Discipline(s):
Public Health, Community Intervention Research
Area(s) of Expertise:
Child Disability, Family Caregiving, Health Literacy
E-Mail:
cgmandic@sfsu.edu
Background:
Carmen Mandic will receive her ScD from the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, in July 2008. Her doctoral research focuses on three areas: disparities in social participation and functioning among children and youth with disabilities, financial and employment-related impacts of the state policy context on families and children with disabilities, and literacy-related barriers to effective caregiver advocacy. Related inquiries include the multilevel influences on friendship and social participation of children with developmental disabilities, the interactive effects of child disability and working conditions on caregiver mental health, and the implementation and feasibility of supported employment in developing country contexts. Prior to her doctoral studies, Carmen received her MPH in Health Promotion from San Diego State University, and her BA in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley. As a Health and Society Scholar, Carmen plans to focus on the measurement of the social, political, and economic contexts of caregiving, how these contexts affect the experience of caregiving and disability across the lifespan, and on comparative approaches to the framing and evaluation of policy interventions that impact caregiving families.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Carmen Mandic's available publications in PubMed.
