Public health
Other public health issues being researched include effective methods of addressing alcohol and drug misuse, and public mental health with a specific focus on the effectiveness of school-based programmes, and the identification of strategies and programmes aimed at improving educators’ interactions with school children.
We are also undertaking research focused on increasing our understanding about how aspects of the built and social environment can be changed to help improve health and well-being, and reduce social and physical harms, incuding the effects of large-scale environmental or social policy interventions.
Sub-themes:
a. HIV
b. Alcohol and drug misuse
c. Mental health
d. Food deserts
e. Physical inactivity
f. Built environment

Convenor: Jane Barlow
Dr Benjamin Chrisinger
Professor Lucie Cluver
Dr David Humphreys
Mona Ibrahim
Dr Elizabeth Nye
Dr Aaron Reeves
Dr William Rudgard
Vira Ameli
Roxanna Haghighat
Janina Jochim
Madison Little
Meaghan Thumath
Ben Verboom
Alexa Yakubovich
Accelerate Hub
HEY BABY
Mzantsi Wakho Adolescent Adherence Study
Development of an AIDS-related child abuse prevention programme (2014)
Mzantsi Wakho Plus: How to reduce ART-defaulting among adolescents in South Africa (2015)
Pathways to survival: identifying psychosocial, family and service mechanisms to improve anti-retroviral adherence
Risk and protective factors in the psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa (2012)
Young carers for AIDS-ill parents: social, health and educational impacts (2013)
Please view the selected publications on the profiles for the experts in this group.