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Overview

Leila Beckwith is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the health and social sciences, with specific focus on health professions and social sciences disciplines.

The primary fields of study associated with Beckwith include:

  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

Their subfields of interest highlight general health professions and health-related studies:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health

Key topics in Beckwith's work reflect concerns in health disparities, primary care, and socio-economic aspects:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Beckwith's publication record includes papers published primarily in the journal Diabetic Medicine. One of the recent papers listed is titled "Clinical care and other categories posters: Education and self-management: Covid-19", published in 2021.

Frequent collaborators in Beckwith's research activities include the following coauthors:

  • Salma Begum
  • Gidlow
  • Povey
  • Chadwick
  • Naomi Ellis

This collaborative network indicates interdisciplinary work, possibly involving public health, education, and community health management.

No book publications or awards have been recorded in the available data for this researcher.

Best Publications

  • Caregiver-Infant Interaction and Early Cognitive Development in Preterm Infants.

    Leila Beckwith;Sarale E. Cohen;Claire B. Kopp;Arthur H. Parmelee

  • Characteristics of attachment organization and play organization in prenatally drug-exposed toddlers

    Carol Rodning;Leila Beckwith;Judy Howard

  • Quality of attachment and home environments in children prenatally exposed to PCP and cocaine

    Carol Rodning;Leila Beckwith;Judy Howard

  • Dyadic processes between mothers and preterm infants: Development at ages 2 to 5 years

    Leila Beckwith;Carol Rodning

  • Preterm Infant Interaction with the Caregiver in the First Year of Life and Competence at Age Two.

    Sarale E. Cohen;Leila Beckwith

  • EEG Patterns of Preterm Infants, Home Environment, and Later IQ.

    Leila Beckwith;Arthur H. Parmelee

  • Maternal sensitivity during infancy and subsequent life events relate to attachment representation at early adulthood.

    Leila Beckwith;Sarale E. Cohen;Claire E. Hamilton

  • Why does infant attention predict adolescent intelligence

    Marian Sigman;Sarale E. Cohen;Leila Beckwith

  • Intrusive caregiving and quality of attachment in prenatally drug-exposed toddlers and their primary caregivers.

    Krista Swanson;Leila Beckwith;Judy Howard

  • Maternal responsiveness with preterm infants and later competency

    Leila Beckwith;Sarale E. Cohen

  • Preterm children at early adolescence and continuity and discontinuity in maternal responsiveness from infancy

    Leila Beckwith;Carol Rodning;Sarale Cohen

  • Infant attention in relation to intellectual abilities in childhood.

    Marian D. Sigman;Sarale E. Cohen;Leila Beckwith;Arthur H. Parmelee

  • Cognitive development in preterm infants: birth to 8 years.

    Sarale E. Cohen;Arthur H. Parmelee;Leila Beckwith;Marian D. Sigman

  • Preterm birth: Hazardous obstetrical and postnatal events as related to caregiver-infant behavior

    Leila Beckwith;Sarale E. Cohen

  • Relationships Between Attributes of Mothers and Their Infants' IQ Scores.

    Leila Beckwith

  • Early intervention in the family system: A framework and review

    Christoph M. Heinicke;Leila Beckwith;Anne Thompson

  • Maternal psychopathology and attachment in toddlers of heavy cocaine‐using mothers

    Michael Espinosa;Leila Beckwith;Judy Howard;Rachelle Tyler

  • Psychopathology, mother-child interaction, and infant development: substance-abusing mothers and their offspring.

    Leila Beckwith;Judy Howard;Michael Espinosa;Rachelle Tyler

  • Continuity in cognitive abilities from infancy to 12 years of age

    Marian Sigman;Sarale E. Cohen;Leila Beckwith;Robert Asarnow

  • 7 – Home Environment and Cognitive Competence in Preterm Children during the First 5 Years

    Leila Beckwith;Sarale E. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marian Sigman
Marian Sigman University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
Robert F. Asarnow
Robert F. Asarnow University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Main
Mary Main University of California, Berkeley
Mary A. Hammond
Mary A. Hammond University of Washington
Joy D. Osofsky
Joy D. Osofsky Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Elizabeth A. Carlson
Elizabeth A. Carlson University of Minnesota
Judy Ungerer
Judy Ungerer Macquarie University

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