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Associations between ADHD symptoms and maternal and birth outcomes: An exploratory analysis in a multi-country cohort of expectant mothers

Author: Murray, Aja Louise ; Taut, Diana ; Baban, Adriana ; Hemady, Chad Lance ; Walker, Susan ; Osafo, Joseph ; Sikander, Siham ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Du Toit, Stefani ; Marlow, Marguerite ; Ward, Catherine L ; Fernando, Asvini ; Madrid, Bernadette ; Thang, Vo Van ; Tuyen, Hoang Dinh ; Dunne, Michael ; Hughes, Claire ; Fearon, Pasco ; Valdebenito, Sara Date: 2022 ADHD symptoms can adversely impact functioning in a range of domains relevant for maternal well-being and foetal development; however, there has been almost no research examining their impact during pregnancy. We used data (n=1204) from a ... Read more
Caregiver experiences of public services following child trauma exposure: a qualitative study

Author: Williamson, Victoria ; Halligan, Sarah L ; Coetzee, Bronwyne ; Butler, Ian ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Skeen, Sarah ; Stewart, Jackie Date: 10 Apr 2018 Background: Many children in low and middle income countries (LMIC) are exposed to trauma. Contact with public services are a potential infuence on parent–child reactions and coping post-trauma. Little is known about how caregivers perceive ... Read more
Children affected by HIV/AIDS attending programmes to improve psychosocial well-being: current status and pathways to effective interventions

Author: Skeen, Sarah Ann Date: 2017 The HIV/AIDS pandemic has a substantial impact on children across the globe and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Across sub-Saharan Africa, there are a number of organisations and programmes providing care and support to children affected ... Read more
A cohort study of psychological sequalae in low birth weight children from the Bishop Lavis Community Health Centre

Author: Micklewood, Neil Ryan Date: 2007 The relationship between low birth weight, behavioural inhibition and psychopathology was investigated in 65 seven to nine year-olds and their caregivers who were attendees of a community clinic in a low-income, urban suburb in Cape Town, ... Read more
Community health workers impact on maternal and child health outcomes in rural South Africa – a non-randomized two-group comparison study

Author: le Roux, Karl W ; Almirol, Ellen ; Rezvan, Panteha H ; le Roux, Ingrid M ; Mbewu, Nokwanele ; Dippenaar, Elaine ; Stansert-Katzen, Linnea ; Baker, Venetia ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Rotheram-Borus, M J Date: 17 Sep 2020 Abstract Background Home visits by paraprofessional community health workers (CHWs) has been shown to improve maternal and child health outcomes in research studies in many countries. Yet, ... Read more
Correction to: Identifying and treating maternal mental health difficulties in Afghanistan: A feasibility study

Author: Tomlinson, Mark ; Chaudhery, Deepika ; Ahmadzai, Habibullah ; Gómez, Sofía R ; Bizouerne, Cécile ; van Heyningen, Thandi ; Chopra, Mickey Date: 19 Nov 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. Read more
Correction to: Impact of district mental health care plans on symptom severity and functioning of patients with priority mental health conditions: the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) cohort protocol

Author: Baron, Emily C ; Rathod, Sujit D ; Hanlon, Charlotte ; Prince, Martin ; Fedaku, Abebaw ; Kigozi, Fred ; Jordans, Mark ; Luitel, Nagendra P ; Medhin, Girmay ; Murhar, Vaibhav ; Nakku, Juliet ; Patel, Vikram ; Petersen, Inge ; Selohilwe, One ; Shidhaye, Rahul ; Ssebunnya, Joshua ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Lund, Crick ; De Silva, Mary Date: 29 Sep 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. Read more
A critical evaluation of a community based mother-infant intervention project with special emphasis on infant attachment

Author: Tomlinson, Mark Date: 1999 This dissertation critically evaluates a community based mother-infant intervention project in Hanover Park, a deprived area of Cape Town, characterised by poverty, gangsterism and high levels of unemployment. The aim of the project was to ... Read more
Early intervention: a foundation for lifelong violence prevention.

Author: Skeen, Sarah ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Ward, Catherine L ; Cluver, Lucie ; Lachman, Jamie M Date: 2015 High levels of violence affect every family in South Africa. Exposure to violence starts early, in both the home and community. There are high levels of physical abuse of children,1 and the national under-five homicide rate is more than double ... Read more c b a
The effectiveness of problem solving therapy in deprived South African communities: results from a pilot study

Author: van't Hof, Edith ; Stein, Dan ; Marks, Isaac ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Cuijpers, Pim Date: 2011 BACKGROUND:The majority of South Africans with a DSM-IV diagnosis receive no treatment for their mental health problems. There is a move to simplify treatment for common mental disorders (CMDs) in order to ease access. Brief problem solving ... Read more c b
Evaluating the dissemination and scale-up of two evidence-based parenting interventions to reduce violence against children: study protocol

Author: Shenderovich, Yulia ; Ward, Catherine L ; Lachman, Jamie M ; Wessels, Inge ; Sacolo-Gwebu, Hlengiwe ; Okop, Kufre ; Oliver, Daniel ; Ngcobo, Lindokuhle L ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Fang, Zuyi ; Janowski, Roselinde ; Hutchings, Judy ; Gardner, Frances ; Cluver, Lucie Date: 07 Dec 2020 Background Eliminating violence against children is a prominent policy goal, codified in the Sustainable Development Goals, and parenting programs are one approach to preventing and reducing violence. However, we know relatively ... Read more c b
How effective is help on the doorstep? A longitudinal evaluation of community-based organisation support

Author: Sherr, Lorraine ; Yakubovich, Alexa R ; Skeen, Sarah ; Cluver, Lucie D ; Hensels, Imca S ; Macedo, Ana ; Tomlinson, Mark Date: 2016 Community-based responses have a lengthy history. The ravages of HIV on family functioning has included a widespread community response. Although much funding has been invested in front line community-based organisations (CBO), there was no ... Read more c b
Identifying and treating maternal mental health difficulties in Afghanistan: A feasibility study

Author: Tomlinson, Mark ; Chaudhery, Deepika ; Ahmadzai, Habibullah ; Rodríguez Gómez, Sofía ; Rodríguez Gómez, Cécile ; van Heyningen, Thandi ; Chopra, Mickey Date: 27 Oct 2020 Background: The disproportionately high burden of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, coupled with the overwhelming lack of resources, requires an innovative approach to intervention and response. This study evaluated the ... Read more
Impact of district mental health care plans on symptom severity and functioning of patients with priority mental health conditions: the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) cohort protocol

Author: Baron, Emily C ; Rathod, Sujit D ; Hanlon, Charlotte ; Prince, Martin ; Fedaku, Abebaw ; Kigozi, Fred ; Jordans, Mark ; Luitel, Nagendra P ; Medhin, Girmay ; Murhar, Vaibhav ; Nakku, Juliet ; Patel, Vikram ; Petersen, Inge ; Selohilwe, One ; Shidhaye, Rahul ; Ssebunnya, Joshua ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Lund, Crick ; De Silva, Mary Date: 06 Mar 2018 Background The Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) sought to implement mental health care plans (MHCP) for four priority mental disorders (depression, alcohol use disorder, psychosis and epilepsy) into routine ... Read more
Improving the efficiency of evidence-based interventions

Author: Tomlinson, Mark ; Ward, Catherine L ; Marlow, Marguerite Date: 2015 Globally, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are increasingly seen as the gold standard of programme evaluation, representing the best way to determine whether new interventions are effective – but they are not without limitations. In this ... Read more c b a
Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis

Author: Baron, Emily C ; Hanlon, Charlotte ; Mall, Sumaya ; Honikman, Simone ; Breuer, Erica ; Kathree, Tasneem ; Luitel, Nagendra P ; Nakku, Juliet ; Lund, Crick ; Medhin, Girmay ; Patel, Vikram ; Petersen, Inge ; Shrivastava, Sanjay ; Tomlinson, Mark Date: 16 Feb 2016 Background: The integration of maternal mental health into primary health care has been advocated to reduce the mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study reports findings of a cross-country situation ... Read more c b
The perceptions and socio-cultural beliefs of Xhosa speaking people in relation to perinatal distress

Author: Chonco, Jabulisile C N Date: 2007 The current study aims to explore the perceptions and socio-cultural beliefs amongst Xhosa speaking people in relation to perinatal distress. A sample of 20 participants was selected in Cape Town. A grounded theory method of study was used ... Read more
Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries

Author: Foley, Sarah ; Hughes, Claire ; Murray, Aja Louise ; Baban, Adriana ; Fernando, Asvini D ; Madrid, Bernadette ; Osafo, Joseph ; Sikander, Siham ; Abbasi, Fahad ; Walker, Susan ; Luong-Thanh, Bao-Yen ; Bảo, Yen Lương Thanh ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Fearon, Pasco ; Ward, Catherine L ; Valdebenito, Sara ; Eisner, Manuel Date: 09 Feb 2021 Purpose: Studies in high-income countries (HICs) have shown that variability in Maternal-Fetal Attachment (MFA) predict important maternal health and child outcomes. However, the validity of MFA ratings in low- and middle-income countries ... Read more c b
PRIME: a programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low-and middle-income countries

Author: Lund, Crick ; Tomlinson, Mark ; De Silva, Mary ; Fekadu, Abebaw ; Shidhaye, Rahul ; Jordans, Mark ; Petersen, Inge ; Bhana, Arvin ; Kigozi, Fred ; Prince, Martin Date: 2012 Crick Lund and colleagues describe their plans for the PRogramme for Improving Mental health carE (PRIME), which aims to generate evidence on implementing and scaling up integrated packages of care for priority mental disorders in primary and ... Read more c b
Responsible governance for mental health research in low resource countries

Author: Yasamy, M Taghi ; Maulik, Pallab K ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Lund, Crick ; Van Ommeren, Mark ; Saxena, Shekhar Date: 2011 aghi Yasamy and colleagues identify challenges facing good research governance in low- and middle-income countries and provide suggestions for a way forward. Read more c b

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