Eric P Green | Scholars@Duke

Eric P Green
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health

I’m a psychologist and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Global Health who studies health and technology. I’m also a Co-Founder of Nivi , a digital health company based in Boston and Nairobi, Kenya.

Current Research Interests

I study how to bring health services closer to the people who need them. My work spans the continuum from formative studies that use design thinking approaches to create new services, to large scale randomized controlled trials to estimate the impact of interventions. See here for more details about my work.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2021

Contact Information

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia 2008
- M.A., University of South Carolina, Columbia 2006
- M.A., University of South Carolina, Columbia 2004
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2015 - 2021
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2013 - 2015
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2012 - 2013
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 15, 2020 Duke Global Health Institute
  
  This Global Health Classroom Came With Its Own Jumbotron
- APR 23, 2014
  
  Developing Practical Solutions to Global Health Problems
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- Developing a Measure of Caregiver Readiness to Disclose HIV Serostatus awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2017
- Stars in Global Health Round 7 Phase 1; Development of a community embedded family therapy intervention in Kenya: A faith and village based approach awarded by Moi University 2014 - 2016
External Relationships
- Nivi, Inc
- Two DSMB (one at Duke and one at U of Washington, both unpaid)
- X2AI
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Green, Eric P., Shyam Pradheep, Jessica Heinzelman, Anne Nyanchoka, Daphine Achieng, Siddhartha Goyal, Laura Cusson, A Solomon Kurz, and Benjamin Bellows. “Predicting healthcare-seeking behavior based on stated readiness to act: development and validation of a prediction model.” Translational Behavioral Medicine 12, no. 1 (January 2022): ibab096. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab096.
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  - Schmidt, Christina N., Eve S. Puffer, Sherryl Broverman, Virginia Warren, and Eric P. Green. “Is social-ecological risk associated with individual HIV risk beliefs and behaviours?: An analysis of Kenyan adolescents' local communities and activity spaces.” Global Public Health, July 8, 2021, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1951801.
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  - Taylor Salisbury, Tatiana, Brandon A. Kohrt, Ioannis Bakolis, Mark Jd Jordans, Louise Hull, Nagendra P. Luitel, Paul McCrone, et al. “Adaptation of the World Health Organization Electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide App for Mobile Devices in Nepal and Nigeria: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.” Jmir Res Protoc 10, no. 6 (June 15, 2021): e24115. https://doi.org/10.2196/24115.
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  - Harel, Daphna, Brooke Levis, Miyabi Ishihara, Alexander W. Levis, Simone N. Vigod, Louise M. Howard, Brett D. Thombs, Andrea Benedetti, and Andrea DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) EPDS Collaboration. “Shortening the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale using optimal test assembly methods: Development of the EPDS-Dep-5.” Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 143, no. 4 (April 2021): 348–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13272.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Ali Giusto, Amber D. Rieder, Elsa Friis-Healy, David Ayuku, and Eric P. Green. “Development of the Family Togetherness Scale: A Mixed-Methods Validation Study in Kenya.” Frontiers in Psychology 12 (January 2021): 662991. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662991.
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  - Harel, D., B. Levis, Y. Sun, F. Fischer, J. P. A. Ioannidis, P. Cuijpers, S. B. Patten, et al. “External validation of a shortened screening tool using individual participant data meta-analysis: A case study of the Patient Health Questionnaire-Dep-4.” Methods, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2021.11.005.
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  - Langhaug, Lisa, A. Finnegan, K. Schenk, E. S. Puffer, S. Rusakaniko, and E. P. Green. “Caregiver self-efficacy to talk about sex predicts conversations about HIV transmission risk with perinatally infected young people in Zimbabwe.” Aids Care 32, no. 12 (December 2020): 1524–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1724253.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Elsa Friis Healy, Eric P. Green, Ali M. Giusto, Bonnie N. Kaiser, Puja Patel, and David Ayuku. “Family Functioning and Mental Health Changes Following a Family Therapy Intervention in Kenya: a Pilot Trial.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 29, no. 12 (December 2020): 3493–3508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01816-z.
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  - Green, Eric P., Yihuan Lai, Nicholas Pearson, Sathyanath Rajasekharan, Michiel Rauws, Angela Joerin, Edith Kwobah, et al. “Expanding Access to Perinatal Depression Treatment in Kenya Through Automated Psychological Support: Development and Usability Study.” Jmir Formative Research 4, no. 10 (October 5, 2020): e17895. https://doi.org/10.2196/17895.
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  - Giusto, Ali, Eric P. Green, Ryan A. Simmons, David Ayuku, Puja Patel, and Eve S. Puffer. “A multiple baseline study of a brief alcohol reduction and family engagement intervention for fathers in Kenya.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 88, no. 8 (August 2020): 708–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000559.
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  - Bhardwaj, Anvita, Prasansa Subba, Sauharda Rai, Chaya Bhat, Renasha Ghimire, Mark J. D. Jordans, Eric Green, Lavanya Vasudevan, and Brandon A. Kohrt. “Lessons learned through piloting a community-based SMS referral system for common mental health disorders used by female community health volunteers in rural Nepal.” Bmc Res Notes 13, no. 1 (July 1, 2020): 309. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05148-5.
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  - Levis, Brooke, Andrea Benedetti, John P. A. Ioannidis, Ying Sun, Zelalem Negeri, Chen He, Yin Wu, et al. “Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 122 (June 2020): 115-128.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.02.002.
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  - Hernandes Rocha, Thiago Augusto, Cyrus Elahi, Núbia Cristina da Silva, Francis M. Sakita, Anthony Fuller, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Eric P. Green, Michael M. Haglund, Catherine A. Staton, and Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci. “A traumatic brain injury prognostic model to support in-hospital triage in a low-income country: a machine learning-based approach.” J Neurosurg 132, no. 6 (May 10, 2019): 1961–69. https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.2.JNS182098.
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  - Green, Eric P., Nicholas Pearson, Sathyanath Rajasekharan, Michiel Rauws, Angela Joerin, Edith Kwobah, Christine Musyimi, Chaya Bhat, Rachel M. Jones, and Yihuan Lai. “Expanding Access to Depression Treatment in Kenya Through Automated Psychological Support: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design Pilot Study.” Jmir Research Protocols 8, no. 4 (April 29, 2019): e11800. https://doi.org/10.2196/11800.
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  - Finnegan, Amy, Lisa Langhaug, Katie Schenk, Eve S. Puffer, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Yujung Choi, Simbarashe Mahaso, and Eric P. Green. “The prevalence and process of pediatric HIV disclosure: A population-based prospective cohort study in Zimbabwe.” Plos One 14, no. 5 (January 2019): e0215659. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215659.
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  - Green, E. P., A. Whitcomb, C. Kahumbura, J. G. Rosen, S. Goyal, D. Achieng, and B. Bellows. “"What is the best method of family planning for me?": A text mining analysis of messages between users and agents of a digital health service in Kenya.” Gates Open Research 3 (January 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12914.1.
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  - Green, Eric P., Hyunsan Cho, John Gallis, and Eve S. Puffer. “The impact of school support on depression among adolescent orphans: a cluster-randomized trial in Kenya.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines 60, no. 1 (January 2019): 54–62. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12955.
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  - Green, Eric P., Arun Augustine, Violet Naanyu, Anna-Karin Hess, and Lulla Kiwinda. “Developing a Digital Marketplace for Family Planning: Pilot Randomized Encouragement Trial.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 20, no. 7 (July 31, 2018): e10756. https://doi.org/10.2196/10756.
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  - Green, Eric P., Hawa Tuli, Edith Kwobah, D. Menya, Irene Chesire, and Christina Schmidt. “Developing and validating a perinatal depression screening tool in Kenya blending Western criteria with local idioms: A mixed methods study.” Journal of Affective Disorders 228 (March 2018): 49–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.11.027.
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  - Giusto, A., E. Friis, A. L. Sim, R. M. Chase, J. O. Zayzay, E. Green, and E. Puffer. “A Qualitative Study of Mechanisms Underlying Effects of a Parenting Intervention in Rural Liberia.” European Journal of Development Research 29, no. 5 (November 1, 2017): 964–82. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-017-0101-8.
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  - Giusto, Ali M., Eric P. Green, and Eve S. Puffer. “Associations Between Fathers' and Sons' Sexual Risk in Rural Kenya: The Potential for Intergenerational Transmission.” The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 61, no. 2 (August 2017): 219–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.02.007.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Eric P. Green, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Sherryl A. Broverman, Rose A. Ogwang-Odhiambo, and Jessica Pian. “A church-based intervention for families to promote mental health and prevent HIV among adolescents in rural Kenya: Results of a randomized trial.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 84, no. 6 (June 2016): 511–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000076.
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  - Green, Eric P., Virginia Rieck Warren, Sherryl Broverman, Benson Ogwang, and Eve S. Puffer. “Participatory mapping in low-resource settings: Three novel methods used to engage Kenyan youth and other community members in community-based HIV prevention research.” Global Public Health 11, no. 5–6 (May 2016): 583–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1170178.
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  - Blattman, C., E. P. Green, J. Jamison, M. Christian Lehmann, and J. Annan. “The returns to microenterprise support among the ultrapoor: A field experiment in postwar Uganda.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8, no. 2 (January 1, 2016): 35–64. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20150023.
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  - Green, E. P., C. Blattman, J. Jamison, and J. Annan. “Corrigendum to "Women's entrepreneurship and intimate partner violence: A cluster randomized trial of microenterprise assistance and partner participation in post-conflict Uganda" [Soc. Sci. Med. 133 (2015) 177-188].” Social Science and Medicine 148 (January 1, 2016): 139–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.042.
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  - Green, Eric P., Christopher Blattman, Julian Jamison, and Jeannie Annan. “Women's entrepreneurship and intimate partner violence: A cluster randomized trial of microenterprise assistance and partner participation in post-conflict Uganda (SSM-D-14-01580R1).” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 133 (May 2015): 177–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.042.
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  - Green, Eric P., Caricia Catalani, Lameck Diero, E Jane Carter, Adrian Gardner, Charity Ndwiga, Aggrey Keny, Philip Owiti, Dennis Israelski, and Paul Biondich. “Do clinical decision-support reminders for medical providers improve isoniazid preventative therapy prescription rates among HIV-positive adults? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.” Trials 16 (April 9, 2015): 141. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0558-8.
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  - Catalani, Caricia, Eric Green, Philip Owiti, Aggrey Keny, Lameck Diero, Ada Yeung, Dennis Israelski, and Paul Biondich. “A clinical decision support system for integrating tuberculosis and HIV care in Kenya: a human-centered design approach.” Plos One 9, no. 8 (January 2014): e103205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103205.
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  - Annan, J., E. P. Green, and M. Brier. “Promoting recovery after war in Northern Uganda: Reducing daily stressors by alleviating poverty.” Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma 22, no. 8 (September 1, 2013): 849–68. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2013.823636.
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  - Townley, Greg, Bret Kloos, Eric P. Green, and Margarita M. Franco. “Reconcilable differences? Human diversity, cultural relativity, and sense of community.” American Journal of Community Psychology 47, no. 1–2 (March 2011): 69–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9379-9.
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  - Green, E., and B. Kloos. “Facilitating youth participation in a context of forced migration: A Photovoice project in northern Uganda.” Journal of Refugee Studies 22, no. 4 (October 13, 2009): 461–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fep026.
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  - Green, E. P., and D. R. Follingstad. “Third-party information in retrospective assessment of NGRI: Impact of source and supportive versus contradictory content.” Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice 9, no. 1 (March 3, 2009): 35–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228930802426991.
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  - Vendemia, J. M. C., M. J. Schillaci, R. F. Buzan, E. P. Green, and S. W. Meek. “Credibility assessment: Psychophysiology and policy in the detection of deception.” American Journal of Forensic Psychology 24, no. 4 (December 1, 2006): 53–85.
  - Vendemia, J. M. C., R. F. Buzan, E. P. Green, and M. J. Schillaci. “Effects of preparedness to deceive on ERP waveforms in a two-stimulus paradigm.” Journal of Neurotherapy 9, no. 3 (May 23, 2006): 45–70. https://doi.org/10.1300/J184v09n03_04.
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  - Vendemia, Jennifer M. C., Robert F. Buzan, and Eric P. Green. “Practice effects, workload, and reaction time in deception.” The American Journal of Psychology 118, no. 3 (January 2005): 413–29.
  - Follingstad, Diane R., Dana D. Dehart, and Eric P. Green. “Psychologists' judgments of psychologically aggressive actions when perpetrated by a husband versus a wife.” Violence and Victims 19, no. 4 (August 2004): 435–52. https://doi.org/10.1891/vivi.19.4.435.64165.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Teaching Activities
- I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in research design/methods and global mental health. I also teach a Capstone course for seniors in the Global Health major. Links to course syllabi .
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Research

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Recent Courses

Teaching Activities

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship