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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Betty R. Kirkwood is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Social Sciences, and Nursing, with a significant focus on pediatrics, nutrition, safety, general health professions, and education.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Kirkwood's recent publications cover a range of issues related to maternal and child health as well as early childhood development. Notable papers include:

  • "Associations Between Maternal Depression, Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes," 2021, published in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Are verbatim transcripts necessary in applied qualitative research: experiences from two community-based intervention trials in Ghana," 2022, published in Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
  • "Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries," 2021, published in PLoS Medicine
  • "WHO Global Position Paper and Implementation Strategy on kangaroo mother care call for fundamental reorganisation of maternal-infant care," 2023, published in The Lancet
  • "The association of a novel digital tool for assessment of early childhood cognitive development, 'DEvelopmental assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP)', with growth in rural India: A proof of concept study," 2021, published in EClinicalMedicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Seyi Soremekun
  • Zelee Hill
  • Sunil Bhopal
  • Gauri Divan
  • Robert C. Hughes

Common publication venues for Kirkwood's work encompass:

  • Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet
  • BMJ Global Health

Betty R. Kirkwood has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Essential Medical Statistics

    Betty R. Kirkwood;Jonathan A. C. Sterne

  • What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival.

    Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Tahmeed Ahmed;Robert E. Black;Simon Cousens

  • Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Increases Risk of Neonatal Mortality

    Karen M. Edmond;Charles Zandoh;Maria A. Quigley;Seeba Amenga-Etego

  • Effectiveness of an intervention led by lay health counsellors for depressive and anxiety disorders in primary care in Goa, India (MANAS): a cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Vikram Patel;Helen A Weiss;Neerja Chowdhary;Smita Naik

  • Mobile Health (mHealth) Approaches and Lessons for Increased Performance and Retention of Community Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review

    Karin Källander;James K Tibenderana;Onome J Akpogheneta;Daniel L Strachan

  • The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial

    Vikram Patel;Benedict Weobong;Helen A Weiss;Arpita Anand

  • Infant feeding patterns and risks of death and hospitalization in the first half of infancy: multicentre cohort study

    Rajiv Bahl;Chris Frost;Betty Rosamund Kirkwood;Karen Edmond

  • Vitamin A supplementation in northern Ghana: effects on clinic attendances, hospital admissions, and child mortality

    D.A Ross;N Dollimore;P.G Smith;B.R Kirkwood

  • Detecting common mental disorders in primary care in India: a comparison of five screening questionnaires.

    V. Patel;R. Araya;N. Chowdhary;M. King

  • Gender Disadvantage and Reproductive Health Risk Factors for Common Mental Disorders in Women: A Community Survey in India

    Vikram Patel;Betty R. Kirkwood;Sulochana Pednekar;Bernadette Pereira

  • Reproductive health, and child health and nutrition in India: meeting the challenge

    Vinod Kumar Paul;Harshpal Singh Sachdev;Dileep Mavalankar;Prema Ramachandran

  • Lay health worker led intervention for depressive and anxiety disorders in India: impact on clinical and disability outcomes over 12 months

    Vikram Patel;Helen A. Weiss;Neerja Chowdhary;Smita Naik

  • Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana

    Karen M Edmond;Betty R Kirkwood;Seeba Amenga-Etego;Seth Owusu-Agyei

  • How changes in coverage affect equity in maternal and child health interventions in 35 Countdown to 2015 countries: an analysis of national surveys

    Cesar G Victora;Aluisio J D Barros;Henrik Axelson;Zulfiqar A Bhutta

  • Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public health interventions: design challenges and solutions

    Christopher Philip Bonell;James R Hargreaves;Simon N Cousens;David A Ross

  • Measuring hygiene practices: a comparison of questionnaires with direct observations in rural Zaïre

    M. Manun'Ebo;S. Cousens;P. Haggerty;M. Kalengaie

  • Case-Control Designs in the Study of Common Diseases: Updates on the Demise of the Rare Disease Assumption and the Choice of Sampling Scheme for Controls

    Laura Rodrigues;Betty R Kirkwood

  • Co-coverage of preventive interventions and implications for child-survival strategies: evidence from national surveys.

    Cesar G Victora;Bridget Fenn;Jennifer Bryce;Betty R Kirkwood

  • Risk factors for common mental disorders in women. Population-based longitudinal study.

    Vikram Patel;Betty R. Kirkwood;Sulochana Pednekar;Helen Weiss

  • HIGH TOTAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MORTALITY IN ADULTS OF INDIAN DESCENT IN TRINIDAD, UNEXPLAINED BY MAJOR CORONARY RISK FACTORS

    G.L.A. Beckles;B.R. Kirkwood;D.C. Carson;G.J. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Vikram Patel
Vikram Patel Harvard University
Helen A. Weiss
Helen A. Weiss London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Simon Cousens
Simon Cousens London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ricardo Araya
Ricardo Araya King's College London
Michael King
Michael King University College London
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
David Mabey
David Mabey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Cesar G. Victora
Cesar G. Victora Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Atif Rahman
Atif Rahman University of Liverpool
Christopher G. Fairburn
Christopher G. Fairburn University of Oxford

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