Jean Hunleth, PhD, MPH

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences

Research Interest

Care giving and treatment seeking among populations marginalized by age, gender and socioeconomic status in southern Africa and the U.S.

Education

2011: PhD, anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
2011: MPH, Northwestern University, Chicago

Selected Research Publications

Where there are no visitors: Improvising care in a pediatric hospital in Zambia.

Hunleth J, Kaufman L, Bunkley E, [...] Asante C
Soc Sci Med 2025

Inequities in childhood cancer research: A scoping review.

Hunleth J, Burack S, Kaufman L, [...] Njelesani J
EJC Paediatr Oncol 2024

The adult in the room: The push and pull of parental involvement in research with children.

Wiedenman EM, Lee KMN, Hunleth J
Childhood 2023

Advancing Youth Participation to Inform Equitable Health Policy Comment on "Between Rhetoric and Reality: Learnings From Youth Participation in the Adolescent and Youth Health Policy in South Africa".

Njelesani J, Hunleth J
Int J Health Policy Manag 2023

Leveraging health infrastructure to optimize HPV vaccination for adolescents in Zambia: Protocol for an implementation study.

Miti S, Shato T, Asante C, [...] Hunleth JM
PLoS One 2023

Adapting an intervention to support young caregivers of cancer survivors: A study protocol.

Njelesani J, Kavanaugh MS, Hunleth J
PLoS One 2023

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