Staff Biographies | Paul Hewett

Selected Presentations

Hewett, Paul C., Barbara S. Mensch, Joseph Chimombo, Sharon Ghuman, Cynthia Lloyd, and Richard Gregory. 2008. “Measuring and assessing the impact of school quality in rural Malawi,” presentation at Comparative and International Education Society conference, New York, 17–21 March.

Hewett, Paul C., Barbara S. Mensch, Joseph Chimombo, and Richard Gregory. 2007. “Gender differences in schooling experiences among adolescents in Malawi,” paper presented at 5th African Population Conference, Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), Arusha, Tanzania, 10–14 December.

Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Paul C. Hewett. 2007. “Educational inequalities in the midst of widespread poverty: Diversity across Africa in primary school completion,” paper presented at Mapping Global Inequalities Conference, University of California at Santa Cruz, 13 December.

Mensch, Barbara S., Paul C. Hewett, Heidi Jones, Carla Gianni Luppi, Sheri A. Lippman, Adriana Pinho, and Juan Diaz. 2007. “Consistency in the reporting of sexual behavior: An analysis of an interview mode experiment in São Paulo, Brazil,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, 30 March.

Hewett, Paul C., Barbara S. Mensch, Manoel C.S. de A. Ribeiro, Heidi Jones,Sheri Lippman, Mark R. Montgomery, and Janneke van de Wijgert. 2006. “Using STI biomarkers to validate the reporting of sexual behavior within an experimental evaluation of interviewing methods,” presentation at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, 31 March.

Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Paul C. Hewett. 2006. “Exploring the knowledge component of the Human Development Report’s Gender-Related Development Index: Evaluating alternative indicators of educational progress for the measurement of gender inequalities,” presentation at United Nations Development Programme Workshop: Revisiting the GDI-GEM. New York, 20 January.

Mensch, Barbara S., Paul C. Hewett, and Richard Gregory. 2006. “Sexual behavior and STI/HIV status among adolescents in rural Malawi: An evaluation of the effect of interview mode on reporting,” presentation at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, 31 March.

Hewett, Paul C. 2005. “Assessing self-reported behavior in clinical research on HIV prevention, care and treatment,” presentation at International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Columbia University, New York, 21 June.

Hewett, Paul C. 2005. “Does audio computer-assisted self-interviewing improve reporting on sensitive behaviors? Findings from Brazil,” presentation at the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research (ISSTDR) conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 11–14 July.

Hewett, Paul C. 2005. “Evaluation of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) in clinical research," presentation at Reproductive Tract Infections: Rapid Diagnostics Investigators meeting, Population Council, New York, 18–19 April, and The Alliance for Microbicide Development meeting, 14 January.

Hewett, Paul C. 2005. “Improving the measurement of sexual behavior,” presentation at Hormonal Contraception and HIV Transmission: Links? Mechanisms? Implications? Gynuity Health Projects, National Academy of Sciences, New York, 4–5 May.

Hewett, Paul C. 2004. “Assessing and improving the measurement of sexual behavior in survey research,” presentation at the University of Washington Population Leadership Fellows meeting, Population Council, New York, 19 December.

Lloyd, Cynthia B. and Paul C. Hewett. 2004. “Universal primary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Is gender equity enough?” presentation at Social Policies and Human Rights for Children and Women: Achieving and Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals international conference, UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA), New School University, New York, 28–30 April.

Mensch, Barbara S., Monica Grant, Mary Sebastian, Paul C. Hewett and Dale Huntington. 2004. “The effects of a livelihoods intervention in an urban slum in India: Does vocational counseling and training alter the attitudes and behavior of adolescent girls,” presentation at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, 1–3 April.

Montgomery, Mark R. and Paul C. Hewett. 2004. “The impact of poverty and inequality on educational outcomes: A structural equation approach to measuring living standards and poverty using MICS data,” presentation at Social Policies and Human Rights for Children and Women: Achieving and Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals international conference, UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA), New School University, New York, 28–30 April.

Hewett, Paul C. 2003. “Consistency in the reporting of sexual behavior among adolescent girls in Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods,” presentation at Workshop on Measurement of Sexual Behaviour in the Era of HIV/AIDS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, 4–6 September.

Hewett, Paul C. 2003. “Demonstration of computer-assisted data capture techniques,” presentation at Workshop on Measurement of Sexual Behaviour in the Era of HIV/AIDS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, 4–6 September.

Hewett, Paul C. 2003. “Have you ever had sex? A methodological comparison of the reporting of sexual behavior among adolescent girls in Kisumu, Kenya,” presentation at Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences Program (QMSS) seminar, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Columbia University, 10 March.

Hewett, Paul C. 2003. “Primary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: Recent trends and current challenges,” Cynthia Lloyd presenting at University of Montreal seminar, Montreal, 18 September.

Hewett, Paul C., Barbara S. Mensch, and Annabel S. Erulkar. 2003. “Consistency in the reporting of sexual behavior among adolescent girls in Kenya: A comparison of interviewing methods,” presentation at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, 1–3 May.

Hewett, Paul C. and Mark R. Montgomery. 2003. “Measuring living standards with demographic surveys: A structural equations approach to urban reproductive health,” presentation at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, 1–3 May.