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STEPHANIE
ANN FARQUHAR, Ph.D. Postdoctoral
Fellow University of North Carolina School of Public Health 2000-2001
Ph.D.
University of Michigan School of Public Health 1996-2000 M.A.
University of Colorado 1992-1994
B.A.
University of Washington 1987-1991 _________________________________________________________________________________ HONORS AND AWARDS 1999 Beverlee
A. Myers Memorial Scholarship, American Public Health Association _________________________________________________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Public
Health Association ________________________________________________________________________ RESEARCH EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Addressed environmental and social inequity in rural North Carolina using a community-based participatory approach to develop research and intervention programs; worked with residents who were relocated after the 1999 flooding to systematically document the effects of displacement on health and well-being; results and policy recommendations presented to representatives of federal, state, and local agencies and organizations; organized the 3rd Annual North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit; a participant of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council meetings reviewing Executive Order 12898 and Title VI implementation. UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Researched and designed a 35-item observational checklist used to collect data on environmental conditions in Detroit neighborhoods, including vandalism, illegal dumping, and industrial facilities; assisted with all phases of data collection, including development of checklist, pre-testing, training of data collectors, construction of scales, analysis, and interpretation of results; developed training manual and helped train 15 community members to administer a household survey to 450 households; project funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. World
Health Organization, International Asthma Council (IAC) Researched and co-wrote the WHO IAC guidelines implementation document for asthma prevention and treatment in less developed countries, receiving assistance from IAC; participated in finalizing the document at the WHO IAC meeting in Toronto, Canada. Urban
Research Center Organized and facilitated the meetings of the Community Organizing committee of the Village Health Worker Project; worked with local organizations and the Community Organizing committee to plant and maintain a community garden; collected, analyzed, and interpreted qualitative data using inductive analyses from community and organizational key informant interviews; participated in monthly meetings with members of the community and local organizations; designed an assessment instrument to evaluate the Village Health Worker lay health advisor training sessions; co-authored papers and poster sessions with project investigators; project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. University
of Colorado School of Medicine Administered the DSM-III questionnaire to assess risk behaviors of Denver's homeless and runaway youth in an HIV/AIDS study; conducted in-depth interviews with study participants to evaluate program effectiveness; presented results in professional meetings and journals; project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. _________________________________________________________________________________ PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.S. (2003). The effects of the physical environment on health and well-being in residents of eastside and southwest Detroit, Michigan. Health Education & Behavior. Rice, M., Farquhar, S.A. (2001). Approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention programmes for youth: A hope for the future. Journal of Health Management. Israel, B.A., James, S.A., Schulz, A.S., Parker, E.A., Farquhar, S.A., and Schork, T. (2002). The relationship between social support, stress and health among women on Detroit's eastside. Health Education and Behavior. Clark, N.M., Khaltaev, N., Ivanova, N.A., Malka, S., McDonald, L., Rudolf, M., Farquhar, S.A. (1998). Report of the WHO/IAC Asthma Guidelines Implementation Project. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Farquhar, SA. (1996). A critical assessment of a street youth health survey. Cultural Anthropology Methods 8 (1). Campbell, R., Levin, J., Thunberg, T., Hall, A., Farquhar, S.A., Lee, C. (1994). Reforming applied curricula: A call from the High Plains. High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology 14(1):23-25. _________________________________________________________________________________ Papers in Progress Farquhar, S.A., Wing, S. (in progress). Methodological and ethical considerations of community-driven environmental justice research: Examination of two case studies from rural North Carolina. Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.S. (in progress). The differences between residents' perceptions and raters' observations of environmental stressors: A comparison of risk assessment protocol. Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.S. (in progress). The physical is social: Residents' narratives on environmental inequity and exposure. Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Schulz, A.S., Israel, B.A., Becker, A.B. (in progress). A case study of the use of qualitative methods for program planning in a community-based intervention. ________________________________________________________________________ PRESENTATIONS Farquhar, S.A., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.J. "The effects of urban blight and environmental devastation in Detroit, Michigan." To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA, October 24, 2001. Farquhar, S.A., Muhammad, N. "Blacks stayed on the floors, Whites stayed in Hope House Plantation." Presented at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit, Whitakers, NC, October 18, 2001. Farquhar, S.A. "Survey results from a community-driven assessment of flood victims of eastern North Carolina: Results and recommendations." Presented at the W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholars Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, December 7, 2000. Farquhar, S.A. "The environmental justice movement: An examination of citizens' rights to an equitable and safe environment in Detroit, Michigan." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL, August 6, 1999. Schulz, A.J., Parker, E.A., Israel, B.A., Farquhar, S.A., Becker, A.B., and Robinson, M. "Social inequalities and women's health: Participatory action research for community building and collective action in Detroit, MI." Presented at the Second International Interdisciplinary Conference on Women and Health, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, July 13, 1999. Schulz, A.J., Parker, E.A., Becker, A.B., Farquhar, S.A., and Israel, B.A. "The use of qualitative methods for community planning." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 18, 1998. Farquhar, S.A. "A Critical Assessment of the Quantification of Street Youth Activities and Health Status." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, GA, November 1994. Farquhar, S.A. "Researching Risk Behavior of Denver's Homeless Youth." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropologists, San Antonio, TX, February 1994. |