Duong Doan Thi Thuy, Dr
College of Health Sciences
Assistant Professor
Email:
duong.dtt@vinuni.edu.vn
Biography
Dr. Doan Thi Thuy Duong has been a lecturer and researcher for over 15 years. Her current research activity is focused on maternal health, infant health, health policy and systems research using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. She has participated in more than 40 research projects as an investigator, coordinator, and researcher, being authored or co-authored in nearly 40 papers published in international journals. She has supervised about 20 postgraduate students (both Public Health and Hospital Management) on various subjects including HIV, HBV, maternal care, breastfeeding, mental health. Dr. Duong wrote a book chapter on adolescent health, maternal health, and health equality for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in public health. She also had experience as a consultant for international/local non-government organizations such as Save the Children, the World Health Organization, Social Impact/USAID Learns, and the Center for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI). She currently works as an Assistant Research Professor at College of Health Science, VinUniversity, Vietnam.
- Maternal Health
- Child Health
- Adolescent health
- Health policy and systems
- Nutrition
- m-Health
- Noncommunicable disease
- HIV/HBV
- Primary Health Care
- Maternal Health
- Nutrition
- Research Methods (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods)
- Mixed Research Methods
- Evidence based practice
- Health Promotion
1. Doan TTD, Tran TC, Pham NM, Zhao Y, Dinh TPH, Hoai NX, Lee A, Binns C, Bui TTH. Designing and developing a mobile app (BeBo) in a randomized controlled trial study to promote breastfeeding among Vietnamese mothers. Int Breastfeed J. 2023 Jan 19;18(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13006-023-00543-7. PMID: 36658643; PMCID: PMC9854088.
2. Doan TTD, Pham NM, Binns C, Lee A, Zhao Y, Dinh TPH, Bui TTH. Effect of a Mobile Application on Breastfeeding Rates Among Mothers Who Have Cesarean Deliveries: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Breastfeed Med. 2022 Oct;17(10):832-840. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2022.0088. Epub 2022 Sep 9. PMID: 36083249.
3. Doan TTD, Pham NM, Zhao Y, Dinh TPH, Bui TTH, Lee A, Binns C. Breastfeeding and the COVID-19 Epidemic in Vietnam. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2022 May;34(4):411-412. doi: 10.1177/10105395221095893. Epub 2022 Apr 21. PMID: 35450443.
4. Duong DTT, Binns C, Lee A, et al. Intention to Exclusively Breastfeed Is Associated with Lower Rates of Cesarean Section for Nonmedical Reasons in a Cohort of Mothers in Vietnam. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19(2):884.
5. Binns CW, Lee MK, Maycock B, Torheim LE, Nanishi K, Duong DTT. Climate Change, Food Supply, and Dietary Guidelines. Annu Rev Public Health. 2021 Apr 1;42:233-255. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-012420-105044. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33497266.
6. Doan, T.T.D.; Binns, C.; Pham, N.M.; Zhao, Y.; Dinh, T.P.H.; Bui, T.T.H.; Tran, T.C.; Nguyen, X.H.; Giglia, R.; Xu, F., et al. Improving Breastfeeding by Empowering Mothers in Vietnam: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Mobile App. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, doi:10.3390/ijerph17155552.
7. Mir G, Karlsen S, Mitullah W, Bhojani U, Uzochukwu B, Okeke C, Mirzoev T, Ebenso B, Dracup N, Dymski G, Duong DT (2020). Achieving SDG 10: A Global Review of Public Service Inclusion Strategies for Ethnic and Religious Minorities. Occasional Paper: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
8. Duong DT, Van Minh H, Long KQ, Ha NT, Trang NT, Quang CH, Duc DM, Anh BT, Hung PT, Nga NT, Ha BT. The Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services Among Ethnic Minority Populations in Vietnam. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2020 Aug 5:1-9.
9. Binns C, Lee MK, Yun Low W, Baker P, Bulgiba A, Dahlui M, Thuy Duong DT, Guldan G, Hairi N, Hokama T, Kagawa M. Guidelines for Complementary Feeding of Infants in the Asia Pacific Region: APACPH Public Health Nutrition Group. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2020 May 30:1010539520931328.
10. Mirzoev T, Poudel AN, Gissing S, Doan TT, Ferdous T, Regmi S, Duong MD, Baral S, Chand O, Huque R, Hoang VM. Is evidence-informed urban health planning a myth or reality? Lessons from a qualitative assessment in three Asian cities. Health Policy and Planning. 2019 Dec 1;34(10):773-83.
11. Lena M. Banks, Matthew Walsham, Hoang V Minh, Doan TT Duong, Tran T Ngan, Vu Q Mai Karl Blanchet, Hannah Kuper (2019). Access to social protection among people with disabilities: Evidence from Viet Nam. International Social Security Review 27:1: 59-82
12. Doan DTT, Mirzoev T, Nguyen CC, Bui HTT. (2018). “Utilization of Services Provided by Village-Based Ethnic Minority Midwives in Vietnam: Lessons From Implementation Research”. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2018;24 Suppl 2 Supplement, Public Health in Vietnam: S9-s18.
13. Doan, D. T., et al. (2017). “Patterns of the utilization of prenatal diagnosis services among pregnant women, their satisfaction, and its associated factors in Viet Nam.” Int J Public Health 2017. 62(Suppl 1): 35-40.
14. Doan, D. T., et al. (2016). “Utilization of services provided by village-based ethnic minority midwives in mountainous villages of Vietnam.” Int J Women’s Health 8: 571-580.
- 2019 – 2023: Ph.D. in Public Health, Curtin University, Australia
- 2011 – 2012: MPH in Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
- 2004 – 2008: Bachelor of Public Health, Hanoi University of Public Health, Vietnam
- 2019 Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship for A PhD training
- 2011 Full-Scholarship for a Master of Public Health
