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Paula Alio

Title	Assistant Professor
Institution	School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department	Community and Preventive Medicine
Address	Community & Preventive Medicine 265 Crittenden Blvd. Rochester NY 14642

Awards And Honors

2010			Young Professional Achievement Award \| National MCH Epidemiology, CDC
2010			Outstanding Research Achievement Award \| Research & Innovations Univ of South Florida

Overview

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.

Selected Publications

Alio AP, Bond MJ, Padilla YC, Heidelbaugh JJ, Lu M, Parker WJ. Addressing policy barriers to paternal involvement during pregnancy. Matern Child Health J. 2011 May; 15(4):425-30.

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Bond MJ, Heidelbaugh JJ, Robertson A, Alio PA, Parker WJ. Improving research, policy and practice to promote paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes: the roles of obstetricians-gynecologists. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Dec; 22(6):525-9.

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