Cari Jo  Clark

Cari Jo Clark, Sc.D., M.P.H. is Associate Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Clark has training in anthropology from the University of Kansas, where she received the Betty Wahlstedt Award for Academic Excellence in the Liberal Arts and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Clark received her Master of Public Health and Doctorate of Science with a global health emphasis at Yale and Harvard, respectively. While at Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Clark received a U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Grant and completed her dissertation research in Jordan as a Fulbright Recipient.

Dr. Clark's research is focused on the health effects of exposure to child maltreatment and intimate partner violence, the measurement of violence and its associated norms, and the design and evaluation of primary and secondary prevention strategies. Dr. Clark has recently completed a project on a Jordanian university campus to measure sexual harassment as well as an examination of  norms and behavior change diffusion as a follow-up to a randomized trial of a social and behavior change intervention designed to prevent intimate partner violence in Nepal. She is currently involved in three ongoing evaluations in Nepal to investigate the impact of a social norms and community engagement intervention on child marriage; the impact of an education intervention on girls’ capability development and school retention; and the impact of a social norms and justice focused intervention on women’s help-seeking for IPV and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV). She has published 100+ manuscripts, book chapters, and working papers, which have appeared in journals such as The Lancet, Pediatrics, and Social Science and Medicine.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (*mentees; #community partners)

1. Maglaque D, Master M, von Esenwein S, Gazmararian J, Clark CJ, Blake SC. Addressing the Community Resource and Social Service Needs of Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of Home Visiting Staff and Clients in Georgia. Maternal and Child Health Journal (forthcoming).
2. Hall-Clifford, R., Uehling, M., Khan, H., Hoke, D.M., Friis-Healy, E., Zhang, S., #Awachie, T., Lee, E.M., Clark, C.J., Dubale, B., Gard, B., Ward, M., & Kaslow, N.J. (15 Jan 2024): Community-led identification of mental health support, challenges, and needs among Ethiopian immigrants to the U.S.: opportunities for partnership with faith communities. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. doi: 10.1080/13674676.2023.2282089 
3. Clark CJ, #Ferguson G, #Subedi S, #Lad A, *Hadd AR, #Shrestha B, *Shervinskie A, *Tomar S, Baker H. Social norms, diffusion, and women’s risk of intimate partner violence in Nepal: Impact assessment of a social and behavior change communication intervention (Change Starts at Home). SSM - Population Health Volume 25, 2024, 101583.
4. Clark CJ, *Bergenfeld I, Cheong YF, Najera H, Sardinha L, Garcia-Moreno C, Heise L. Women's Exposure to Psychological Violence: An Examination of Patterns in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). SSM Popul Health. 2023 Aug 29;24:101500. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101500. eCollection 2023 Dec.PMID: 37727254 
5. *Bergenfeld I, Kaslow NJ, Yount KM, Cheong YF, Johnson ER, Clark CJ. Cross-study and cross-time invariance of the CES-D in six diverse intervention trials. Psychological Assessment. Psychol Assess. 2023 Oct;35(10):805-820.doi: 10.1037/pas0001262. Epub 2023 Aug 24.
6. Yount KM, Durr R., *Bergenfeld I, #Sharma S, Clark CJ, #Laterra A, #Kalra S, #Sprinkel A., & Cheong Y F (2023). Impact of the CARE Tipping Point Program in Nepal on adolescent girls’ agency and risk of child, early, or forced marriage: Results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. SSM - Population Health, 101407. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101407
7. *Chan K, Rubtsova A, Clark CJ. Exploring Diagnosis and Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in the U.S. Healthcare System: A Qualitative Investigation. BMC Women's Health. 2023 May 17;23(1):272. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02334-y.
8. *Morrow G, Yount KM, *Bergenfeld I, Laterra A, Kalra S, Khan Z, Clark CJ. Adolescent boys’ and girls’ perspectives on social norms surrounding child marriage in Nepal. Cult Health Sex. 2022 Dec 26;1-18. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2022.2155705. Online ahead of print.
9. Yount KM, Durr RL, Bergenfeld I, Clark CJ, Khan Z, Laterra A, Pokhrel P, Sharma S. Community Gender Norms and the Gender Gaps in Adolescents’ Agency in Nepal, Youth and Society. 2022; 1-26. doi: 10.1177/0044118X221140928. Online ahead of print.
10. Yount KM, *Bergenfeld I, Mhamud N, Clark CJ, Kaslow NJ, Cheong YK. Monitoring sustainable development goal 5.2: Cross-country cross-time invariance of measures for intimate partner violence, PLOS ONE, 2022 Jun 17;17(6):e0267373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267373. 
11. Suglia SF, Saelee R, Guzman IA, Elsenburg LK, Clark CJ, Link BG, Koenen KC. Child Socioeconomic status, Childhood Adversity and Adult Socioeconomic Status, Social Science and Medicine Population Health, 2022 May 5;18:101094. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101094. 
12. Clark CJ, *Bergenfeld IB, Cheong YF, Kaslow NJ, Yount KM. Impact of Measurement Variability on Study Inference in Partner Violence Prevention Trials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Assessment. 2023 Jul;30(5):1339-1353. doi: 10.1177/10731911221095599. Epub 2022 May 16.
13. Yount KY, Cheong YF, Khan Z, *Bergenfeld I, Kaslow N, Clark CJ. Global measurement of physical intimate partner violence to monitor sustainable development goal 5. BMC Public Health, 2022 Mar 8;22(1):465. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12822-9.
14. Bhan N,…The FP-Gender Measurement Group (including Clark CJ). Measuring women’s agency in family planning: the conceptual and structural factors in the way, Sex Reprod Health Matters, 2022 Dec;30(1):2062161.  doi: 10.1080/26410397.2022.2062161
15. *Bergenfeld IB, Clark CJ, *Sandhu S, Yount KM, #Al Essaid A, #Sajdi J, #Abu Taleb R, *Robbin Z, *Batayeh B, *Zwooqar A, *Spencer RA. ”There is always an excuse to the blame the girl: Perspectives on sexual harassment at a Jordanian University,” Violence Against Women, 2022 Feb 24;10778012221079373. doi: 10.1177/10778012221079373. Online ahead of print.
16. Clark CJ, Renner LM, Wang Q, Flowers NI, Morrow GL, Logeais ME. Longitudinal trends in screening males and females for intimate partner violence as part of a systemic multi-specialty health system intervention, BMC Res Notes. 2021 Sep 3;14(1):344. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-021-05754-x.
17. Yount KM, Clark CJ, *Bergenfeld I, Khan Z, Cheong YF, Kalra S, Sharma S, Ghimire S, Naved RT, Parvin K, al Mamun MM, Talukder A, Laterra A, Sprinkle A. Impact evaluation of the CARE Tipping Point Initiative in Nepal: a mixed-methods cluster-randomized trial. BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 26;11(7):e042032. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042032.
18. *Bergenfeld I, Clark CJ, Khan Z, *Jackson EC, Yount KM. Gender-Sensitive School Environment and Bullying Victimization among Adolescent Girls: A Multilevel Study in Nepal. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 9;16(7):e0253128. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253128. eCollection 2021.
19. *Spencer RA…Clark CJ. Adapting and Validating the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire to Study Sexual Harassment Among University Women in Jordan J Interpersonal Violence. 2021 Aug 17;8862605211035880. DOI: 10.1177/08862605211035880.
20. Renner LM, *Spencer RA, *Morrissette J, #Lewis-Dmello A, #Michel H, #Anders D, Clark CJ. Implications of Severe Polyvictimization for Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Female Survivors of Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021; 36 (1-2): 491-507. PMID:  29294902 DOI: 10.1177/0886260517728688.
21. *Gorvine MM, Haynes TF, Marshall SA, Clark CJ, Lovelady NN, Zaller ND. An Exploratory Study of the Acceptability and Feasibility of Yoga Among Women in Substance Use Disorder Recovery. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2020 Dec 29. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2020.0351.
22. *Jackson EC, Renner LM, *Flowers NI, Logeais ME, Clark CJ. Process evaluation of a systemic intervention to identify and support partner violence survivors in a large multi-specialty health system. BMC Health Services Research, 2020; 20 Article number: 996; DOI:10.1186/s12913-020-05809-y
23. *Francis S, # Shrestha PN, #Shrestha B, #Ferguson G,*Batayeh B, Hennink M, Clark CJ. The Influence of Organized Diffusion on Social Norms Change: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal, Global Public Health, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1845767
24. *Kalk T, #Shrestha B, #Shrestha PN, #Ferguson G, *Bergenfeld I, *Robbin Z, Clark CJ. A qualitative examination of alcohol use and IPV among Nepali couples in a violence prevention intervention, Global Public Health, 2020; DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1833959
25. Clark CJ, Renner LM, Logeais ME. Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Referral Practices in an Outpatient Care Setting, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2020; 35(23-24): 5877-5888. PMID: 29294868 DOI:10.1177/0886260517724253
26. Clark CJ, *Batayeh B, #Shrestha PN, *Morrow GL, #Shrestha B, #Ferguson G. Diffusion in social norms change about violence against women: a longitudinal analysis of intervention data from a cluster randomized trial, Global Public Health, 2020; Oct 6;1-13. DOI:10.1080/17441692.2020.1828984
27. *Nguyen-Feng VN, Hodgdon H, Emerson D, Silverberg R, Clark CJ. Moderators of treatment efficacy in a randomized controlled trial of trauma-sensitive yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (APA Journal, Division 56): Complementary Medicine and Integrative Approaches to Trauma Therapy and Recovery, 2020, Vol. 12, No. 8, 836–846. DOI: 10.1037/tra0000963
28. *Nwokolo CA, #Shrestha PN, #Ferguson G, #Shrestha B, Clark CJ. Contextual attributes of the family and community that encourage or hinder the practice of intimate partner violence in Nepal. South Asian Journal of Law, Policy, and Social Research, 2020; 1(1) 40 pages.
29. Yount KM, Lewis PC, Clark CJ, Heise L, Naved RT, Maxwell K. Development and Validation of the LoVI: The Laws on Violence against Women and Girls Index, BMC International Health and Human Rights, (2020) 20:13. DOI:10.1186/s12914-020-00233-z
30. Clark CJ, #Shrestha B, #Ferguson G, #Shrestha PN, Calvert C, Gupta J, *Batayeh B, *Bergenfeld I, Oakes JM. Impact of the Change Starts at Home Trial on Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal, Social Science and Medicine-Population Health, 10 (2020) 100530. PMID:31890850 PMC6928358 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100530
31. Yount KM, Cheong YF, Miedema S, *Chen JS, Menstell E, Maxwell L, Ramakrishnan U, Clark CJ, Rochat R, del Rio C. Gender equality in global health leadership: cross-sectional survey of global health graduates, Global Public Health, 2019 Dec 23:1-13. PMID:31869280 DOI:10.1080/17441692.2019.1701057
32. Stern E, *McGhee S, #Ferguson G, Clark CJ. A comparative case study of couples programming to support relationship quality in Nepal and Rwanda,  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2019: 1-21. DOI:10.1177/0265407519867466
33. *Nguyen-Feng, VN, Clark CJ, Butler ME. Yoga as an intervention for psychological symptoms following trauma: A systematic review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Services. 2019 Aug;16(3):513-523. PMID:29620390 DOI: 10.1037/ser0000191
34. *McGhee S, #Shrestha B, #Ferguson G, #Shrestha PN, Clark CJ. ‘Change really does need to start from home:’ impact of an intimate partner violence prevention strategy among married couples in Nepal. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2019 Mar 28:886260519839422. PMID: 30917734 DOI: 10.1177/0886260519839422. [Epub ahead of print]
35. Clark CJ, *Wetzel M, Renner LM, Scott H, Logeais ME. Linking partner violence survivors to supportive services: impact of the M Health Community Network project on healthcare utilization, BMC Health Services Research, 2019,19:479; PMID: 31299953;  PMC6624981 DOI:10.1186/s12913-019-4313-9 
36. *Nguyen-Feng V, *Morrissette J, #Lewis-Dmello A, #Michel H, #Anders D, *Wagner C, Clark CJ. Trauma-sensitive yoga as an adjunctive mental health treatment for survivors of intimate partner violence: A qualitative examination. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, Spirituality in Clinical Practice (APA Journal), 2019,6, 27-43. DOI:10.1037/scp000017.
37. Renner LM, Wang Q, Logeais ME, Clark CJ. Health care providers’ readiness to identify and respond to intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2019 Aug 12:886260519867705. DOI: 10.1177/0886260519867705. [Epub ahead of print]
38. Clark CJ, Cheong YK, Gupta J, #Ferguson G, #Shrestha B, #Shrestha PN, Yount KM. Intimate partner violence in Nepal: latent patterns and association with depressive symptoms. Social Science and Medicine-Population Health, 2019 Dec;9:100481. PMC6978479 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100481
39. Heise L,  Pallitto C, Garcia Moreno C, Clark CJ. Measuring psychological abuse by intimate partners: Constructing a cross-cultural indicator for the Sustainable Development Goals, Social Science and Medicine-Population Health, 2019 Dec;9:100377 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100377
40. Clark CJ, #Ferguson G, #Shrestha B, #Shrestha PN, *Batayeh B, *Bergenfeld I, *Chang S, *McGhee S. Mixed methods assessment of women’s risk of intimate partner violence in Nepal. BMC Women’s Health, 2019 Jan 28;19(1):20. PMID:30691430 PMC6350343 DOI:10.1186/s12905-019-0715-4