Ali K. Groves
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Groves is a social and behavioral scientist who uses mixed-methods research methods to examine whether and how social policies and programs can promote reproductive justice and reduce health inequities. She examine locally and globally whether and how access to cash transfers improves health outcomes during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Her approach and methods are grounded in the belief that addressing inequities is best done in close collaboration with communities and individuals with lived experience.
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Examines whether a cash transfer program for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in South Africa continued to protect them from intimate partner violence (IPV) after the payments stopped. Finds that while the strongest reductions in IPV occurred during the first two years of receiving cash, some protective effects—such as reduced sexual partnering—persisted after the program ended, though they were weaker and not always statistically significant.
Examines whether landlord-related forced moves reported at baseline (including, but not limited to, legal eviction) is associated with HIV sexual risk reported six months later. Findings show that forced moves can trigger relationship violence, which in turn heightens HIV vulnerability.
Examines the intersection between adolescent motherhood and HIV infection across 10 Eastern and Southern African countries, where over half of all HIV infections occur among adolescent girls. Finds that adolescent mothers had significantly higher odds of HIV infection than their non-mother peers, even after adjusting for sociodemographic factors.