Gretchen Domek, MD, MPhil

Professional Titles

• Director, International Adoption Clinic
• Senior Investigator, Center for Global Health

Recognitions

• Early Career Award, Thrasher Research Fund (2015)
• NIH Pediatric Loan Repayment Program Award, NIH (2015)
• Presidential Citation, Society for Public Health Education (2016)

Research Interests

Publications

• Domek GJ, Contreras I, O’Leary S, Bull S, Furniss A, Kempe A, Asturias EJ. Improving infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala City through reminder SMS text messages: preliminary results. Poster presentation at: Unite for Site Global Health & Innovation Conference; 2014 Apr 12-13; New Haven, Connecticut.
• Domek GJ. Creciendo Sanos: An early childhood health and development program in southwest Guatemala. Oral Presentation at: 2014 Global Health Symposium; 2014 Nov 11; Aurora, Colorado.
• Domek GJ, Asturias EJ, Bull SS. A mobile phone-based data collection system to follow women and infants from prenatal care through age three years in the southwest Trifinio of Guatemala. Social Enterprise Pitch presentation at: Unite for Site Global Health & Innovation Conference; 2014 Apr 12-13; New Haven, Connecticut.
• Domek GJ, MacDonald B, Cooper C, Cunningham M, Abdel-Maksoud M, Berman S. Assessing mothers’ knowledge before and after an early childhood health and development intervention in Guatemala. Poster presentation at: Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society For Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, 2014 May 3-6; Vancouver, Canada.
• Niermeyer S, Domek GJ. Neonatal Transport in Developing Country Settings: A Systematic Review. Pan American Health Organization Report. In Press.
• Bull S, Domek GJ, Thomas D. 2014. eHealth and Global Health Promotion. In Zimmerman (ed) Global Health Promotion. Jossey Bass, SF. In Press.
• Domek GJ, Contreras-Roldan IL, O'Leary ST, Bull S, Furniss A, Kempe A, Asturias EJ. SMS text message reminders to improve infant vaccination coverage in Guatemala: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2016 May 5;34(21):2437-43. PubMed PMID: 27026145
• Asturias EJ, Heinrichs G, Domek G, Brett J, Shick E, Cunningham M, Bull S, Celada M, Newman LS, Tenney L, Krisher L, Luna-Asturias C, McConnell K, Berman S. The Center for Human Development in Guatemala: An Innovative Model for Global Population Health. Adv Pediatr. 2016 Aug;63(1):357-87. PubMed PMID: 27426907
• Bull S, Domek GJ, Thomas D. 2016. eHealth and Global Health Promotion. In Introduction to Global Health Promotion. RS Zimmerman, RJ DiClemente, JK Andrus, E Hosein & SOPHE (Eds). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Niermeyer S, Domek GJ. 2016. Neonatal Transport in Developing Country Settings: A Systematic Review. Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, and Latin American Center for Women and Reproductive Health. Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Domek GJ, Macdonald B, Cooper C, Cunningham M, Abdel-Maksoud M, Berman S. Group based learning among caregivers: assessing mothers' knowledge before and after an early childhood intervention in rural Guatemala. Glob Health Promot. 2017 Aug 1;:1757975917714287. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28805505
• Domek GJ, Cunningham M, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Dunn D, Abdel-Maksoud M, Bronsert M, Luna-Asturias C, Berman S. Designing and Implementing an Early Childhood Health and Development Program in Rural, Southwest Guatemala: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Adv Pediatr. 2017 Aug;64(1):381-401. PubMed PMID: 28688599
• McConnell KA, Krisher LK, Lenssen M, Bunik M, Bunge Montes S, Domek GJ. Telehealth to Expand Community Health Nurse Education in Rural Guatemala: A Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Evaluation. Front Public Health. 2017;5:60. PubMed PMID: 28405582
• Rick AM, Domek GJ, Cunningham M, Olson D, Lamb M, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Heinrichs G, Berman S, Asturias E. High background congenital microcephaly in rural Guatemala: Implications for neonatal congenital Zika virus infection screening. Global Health: Science and Practice. In Press.
• Domek GJ, O'Leary ST, Bull S, Bronsert M, Contreras-Roldan IL, Bolaños Ventura GA, Kempe A, Asturias EJ. Measuring vaccine hesitancy: Field testing the WHO SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy survey tool in Guatemala. Vaccine. 2018 Aug 23;36(35):5273-5281. PubMed PMID: 30061026
• Domek GJ, Contreras-Roldan IL, Asturias EJ, Bronsert M, Bolaños Ventura GA, O'Leary ST, Kempe A, Bull S. Characteristics of mobile phone access and usage in rural and urban Guatemala: assessing feasibility of text message reminders to increase childhood immunizations. Mhealth. 2018;4:9. PubMed PMID: 29780812
• Wagner AL, Masters NB, Domek GJ, Mathew JL, Sun X, Asturias EJ, Ren J, Huang Z, Contreras-Roldan IL, Gebremeskel B, Boulton ML. Comparisons of Vaccine Hesitancy across Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Oct 18;7(4). PubMed PMID: 31635270
• Domek GJ, Contreras-Roldan IL, Bull S, O'Leary ST, Bolaños Ventura GA, Bronsert M, Kempe A, Asturias EJ. Text message reminders to improve infant immunization in Guatemala: A randomized clinical trial. Vaccine. 2019 Sep 30;37(42):6192-6200. PubMed PMID: 31492475
• Domek GJ, Szafran LH, Bonnell LN, Berman S, Camp BW. Using Finger Puppets in the Primary Care Setting to Support Caregivers Talking With Their Infants: A Feasibility Pilot Study. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 May;59(4-5):380-387. PubMed PMID: 32037858
• 18. Mehner LC, Domek GJ, Abdel-Maksoud M, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Asturias EJ, Lamb MM, Berman S. The association of cumulative risk scoring with ASQ-3 outcomes in a rural impoverished region of Guatemala. Pediatr Dimensions 2019;4:1-6. doi: 10.15761/PD.1000198
• Domek GJ, Szafran LH, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Silveira L. Impact on maternal postpartum depressive symptoms of a primary care intervention promoting early language: a pilot study. Matern Child Health J (in press).
• Domek GJ, Szafran LH, Allison MA, Kempe A, Jimenenz-Zambrano A, Silveira L, Camp B. Effects at 12 months of a primary care intervention using finger puppets to support early language promotion: a pilot study [abstract], Oral Abstract at: Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society For Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, 2022 April 21-25.
• Angulo AS, Cunningham M, Domek G, Friedman S, Talmi A. Cultural relevance of fine motor domain of the ASQ in Guatemala. Infant Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37899298
• Domek GJ, Silveira L, Kuffel H, Szafran LH, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Camp BW. Using the Ages & Stages Questionnaire to assess later effects of an infant intervention promoting language in primary care. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Apr 6;23(1):162. PubMed PMID: 37024860
• Domek GJ, Szafran LH, Allison M, Kempe A, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Silveira L, Camp B. Finger Puppets to Support Early Language Development: Effects of a Primary Care-Based Intervention in Infancy. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Dec;62(12):1497-1507. PubMed PMID: 37021801
• Domek GJ, Heller Szafran L, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Silveira L. Impact on Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms of a Primary Care Intervention Promoting Early Language: A Pilot Study. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Feb;27(2):346-355. PubMed PMID: 36525167
• Domek GJ, Szafran LH, Allison M, Kempe A, Zambrano AJ, Silveira L, Camp B. Effects at 12 months of a primary care intervention using finger puppets to support early language promotion: a pilot study. Child Youth Serv Rev 2023;155:107172. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107172
• Kuehn L, Jones A, Helmkamp L, Knudtson M, Domek G, Allison M. Socio-emotional development of infants and toddlers during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Peds 2023 (in press).
• Kuehn LM, Jones A, Helmkamp L, Knudtson M, Domek GJ, Allison MA. Socioemotional Development of Infants and Toddlers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Feb 1;178(2):151-159. PubMed PMID: 38147322

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2012)
• Helping Babies Breathe Master Trainer and Mentor, Certificate (2013)
• Essential Care for Every Baby Facilitator, Certificate (2015)

• Primary Care