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News

Evidence-based child abuse prevention: Developing measures for observation and evaluation in a global context

A Call to End Violence Against Children

CEBI Professor Frances Gardner presents to UNICEF conference in Montenegro

A conference with a difference: LEGO, parenting and banjos

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DSPI at the annual conference of the Child Protection Network

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Billions of children out of school: here’s how to cope

Professor Jane Barlow

Carrying out evaluations with families facing adversity

Professor Jane Barlow writes for NSPCC on the challenges of research

CEBI researchers in Macedonia to kick off major new project

Parenting for Lifelong Health extends into Southeastern Europe

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Double success at Vice Chancellor's Innovation Awards

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DSPI Alumnus appointed to University of Exeter Professorship

DSPI Student Mackenzie Martin Presents Research to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

DSPI will be part of new NIHR Policy Research Unit in Children and Families

Professor Jane Barlow to lead research on early interventions for children and families

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Embedding financial literacy training in parenting programmes - does it work?

Evidence from a field experiment in South Africa

UBS Agrics Tanzania project

Evidence Matters: Farmers in Tanzania

A new film from UBS, one of our project funders, about the importance of evidence.

FAIR project to evaluate parenting programme in Tanzania

Frances Gardner with Nan Tobler award

Frances Gardner wins 2019 Nan Tobler Award

Getting help with parenting makes a difference - at any age

Interventions for helping children with behaviour problems are just as effective in school age

Ground-breaking report aims to STACK the odds for adolescents living with HIV and reach the Sustainable Development Goals

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Horizon Impact Award for 'Parenting for Lifelong Health' teen project

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Is child abuse on the increase?

Franziska Meinck

Leading the global fight against child abuse and neglect

DSPI researcher elected to ISPCAN Council

New call for interest from PLH Digital

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New evidence from Oxford University proves that the work of UN agencies is effective

Research Vehicles SA - taken by Yulia Shenderovich

New paper: ‘The Other Oldest Profession in the World’

New research paper from the Young Carers SA group

Lucie Cluver with her ESRC Outstanding International Impact award

Outstanding International Impact – from 32 Wellington Square to the world

A new accolade for Professor Lucie Cluver and team

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Parenting for Lifelong Health launches in Thailand

DSPI researchers in Udon Thani for project launch

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Parenting in a pandemic: helping over 50 million families

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Parenting manuals gain momentum

World Health Organisation endorses Parenting for Lifelong Health's manuals

Parenting under duress

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Promising new evidence from South Africa for Parenting for Lifelong Health

Sharing research around the globe

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South African youth design their own national health policy

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Tackling COVID-19 child neglect and violence: The parenting 'vaccine'

Taking a pause reduces violence against children

A project supporting parenting in the Philippines

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Young Carers project wins 02RB Impact Award

Innovative DSPI research rewarded at prize ceremony

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£20 million research hub could help African teens achieve their full potential

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‘We have joy’: Parenting programme for Africa’s poorest communities makes a real difference

Academics

Professor Jane Barlow

Professor Jane Barlow

Chair in Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation

Head of Department & Director of Research

lucie cluver july 2020

Professor Lucie Cluver

Professor of Child and Family Social Work

Professor Frances Gardner

Professor of Child and Family Psychology

Mona Ibrahim

Research Officer: UN policy engagement

University of Oxford

Dr Jamie M. Lachman

Senior Research and Teaching Fellow

Wolfson College

William Rudgard

Dr William Rudgard

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yulia Shenderovich

Dr Yulia Shenderovich

Associate Member

Staff

Dr Ohad Green

Postdoctoral Research Officer

Dr Inge Vallance

Senior Research Project Manager

Camille Wittesaele

Project Manager

Students

Sophia Backhaus

Sophia Backhaus

Clarendon Scholar; ESRC Grand Union DTP Scholar

Zuyi Fang

Ana Beatriz Fernandez Jondec

Peruvian 'President of the Republic' Scholar

Janina Jochim

ESRC Advanced Quantitative Methods Scholar

Madison Little

Clarendon-ESRC Advanced Quantitative Methods Scholar

Events

Professor Jane Barlow

A Better Start – Comparison of profile data with national

An event in our Michaelmas term 2018 Colloquium series

Violet Butler Room, Department of Social Policy and Intervention

Pages

A Better Start - National Evaluation

Accelerate Hub

UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents Hub

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Assessment of specialist health visitors’ contribution to perinatal and infant mental health

UBS Agrics Tanzania project

Building evidence for prevention of child maltreatment: Skillful Parenting combined with farming skills strengthening in rural Tanzania

Carer-child well-being project

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Could scale-up of parenting programmes improve child disruptive behaviour and reduce social inequalities?

Development of an AIDS-related child abuse prevention programme (2014)

A silhoutte of a family with arms outstretched, text: Parenting for Lifelong Health

e-Parenting for Lifelong Health (ePLH) Pilot study:

COVID-19 e-Parenting for Lifelong Health (ePLH) Pilot study

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Feasibility study of the Steps to Safety Programme

Furaha Adolescent Implementation Research (FAIR) Study

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HEY BABY

Helping Empower Youth Brought Up In Adversity With Their Babies And Young Children

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How far could widespread dissemination of parenting programmes improve child antisocial behaviour and reduce social inequalities

Mzantsi Wakho Plus: How to reduce ART-defaulting among adolescents in South Africa (2015)

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Optimising Parenting Interventions

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Parenting for Lifelong Health - Thailand (2018-2020)

Parenting for Lifelong Health Digital (PLH Digital)

Parenting for Lifelong Health SUPER (Scale-Up of Parenting Evaluation Research) Study

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Parenting for Lifelong Health – Philippines

Parenting for Lifelong Health – the Sinovuyo Teen Program

A programme for parents and their adolescents, developed by Oxford University, Clowns Without Borders South Africa and the University of Cape Town

Parenting for Lifelong Health: A suite of parenting programmes to prevent violence

Parents under pressure (2014)

Pathways to survival: identifying psychosocial, family and service mechanisms to improve anti-retroviral adherence

Protective factors that interrupt continuity from school bullying to anti social-behavior and offending later in life

Psychosocial resilience in adolescent offspring of mothers with depression: testing causal mechanisms (2014)

Randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of the Parents Under Pressure Programme in reducing the risk of child abuse in substance dependent parents of children under 36 months of age

Reducing abuse and maltreatment of children in high-risk families in South Africa (2013)

Resilience among children exposed to harsh, non-supportive parenting (2017)

RISE: Prevention of Child Mental Health Problems in Southeastern Europe

Adapt, Optimise, Test, and Extend Parenting for Lifelong Health

Risk and protective factors in the psychological well-being of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa (2012)

Risk factors for antisocial behaviour in low-income youth in South Africa (2012)

Siblings Together (2016)

Systematic review of the effectiveness of video feedback for improving parental sensitivity and infant attachment

Systematic review on transportability of parenting programmes across cultures and countries (2013)

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services from pregnancy through age 5 years for families who are high risk or have complex social needs

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The perception of families of virtual group-based support during the COVID-19 lockdown

UBS Parenting Interventions (2015)

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: A pilot study - methodology and interventions (2011)

Understanding and preventing childhood drug abuse risk (2013)

What are the essential components of parenting interventions for reducing child maltreatment and child behavioural problems?

Young carers for AIDS-ill parents: social, health and educational impacts (2013)