sally-guttmacher
Sally Guttmacher, PhD
Professor of Public Health

Senior Technical Advisor, Health Right International
New York University
New York, USA
Phone: 212 998 5616
E-mail: sg2@nyu.edu

Education

1968-1976 PhD Columbia University, New York, USA
1973 M. Phil Columbia University, New York, USA
1959‑1963 B.S in Anthropology University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Biography

Sally Guttmacher is Professor of Public Health in the NYU Global College of Public Health and a Senior Consultant for HealthRight International. She is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town School of Public Health and the School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape In South Africa. She has extensive research, teaching, and accreditation experience and has been actively involved in accrediting and advising on the development of public health programmes. Her focus areas are gender, migration, health equity, prevention of infectious disease-and her recent research has been on the use of community health workers employed by community-based organizations in educating ethnic communities in New York in the prevention of chronic disease; and the health risks encountered by cross border migrants in South Africa. 

Since August 2010 Sally has also been working with the Centre for Research in HIV and AIDS in the SOPH, where she participated in the early development of the HARICCI programme (HIV and AIDS Research in Complex Contexts of Inequality) while a sabbaticant in 2012/2013.


Research Interest

Women's Health, Poverty and Public Health, South Africa, Foreign Migrants.


Scientific Activities

Teaching Experience
2016 Senior Technical Advisor, Health Right International
2013 Visiting Professor (Honorary) University of the Western Cape, School of Public Health
2008 Visiting Professor (Honorary), University of Cape Town, School of Public Health
2002- 2010 Honorary staff members of the Medical Research Council of South Africa’s Health Systems Unit
2004- 2008 Honorary Lecturer, University of Cape Town, School of Public Health
1998

Professor of Public Health, New York University, NYU College of Global Public Health
1990-1998 Associate Professor, New York University, Department of Health Studies Director, MPH Program in Community/International Health
1997 Visiting Professor, University of Cape Town, Dept. of Community Health, Cape Town, South Africa
1982‑1989 Assistant Professor, Graduate Department of Public Administration, and Masters Program in Public Health, Rutgers University
1981‑1991 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, School of Public Health
1987‑1989 Faculty Associate, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Science, Technology and Society Program
1981 Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, Program in Community Health.
1976‑1981 Assistant Professor, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health
1980 Guest Lecturer in Medicine, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City University of New York
1975‑1976 Research Associate, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health
1973‑1975 Lecturer on Sociology, Department of Sociology, New York University
1971‑1972 Lecturer, Sociology Department, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
1972 Lecturer, University of Connecticut Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
Professional Activities
2016 Co-Chair, Abortion Task Force, APHA
2014 Elected to the Board of The Association for Prevention Teaching & Research
2013-2014 Planning Committee for Annual Meeting of The Association for Prevention, Teaching and Research (APTR)
2006- 2008 President , Council on Public Health Programs
2007 Board of the Association of Teaching Prevention and Research (representing Programs in Public Health)
2006 Member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)
2004 Chair of the Ethics Committee of the National Abortion Federation
2003 Board of Directors of the National Abortion Federation
2002 Institutional Review Board of the Guttmacher Institute
1999-2007 Board of the Caribbean Women’s Health Association
1997-1998 National Abortion Task Force, South Africa (for the Western Cape)
1994 Advisory Board, New Alternatives for Children
1993‑1996 Chair, IRB Committee of the Alan Guttmacher Institute
1990‑1995 New York City Task Force on Women and AIDS
1990 New York Task Force on Immigrant Health: Epidemiology Subcommittee
1986‑1992 Board Member, The Alan Guttmacher Institute
1987‑1989 Chairperson of the New Jersey WIC Advisory Council
1987‑1989 Member of the New Jersey Department of Health's Parent and Child Health Advisory Committee
1980‑1987 Member Migration Seminar, N.Y.C. Planning Department
Nation Board of Public Health Examiners
2007 Board Member
Council of Public Health Programs
2007-2009 Chair of the Council
2009-2011 Immediate Past Chair
National Abortion Federation
2004-2010 Board Member, Committee Chair, Ethics Committee
American Public Health Association
1995-1997 Immediate Past Chair, Medical Care Section
1993-1995 Chair, Medical Care Section
1991‑1993 Chair‑Elect of Medical Care Section
1992 Intersectional Council, Nominating Committee
1991 Committee on Human Rights (also 1983‑85) appointed
1991‑1993 International Committee on Human Rights
1987‑1991 Governing Council, (Representing Medical Care)
1980‑1983 APHA Liaison for International Human Rights
1977‑1979 Chairperson, Task Force on Latin American Health Workers
Public Health Association of New York City
1998-2000 President
1995-1997 President-Elect
1991‑1998 Membership Secretary
1991 Executive Committee
New York Academy of Sciences
1991‑1992 Co‑Chair, Section of Science and Public Policy
1985‑1987 Finance Committee, Human Rights Committee
1985‑1986 Board of Governors
1984‑1987 Science & Society Committees
1982‑1986 Co‑Chair, Section of Science and Public Policy
Honors & Awards
2003-2008 Selected as a Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate
2002 Honorary staff members of the Medical Research Council of South Africa’s Health Systems Unit
2000 Society Fellow, Masters Scholars Program, New York University, School of Medicine
1999 Certificate of Appreciation Caribbean Women’s Health Association, inc.
1999 Award for Outstanding Contributions of Time, Talent and Leadership in the Fight Against Adolescent HIV/AIDS, from the AIDS and Adolescent Network of New York
1998 Selected by Columbia Univ. School of Public Health as one of it’s 75 “Heros of Public Health” in celebration of their 75th Anniversary
1982‑1990 Humanities Scholar, New York Council for the Humanities, "Speakers in the Humanities" program
1987‑1988 Graduate School Research Award, Rutgers University
1981‑1982 Rockefeller Fellowship in Human Rights, Columbia University Center for the Study of Human Rights.
1978‑1979 Postdoctoral fellow: Hastings Center for Society, Ethics and the Life Sciences
1983 Travel Grant, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S.
1970‑1973 NIH Predoctoral Trainee

Publications

  1. Giorgio, M., Townsend, L., Zembe, Y., Cheyip, M., Guttmacher, S., Carter, C., Mathews, C. (2016). HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among foreign migrant men residing in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior, Online first August 24, 1-13.
  2. Giorgio, M., Townsend, L., Kapadia, F., Zembe, Y., Cheyip, M., Guttmacher, S., Mathews, C. (2016). Social support as an effect modifier in the relationship between sexual violence and transactional sex among female foreign migrants in Cape Town, South Africa. American Journal of Public Health. 106(6):1123-1129.
  3. Giorgio, M., Townsend, L., Kapadia, F., Zembe, Y., Cheyip, M., Guttmacher, S., Mathews, C. (2016). The Relationship Between Social Support, HIV Serostatus, and Perceived Likelihood of Being HIV Positive Among Self-Settled Female, Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Online first October 19, 1-8.
  4. Guttmacher, Sally & Tiersten, D, Digital Health Records: A viewpoint on medical practice and potential implications for both communication and future research, Journal on Communication on Healthcare, 2014:7:1, pp. 5-7.
  5. Ursula K Kafulafula, Mary K Hutchinson, Susan Gennaro, Sally Guttmacher, Maternal and health care workers’ perception of the effects of exclusive breastfeeding by HIV positive mothers on maternal and infant health in Blantyre, Malawi BMC Pregnancy and Child Birth, 2014.
  6. Ursula K Kafulafula, Mary K Hutchinson, Susan Gennaro, Sally Guttmacher and Andrew Kumitawa Exclusive breastfeeding prenatal intentions among HIV-positive mothers in Blantyre, Malawi: a correlation study: the launch of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13:203 (07 Nov 2013).
  7. Ursula K Kafulafula, Mary K Hutchinson, Susan Gennaro, Sally Guttmacher, Ellen Chirwa, Practice Environment related barriers to exclusive breastfeeding among HIV-positive mothers in Blantyre, Malawi, Research Gate, health, 5, no. 9, 2013.
  8. Uyei, Jennifer, David Coetzee, James Macinko, Sally Guttmacher,The influence of integrated tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus service delivery on patient outcomes, The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, in press.
  9. Uyei, Jennifer, David Coetzee, James Macinko, Sally Guttmacher, Measuring the Degree of Integrated Tuberculosis and HIV Service delivery in Cape Town South Africa, Health Policy and Planning, 2013, (in press).
  10. Uyei, Jennifer, David Coetzee, James Macinko, Sally Guttmacher, Integrated delivery of HIV and tuberculosis services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review, Lancet Infect Dis. 2011; 11:855-67.
  11. Sarah Bauerle Bass, Ph.D, MPH*; Sally Guttmacher, Ph.D., MPH†; Elahe Nezami, Ph.D, MPH‡ Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? The case for undergraduate public health education: A review of three programs, Jr. of Public Health Management and Practice, 2008, 14(1), 6-14 .
  12. Babbar R.K., Handa A.B., Lo C.M., Guttmacher S.J., Shindeldecker R., Chung W., Fong C., Ho-Asjoe H., Chang-Ting, Dixon L.B., “Bone health of immigrant Chinese women living in New York City, Jr. of Community Health, 2006, vol. 31 no. 1 pp 7-23.
  13. Mathews, C., Guttmacher, s., Flisher,A, Mtshizana, Y,Hani, A, Zwarenstein, M, Written Parental Consent in School-based HIV/AIDS Prevention Research, American Jr. of Public Health, 95,2005, 1266-1269.
  14. Flisher AJ, Mathews C, Guttmacher S, Abdullah F, Myers JE. AIDS
    prevention through peer education.(2005) South African Medical Journal;
    95(4);245-248.
  15. Weitzman, B, Guttmacher, S, Kapadia, F, Weinberg, S, Low Response Rate Schools in Surveys of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors: Possible Biases, Possible Solutions, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 2003; 57:63-67.
  16. Mathewa, C., Guttmacher, S., Hani, A, Antonetti, I, Flisher, A., "The identification of student opinion leaders for an HIV prevention programme in Cape Town High Schools" The International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 2002 pp , 20:4, pp 369-379.
  17. Mathews,C., N Coetzee, M Zwarenstein, C. Lombard MSc, S. Guttmacher, A. Oxman, G. Schmid; A systematic review of strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, International Journal of STD & AIDS, a journal from Royal Society of Medicine Press, Volume 13, Number 5. 2002 .
  18. Mathews C, Guttmacher S, Coetzee N, Magwaza S, Stein J, Lombard C, Goldstein S, Coetzee D. The evaluation of a video-based health education strategy to improve sexually transmitted disease partner notification in South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2001.
  19. Guttmacher, F Kapadia, S. Weinberg, B Weitzman Are Classroom Based Surveys an Adequate Measure of Adolescent Risk Behavior, American Jr. of Public Health, 92:2, pp. 235-238, 2002.
  20. Mathews C, Coetzee N, Zwarenstein M, Lombard C, Guttmacher S, Oxman A, Schmid G. Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases. Cochrane Library October 2001, Issue 4.
  21. Mathews C, Coetzee N, Zwarenstein M, Guttmacher, S. Partner notification; Sexual Health, Clinical Evidence , 6:0-7, 2001.
  22. Donna Futterman, MD, Bret Rudy, MD, Ligia Peralta, MD, Susan Wolfson, Sally Guttmacher, PhD., Audry Rogers, Ph.D. Social Marketing to Promote Testing to Adolescents: Methods and First Year Results from a six City Campaign, Journal of Adolescent Health, 29:3S, 2001, pp. 19-29.
  23. Mathews C, Coetzee N, Guttmacher S, Zwarenstein M. Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections. Chapter in: Clinical Evidence. A compendium of the best available evidence for effective health care. Issue 1-5. June 1999. BMJ Publishing Group.
  24. Mathews C, Guttmacher S, Coetzee N, Volmink J, Abdullah R, Zwarenstein M. The effects of alternative strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases. Protocol published in: Cochrane Library. Issue 3, 1998.
  25. Mathews C, Ellison G, Guttmacher S, Reisch N, Goldstein S. Can audiovisual presentations be used to provide health education at primary health care facilities in South Africa? Health Education Journal 1999, 58, 146-156.
  26. Guttmacher, S, Lieberman, L & David Ward, “Does Access to Condoms Influence Adolescent Sexual Behavior?”, The AIDS Reader, (1998) 8:4 (pp. 201-205).
  27. Guttmacher, S, Kapadia, F, Te Water Naude, J, de Pinho, H, Abortion Reform in South Africa: A Case Study of the 1996 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, International Family Planning Perspectives (1998) 24:4, pp 191-194.
  28. Guttmacher, S., Lieberman, L., Ward, D., Radosh, A., Freudenberg, N., & DesJarlais, D. (1997). Condom Availability in the New York City Public High Schools: Relationships to Condom Use and Sexual Behavior, American Journal of Public Health, 87:9, pp 1427-1433 Reprinted in, Stand! Human Sexuality, by Colleen Mahoney, CourseWise Publishing Ins.
  29. Guttmacher, S., Lieberman, L., Ward, D., Radosh, A., Raferty, A., & Freudenberg, N. (1995). Parents' Attitudes and Beliefs About HIV/AIDS Prevention and Condom Availability in New York City Public High Schools, Journal of School Health (65:3), 101-106.
  30. Guttmacher, S., Lieberman, L., Hoi-Chang, W., Radosh, A., Rafterty, Y., Ward, D., & Freudenberg, N. (1995) Gender Differences in Attitudes and Use of a Condom Availability Program by Sexually Active Students in New York City Public High Schools, Journal of the American Women's Medical Association, (50:3&4), pp. 99-102.
  31. Guttmacher, S. (1994). The Evolution of a Public Health Policy: Health Care Providers and the Transmission of HIV, International J. of Health Services, (24:3), pp. 535-548.
  32. Nestle, M., & Guttmacher, S. (1992). Hunger in the United States: Rationale, Methods, and Policy Implications of State Hunger Surveys. Journal of Nutrition Education, 24(1), Supplement, pp. 18S‑22S Reprinted in Nutrition Review 50:8, 1992.
  33. Guttmacher, S., & Leeds, J. (1991). Empowerment: A Term in Need of Politics, Health/PAC Bulletin, 21(4).
  34. Guttmacher, S. (1990). HIV Infection: Individual Rights v. Disease Control, Journal of Law and Medicine, 17(1).
  35. Guttmacher, S. (1988). Minimizing Health Risks in Cuba, Medical Anthropology, 11(2): 167‑180.
  36. Guttmacher, S. (1987). The Prevention of Health Risks in Cuba, International Journal of Health Services, 17(1): 179‑190.
  37. Guttmacher, S. (1986). Problems in Communication Between Doctors and Patients, Columbia College Today, Special Issue on the Doctor‑Patient Relationship, pp. 27‑29, Winter, 1985‑1986.
  38. Guttmacher, S., & Susser, I. (1985). The Impact of Apartheid on Health and Health Care in South Africa, Health/Pac Bulletin, 16(2): pp. 9‑15 Reprinted in: Alternative Press Annual, 1985, edited by Patricia J.Case, Temple University Press, 1986.
  39. Guttmacher, S. (1984). Immigrant Workers: Health, Law and Public Policy The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law., 9(3): 503‑514.
  40. Guttmacher, S. (1984). Ethics of Screening at the Worksite Business and Health,, 1(4): 23‑26.
  41. Guttmacher, S. (1984). Women Migrant Workers in the U.S., Cultural Survival Quarterly, 8(2): pp.60‑61.
  42. Guttmacher, S. (1984). Poor People, Poor Care, Health/PAC Bulletin, 15(4): 15‑17.
  43. Guttmacher, S., & Caress, B. (1984). Doctor Behind the Lines:an Interview with Dr. Charlie Clements, Health/Pac Bulletin,14(1): 39‑42.
  44. Guttmacher, S. (1983). No Golden Door: the Health Care and Non‑Care of the Undocumented, Health/PAC Bulletin, 14(2):7‑24.
  45. Guttmacher, S., Teitelman, M., Chaplin, G., Garbowski, G.,& Schnall, P. (1981) The limits of the medical model ‑ ethics and preventive medicine: the case of borderline hypertension. Hastings Center Report, 11(1): 12‑20.
  46. Guttmacher, S., Lehman, H., & Sabor, S. (1981). Ethical issues in psychiatry; Okin v. Rogers: the public's reaction. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 368:133‑136.
  47. Guttmacher, S. (1979). Whole in body, mind and spirit: holistic health and the limits of medicine. Hastings Center Report 9(2):15‑21. Reprinted in : Journal of the American College Health Association 28(3): 180‑185, and : Contemporary Issues in Bioethics edited by Beauchamp,T. and L.‑R. Walters, Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1982.
  48. Hopper, K., & Guttmacher, S. (1979). Rethinking suicide: Notes toward a critical epidemiology. International Journal of Health Services 9(3): 417‑438.
  49. Eide, W.B., & Guttmacher, S. (1979). Nutrition education: Pedagogy or politics. Food Monitor 12 (Sept./Oct.): 14‑17.
  50. Holtzman, E., & Guttmacher, S. (1979). Science in Cuba. The Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, 19(9): 24‑27.
  51. Guttmacher, S., & Danielson, R. (1977). Changes in Cuban healthcare: An argument against technological pessimism. International Journal of Health Services 7(3): 383‑400; Reprinted in Social Science and Medicine 13C: 87‑96, 1979.
  52. Guttmacher, S., & Elinson, J. (1971). Ethno‑religious variation in perception of illness. Social Science and Medicine 5:117‑125.

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