489

Brewis A, Wutich A, du Bray M, Maupin J, Schuster RC, Gervais M. 2019. Community hygiene norm violators are consistently stigmatized: evidence from four global sites and implications for sanitation interventions. Social Science & Medicine, 220:12-21. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.10.020

Schuster RC, Han SY, Brewis AA, Wutich A. 2018. Increasing overweight and obesity erodes neighborhood engagement by women, but not men. Preventive Medicine Reports, 10:144-149. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.02.013

*indicates supervised student