Microeconomic and Social Aspects of Health in Low-Resource Communities; HIV Prevention and Treatment; Asset Development; Food Security; Youth Development
Relevant Experience:
• 2016-2016 Co-Principal Investigator: Segmentation Analysis of Youth in Intervention Schools in the Ghana YouthSave Experiment • 2016 Lead Researcher, Global Social Development Innovations Center, UNC-Chapel Hill • 2015-2016 Co-Principal Investigator: Impacts of Early Savings on Youth Economic Opportunities in Ghana, A Longitudinal Study, MasterCard Foundation • 2014-2016 Co-Principal Investigator: Pathways to Youth Assets and Employability in South Africa, Ford Foundation
Distinctions:
• 2016-2016 IBM Junior Faculty Development Award, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dissertations and Theses Supervised in Past 5 Years:
2 Theses; 1 Dissertation
Relevant Courses Taught:
• SOWO 510 Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice and Program Evaluation • SOWO 530 Foundations of Social Welfare and Social Work • SOWO 793 Asset Development Practice and Policy • SOWO 834 Advanced Policy Practice • SOWO 835 Poverty Policy
Recent Publications:
• 2017 Masa, R., G. Chowa, and V. Nyirenda. "Prevalence and Predictors of Food Insecurity among People Living with HIV Enrolled in Antiretroviral Therapy and Livelihood Programs in Two Rural Zambian Hospitals." Ecology of Food and Nutrition 56, no. 3 (2017): 256-276.
• 2017 Masa, R. and G. Chowa. "A Multilevel Conceptual Framework to Understand the Role of Food Insecurity on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Low-Resource Settings: From Theory to Practice." Social Work in Public Health 32, no. 5 (2017): 324-338.
• 2015 Chowa, G., Masa, R., Sherraden, M., & Weil, M. (2013). Confronting global poverty: Building economic opportunity and social inclusion. In M. Weil, M.S. Reisch, & M.L. Ohmer (Eds.), The Handbook of Community Practice, 2nd edition (pp. 607-631). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• 2015 Bowen, Natasha K. and Rainier D. Masa. "Conducting Measurement Invariance Tests with Ordinal Data: A Guide for Social Work Researchers." Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research 6, no. 2 (2015): 229-249.
• 2015 Chowa, Gina A. N., Rainier D. Masa, Yalitza Ramos, and David Ansong. "How do Student and School Characteristics Influence Youth Academic Achievement in Ghana? A Hierarchical Linear Modeling of Ghana YouthSave Baseline Data." International Journal of Educational Development 45, (2015): 129-140.
• 2015 Chowa, Gina A. and Rainier D. Masa. "Asset Ownership and Future Orientation of Youth and their Parents: Evidence from Ghana." Child & Youth Services 36, no. 2 (2015): 173-200.
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