Research

In my professional journey, I have contributed to various research outputs, delving into qualitative, primary, and secondary data analysis, focusing on public health in development and humanitarian settings. 

Now, I'm diving into experimental studies. 

Peer-reviewed papers

• Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen NCD care and policy in humanitarian settings: a mixed methods study exploring humanitarian actors’ experiences.
  Ansbro, E., Heller, O., Vijayasingham, L., Favas, C., Rintjema, J., Chase-Vilchez, A., Stein, C., Issa, R., Sanga, L., Murphy, A., & Perel, P. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 1081. (2024).

• Knowledge on hypertension in Myanmar: levels and groups at risk.
  Pardoel, Z. E., Lensink, R., Postma, M., Win, H. H., Swe, K. H., Stein, C., Febrinasari, R., My Hanh, H., Koot, J. A. R., Landsman, J. A., & Reijneveld, S. A. Open research Europe, 2, 13. (2023).

• Community responses to COVID-19 pandemic first wave containment measures: a multinational study.
  Aung, M. N., Stein, C., Chen, W. T., Garg, V., Saraswati Sitepu, M., Thu, N. T. D., Gundran, C. P. D., Hassan, M. R., Suthutvoravut, U., Soe, A. N., Nour, M., Gyi, K. K., Brandl, R., & Yuasa, M. Journal of infection in developing countries, 15(8), 1107–1116. (2021).

• Core health-components, contextual factors and program elements of community-based interventions in Southeast Asia – a realist synthesis regarding hypertension and diabetes.
  Pardoel, Z.E., Reijneveld, S.A., Lensink, R., Widyaningsih, V., Probandari, A., Stein, C., Hoang, G. N., Jaap A. R. Koot, J. A. R., Fenenga, C. J., Postma, M., & Landsman, J. A. BMC Public Health, 21, 1917. (2021).

Working papers

• Cost-effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving HIV testing services to prevent transmissions in northern Thailand, 2015-2019.
  Stein, C., Salvadori, N., Achalapong, J., Arunothong, S., Ngo-Giang-Huong, N., Khamduang, W., Pornprasert, S., Sirirungsi, W., Ongwandee, S., & Jourdain, G. (2024). 

• Culture, agency and the willingness to compete: Evidence from a randomized field experiment.
  Treurniet, M., Stein, C., Lensink, R., & Lybbert, T. J. (2024). 

• Independent models of agency might not lead to a distaste for redistribution.  
  Stein, C., Lensink, R., Treurniet, R., Vu, N. (2024)

Other research outputs

• In the context of a European-Union-funded project entitled SUNI-SEA (for more information on the project, refer to the Development Work section), I developed a poster for the GACD Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2020, highlighting contextual factors for Non-Communicable Diseases in the targeted implementation areas in Myanmar. 

• I contributed to a policy brief which explored perceptions of mental health in Myanmar, and how these perceptions could be overcome to support diagnosis and treatment.

• In the context of a collaboration project between the University of Groningen and TYM Microfinance in Vietnam, I developed a training focused on goal-setting, self-efficacy and communication, aimed at empowering women of the microfinance to effectively save and achieve their goals.