Sheri Bastien

Prof. Sheri Bastien , Ph.D., is a professor in Public Health at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway and also holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada. She has been engaged in transdisciplinary research for over a decade in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia on a range of issues related to determinants of adolescent health and global health promotion, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene. In 2014, through grants from Grand Challenges Canada and the University of Calgary and with support from faculty and students from Calgary and the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, she developed an innovative participatory action research project that was implemented and evaluated in rural Tanzania which involves using curiosity-driven science education (including a sanitation science fair) and a social entrepreneurship approach to foster livelihood opportunities, and with the overall aim being to develop locally relevant water, sanitation, and hygiene strategies to improve health and education outcomes. Project SHINE (Sanitation and Hygiene Innovation in Education) is now being adapted and piloted in rural India.

Publications

Implementing Transformative Education With Participatory Action Research
Implementing Transformative Education With Participatory Action Research
Bal Chandra Luitel, Bhimsen Devkota, Sheri Bastien, Bishal K. Sitaula. © 2023. 290 pages.
Academic scholars face a critical problem in today's educational landscape: the pressing need for transformative approaches that can address the complex challenges of our...
Menstrual Hygiene Management: A Case Study Through Participatory Action Research in Rural Nepal
Menstrual Hygiene Management: A Case Study Through Participatory Action Research in Rural Nepal
Pratima Gurung, Roshani Rajbanshi, Sheri Bastien, Bal Chandra Luitel. © 2023. 16 pages.
Ensuring proper menstrual hygiene among girls in Nepal, particularly in rural schools, is challenging due to limited access to sanitary pads, inadequate toilets, and a lack of...
Fostering Ownership and Sustainability of School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention: Challenges and Lesson Learned Through PAR Study in Nepal
Fostering Ownership and Sustainability of School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention: Challenges and Lesson Learned Through PAR Study in Nepal
Yadu Ram Upreti, Krishna Prasad Duwadi, Devi Thapa Magar, Bikash Chandra Aryal, Bhimsen Devkota, Sheri Bastien, Birgitte Bjønness. © 2023. 22 pages.
Promoting healthy nutritional behaviors in schoolchildren is still challenging since students' nutritional behaviors are influenced by multilevel determinants. This chapter...