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Elizabeth Hazel, MHS '07, PhD '19, is a global health researcher who evaluates programs and improves measurements of health for vulnerable women, babies, and children.
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Research Interests
Maternal health; Newborn health; Global health; Evaluation; Quality of Care; Family Planning; Child health; Modeling pregnancy outcomes
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Elizabeth Hazel is a global health, quantitative researcher with 15 years’ experience in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, community-based and primary care health services, large-scale health program impact evaluations, and conducting household and facility surveys. Her research interests include improving the measurements of health and understanding barriers to quality care. Improved measurement of health processes, outcomes and impacts allows program implementers access to stronger data for evidence-based policies and practices. And understanding barriers to care that impact marginalized communities will inform policies and programs that reduce health inequities.
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Selected publications from the last five years.
Hazel EA, Erchick DJ, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF, et al. Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birth weight for 230,679 live births in nine low- and middle-income countries, 2000 to 2017. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2024; 10.1111/1471-0528.17743
Hazel EA, Jiwani SS, Maïga A, Mady GRM, Wilson E, Mwinnyaa G, Amouzou A. Quality Adjusted Coverage of Family Planning Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Analysis of thirty-three countries using Demographic and Health Survey data. Journal of Global Health. 2024; 14: 04125.
Hossain AT, Hazel EA (joint first author) Rahman AE, Koon AD, Maïga A, Akseer N, Tam Y, Walker N, Jiwani SJ, Munos MK, El Arifeen S, Black R, Amouzou A. Effective Multi-sectorial approach for rapid reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality: the exceptional case of Bangladesh. BMJ Global Health 2024; 9:e011407.
Lawn JE, Ohuma EO, Bradley E, Idueta LS, Hazel EA, Okwaraji YB, et al. Small Babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting. Lancet 2023; 401(10389):1707-1719.
Hazel EA, Mullany LC, Zeger SL, Mohan D, Subedi S, Tielsch JM, Khatry SK, Katz J. Development of an imputation model to recalibrate birth weights measured in the early neonatal period to time at delivery and assessment of its impact on size-for-gestational age and low birthweight prevalence estimates: a secondary analysis of a pregnancy cohort in rural Nepal. BMJ Open 2022;12: e060105.
Hazel E, Mohan D, Chirwa E, Phiri, M, Kachale F, Msukwa P, Katz J, Marx MA. Disrespectful care during family planning consultations among youth and adult simulated clients in public sector facilities in Malawi. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021; 21: 336.