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Yolaine Civil
Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 MD (Wayne State University)
About
Yolaine A. Civil, MD, is a clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, at Michigan Medicine. She was awarded the University of Michigan Office of Health Equity and Inclusion Diversity Grant for 2017-2020 and most recently, a Flexible US Fulbright Award for 2018-2020, to fund her global health project, Evaluation of Continuity of Care Program for Premature and Low Birth Weight Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa.? This project aims to establish a regular, scheduled for outpatient pediatric follow-up of low birth weight and premature infants in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project began in April 2018 and is a collaboration between the University of Michigan faculty and our colleagues from Kumasi South Hospital and Suntreso Government Hospital in the Ashanti region of Kumasi, Ghana. Dr. Civil developed a keen interest in international health after spending 2 years, from 2012-2014 working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) following a transformative experience volunteering in Haiti after the earthquake in 2010. She completed 4 successful missions in Guinea, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Her missions to Chad and CAR in particular motivated her to develop this research project focusing on preventive care of high-risk infants.
Current Work
In the fall of 2017, Dr. Yolaine Civil was granted the General Pediatrics Research Initiative Award for her project “Evaluation of Social and Regional Determinants of Health Disparities and Their Effect on Risk Assessment in Adolescent Youth.” This project takes into account social determinants of health when analyzing the results from the Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventive Services (RAAPS), a 21-item questionnaire designed to rapidly identify adolescent risky behaviors during outpatient provider visits. Earlier this year, Dr. Civil was also awarded a Galens grant for the creation of an immigration clinic at Michigan Medicine’s Ypsilanti Health Center to serve the health care and mental health needs of immigrants in the Washtenaw County area. This clinic provided valuable resources for an underrepresented population in our community, to teach residents and students about many of the issues facing immigrants, while at the same time develop scholarly activities related to this project.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Adolescent health disparities, care for preterm infants in Sub-Saharan Africa