Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer (Harvard School of Public Health)

Submitted: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 08:59:10 -0400 (EDT)

Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
Associate Professor of Population and Anthropology
Department of Population and International Health
Harvard School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
USA


Phones:  (617) 432-0659
Fax:     (617) 566-0365
Email:   coberm@hsph.harvard.edu

DESCRIPTION OF YOUR WORK

Current research: culture, health and reproduction; reproductive health;
health care at birth in North Africa (Morocco and Tunisia); breastfeeding
patterns in the Middle East; the insufficient milk syndrome; female
genital surgeries; son preference in Morocco and Tunisia; symptomatology,
cultural construction, and management of menopause in Morocco and Lebanon;
the demography of Arab countries; population policies in the Middle East;
cross-cultural perspectives on reproductive rights; integrating
qualitative and quantitative methods in population and health research

Courses: 	Culture, health and reproduction; 
		Qualitative methods for demographic and health research

Chair, Committee on Reproductive Health, International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population