Judith A. Fortney Papers, 1967-2004
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Summary
- Creator:
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and Fortney, J. A. (Judith A.), 1938-
- Abstract:
- Judith A. Fortney is a public health scholar and researcher who received her PhD at Duke University and worked for Family Health International and the World Health Organization. This collection documents her professional activities.
- Extent:
- 4.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11195
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Judith A. Fortney papers document the professional activities of this pioneering women's health researcher. The materials in this collection include her writings and publications, project documentation, professional correspondence, subject files, photographs, and realia.
- Biographical / historical:
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Judith A. Fortney has made significant contributions to research in the field of reproductive health, and has been actively involved in this research since 1974. She worked for Family Health International in North Carolina for 25 years where she was involved in research and writing surrounding maternal mortality and contraceptive epidemiology. She conducted the first RAMOS (Reproductive Age Mortality Survey) Study in Egypt and Indonesia in the early 1980s and has consulted for various U.N. agencies and NGOs. She also worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva where she developed strategies for their Safe Motherhood program, and was a long time member of the WHO contraceptive epidemiology committee and maternal mortality research committee. She has published widely in the field of reproductive health, including such topics as: contraceptive epidemiology, maternal mortality, and sexually transmitted infections.
She received a PhD in demography from Duke University, a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics. She is an instructor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health and an adjunct professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged into three series: 1) Publications 2) Projects, Correspondence and Subject Files, and 3) Photographs and realia
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Women in medicine
Abortion services -- Research -- Developing countries
Contraception -- Research -- Developing countries
Reproductive health -- Research -- Developing countries - Names:
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Family Health International (Organization)
World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research
Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Programs
Fortney, J. A. (Judith A.), 1938-
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