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Christine Kelly

Staff Associate

Christine Kelly is a staff associate with the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth (PGY) program. She is responsible for performing statistical analyses of PGY and other program data and coordinating fieldwork activities for the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Survey.

Prior to joining the Council, Kelly worked in Ghana as deputy producer of a TV documentary chronicling the country's post-independence economic development.  She edited the manuscript for the documentary's accompanying book, An Economic History of Ghana: Reflections on a Half-Century of Challenges and Progress.

Kelly has a B.A. (Hons) in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Oxford, and an M.Sc. in demography and health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her master’s thesis investigated use of integrated reproductive health and HIV services in Kenya by socioeconomic position. 

Christine Kelly

Staff Associate

Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study (more)
This six-round longitudinal study aims to identify critical aspects of school quality that put adolescents who face the dual challenges of poverty and HIV/AIDS on a safer, healthier, and more productive path to adulthood. Our research seeks to uncover those aspects of schooling that will lead to more protective behaviors and lower HIV risk among young men and women.
(1/2007 - 4/2015)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Child marriage; HIV and children; HIV prevention; RTIs/STIs; Schooling; Sexual and gender-based violence; Sexuality and sexual behavior; Sexuality education
Countries: Malawi

Assessing and Improving the Measurement of Sexual Behaviors (more)
Council researchers are conducting a series of studies assessing the reporting of sexual behavior in survey research and the use of audio computer-assisted self-interviews (audio-CASI) as a technique for providing more reliable and valid information.
(1/2000 - 1/2009)
Topics: Sexuality and sexual behavior
Countries: Brazil, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda

Christine Kelly

Staff Associate

An evaluation of methods to improve the reporting of adherence in a placebo gel trial in Andhra Pradesh, India  (abstract) 
Abbott,Sharon; Friedland,Barbara A.; Sarna,Avina; Katzen,Lauren L.; Rawiel,Ulrike; Srikrishnan,Aylur K.; Shalini,C.S.; Tun,Waimar; Kelly,Christine A.; Solomon,Suniti; Mensch,Barbara S.
AIDS and Behavior Published online ahead of print, 9 January
Publication date: 2013

Investigating school quality and learning outcomes among adolescents in Malawi  (PDF) 
Kelly,Christine A.
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 34)
Publication date: 2011

Christine Kelly

Staff Associate

Primary school quality in the 59 schools  
Presentation at the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study Dissemination Workshop, Zomba, Malawi, 26 January
Chimombo,Joseph P.G.; Kelly,Christine A.
Publication date: 2011

Transitions to adulthood in rural Malawi: Estimating the sequencing of sexual initiation, school leaving, and marriage  
Paper presented at annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington DC, 1 April
Mensch,Barbara S.; Soler-Hampejsek,Erica; Kelly,Christine A.; Hewett,Paul C.; Grant,Monica J.
Publication date: 2011