Calvin Chiu, PhD | Institute for Health and Aging

Assistant Professor

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Calvin Chiu is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health & Aging, University of California San Francisco. His research is at the intersection of behavioral, development and health economics, focusing on innovative ways to increase uptake of healthcare services in low- and middle-income countries. Previously, he worked for Innovations for Poverty Action in Zambia and the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office in South Africa on research in maternal and child health and HIV respectively. He holds a PhD in Health Policy (Health Economics) from the University of California, Berkeley and an MA in Economics from Boston University.

Publications

Evaluation of the SKILLZ intervention to promote HIV testing and contraception uptake in adolescent girls in Lusaka, Zambia: A cluster-randomized trial.

PLOS global public health

Chiu C, Mulubwa C, Mkandawire B, Musonda M, Katota N, Chipungu J, Boettiger D, Padian N, Moore CB, Liu JX

Pharmacy-based non-communicable diseases screening has high potential for reach: lessons from Rwanda.

Frontiers in public health

Chiu C, Omaya M, Uwinkindi F, Tang D, Mwubahamana S, Miller F, Ruxin J, Rehrig M, Mazarati JB, de Cordier IA, Liu JX, Zapol D

Introduction to the special supplement, unlocking the potential of self-injectable contraception: evidence from coordinated investments.

BMC women's health

Sedlander E, OlaOlorun FM, Chiu C, Cover J

Boosting health provider performance with non-financial incentives: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Tanzania.

PloS one

Chiu C, Mnyippembe A, Sheira LA, Packel L, Katabaro E, Maokola W, Liu JX

Quality of counseling for self-administering injectable contraception: field evidence from mystery client interactions in Lagos, Nigeria.

BMC women's health

Challa S, Chiu C, Jegede A, Idiodi I, Aliyu M, Okoli C, Dimowo S, Tijani A, Nmadu AG, Diallo R, Liu J, Omoluabi E

The impact of the SKILLZ intervention on sexual and reproductive health empowerment among Zambian adolescent girls and young women: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Reproductive health

Sheira LA, Mulubwa C, Chiu C, Chipungu J, Coakley C, Smith H, Upadhyay UD, Chilambe C, Chibwe B, Pry JM, Mkandawire B, Musonda M, Moore CB, Liu J

How do pro-social tendencies and provider biases affect service delivery? Evidence from the rollout of self-injection of DMPA-SC in Nigeria.

BMC women's health

Chiu C, Tijani A, Griffith M, Himes E, Challa S, Okoli C, Dimowo S, Jegede A, Liu JX

Community case management to accelerate access to healthcare in Mali: a realist process evaluation nested within a cluster randomized trial.

Health policy and planning

Whidden C, Cissé AB, Cole F, Doumbia S, Guindo A, Karambé Y, Treleaven E, Liu J, Tolo O, Guindo L, Togola B, Chiu C, Tembely A, Keita Y, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D, Johnson A, Kayentao K, Webster J

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sales of sexual and reproductive health products: an ecological study of pharmacies in Kenya.

BMJ open

Chiu C, Wong A, Melvin O, Vernon J, Liu JX, McCoy SI, Packel LJ

Effect of community health worker home visits on antenatal care and institutional delivery: an analysis of secondary outcomes from a cluster randomised trial in Mali.

BMJ global health

Kayentao K, Ghosh R, Guindo L, Whidden C, Treleaven E, Chiu C, Lassala D, Traoré MB, Beckerman J, Diakité D, Tembely A, Idriss BM, Berthé M, Liu JX, Johnson A