Heather Tucker, PhD
Primary Appointment
Impact scholar
Center for Global Health Equity
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Feminist anthropology, participatory research, sexual and gender minorities
Heather Tucker is an Impact Scholar with the Center whose global work focuses on feminist ethnography and participatory research with persons with diverse sexual orientation, gender identities and expressions and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in sub-Saharan Africa. Tucker has a strong interest in intersectional data and social equity in public health. Her research interests in health equity align with the Center’s themes of creating impact with communities in low- and middle-income countries and addressing social and environmental determinants of health in under resourced populations. As an Impact Scholar, Tucker is working on feminist participatory research projects in Kenya.
Contact Information
hetucker@umich.eduCountry Focus
Kenya
Thematic Priorities
Empowering women
Social and environmental determinants of health
Health Equity Focus
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Cultural competency
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Gender equity
Gender and politics
Women's rights
Women's leadership in global health research
Workplace equity
Healthcare promotion and prevention
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Healthcare quality
Care coordination
Health outcomes
Patient safety
Quality improvement
Injury and violence
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Sexual and reproductive health
Circumcision
Family planning
Social justice and equity
Access to care
Activism and advocacy
Eliminating poverty
Economic development
Financing
Population Focus
Sexual and gender minorities/LGBTQIA+
Underserved/vulnerable
Women
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