Miriam A. Hartmann

Miriam A. Hartmann currently serves as the co-investigator for an evaluation of an ongoing intimate partner violence and alcohol misuse prevention intervention in Bangalore, India, and has served as a PI and co-I on the development and testing of several other violence prevention intervention studies in India, Kenya, and South Africa.

Ms. Hartmann conducts socio-behavioral and implementation research designed to address critical public health issues worldwide. Based in South Africa for 10 years, her work has focused on understanding intersecting vulnerabilities to violence and testing intervention approaches with a growing focus on mental health. This focus is grounded in evidence linking violence and mental health outcomes among youth and a belief that by improving youth mental health, we can prevent ongoing cycles of violence. Her work has used mental health interventions (e.g., motivational interviewing and behavioral couples therapy) to reduce intimate partner violence, as well as mixed methods approaches to examine the association between violence and mental health. She has contributed to the creation of several global resources, including Violence against Women and Girls: A Compendium of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators (2008) and Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Intervention Research on Violence against Women (2016), co-published with the World Health Organization (WHO). She has direct experience with the development of violence reduction interventions, as well as with the methodologies to conduct qualitative and intervention research in a safe and participatory manner among young women and men.