Claire Brindis Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2020-11

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of reports, proposals, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings collected over the course of Claire Brindis's career as Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Materials cover such subjects as reproductive health services, adolescent pregnancy prevention, abortion, reproductive health and family planning, substance abuse prevention, and methods of evaluating the success of programs related to these subjects. It also includes materials related to economic disparities, access to healthcare, and the impact of these and other factors on Latinx communities. The papers also include correspondence with women's health advocates such as Jane Fonda and Hillary Clinton, as well as awards and honors given to Dr. Brindis over the course of her career. Also included is a photo of Dr. Brindis with Dolores Huerta, and 2 DVDs.

Dates

Creation: 1974-2019

Creator

Brindis, Claire D. (Person)

Language of Materials

The bulk of the collection materials are in English, with a few publications and research papers in Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of the University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing, and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Claire Brindis is a Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at UCSF, as well as the Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) at UCSF. She has held both positions for nearly 40 years. She was born in Argentina, and immigrated to the United States as a child. She received her BA and her MA from UCLA, and her PhD in Public Health from UC Berkeley in 1982.

Dr. Brindis's work focuses on program evaluation and the translation of research into policy at the local, state, and national level. She is interested in social, health, and economic disparities among ethnic/racial populations, with a particular focus on women, young adults, and adolescents and reproductive health, as well as Latinx communities. Her work also focuses on the impact socioeconomic status on access to quality care and health insurance, and seeks to involve consumers in health care system redesign.

She has published a number of books, countless journal articles, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including UCSF’s Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women in 2009, election to the IOM (now National Academy of Medicine) in 2010.

Extent

5 linear feet (4 Cartons)

Additional Description

Abstract

Claire Brindis is a Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at UCSF, as well as the Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) at UCSF. The collection includes reports, proposals, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings collected over the course of her nearly 40 year career. Materials cover such subjects as reproductive health services, adolescent pregnancy prevention, abortion, reproductive health and family planning, substance abuse prevention, and methods of evaluating the success of programs related to these subjects. It also includes materials related to economic disparities, access to healthcare, and the impact of these and other factors on Latinx communities.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into seven series:

I. Adolescent Health Care, 1985-2017 II. Reproductive Health Care Services, 1976-2017 III. Health Care Program Evaluation, 1982-2017 IV. Health Policy, 1981-2019 V. A Focus on Latinx Health, 1998-2010 VI. Substance Abuse Prevention, 1991-1995 VII. Personal Papers, 1974-2019

Series I-III are each arranged into Sub-Series and organized by subject matter.