Writing
If you like what I write about in my newsletter The Public Health Workforce is Not OK, check out more of my writing here, including opinion pieces, scientific papers, books, guest blogs, and articles.
Opinion pieces
Schenk KD, & Heggeness ML. Caregiving is an issue of equity at work, Fast Company. January 31, 2024.
Schenk KD, Lankau EW, Todd J, Barishansky RM, Nichols GP, Arellano AM. We Are The Public Health Workforce, Health Affairs Forefront, April 10, 2023.
Schenk KD. Public Health Layoffs and Tech Layoffs: A World of Difference. STAT News, Feb 3, 2023.
Schenk KD. The Public Health Workforce is Not Okay: Lessons from the Public Health Frontline. JPHMP Direct: The companion site of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Column published regularly from Summer 2022 – Summer 2023.
Schenk KD. The Public Health Workforce: Looking for a Diagnosis. Medscape, Aug 25 2022.
Schenk KD, Stuart ES. Don’t let children under 12 slip through the cracks in the fight against Covid. STAT News, Aug 10, 2021.
Schenk KD. Biden’s COVID Plan Is Just a Beginning. Scientific American, Feb 25, 2021.
Scientific papers include:
I have published many research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. For my full academic CV, please contact me directly.
Puffer ES, Finnegan A, Schenk KD, Langhaug L, Rusakaniko S, Choi Y, Mahaso S, Simmons R, & Green EP. Comparing fears about paediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: A prospective cohort study. Psychology & Health, 1–17, Feb 2022.
Langhaug L, Finnegan A, Schenk KD, Puffer ES, Rusakaniko S, Green EP. Caregiver self-efficacy to talk about sex predicts conversations about HIV transmission risk with perinatally infected young people in Zimbabwe. AIDS Care, 32:12, 1524-1528, Feb 2020.
Finnegan A, Langhaug L, Schenk KD, Puffer ES, Rusakaniko S, Choi Y, Mahaso S, Green EP. The prevalence and process of pediatric HIV disclosure: A population-based prospective cohort study in Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE 14(5):e0215659, May 2019.
Schenk KD, Tun W, Sheehy M, Okal J, Kuffour E, Moono G, Mutale F, Kyeremaa R, Ngirabakunzi E, Amanyeiwe U, Leclerc-Madlala S. “Even the fowl has feelings”: Access to HIV information and services among persons with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia. Disability and Rehabilitation, October 2018.
Books and chapters:
Schenk KD, Okal J. COVID-19 and HIV: Similarities and differences – what have we learnt? Chapter in Voices from Within: A Public Health Perspective on the Response to COVID-19 (Eds. Kingori C, Nicks S), Ohio University Press, 2024.
Schenk KD, Ramarao S. Ethical considerations of conducting research among children affected by HIV: a view from an ethics review board. Chapter in Children, Young People and HIV/AIDS: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Ed. Liamputtong P), Springer, 2016.
Schenk K, Williamson J. Ethical Approaches to Gathering Information from Children and Adolescents in International Settings. Population Council (Horizons / FHI Impact / USAID), Washington DC, 2005.
Freelance bylines include:
Schenk KD. National Data Show HIV Services Resilient in COVID-19 Pandemic. Medscape, 12/13/2022.
Schenk KD. HIV Prevention: Clinician Attitudes May Be Curtailing PrEP Use. Medscape, 11/17/2022.
Schenk KD. iPhone Thermal Camera: A Handy New Method to Monitor Hand Hygiene. Medscape, 09/20/2022.
Guest blog posts include:
de Beaumont Foundation. Guest blog post on The Public Health Workforce: Looking for a Diagnosis. Published 08/02/2022.
Dear Pandemic. Guest blog post on evidence-based strategies for minimizing exposures to COVID-19 after Summer Camp. Published 08/02/2022.