Work

“Toxic poverty” – improving maternal, infant and child health

Year: 2012
Type: other
Abstract: His scholarly work has involved a diverse range of topics that have in common an interest in factors that contribute to infant and child development in contexts of high adversity, and how best to prevent compromised infant and child development in these contexts.He has completed research investigating the impact of maternal depression on infant and child development.He has also completed four large randomised controlled trials, all of which have examined the impact of interventions delivered by community health workers on maternal and child health.He is on the editorial boards of PLoS Medicine and Psychology, Health and Medicine, and is an Associate Editor of the Infant Mental Health Journal.He currently is one of two research directors of the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME).PRIME is a consortium of research institutions and ministries of health in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa and Uganda.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W96485611
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