Maryam Navaie-Waliser, Dr. P.H. , Senior Research Associate, joined the Center for Home Care Policy and Research as a Research Associate in May of 1999. Dr. Navaie-Waliser's research background focuses on home care, maternal and child health, perinatal epidemiology, health policy, and health economics. At the Center, she is responsible for participating in the design and implementation of research projects on the utilization, costs, and outcomes of home and community-based services and long-term care. In addition, Dr. Navaie-Waliser manages research projects by overseeing the accumulation, computation, and analysis of data for the purposes of publishing technical reports and journal articles for research and policy audiences. Her current research activities focus on examining the impact of informal and formal home care on the physical and psychological functioning and recovery of older adults, the unmet needs of informal caregivers, the experiences and challenges of caregiving among ethnic minority populations, the burden of caregiving among frail and vulnerable informal caregivers,examining factors that affect the accessibility of family caregiver education and support programs and the effects of the provision of home care on the health and well-being of mothers, children, and families (see abstracts From theory to practice: An evidence-based model of father engagement; and Translating evaluation research into practice: Evidence-based strategies to enhance service delivery and quality of care to vulnerable children). Another area of research focus for Dr. Navaie-Waliser is examining home health system barriers associated with access to care (see abstract Mapping the terrain: Evaluating palliative care needs among adult home health care recipients; and research center project Providing Pallliative Care Consultation to Older Adults in Home Care)
Prior to her recruitment to the Center, Dr. Navaie-Waliser was the Research Epidemiologist and Administrator for the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Navaie-Waliser also has worked as the Executive Director of the Suffolk County Perinatal Coalition, a Research Epidemiologist for the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Program Evaluator for the UCLA School of Public Health and the Los Angeles County Public Health Foundation.
Dr. Navaie-Waliser maintains close ties to academia and various New York-based community-centered agencies. She serves on the faculty at Hofstra University in the Department of Health Professions and Family Studies. She recently served on a national expert panel at the Rosalynn Carter Institute that focused on Education, Training, and Support Programs for Caregivers and was an invited speaker at the annual meetings of the National Association of State Units on Aging and the National Aging I&R/A Symposium, AIRS National Conference where she gave presentations on the Emerging male caregiver and diversity in family caregiving. In addition, she is either currently serving or has served as a member of the Board of Directors or as a member of the Health Professional Advisory Panel for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Head Start, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, the Nassau-Suffolk Tobacco Control Task Force, and the Suffolk Pediatric AIDS Resource Consortium. She also is an active member of the American Public Health Association, the National Perinatal Association, the Academy for Health Services Research, the New York State Public Health Association, the New York State Perinatal Association, and the Gerontological Society of America.
Dr. Navaie-Waliser received her Doctor of Public Health degree with emphasis in maternal and child health, epidemiology, and health economics from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and French Literature from the University of California at San Diego.
Journal Articles and Reports
Jones, D.A., Navaie-Waliser, M., & Spriggs, A.
In press.
From theory to practice: An evidence-based model of father engagement in early childhood programs.
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.
Chaix,B., Navaie-Waliser, M., Viboud, C., Parizot, I., & Chauvin, P.
In press.
Lower use of primary, specialty and preventive care services by individuals residing with persons in poor health.
European Journal of Public Health.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Mersman, C., & Lincoln, P.
2004
Implementing a pediatric asthma program: Enabling self-care management through education
Home Healthcare Nurse. 22(9): 633-639.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Misener, M., Mersman, C., &
Lincoln P. 2004.
Evaluating the needs of children with asthma in
home care: The vital role of nurses as caregivers and
educators.
Public Health Nursing. 21(4): 306-315.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Lincoln, P., Karuturi, M., and
Reisch, K. 2004.
Increasing job satisfaction and quality care
provision and coordination in home health: Employees share what matters
most.
Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(2): 88-92.
Peng, T.R. , Navaie-Waliser, M., & Feldman, P.H.
2003
Social support, home health service use, and outcomes among four
racial/ethnic groups.
The Gerontologist, 43(4): 503-513.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Potere, J.C., & Spriggs,
A.L. 2003
Family satisfaction survey.
New York, NY:
Division of Children and Family Services, Visiting Nurse Service of New
York.
Rosati, R.J., Huang, L., Navaie-Waliser, M. &
Feldman, P.H. 2003.
Risk factors for repeated hospitalizations among
home health care recipients.
Journal of Healthcare Quality,
25(2): 38-45.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Spriggs, A., & Feldman, P.H.
2002
Informal caregivers as long-term care providers: Differential
experiences by gender.
Medical Care, 40(12): 1249-1259.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Feldman, P.H., Gould, D.A.,
Levine, C., Kuerbis, A.N., and Donelan, K. 2002.
When the caregiver
needs care: The plight of vulnerable family caregivers.
American Journal of Public Health, 92(3): 409-413.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Feldman, P.H., Gould, D.A.,
Levine, C., Kuerbis, A.N., and Donelan, K. 2001.
The experiences
and challenges of informal caregivers: Common themes and differences among
Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.
The Gerontologist, 41(6): 1-9.
Chandran, L., Navaie-Waliser, M., Querishi, N.,
Batra, S., Bayir, H., Shah, M., and Lincoln, P. 2001.
Physician
compliance with Group B Streptococcal prevention guidelines.
American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 26(6): 313-319.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Martin, S.L., Tessarro, I.,
Campbell, M.K., and Cross, A. 2000.
Social support, self-esteem,
perceived stress, and depression among high-risk mothers: The impact of
the Baby Love Maternal Outreach Worker Program.
Public Health
Nursing, 17(4): 278-288.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Martin, S.L., Campbell, M.K.,
Tessarro, I., and Cross, A.W. 2000.
Factors predictive of program
completion by high-risk pregnant women: The experience of the North
Carolina Maternal Outreach Worker Program.
American Journal of
Public Health, 90: 121-124.
Nachman, S.A., Navaie-Waliser, M., and Quershi, M.Z.
1997. Rehospitalization with respiratory syncytial virus infection
after NICU Discharge: A three-year follow-up.
Pediatrics,
100(6):e8.
Chandran, L., Navaie-Waliser, M., Sumandh, A.,
Downs, T., and La Gamma, E.F. 1997.
Maternal education: An
alternative strategy for ensuring safety with early newborn discharge.
Journal of Perinatal Education, 6(1):1-12.
Nachman, S.A. and Navaie-Waliser, M. 1996.
Tuberculin skin testing in a pediatric population exposed to Human
Immunodeficiency Virus.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal,
15(11): 1040-1042.
Navaie-Waliser, M., Gordon, S.K., and Hibberd, M.E.
1996.
The Mentoring Mothers Program: A community empowering
approach to reducing infant mortality.
Journal of Perinatal
Education, 5(4): 47-58.
Nachman, S.A., Chasalow, F.I., Navaie-Waliser, M.,
Blethen, S.L., and Tropper, P. 1996.
Testing cord blood hCG as a
surrogate marker for early identification of HIV-1 Infection in
children.
Journal of Perinatology, 16: 449-54.
Navaie-Waliser, M. 1995.
Empowering
communities: Mentoring as a resourceful approach to reducing infant
mortality.
The Network: A Leadership Communication; National
Perinatal Association, Washington, D.C., April/May.
Boyer, P.J., Dillon, M., Navaie, M., Devikis, A.,
Keller, M., O'Rourke, S., and Bryson, Y.J. 1994.
Factors predictive
of maternal-fetal transmission of HIV-1: A protective role for Zidovudine
(ZDV) given during pregnancy and/or delivery.
JAMA, 271:
1925-1930.
Navaie, M., Glik, D., and Saluja, K. 1994.
Communication effectiveness of postnatal nutrition education at a
Los Angeles Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program.
Journal
of Nutrition Education, 26: 211-217.
Books
Navaie-Waliser, M.
In press.
Accessibility of caregiver education and support programs: Reaching hard-to-reach caregivers. In: Education, Training, and Support Program for Caregivers. Talley, R.C. and Haigler, D. (eds)
New York: Thomas Publishing Co.
Navaie-Waliser, M. In press.
Accessibility of caregiver education and support programs: Reaching hard-to-reach caregivers. In, Education and support programs and interventions for caregivers, Tally R. (Ed).
The Rosalyn Carter Institute for Human Development.
Levine, C., Kuerbis, A.N., Gould, D.A.,
Navaie-Waliser, M., Feldman, P.H., and Donelan, K. 2000.
A Survey
of Family Caregivers in New York City: Findings and Implications for the
Health Care System.
The United Hospital Fund.
Navaie-Waliser, M. 1994.
Assessment of
Perinatal Needs on Long Island.
Long Island, NY: The March of
Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.
