Jennifer Catino
Associate
Jennifer Catino is an associate with the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth (PGY) program. Based in New York City, she develops and coordinates targeted adolescent projects, primarily in Latin America.
Prior to joining PGY she was the senior technical advisor to the president and youth programming at EngenderHealth, also based in New York City. At EngenderHealth, she designed and oversaw a global program to improve health and promote the development of vulnerable young people. Previously she served as regional program coordinator with the Gender, Family, and Development program in the Population Council’s Latin America and the Caribbean regional office in Mexico City, Mexico. At the Council, she conducted reproductive health–related research and implemented a program focused on improving maternal and adolescent health, fostering positive male involvement in sexual and reproductive health, and promoting gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women.
Before joining the Population Council, Catino was a project coordinator with Family Care International in New York City, where she was the primary researcher and writer of a publication documenting global progress toward implementing the recommendations from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development related to sexual and reproductive health. She also worked for John Snow, Inc., in Cambodia on a program to improve family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention services through local NGOs and the public sector.
Catino has a master's in public health in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jennifer Catino
Associate
Abriendo Oportunidades: Creating Opportunities for Mayan Girls and Young Women (more)
This national program is providing the most vulnerable indigenous Mayan girls and young women in Guatemala with personal and professional development skills, mentorship, and leadership opportunities.
(6/2002 - ongoing)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Financial literacy/livelihoods; Schooling; Social isolation/support
Countries: Guatemala
Adolescent Policy Analysis, Capacity Building, and Advocacy Project (more)
This project is designed to provide decision-makers, NGOs, youth advocates, UN country representatives, and members of government ministries with the appropriate knowledge and tools to effectively make the case for implementing policies and programs that are evidence-based and targeted at vulnerable subgroups of young people, in particular girls.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Topics: Population policy and demographic analysis
Countries: Guatemala, Liberia, Malawi
Jennifer Catino
Associate
La santé des adolescentes vulnérables : un investissement stratégique doublement rentable (PDF)Catino,Jennifer
GIRLS FIRST ! Perspectives de programmation centrée sur les filles
Publication date: 2012
The cost of reaching the most disadvantaged girls: Programmatic evidence from Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda (PDF)
Sewall-Menon,Jessica; Bruce,Judith; Austrian,Karen; Brown,Raven; Catino,Jennifer; Colom,Alejandra; Del Valle,Angel; Demele,Habtamu; Erulkar,Annabel S.; Hallman,Kelly; Roca,Eva; Zibani,Nadia
Technical report
Publication date: 2012
The health of vulnerable adolescent girls: A strategic investment for double return (PDF)
Catino,Jennifer
GIRLS FIRST! Perspectives on Girl-Centered Programming
Publication date: 2012
Equipping Mayan girls to improve their lives (PDF)
Catino,Jennifer; Colom,Alejandra; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 5)
Publication date: 2011
Preparación de las niñas mayas para mejorar su calidad de vida (PDF)
Catino,Jennifer; Colom,Alejandra; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Promoción de transiciones a la vida adulta sanas, seguras y productivas Resumen (no. 5)
Publication date: 2011
Assessing the multiple disadvantages of Mayan girls: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and residence on education in Guatemala (PDF)
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 16)
Publication date: 2007
Evaluación de las múltiples desventajas de las niñas mayas: efectos del género, el origen étnico, la pobreza y el lugar de residencia sobre la educación en Guatemala [Assessing the multiple disadvantages of Mayan girls: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and residence on education in Guatemala] (PDF)
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Promoción de transiciones a la vida adulta sanas, seguras y productivas Resumen (No.16)
Publication date: 2007
Guatemala
Dries-Daffner,Ingrid; Hallman,Kelly; Catino,Jennifer; Berdichevsky,Karla; Arnett,Jeffrey Jensen
from International Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Publication date: 2007
Indigenous girls in Guatemala: Poverty and location (PDF)
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia; Lewis,Maureen; Lockheed,Marlaine
from Exclusion, Gender and Education: Case Studies from the Developing World, pp. 145-175
Publication date: 2007
Multiple disadvantages of Mayan females: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and residence on education in Guatemala (PDF)
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 211)
Publication date: 2006
Causas de bajos logros educacionales y transición temprana a la edad adulta en Guatemala [Causes of low school achievement and early transition to adulthood in Guatemala] (PDF)
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Publication date: 2005
Entendiendo y respondiendo a la violencia doméstica en comunidades indígenas de Guatemala [Understanding and responding to domestic violence in indigenous communities in Guatemala]
Ruiz,Marta Julia; Mazariegos,Luisa Maria; Banos Smith,Maria; Catino,Jennifer; Herrera,Guillermina
Publication date: 2005
Voices of vulnerable and underserved adolescents in Guatemala: A summary of the qualitative study: 'Understanding the lives of indigenous young people in Guatemala' (PDF)
Colom,Alejandra; Ruiz,Marta Julia; Catino,Jennifer; Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Shellenberg,Kristen M.
Publication date: 2005
Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening the links (PDF)
Langer,Ana; Nigenda,Gustavo; Catino,Jennifer
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78(5): 667-676
Publication date: 2000
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities
Langer,Ana; Nigenda,Gustavo; Garcia,Sandra G.; Valdez,Rosario; Orozco,Emanuel; Catino,Jennifer
Publication date: 2000
Jennifer Catino
Associate
A four-fold disadvantage: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and location on education in GuatemalaPresentation at the Comparative and International Education Society 51st Annual Conference, February
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Publication date: 2007
Ayorunbo: She who has been to heaven and returned--Near miss maternal mortality in Nigeria and Mexico
Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, 13 December
Miller,Suellen; Ojengbede,Oladosu; Bray,Erin; Lester,Felicia; Fabamwo,A.O.; Bello,Mohason; Akinola,Ol; Berdichevsky,Karla; Campos,Inova; Catino,Jennifer; Martinez,Alberto; Ledezma,Juan Carlos; Webster,Monique; Hensleigh,Paul
Publication date: 2005
Causes of low educational attainment and early transition to adulthood in Guatemala
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, 1-3 April, and at the Population Council National Youth Forum, Guatemala City, September
Hallman,Kelly; Peracca,Sara; Catino,Jennifer; Ruiz,Marta Julia
Publication date: 2004
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