Research Bio
Research: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Women's Health; Maternal Child Health; Perinatal outcomes; Program Evaluation; Global Health; Community Based Participatory Research.
Dr. Alio has extensive experience in community-based participatory research, qualitative and quantitative methods, and evaluation design. Her research areas include racial/ethnic health disparities and global health. Specifically, Dr. Alio focuses on the impact of behavioral, psychosocial and environmental factors on pregnancy outcomes, particularly among African Americans. Her international research is in women's reproductive health, HIV prevention, intimate partner violence and pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa.
2012 Dec
Salihu HM, August E, Alio AP. "The association between female genital mutilation and intimate partner violence". BJOG. 2012; 119(13): 1597-1605 Epub 2012 Aug 24. |
2012 Nov
Salihu HM, August EM, Mbah AK, Alio AP, de Cuba RJ, Jaward FM, Berry EL. "Effectiveness of a federal healthy start program in reducing the impact of particulate air pollutants on feto-infant morbidity outcomes". Matern Child Health J. 2012; 16(8): 1602-11. |
2012 Nov
Salihu HM, Ghaji N, Mbah AK, Alio AP, August EM, Boubakari I. "Particulate pollutants and racial/ethnic disparity in feto-infant morbidity outcomes". Matern Child Health J. 2012; 16(8): 1679-87. |
2012 Sep
Alio AP, Salihu HM, McIntosh C, August EM, Weldeselasse H, Sanchez E, Mbah AK. "The effect of paternal age on fetal birth outcomes". Am J Mens Health. 2012; 6(5): 427-35 Epub 2012 May 7. |
2012 Aug
Belogolovkin V, Crisan L, Lynch O, Weldeselasse H, August EM, Ali AP, Salihu HM. "Neonatal outcomes of successful VBAC among obese and super-obese mothers". J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012; 25(6): 714-8. |
