Yodi Christiani, Ph.D


Public Health Specialist

Yodi Christiani is a social epidemiologist with medical doctor background. Yodi’s working experience includes project management, household and institutional based survey, operational research, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, training module and curriculum development, conducting training for health workers, research/ project proposal development, program planning, monitoring and evaluation, and policy analysis. Her areas of research include health inequalities, ageing, gender and health, non-communicable disease, and health system development, with a particular interest in limited resource setting.

Skills
Project management, planning, monitoring and evaluation, report writing.
Research: research design and proposal development, household and institutional based survey, operational research, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, policy analysis, manuscript preparation.
Software for research and data analysis: STATA, NVivo, EndNote
Capacity building: training module and curriculum development, conducting training for health workers

Publication
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2017. Health Insurance Coverage among Women in Indonesia’s Major Cities: A Multilevel Analysis. Health Care Women Int. 38(3):267-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2016.1253697 [Abstract] [Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Tavener M., Byles JE. 2016. Contextualizing Urban Living as a Determinant of women Health. Women and Health. First published online, Nov, 23, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2016.1263271 [Abstract] [Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Dhippayom, T., Chaiyakunapruk, N. 2016. Assessing the evidence of inequality in access to medication in diabetic populations in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: a Systematic Review. Glob Health Action, 9: 32505 – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32505 [Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Dugdale P., Tavener M., Byles JE. 2016. The Dynamic of Noncommunicable Disease Control Policy in Indonesia. Aust Health Rev, first published online, May 23, 2016; doi:dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH15196 [Abstract] [Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2016. Exploring the Implementation of ‘Poslansia’, Indonesia’s Community-based Health Program for Older People. Australas J Ageing, first published online, May 20, 2016; doi:10.1111/ajag.12305 [Abstract] [Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2016. Gender Inequalities in Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors among Indonesian Urban Population. Asia Pac J Public Health. 28(2):134-45. doi:10.1177/1010539515626265 [Abstract][Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Tavener M., Byles JE., Dugdale, P. 2015. Inadequate Collaboration: a Challenge to Reaching Global Targets for NCD Control and Prevention. J Public Health Policy. 37(1):114-117. doi: 10.1057/jphp.2015.44. [Abstract] [Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2015. Do Women in Major Cities Experience Better Health? A Comparison of Chronic Conditions and Its Risk Factors among Women Living in Major Cities and Other Cities in Indonesia. 2015. Glob Health Action. 8: 28540 – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28540 [Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2015. Socioeconomic Inequality in Depression among Women in Indonesia’s Major Cities. J Affect Disord. 182:76-81. [Abstract][Request Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2015. Assessing Socioeconomic Inequality of Hypertension among Women in Indonesia’s Major Cities. J Hum Hypertens. 29: 683-688. [Abstract][Request Full Text]
  • Wibisana, W., Christiani, Y., Maramis A., et.al. 2008. MPOWER: Global Strategy in Tobacco Control. Indonesian Journal of Cancer. 2(3). [Full Text]
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M. 2015. Gender Inequalities of Health among Ageing Population in Indonesia’s Urban Areas: A Decomposition Analysis. Oral presentation at International Association Gerontologist and Geriatrist Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2015.
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M., Dugdale, P. 2014. Low Health Insurance Coverage among Women in Indonesia’s Cities: A Challenge towards Universal Health Coverage. Oral presentation at International Conference on Urban Health, Manchester, The United Kingdom, March 2014.
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M. 2013. Do Women in Big Cities Experience Better Health? Secondary Data Analysis of Indonesia Family Life Survey 2007/2008. Poster presentation at Health System in Asia Conference, Singapore, December 2013.
  • Christiani Y., Byles JE., Tavener M. 2013. Patterns of Association between Age and Chronic Disease Risk Factors among Urban Indonesian Women. Oral presentation at 12thNational Symposium of Emerging Researchers in Ageing, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.
  • Christiani Y. 2010. The World Health Organization and Health Cluster Coordination in Haiti’s Earthquake: What should have been learned from 2004 Aceh Tsunami. Presented in Haiti’s Earthquake in the context of Global Health and Development, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, October 2010
  • Trisnantoro, L., Kushadiwijaya, H., Susanto, N., Christiani Y. 2007. Proposed Integrated Surveillance System in Yogyakarta Province. Poster Presentation at International Seminar on Decentralization: Sharing Experiences and the Way Forward, Bali, August 2007

Other Research/Consultancies

  • Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health; and Reproductive Health
  • 2017, Integrated U2 Children Program Evaluation in Palu. Final Evaluation conducted for INVOLVE Project, WVI Indonesia (ongoing)
  • 2016 – present, Situation Analysis of Child Marriage, Teenage Pregnancies, and Female Genital Mutilation in Rembang. Research conducted for Plan International Indonesia (ongoing)
  • 2016, Malaria in Pregnancy Program Implementation in Eastern Indonesia. Case Study conducted for UNICEF Indonesia, funded by USAID.
  • 2016, Rearranging referral care pathway in Maluku Tenggara Barat to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. Case Study conducted for UNICEF Indonesia, funded by USAID.
  • 2016, Improving neonatal care delivery through perinatology mentorships in Papua and West Papua. Case study conducted for UNICEF Indonesia, funded by USAID.
  • 2012, Global Health and Epidemiology Department, Umea University, funded by SIDA. Research: Evidence for Policy Intervention in 4 countries (EPI4) to Achieve MDGs Targets
  • 2009-2011, Novartis for Sustainable Development and World Health Organization. Project: ICATT (IMCI Computerized Adaptation Training Tools)
  • 2006 – 2007, Centre of Health Service and Management, Gadjah Mada University, Decentralized Health Service-1 Asian Development Bank and DitGen of Community Health, Ministry of Health Indonesia. Project: Strengthening of the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Surveillance

Non-communicable disease and ageing
  • 2016 – present, Disability related inequalities in health care utilization in six developing countries. Joint research with Julie Byles (University of Newcastle), and Paul Kowal (World Health Organization-SAGE, Geneva).
  • 2017 – present, Kretek in Indonesia: an anthropological perspective. Joint research with Doreen Montag (Queen Mary London), and Mark Nichter (University of Arizona).
  • 2017 – present, Hemoglobin level among people with diabetes type II in Indonesia. Joint research with John Prawira (Gadjah Mada University)
  • 2013, World Health Organization Indonesia, Mental Health Unit. Project: Mental Health Consequences of Trafficking in Person in East Lombok, Indonesia
  • 2007, Field Epidemiology Training Program, Dr. Sardjito Hospital and World Health Organization Indonesia, funded by WHO. Research: Epidemiological Study of Mental Health and Quality of Life in Yogyakarta Province
  • 2006, Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University. Research: Depression, Disability and Quality of Life among Older Population in RW 08 and RW 09, Giwangan, Yogyakarta
  • 2004, Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University. Research: Physical Inactivity as a Risk Factor of Obesity among High School Students in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Child Protection and Gender Based Violence
  • 2016, Mapping of Violence Against Children in Education Setting. Research conducted for ChildFund Indonesia
  • 2016, Baseline Study for Inclusive education in West Java. Research conducted for Save the Children Indonesia.
  • 2016, Violence Free School Policy Analysis. Research conducted for Save the Children Indonesia.
  • 2012 – 2013, WHO Indonesia and IOM, funded by UNTFHS. Research: Mental Health Risk Assessment of VoT (Victims of Trafficking) assisted by International Organization of Migration