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Overview

Cathy Zimmerman is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences and health professions, with a significant focus on sociology and political science, general health professions, and clinical psychology. The work notably intersects with public health, safety research, and issues related to migration, trauma, and vulnerable populations.

The scientist's research topics cover areas such as:

  • Sex work and related issues
  • Migration, health, and trauma
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Migration and labor dynamics
  • Poverty, education, and child welfare
  • HIV, drug use, and sexual risk
  • Intimate partner and family violence

Zimmerman's recent publications include:

  • Male and LGBT survivors of sexual violence in conflict situations: a realist review of health interventions in low-and middle-income countries (2020) in Conflict and Health
  • LGBTQI + Migrants: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework of Health, Safety and Wellbeing during Migration (2022) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Coping with Migration-Related Stressors: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2020) in Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • The Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review on Associated Factors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (2022) in Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Human trafficking and violence: Findings from the largest global dataset of trafficking survivors (2021) in Journal of Migration and Health

Their frequent co-authors include Lígia Kiss, Karen Lau, Sally Hargreaves, Joelle Mak, and Nicola S. Pocock.

Cathy Zimmerman's studies have been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Migration and Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Conflict and Health

The combination of fields and topics covered positions the scientist at the intersection of health, migration, violence, and social welfare research. Their work reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex social and health-related challenges affecting marginalized groups, particularly migrants and survivors of violence.

Best Publications

  • Violence against women: global scope and magnitude.

    Charlotte H. Watts;Cathy Zimmerman

  • The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

    Ibrahim Abubakar;Robert W Aldridge;Delan Devakumar;Miriam Orcutt

  • Migration and Health: A Framework for 21st Century Policy-Making

    Cathy Zimmerman;Ligia Kiss;Mazeda Hossain

  • Addressing violence against women: a call to action

    Claudia García-Moreno;Cathy Zimmerman;Alison Morris-Gehring;Lori Heise

  • The Relationship of Trauma to Mental Disorders Among Trafficked and Sexually Exploited Girls and Women

    Mazeda Hossain;Cathy Zimmerman;Melanie A. Abas;Miriam Light

  • Prevalence and risk of violence and the physical mental and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: systematic review.

    Siân Oram;Heidi Stöckl;Joanna Busza;Louise M. Howard

  • Human trafficking and health: A conceptual model to inform policy, intervention and research

    Cathy Zimmerman;Mazeda Hossain;Charlotte H. Watts

  • The health of trafficked women: a survey of women entering posttrafficking services in Europe.

    Cathy Zimmerman;Mazeda Hossain;Katherine Yun;Vasil Gajdadziev

  • Prevalence and risk of violence and the mental, physical and sexual health problems associated with human trafficking: an updated systematic review

    L. Ottisova;S. Hemmings;L.M. Howard;C. Zimmerman

  • Prevention of violence against women and girls: lessons from practice

    Lori Michau;Jessica Horn;Amy Bank;Mallika Dutt

  • Stolen smiles: a summary report on the physical and psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe.

    C. Zimmerman;M. Hossain;K. Yun;B. Roche

  • Occupational health outcomes among international migrant workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Sally Hargreaves;Sally Hargreaves;Kieran Rustage;Kieran Rustage;Laura B. Nellums;Laura B. Nellums;Alys McAlpine

  • Refugee, asylum seeker, immigrant women and postnatal depression: rates and risk factors

    Catherine H. Collins;Cathy Zimmerman;Louise M. Howard

  • A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality womens rights and womens empowerment: Imperatives and key components. In the context of the post-2015 development framework and sustainable development goals.

    Brooks R;Oram S;Stockl H;Busza J

  • The health risks and consequences of trafficking in women and adolescents: Findings from a European study

    C Zimmerman;K Yun;I Shvab;C Watts

  • WHO ethical and safety recommendations for interviewing trafficked women.

    C Zimmerman;C Watts

  • Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study

    Jhumka Gupta;Kathryn L. Falb;Heidi Lehmann;Denise Kpebo

  • Health of men, women, and children in post-trafficking services in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam: an observational cross-sectional study

    Ligia Kiss;Nicola S Pocock;Varaporn Naisanguansri;Soksreymom Suos

  • Human trafficking and exploitation: A global health concern.

    Cathy Zimmerman;Ligia Kiss

  • Responding to the health needs of survivors of human trafficking: a systematic review

    Stacey Hemmings;Sharon Jakobowitz;Melanie A. Abas;Debra Bick

  • Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women's risk of intimate partner violence?

    Ligia Kiss;Lilia Blima Schraiber;Lori Heise;Cathy Zimmerman

  • Asylum seekers, violence and health: A systematic review of research in high-income host countries

    Anne Kalt;Mazeda Hossain;Ligia Kiss;Cathy Zimmerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Louise M. Howard
Louise M. Howard King's College London
Rohan Borschmann
Rohan Borschmann University of Melbourne
Heidi Stöckl
Heidi Stöckl University of London
Sarah A. Burgard
Sarah A. Burgard University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lori Heise
Lori Heise Johns Hopkins University
Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization
Joanna Busza
Joanna Busza London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Bayard Roberts
Bayard Roberts London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Naeemah Abrahams
Naeemah Abrahams South African Medical Research Council
Peter Sammonds
Peter Sammonds University College London

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