Peter Rockers
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Peter C. Rockers, ScD

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

617-358-2185
prockers@bu.edu
Crosstown Center
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Biography

Dr. Rockers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, where he is also the Director of the Global Health Program Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation certificate program. His research is primarily concerned with evaluating the impacts of health system strengthening interventions and policies in low- and middle-income countries using experimental methods. He is particularly interested in interventions that aim to improve early childhood development outcomes in high poverty settings. Dr. Rockers is also involved in efforts to strengthen how the biopharmaceutical industry measures and reports on issues related to access.

Education

  • Harvard University, DSc Field of Study: Global Health Management
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • University of Illinois, BS Field of Study: Mechanical Engineering

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Classes Taught

  • SPHGH815
  • SPHPH845

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 11/28/2024

    Schwinger C, Kaldenbach S, Berkley JA, Walson JL, Argaw A, Chowdhury R, Strand TA, Rollins N. Cohort profile: the WHO Child Mortality Risk Stratification Multi-Country Pooled Cohort (WHO-CMRS) to identify predictors of mortality through early childhood. BMJ Open. 2024 Nov 28; 14(11):e085164. PMID: 39613436.

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  • Published on 11/21/2024

    Galvin M, Coetzee L, Leshabana P, Masebe N, Lebepe S, Moolla A, Tarullo AR, Rockers PC, Evans D. Perceptions of HIV and mental illness as "Western" or "Traditional" illnesses: a cross-sectional study from Limpopo Province, South Africa. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 Nov 21; 24(1):404. PMID: 39574089.

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  • Published on 11/17/2024

    Lauer JM, Pyykkö J, Chembe M, Billima-Mulenga T, Sikazwe D, Chibwe B, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Leppänen JM, Fink G, Locks LM, Rockers PC. Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction are Associated with Poor Growth and Developmental Outcomes among Young Children in Lusaka, Zambia. J Pediatr. 2025 Feb; 277:114408. PMID: 39551093.

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  • Published on 11/13/2024

    Locks LM, Chembe M, Billima-Mulenga T, Lauer JM, Sizakawe D, Henderson S, Rockers PC, Parkerson D, Fink G. Predictors of Stunting and Pathway Analysis for Linear Growth among Children Aged Two to Three Years after a Trial of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements and Home-Installed Growth Charts in Three Districts in Zambia. J Nutr. 2025 Feb; 155(2):589-601. PMID: 39542400.

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  • Published on 11/5/2024

    Fink G, Melero-Dominguez M, Chembe M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Billima T, Paul R, Alegria M, Parkerson D, Rockers PC, Banda Z, Lungu G, Sikazwe D, Falgas-Bague I. Feasibility and acceptability of the Problem Management for Moms programme for improving maternal mental health in Zambia: an open-label trial. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 Dec; 11(12):965-974. PMID: 39515361.

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  • Published on 10/18/2024

    Moolla A, Coetzee L, Mongwenyana C, Robertson A, Marincowitz G, Zuckerman M, Günther F, Hamer DH, Yousafzai A, Rockers PC, Evans D. Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024 Oct 18; 16(1):e1-e10. PMID: 39501857.

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  • Published on 9/13/2024

    Hoffman R, Phiri K, Kalande P, Whitehead H, Moses A, Rockers PC, Tseng CH, Talama G, Banda JC, van Oosterhout JJ, Phiri S, Moucheraud C. Preferences for Hypertension Care in Malawi: A Discrete Choice Experiment Among People Living with Hypertension, With and Without HIV. AIDS Behav. 2025 Jan; 29(1):246-256. PMID: 39269593.

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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 8/16/2024

    Fink G, Locks LM, Lauer JM, Chembe M, Henderson S, Sikazwe D, Billima-Mulenga T, Parkerson D, Rockers PC. The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Aug 16; 9(8). PMID: 39153751.

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