Tia M. Palermo
PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Health Services Policy and Practice
Research Topics
Impacts of social policy on population health; global health; social protection; cash transfers; gender-based violence; sexual and reproductive health
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Selected Publications
- Peterman A, Valli E, Palermo T, On Behalf of the LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2020). “Government Anti-Poverty Programming and Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana.” Economic Development and Cultural Change (in press).
- Pereira A, Peterman A, Neijhoft A, Buluma R, Aznar Daban R, Islam A, Kainja ETV, K IF, Kheam T, Johnson AK, Maternowska MC, Potts A, Rottanak C, Samnag C, Shawa M, Yoshikawa M, Palermo T. (2020). “Disclosure, reporting and help seeking among child survivors of violence: A cross-country analysis from six countries.” BMC Public Health (in press).
- Palermo T, Cirillo C, Hall B, on behalf of the LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team, the PSSN Youth Study Evaluation Team, and the Tanzania Adolescent Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2020). Enhanced Life Distress Inventory: development and validation in two African countries.” British Journal of Health Psychology (in press).
- Palermo T, Valli E, Angeles G, Barrington C, Adamba C, Spadafora T, On Behalf of the LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2019). “Impacts of a social protection program paired with fee waivers on enrolment in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme.” BMJ Open, 9(11).
- Hall B, Garabiles M, de Hoop J, Prencipe L, Pereira A, Palermo T. (2019). “Perspectives of adolescent and young adults on poverty related stressors: A qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania.” BMJ Open, 9(10).
- Palermo T, Pereira A, Neijhoft N, Bello G, Buluma R, Diem P, Aznar Daban R, Fatoumata Kaloga I, Islam A, Kheam T, Lund-Henriksen B, Maksud, N, Maternowska MC, Potts A, Rottanak C, Samnang C, Shawa M, Yoshikawa M, Peterman A. (2019). “Risk Factors for Childhood Violence and Polyvictimization: A Cross-Country Analysis from Three Regions.” Child Abuse & Neglect, 88: 348-361.
- Handa S, Daidone S, Peterman A, Davis B, Pereira A, Palermo T, Yablonski J. (2018). “Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash as a Poverty Reduction Strategy.” World Bank Research Observer, 33(2): 259-298.
- Peterman A, Palermo T, Handa S, Seidenfeld D. (2018). “A list randomization: experimental evidence on the collection of violence data in a cash transfer programme evaluation.” Health Economics (online ahead of print):
- Kilburn K, Prencipe L, Hjelm L, Peterman A, Handa S, Palermo T. (2018). “Examination of Performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Short Form 10 among African Youth in Poor, Rural Households.” BMC Psychiatry, 18:201.
- Peterman A, Neijhoft AN, Cook S, Palermo T. (2017). Understanding the linkages between social protection and childhood violence: A review of the evidence. Health Policy and Planning 32(7): 1049-1071.
- Hjelm L, de Hoop J, Handa S, Palermo T. (2017). Poverty and perceived stress: Evidence from two unconditional cash transfer programs in Zambia. Social Science & Medicine, 177: 110-117.
- Peterman A, Pereira AL, Bleck J, Palermo TM and Yount KM (2017). Women's individual asset ownership and experience of intimate partner violence: Evidence from 28 international surveys, American Journal of Public Health, 107(5): 747-755. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303694
- Behrman J, Peterman A & Palermo T (2017). “Does Keeping Adolescent Girls in School Protect Against Sexual Violence? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from East and Southern Africa. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(2):184-190.
- De Groot R, Palermo T, Handa S, Ragno LP, Peterman A. (2017). Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: Pathways and Impact. Development Policy Review, 35(5), 621-643.