Nancy Scott
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Nancy A. Scott, MPH, DrPH

Associate Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2184
nscott@bu.edu
85 East Concord St
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Biography

Nancy Scott, DrPH, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health and a faculty member of the Center for Global Health and Development (CGHD). She has over 12 years of experience in global public health program design, implementation and mixed-method process and impact evaluation. Her research interests lie in evaluating public health programs and translating that evidence into programmatic and policy relevant products in the areas of maternal and child health, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and social support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Dr. Scott teaches a course in monitoring and evaluating global public health programs that is grounded in the realities of implementing and evaluating complex programs in extremely resource-constrained environments and teaches similar short courses in evaluation for public health practitioners in South Africa and Tanzania. She serves as the head of the monitoring and evaluation emphasis area for the Global Health concentration. She spent five years resident in Zambia managing the CGHD’s research and service delivery portfolio and continues her work throughout sub-Saharan Africa primarily in Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health, DPH/DrPH Field of Study: International Health
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: International Health
  • Santa Clara University, BSc Field of Study: Biology

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHGH745
  • SPHPH511
  • SPHPH854

Publications

  • Published on 2/4/2025

    Kaiser JL, Fiorillo RM, Vian T, Ngoma T, Kuhfeldt KJ, Munro-Kramer ML, Hamer DH, Bwalya M, Sakanga VR, Lori JR, Ahmed Mdluli E, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. Qualitative application of the diffusion of innovation theory to maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 Feb 04; 6(1):18. PMID: 39905510.

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  • Published on 2/1/2025

    Mutanda N, Morgan A, Kamanga A, Sande L, Ntjikelane V, Maskew M, Haimbe P, Lumano-Mulenga P, Rosen S, Scott N. Experiences and Preferences in Zambia and South Africa for Delivery of HIV Treatment During a Client's First Six Months: Results of the PREFER Study's Cross-Sectional Baseline Survey. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb 01. PMID: 39891834.

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  • Published on 1/17/2025

    Akolbire D, Sabin LL, Lethunya PP, Sharma A, Cabral HJ, Jack BW, Scott NA. Implementation effectiveness of 'Problem solving for better health' training in Lesotho using mixed methods and the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance (RE-AIM) framework. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):86. PMID: 39825403.

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  • Published on 8/27/2024

    Kuhfeldt KJ, Kaiser JL, Morgan AJ, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Chirwa B, Scott NA. Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Nov 06; 111(5):1118-1126. PMID: 39191235.

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  • Published on 3/7/2024

    McGuire CM, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Nkabane-Nkholongo E, Nash T, Jack BW, Scott NA. Learning from the End of the Public-Private Partnership for Lesotho's National Referral Hospital Network. Ann Glob Health. 2024; 90(1):19. PMID: 38463454.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Mokhele I, Huber A, Rosen S, Kaiser JL, Lekodeba N, Ntjikelane V, Hendrickson C, Scott N, Pascoe S. Satisfaction with service delivery among HIV treatment clients enrolled in differentiated and conventional models of care in South Africa: a baseline survey. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Mar; 27(3):e26233. PMID: 38528370.

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  • Published on 1/9/2024

    Maskew M, Ntjikelane V, Juntunen A, Scott N, Benade M, Sande L, Hasweeka P, Haimbe P, Lumano-Mulenga P, Shakewelele H, Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya M, Rosen S. Preferences for services in a patient's first six months on antiretroviral therapy for HIV in South Africa and Zambia (PREFER): research protocol for a prospective observational cohort study. Gates Open Res. 2023; 7:119. PMID: 38343769.

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  • Published on 5/30/2023

    Kaiser JL, Hamer DH, Juntunen A, Ngoma T, Fink G, Schueler J, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. COVID-19 Knowledge and Prevention Behaviors in Rural Zambia: A Qualitative Application of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Jul 05; 109(1):76-89. PMID: 37253445.

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  • Published on 4/27/2023

    Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Rockers PC, Fink G, Juntunen A, Hamer DH, Chirwa B, Scott NA. A Qualitative Assessment of Community Acceptability and Use of a Locally Developed Children's Book to Increase Shared Reading and Parent-Child Interactions in Rural Zambia. Ann Glob Health. 2023; 89(1):28. PMID: 37124937.

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  • Published on 4/6/2023

    Juntunen A, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Vian T, Ngoma T, Mataka KK, Bwalya M, Sakanga V, Kalaba D, Biemba G, Rockers PC, Hamer DH, Long LC. A cost description of the setup costs of community-owned maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(4):e0000340. PMID: 37022997.

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