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Therese Hesketh is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences. Their work spans 61 publications in Medicine and 30 in Social Sciences, focusing on several key subfields including Clinical Psychology, Education, Epidemiology, Genetics, and General Health Professions.

Their research covers a broad range of topics, notably:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Microscopic Colitis

Therese Hesketh has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent venues including:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (5 publications)
  • The Lancet (2 publications)
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology (2 publications)
  • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2 publications)
  • Communications Biology (2 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hesketh are:

  • "A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China" (2021, The Lancet)
  • "The Effectiveness of Self-Management of Hypertension in Adults Using Mobile Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth)
  • "Estimate of global human papillomavirus vaccination coverage: analysis of country-level indicators" (2021, BMJ Open)
  • "Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours among Undergraduate Students in China-Implications for Sex Education" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "The Contribution of Genetic Risk and Lifestyle Factors in the Development of Adult-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study" (2023, The American Journal of Gastroenterology)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Hesketh's notable co-authors include Jie Chen, Xuejie Chen, Yuhao Sun, Xiaoyan Wang, and Lintao Dan. These collaborations represent a significant portion of their academic output.

Best Publications

  • Survival, disabilities in activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning among the oldest-old in China: a cohort study.

    Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Qiushi Feng;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh;Kaare Christensen

  • The effects of China's universal two-child policy

    Yi Zeng;Yi Zeng;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh

  • The effect of China's one-child family policy after 25 years

    Therese Hesketh;Li Lu;Zhu Wei Xing

  • Abnormal sex ratios in human populations: Causes and consequences

    Therese Hesketh;Zhu Wei Xing

  • Health impacts of parental migration on left-behind children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Gracia Fellmeth;Kelly Rose-Clarke;Chenyue Zhao;Laura K Busert

  • A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women's reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in China.

    Jie Qiao;Yuanyuan Wang;Xiaohong Li;Fan Jiang

  • China’s excess males, sex selective abortion, and one child policy: analysis of data from 2005 national intercensus survey

    Wei Xing Zhu;Li Lu;Therese Hesketh

  • Health in China. Traditional Chinese medicine: one country, two systems.

    Therese Hesketh;Wei Xing Zhu

  • Health Status and Access to Health Care of Migrant Workers in China

    Therese Hesketh;Ye Xue Jun;Li Lu;Wang Hong Mei

  • Violence against doctors in China.

    Therese Hesketh;Dan Wu;Linan Mao;Nan Ma

  • Family size, fertility preferences, and sex ratio in China in the era of the one child family policy: results from national family planning and reproductive health survey

    Qu Jian Ding;Therese Hesketh

  • The mental health status of Chinese rural–urban migrant workers

    Louman Li;Hong-mei Wang;Xue-jun Ye;Min-min Jiang

  • The Effectiveness of Self-Management of Hypertension in Adults Using Mobile Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Ran Li;Ning Liang;Fanlong Bu;Therese Hesketh;Therese Hesketh

  • Health system reforms, violence against doctors and job satisfaction in the medical profession: a cross-sectional survey in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China

    Dan Wu;Yun Wang;Kwok Fai Lam;Therese Hesketh

  • The consequences of son preference and sex-selective abortion in China and other Asian countries

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  • The one child family policy: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

    Therese Hesketh;Wei Xing Zhu

  • Stress and psychosomatic symptoms in Chinese school children: cross-sectional survey

    Therese Hesketh;Yan Zhen;Li Lu;Zhou Xu Dong

  • Suicide ideation in Chinese adolescents

    Therese Hesketh;Q. J. Ding;R. Jenkins

  • The End of the One-Child Policy: Lasting Implications for China

    Therese Hesketh;Xudong Zhou;Yun Wang

  • Health in china: From Mao to market reform

    Therese Hesketh;Xing Zhu Wei

  • Impact of parental migration on psychosocial well-being of children left behind: a qualitative study in rural China.

    Chenyue Zhao;Chenyue Zhao;Feng Wang;Xudong Zhou;Minmin Jiang

  • Health in China: The healthcare market

    Therese Hesketh;Wei Xing Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Zeng
Yi Zeng Peking University
James W. Vaupel
James W. Vaupel University of Southern Denmark
Katrina M Turner
Katrina M Turner University of Bristol
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Joy E Lawn
Joy E Lawn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Colin J. Sutherland
Colin J. Sutherland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kenneth C. Land
Kenneth C. Land Duke University

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