Faustine Williams

qualifications: PhD

contribution: conceptualized the study, obtained the data, carried out the analyses, and drafted the manuscript

position: Postdoctoral research associate

My research interests are cancer disparities, survivorship, social determinants of health, application of community-based system dynamics and group model building(GMB)approaches to understanding disparities in health.

Stephen Jeanetta

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to the conceptualization of the study, drafted some subsections, and revised the manuscript

position: Community development state specialist

David O'Brien

qualifications: PhD

contribution: contributed to the conceptualization of the study, drafted some subsections, and revised the manuscript

position: Professor

I am a survey researcher, focusing on rural regions in the American Midwest, Africa and the Former Soviet Union

John Fresen

qualifications: PhD

contribution: helped with the analysis and contributed to the manuscript

position: Director of the Oxbridge-Africa Mathematics Programme

I'm a statistician with strong interests in poverty, health, education and human rights. And mathematics of course.