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Jeanette L. Kaiser

Jeanette L. Kaiser

PhD candidate in Environmental Policy and Development

Department of Geography and Environment

Email
j.l.kaiser@lse.ac.uk
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Languages
English
Key Expertise
Monitoring and evaluation, Qualitative research methods, Impact evaluation

About me

Jeanette L. Kaiser is currently pursuing a PhD in Environmental Policy and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Through her PhD research she will be assessing how the principles of climate resilience are being embedded into the organizational culture, decision-making, and practice of local, national, and international non-governmental organizations operating in the development sector of Zambia, Tanzania, and Malawi. She will examine what contextual and institutional factors influence how and why this shift has or has not occurred.

Prior to arriving at LSE, Ms. Kaiser obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Environmental Studies from The George Washington University and a Master’s degree in Public Health from Boston University. Additionally, she holds a Graduate Certificate in African Studies from Boston University.

Professionally, she worked as a Senior Research Fellow in the Global Health Department at Boston University for nearly a decade where she conducted mixed-method impact and process evaluations focusing on access to and quality of health services primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. She resided in Zambia for 5 cumulative years, with additional time spent in South Africa and Lesotho. Ms. Kaiser continues to consult with Boston University and has consulted for UNICEF, conducting qualitative data analysis of a Measles Rubella vaccination campaign process evaluation in Senegal. She has published over 30 research articles in multiple high-impact journals including the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BMJ Global Health and Social Science and Medicine. Additionally, Ms. Kaiser has mentored 3 doctoral candidates during their fieldwork and data analysis as well as over a dozen masters students at Boston University.

Provisional thesis title: Embedding of climate resilience principles into the organizational culture, decision-making, and practice of development sector NGOs in Southern and East Africa

Research interests 

  • Climate adaptation and resilience
  • Development sector organizations
  • Behavioural science
  • Qualitative research methods

Scholarship 

  • Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment for the “Behaviour change for inclusive water security in a changing climate” (BASIN) project

Supervisors

  • Prof Declan Conway
  • Dr Kate Gannon

View Jeanette's CV

Expertise Details

Implementation science; Health service and access barriers; Health behaviour change interventions; Implementation science; Global health

Selected publications
  • Kaiser JL, Hamer DH, Juntunen A, Ngoma T, Fink G, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. COVID-19 infection prevention knowledge and behaviors in rural Zambia: A qualitative application of the Information-Motivation-Behavior Skills Model. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 May 30; 109(1); pp. 76–89. http://doi:10.4269/ajtmh.22-0604. Print 2023 Jul 5.
  • Jennings L, West R, Halim N, Kaiser JL, Gwadz M, MacLeod WB, Gifford AL, Haberer JE, Orrell C, Sabin LL. Protocol for an Evaluation of Adherence Monitoring and Support Interventions Among People Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Cape Town, South Africa – A Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Approach. Trials. 2023 May 5;24(1):310. http://doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07322-z.
  • Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Rockers PC, Fink G, Juntunen A, Hamer DH, Chirwa B, Scott NA. A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Use of a Locally Developed Children’s Book to Increase Shared Reading and Parent-Child Interactions in Rural Zambia. Annals of Global Health. 2023; 89(1): 28, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3920   
  • Juntunen A, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Ngoma T, Mataka KK, Bwalya M, Sakanga V, Kalaba D, Biemba G, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Long LC. A cost description of the setup costs of community-owned maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 3(4): e0000340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000340
  • Falgas-Bague I, Thembo T, Kaiser JL, Hamer DH, Scott NA, Ngoma T, Ravi P, Juntunen A, Rockers PC, Fink G. Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic – Evidence from Zambia. PLOS ONE. 2023; 18(2): e0281091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281091
  • Sialubanje C, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Mwananyanda L, Fong RM, Hamer DH, Scott NA. Postnatal care services in rural Zambia: a qualitative exploration of user, provider, and community perspectives on quality of care. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 2023, 23:39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05350-w
  • Juntunen A, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Hamer GH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. Lessons from a year of COVID-19 in Zambia: Reported attendance and mask wearing at large gatherings in rural communities. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2022; 00(00); pp. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0460
  • Scott NA, Kaiser JL*, Jack BW, Nkabane-Nkholongo EL, Juntunen A, Nash T, Alade M, Vian T. Observational study of the clinical performance of a Public-Private Partnership national referral hospital network in Lesotho: Do improvements last over time? PLOS ONE. 2022; 17(9): e0272568. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272568
  • Lee HE, Veliz PT, Maffioli EM, Munro-Kramer ML, Sakala I, Chiboola NM, Ngoma T, Kaiser JL, Rockers PC, Scott NA, Lori JR. The role of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) in improving community-level household wealth, fnancial preparedness for birth, and utilization of reproductive health services in rural Zambia: a secondary analysis. BMC Public Health. 2022; 22:1724. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14121-9.
  • Fong RM, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Vian T, Bwalya M, Sakanga R, Lori JR, Kuhfeldt KJ, Musonda G, Munro-Kramer ML, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Mdluli EA, Biemba G, Scott NA. Barriers and facilitators to facility-based delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative study of women’s perceptions after implementation of an improved maternity waiting homes intervention. BMJ Open. 2022; 12:e058512. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058512
  • Vian T, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Juntunen A, Mataka KK, Bwalya M, Sakanga V, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Scott NA. Planning for Maternity Waiting Home Bed Capacity: Lessons from Rural Zambia. Annals of Global Health. 2022; 88(1): 37, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3691
  • Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, McGlasson KL, Henry EG, Munro-Kramer ML, Biemba G, Bwalya M, Sakanga VR, Musonda G, Hamer DH, Boyd CJ, Bonawitz R, Vian T, Kruk ME, Fong RM, Chastain PS, Mataka K, Mdluli EA, Veliz P, Lori JR, Rockers PC. If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia. BMJ Global Health. 2021; 0: e006385. https://doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006385.
  • Fontanet CP, Kaiser JL, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Lori JR, Biemba G, Munro-Kramer M, Sakala I, McGlasson KL, Vian T, Hamer DH, Rockers PC, Scott NA. Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Delivery for Maternity Waiting Home Users and Non-users in Rural Zambia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2021. https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2021.61
  • Beck D, Veliz PT, Munro-Kramer M, Ngoma T, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Boyd C, Musonda G, Lori JR. Home Birth in rural Zambia: the role of intimate partner violence and autonomous decision-making. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. 2021.https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13208
  • Lori JR, Munro-Kramer ML, Liu H, McGlasson KL, Zhang X, Lee H, Ngoma T, Kaiser JL, Bwalya M, Musonda G, Sakala I, Perosky JE, Fong RM, Boyd CJ, Chastain P, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Vian T, Bonawitz R, Lockhart N, Scott NA. (2021) Increasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi-experimental study. BJOG; https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16755.
  • Fontanet CP, Fong RM, Kaiser JL, Bwalya M, Ngoma T, Vian T, Biemba G, Scott NA. (2020) A qualitative exploration of community ownership of a maternity waiting home model in rural Zambia. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020; 8(3). https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00136
  • Vian T, Fong RM, Kaiser JL, Bwalya M, Sakanga VIR, Ngoma T, Scott NA. (2020) Using open public meetings and elections to promote community-level accountability: lessons from Zambia. Int J Health Policy Manag, epublished 1–13. http://doi/.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2020.84
  • Henry EG, Ngoma T, Kaiser JL, Fong RM, Vian T, Hamer DH, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. (2020) Evaluating implementation effectiveness and sustainability of a maternity waiting homes intervention to improve access to safe delivery in rural Zambia: a mixed-methods protocol. BMC Health Serv Res 20, 191. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4989-x
  • Kaiser JL, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Biemba G, McGlasson KL, Bwalya M, Chasaya M, Scott NA. (2019) The effects of maternity waiting homes on the health workforce and maternal health service delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative analysis. Human Resources for Health, 17(93). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-019-0436-7
  • Bonawitz R, Mcglasson KL, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Fong RM, Biemba G, Bwalya M, Hamer DH, Scott NA. (2019) Quality and utilization patterns of maternity waiting homes at referral facilities in rural Zambia: A mixed-methods multiple case analysis of intervention and standard of care sites. PLOS ONE, 14(11). https://doi.org/0.1371/journal.pone.0225523
  • Kaiser JL, Mcglasson KL, Rockers PC, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Vian T, Biemba G, Lori JR, Scott NA. (2019) Out-of-pocket expenditure for home and facility- based delivery among rural women in Zambia: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study. Int J Women’s Health; 11:411–30. http://doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S214081
  • Sakanga VI, Chastain PS, McGlasson KL, Kaiser JL, Bwalya M, Mwansa M, Mataka K, Kalaba D, Scott NA, Vian T. (2019) Building financial management capacity for community ownership of development initiatives in rural Zambia. Int J Health Plann Manage, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2810
  • Bonawitz R, McGlasson KL, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Lori JR, Boyd CJ, Biemba G, Hamer DH, Scott NA. (2019) Awareness and utilization of maternity waiting homes among HIV-positive pregnant women in Zambia: An opportunity for improved PMTCT? Int J MCH AIDS, 8(1), p.1-10. https://doi.org/10.21106/ijma.267
  • Chiu C, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Lori JR, Boyd CJ, Rockers PC. (2019) Household saving during pregnancy and facility delivery in Zambia: a cross-sectional study. Health Policy Plan, 34(2), p.102-109. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz005
  • Lori JR, Boyd CJ, Munro-Kramer ML, Veliz PT, Henry EG, Kaiser JL, Musonda G, Scott NA. (2018) Characteristics of maternity waiting homes and the women who use them: Findings from a baseline cross-sectional household survey among SMGL-supported districts in Zambia. PLOS ONE, 13(12), p.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0209815
  • Kaiser JL, Fong RM, Hamer DH, Biemba G, Ngoma T, Tusing B, Scott NA. (2018) How a woman's interpersonal relationships can delay care-seeking and access during the maternity period in rural Zambia: An intersection of the Social Ecological Model with the Three Delays Framework, Soc Sci Med, 220, p.312-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.011
  • Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Bonawitz R, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Biemba G, Boyd CJ, Lori JR, Hamer DH, Rockers PC. (2018) Impact of maternity waiting homes on facility delivery among remote households in Zambia: protocol for a quasi- experimental, mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 8, p.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022224
  • Scott NA, Henry EG, Kaiser JL, Mataka K, Rockers P, Fong RM, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Munro-Kramer ML, Lori JR. (2018) Factors affecting rural women’s place of delivery in Zambia. Int J Womens Health, 10, p.589-601. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S169067
  • Scott NA, Vian T, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Mataka K, Henry EG, Biemba G, Nambao M, Hamer D. (2018) Listening to the community: using formative research to strengthen maternity waiting homes in Zambia. PLOS ONE, 13(3), p.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194535

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