Mary Philip Sebastian, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer
Mary Philip Sebastian, a program officer based in New Delhi, India, assists in the management of various adolescent research projects. Sebastian was instrumental in implementing a livelihoods program for adolescent girls comprising vocational and savings counseling, vocational training courses, opening of savings accounts, and follow-up support for use of vocational skills and savings accounts in the urban slums of Allahabad. Prior to joining the Population Council, she worked with human service organizations to implement intervention programs.
Sebastian has a Ph.D. in humanities and social sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.
Mary Philip Sebastian, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer
Community-based Postpartum Family Planning Through Integrated Public Delivery Systems in India (more)
The Population Council supported the Government of India in designing, testing, and scaling up a community-based intervention to encourage healthier birth spacing in India through increased knowledge and use of postpartum family planning.
(2/2006 - 10/2010)
Topics: Access to contraceptive methods; Integrating health services; Maternal and newborn health; Postpartum family planning ; Postpartum maternal care; Strengthening health systems
Countries: India
Mary Philip Sebastian, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer
High uptake of HIV testing in a cohort of male injection drug users in Delhi, India: Prevalence and correlates of HIV infection (abstract) (HTML)Sarna,Avina; Tun,Waimar; Sharma,Vartika; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Madan,Ira; Yadav,Amita; Sheehy,Meredith; Lewis,Dean; Thior,Ibou
AIDS and Behavior Published online ahead of print, 10 March
Publication date: 2013
Pretreatment loss-to-follow-up after HIV diagnosis from 27 counseling and testing centers across India: Findings from a cohort study (abstract) (HTML)
Sarna,Avina; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Bachani,Damodar; Sogarwal,Ruchi; Battala,Madhusudana
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care Published online ahead of print, 15 February
Publication date: 2013
Increasing postpartum contraception in rural India: Evaluation of a community-based behavior change communication intervention (abstract) (HTML)
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Khan,M.E.; Kumari,Kaushal; Idnani,Rukma
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 38(2): 68-77
Publication date: 2012
Indicators of mobility, socio-economic vulnerabilities and HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers in India (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Saggurti,Niranjan; Jain,Anrudh K.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Singh,Rajendra; Reddy Modugu,Hanimi; Halli,Shiva S.; Verma,Ravi K.
AIDS and Behavior 16(4): 952-959
Publication date: 2012
Introducing adolescent livelihoods training in the slums of Allahabad, India (PDF)
Grant,Monica J.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 2)
Publication date: 2011
Relationship between reported prior condom use and current self-perceived risk of acquiring HIV among mobile female sex workers in southern India (abstract) (HTML)
Jain,Anrudh K.; Saggurti,Niranjan; Mahapatra,Bidhubhusan; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Modugu,Hanimi R.; Halli,Shiva S.; Verma,Ravi K.
BMC Public Health 11(suppl 6): S5-
Publication date: 2011
Promoting healthy spacing between pregnancies in India: Need for differential education campaigns (abstract) (HTML)
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Khan,M.E.; Roychowdhury,Sohini
Patient Education and Counseling 81(3): 395-401
Publication date: 2010
Manual for building capacity of trainers and program managers in emergency contraception (PDF) (HTML)
Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Roychowdhury,Sohini
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2008
Promoting healthy timing and spacing of births in India through a community-based approach (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Sharma,Usha; Idnani,Rukma; Kumari,Kaushal; Maheshwari,Bharati; Ashraf,Shahid
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Promoting optimal inter-pregnancy interval in India through integrated public delivery systems
Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Sharma,Usha; Idnani,Rukma; Kumari,Kaushal; Maheshwari,Bharati; Ashraf,Shahid
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Promoting postpartum contraception among young low parity women: Some salient findings
Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Idnani,Rukma; Kumari,Kaushal
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Research Update (no. 14)
Publication date: 2008
Technical assistance for implementing best practices in the Asia and Near East region (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Sekhar Kar,Sitanshu; Mishra,Anurag; Sharma,Vivek; Narayana,G.; Sharma,Bhawana; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Afifi,Ahmed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Promoting healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy: Barriers and possible intervention--Observation from a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh
Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Aeron,Aditi
FRONTIERS Asia and Near East Research Update (no. 13)
Publication date: 2007
Provision of emergency contraceptive services through paraprofessionals in India (PDF)
Kumar,Shiv; Shekhar,Chander; Gupta,N.K.; Roy,Malabika; Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Idnani,Rukma; Bhargava,Ardash; Salvi,Vinita
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2007
Emergency contraception: A method every woman should know (abstract)
Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Total Health 1(7): 16-
Publication date: 2006
Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual (PDF)
Rahman,Md.Moshiur; Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2005
Studying the utilization of emergency contraceptive services through paramedics in India (PDF)
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Kumar,Shiv; Khan,M.E.; Shekhar,Chander; Gupta,N.K.
Research Update (no. 5)
Publication date: 2005
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India (PDF)
Huntington,Dale; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Mensch,Barbara S.; Clark,Wesley H.; Narain Singh,Aditya; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Khan,M.E.; Selvam,Nirmala; Patel,Bella C.; Barge,Sandhya; Gupta,Y.P.; Johri,Lovleen; Biswas,Gita; Shenoy,Manohar
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2004
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health programme for urban slum dwellers in India (PDF)
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Grant,Monica J.; Mensch,Barbara S.
Final report
Publication date: 2004
The effect of a livelihoods intervention in an urban slum in India: Do vocational counseling and training alter the attitudes and behavior of adolescent girls? (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Grant,Monica J.; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Hewett,Paul C.; Huntington,Dale
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 194)
Publication date: 2004
Young people's sexual and reproductive health
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Sebastian,Mary Philip
from Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Profile of Sexual and Reproductive Health in India, pp. 138-168
Publication date: 2004
Actions that protect: Promoting sexual and reproductive health and choice among young people in India (PDF)
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Sebastian,Mary Philip
South & East Asia Regional Working Paper (no. 18)
Publication date: 2003
Improving organizational climate of non-profit organizations
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Bhargava,S.
Productivity 43(4): 611-618
Publication date: 2003
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Huntington,Dale; Narain Singh,Aditya; Kalkot,Meetu; Selvam,Nirmala
FRONTIERS Trainers' Guide
Publication date: 2003
Baseline survey results: Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India (PDF)
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Huntington,Dale; Clark,Wesley H.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Uttekar,Bela Patel
FRONTIERS Update (no. 2)
Publication date: 2002
Midline survey results: Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India (PDF)
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Huntington,Dale; Mensch,Barbara S.; Clark,Wesley H.; Begum,Shahina; Uttekar,Bela Patel; Roychowdhury,Sohini
FRONTIERS Update (no. 3)
Publication date: 2002
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India (PDF)
Huntington,Dale; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Sevlam,Nirmala; Mensch,Barbara S.; Hegazi,Sahar
FRONTIERS Update (no. 1)
Publication date: 2001
Mary Philip Sebastian, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer
Factors affecting access to and enrolment in ART services in India: Findings from qualitative data (PDF)Poster presentation at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC, 25 July
Battala,Madhusudana; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Bachani,Damodar; Sogarwal,Ruchi; Sarna,Avina
Publication date: 2012
Uptake of HIV testing and HIV prevalence in a cohort of injecting drug users in Delhi, India (PDF)
Poster presentation at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC, 26 July
Sarna,Avina; Sharma,Vartika; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Dhingra,Neeraj; Yadav,Amita; Sheehy,Meredith; Madan,Ira; Thior,Ibou; Lewis,Dean; Tun,Waimar
Publication date: 2012
Factors affecting enrollment of newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons into ART services in India: An observational cohort study
Presentation at 6th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, Miami, Florida, 22-24 May
Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2011
Understanding factors that influence uptake of ART services in India: A study of service data from antiretroviral treatment centers (ARTCs) across seven states (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 20 July
Sarna,Avina; Bachani,Damodar; Sogarwal,Ruchi; Battala,Madhusudana; Saggurti,Niranjan; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2010
Feasibility study of using paramedics for providing emergency contraceptive services in India
Presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices, Kampala, 18 November
Khan,M.E.; Kumar,Shiv; Shekhar,Chander; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2009
Increasing use of LAM and postpartum contraception through a community-based intervention among low-parity women in Uttar Pradesh, India
Presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices, Kampala, 17 November
Khan,M.E.; Sebastian,Mary Philip
Publication date: 2009
Promoting postpartum contraception: Possible opportunities (PDF)
Presentation at Scaling Up High-Impact FP/MNCH Best Practices: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Near East Technical Meeting, Bangkok, 3-8 September
Sebastian,Mary Philip; Khan,M.E.; Idnani,Rukma; Kaushal
Publication date: 2007
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