Khadidiatou Ndiaye
Khadidiatou Ndiaye
M.A., Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor
School: Milken Institute School of Public Health
Department: Prevention and Community Health
Contact:
Milken Institute School of Public Health
950 New Hampshire Avenue, 304
Washington DC 20052
Dr. Khadidiatou Ndiaye is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health and the director of the Health Communication and Digital Media program (formerly known as the Public Health Communication and Marketing program).
Dr. Ndiaye’s expertise lies at the intersection of digital health, culture, information management, and social behavior change communication. Her work focuses on how cultural values shape health perceptions and risk behaviors across communities. By uncovering distinct health experiences, she designs context-driven communication campaigns and digital media interventions that transform community health outcomes. She is passionate about ensuring digital public health interventions are not only technologically advanced but also culturally grounded and contextually appropriate.
Behavioral Health
Health Communication
Health Disparities
Global Health
Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies, Minor Computer Technology, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Master of Arts, Communication University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Doctor of Philosophy, Communication. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Doctoral Level:
PUBH 8718: Public Health Communications and Marketing
PUBH 8417: Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis
MPH Level:
PUBH 6503: Introduction to Public Health Communication and Marketing PUBH 6009: Fundamentals of Program Evaluation
PUBH 6411: Global Health Methods: Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis
PUBH 6501: Program Evaluation
Dr. Ndiaye's work centers on issues of health, culture, and international communication. She explores how culture impacts the fundamental understanding of health in communities throughout the world. She is also interested in addressing the inherent methodological and procedural challenges of international health research (both from researchers' and participants' standpoints). Dr. Ndiaye uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches and has experience designing, implementing, and triangulating data from mixed method studies. She has worked on several projects including:
- Socio-cultural factors impacting polio vaccine acceptance
- HIV/AIDS family stigma communication
- Mother to child transmission of HIV
- Parent child communication about nutrition
- M-Health & Telemedicine in developing countries
- International Student Health
- Communication and Health Disparities
Ndiaye K, Warren JR, Krieger JL, & Hecht ML. Communication and health disparities. In: Thompson T, Parrott R, Nussbaum J, ediotrs. The Routledge Handbook of health communication. New York and London: Routledge, 2011. p. 469-81. - Strategies for HIV/AIDS in Africa: Lessons Learned in Ethiopia and Senegal
Airhihenbuwa CO, Fekerte B, Ndiaye, K, Niang, CI. Communications Strategies for HIV/AIDS in Africa: Lessons Learned in Ethiopia and Senegal. In: From the Ground Up: A Guide to Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings, 2009. - American preadolescents' ethnic identification and perceptions of substance use
Ndiaye K, Hecht M, Wagstaff D, & Elek E. Mexican and Mexican American preadolescents' ethnic identification and perceptions of substance use. Substance Use and Misuse 2009; 44(8):1160-80.