Sara Baumann is a global health, mixed methods researcher with primary research interests in harnessing participatory and creative visual research methods to study women’s and adolescent reproductive health. She has over 12 years of experience conducting research and programming in health and development in South Asia. Her research agenda embraces community-engaged methods and developing evidence-based approaches for improving social determinants of women’s and girls’ health. Some of her current work includes exploring culturally and socially situated menstrual practices in Nepal and the impacts on health outcomes, developing contextually-appropriate tools to measure empowerment in Nepal, using human-centered design tools to assess community impacts of a comprehensive sexuality education program in Madagascar, and using Collaborative Filmmaking (www.collaborativefilmmaking.com) to explore reproductive health decision-making in the Republic of Georgia.
Baumann, S., Merante, M., Sylvan, M., & Burke, J. (2021). Creating a way forward: Exploring the role of community art and trauma, mental health and resilience in the aftermath of the 2015 mega-earthquake in Nepal. Health Promotion Practice, Arts & Public Health Supplement. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320941826
Baumann, S., Merante, M., Wiltrot, C., Cutlip, T., Finkel, M., Maharjan, B., Lhaki, P., & Burke, J. (2021). Is Criminalization the Answer? Perspectives of Community Members and Police Regarding Menstrual Seclusion (Chhaupadi) Policy in Far-West Nepal. Health Policy and Planning. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab032
Baumann, S., Lhaki, P., Terry, M., Sommer, M., Cutlip, T., Merante, M., & Burke, J. (2021) Beyond the Menstrual Shed: Exploring Caste/Ethnic and Religious Complexities of Menstrual Practices in Far-West Nepal. Women’s Reproductive Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2020.1861413
Baumann, S., Lhaki, P., & Burke, J. (2020). Collaborative Filmmaking: A Participatory, Visual Method. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320941826
Baumann, S., Merante, M., Folb, B. & Burke, J. (2019). Is Film as a Research Tool the Future of Public Health?: A Review of Study Designs, Opportunities, and Challenges. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319871251
Baumann, S., Lhaki, P., & Burke, J. (2019). Assessing the role of caste/ethnicity in predicting menstrual knowledge, attitudes and practices in Nepal. Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2019.1583267