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Helen is Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology and Sport Science and a Visiting Professor at the Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR), University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica.听 Helen鈥檚 research focuses on early childhood interventions to promote child development, behaviour and mental health and to prevent violence against children in low and middle-income countries.

Helen leads the Irie Toolbox Team within CAIHR, UWI whose work involves designing, implementing, evaluating and scaling up interventions to prevent violence against children at home and at school.

Helen is also a member of the Reach-Up team. Reach Up is an evidence-based, early childhood parenting intervention implemented in more than twenty countries across the Caribbean and Latin America, South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and with refugee populations in the Middle East.

h.henningham@bangor.ac.uk

• MSc: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, King's College London, 2008
• PhD: International Child Health
  UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 2003
• MSc: Community Disability Studies for Developing Countries
  UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 1998

Helen teaches a module entitled 'Global Early Childhood' at the Masters level

Helen's main research interests are in the design, implementation, evaluation and scaling up of early childhood interventions to promote child development and behaviour and to prevent violence against children in low and middle-income countries. She is currently working on research projects in Jamaica, Bangladesh, Colombia,听 Indonesia and Kenya.

2025

• Published
  Francis, T., Bowers, M. & Baker-Henningham, H., 2025, In: Developmental Psychology.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Accepted/In press
  Baker-Henningham, H., Francis, T. & Bowers, M., Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) Inter-American Development Bank.
  Research output: Working paper
• Published
  Hossain, S. J., Palmer, T., Tipu, S. M. M. U., Mehrin, S. F., Shiraji, S., Bhuiyan, M. S. A., Salveen, N.-E., Tofail, F., Baker-Henningham, H., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. & Hamadani, J., 1 Apr 2025, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 35, 100564.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2024

• Published
  Hossain, S. J., Palmer, T., Tipu, S. M. M. U., Mehrin, S. F., Shiraji, S., Hasan, M. I., Bhuiyan, S. A., Salveen, N.-E., Tofail, F., Baker-Henningham, H., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. & Hamadani, J., 9 May 2024, Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
  Research output: Working paper 鈥� Preprint
• Published
  Cuartas, J., Borb贸n, J., Beccassino Arjona, L., Guerra Rubio, M., Rey-Guerra, C. & Baker-Henningham, H., Jun 2024, 120 p.
  Research output: Other contribution
• Published
  Cuartas, J., Beccassino Arjona, L., Baker-Henningham, H., Pineda Diaz, O. & Fernanda Rodr铆guez, M., Sept 2024, In: Child: Care Health and Development. 50, 5, e13325.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Francis, T., Dinarte Diaz, L., Powers, S. & Baker-Henningham, H., 19 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 38, Supplement 1, p. S92-S111
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2023

• Published
  Francis, T., Packer, D. & Baker-Henningham, H., May 2023, In: Child: Care Health and Development. 49, 3, p. 579-590 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Bernal, R., Gomez Alvarado, M., Santiago, P.-C. & Baker-Henningham, H., 1 May 2023, In: Pediatrics. 151, supplement 2, e2023060221J.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Cuartas, J., Beccassino Arjona, L. & Baker-Henningham, H., 26 Jan 2023, Integrando teor铆a evidencia y contexto para informar el dise帽o de programas de prevenci贸n de violencia en la primera infancia. Centro de Estudios Sobre Seguridad Y Drogas (CESED), Facultad de Economica, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Vol. Documento Tem谩tico #35. 44 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter
• Published
  Mehrin, S. F., Salveen, N.-E., Kawsir, M., Grantham-McGregor, S., Hamadani, J. D. & Baker-Henningham, H., Jul 2023, In: Child: Care Health and Development. 49, 4, p. 750-759 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Bowers, M. & Francis, T., 1 May 2023, In: Pediatrics. 151, Supplement 2, e2023060221M.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Jervis, P., Coore-Hall, J., O Pitchik, H., Arnold, C., Grantham-McGregor, S., Rubio-Codina, M., Baker-Henningham, H., Fernald, L., Hamadani, J., Smith, J. A., Trias, J. & Walker, S., 1 May 2023, In: Pediatrics. 151, Suppl 2, e2023060221D.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Coore-Hall, J., Smith, J., Kelly, M., Baker-Henningham, H., Chang, S. & Walker, S., 8 Aug 2023, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 11, p. 1151826 1151826.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Dinarte Diaz, L., Ravindran, S., Shah, M., Powers, S. & Baker-Henningham, H., 26 Jun 2023, Washington D.C.: World Bank Group, (Policy Research Working Paper; Impact Evaluation Series; no. WPS10507).
  Research output: Working paper
• Published
  Dinarte Diaz, L., Ravindran, S., Shah, M., Powers, S. & Baker-Henningham, H., 12 Jun 2023, National Bureau of Economic Research, (NBER Working Paper Series; vol. Working Paper 31338).
  Research output: Working paper

2022

• Published
  Attanasio, O., Baker-Henningham, H., Bernal, R., Meghir, C., Pineda, D. & Rubio-Codina, M., Aug 2022, In: Journal of the European Economic Association. 20, 4, p. 1395-1432 38 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Mehrin, S. F., Hasan, M. I., Tofail, F., Shiraji, S., Ridout, D., Grantham-McGregor, S., Hamadani, J. D. & Baker-Henningham, H., 10 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10, 10 p., 886542.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Gomez , M. L., Bernal, R. & Baker-Henningham, H., Mar 2022, In: Child: Care Health and Development. 48, 2, p. 225-238
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Cuartas, J., Baker-Henningham, H., Cepeda, A. & Rey-Guerra, C., 14 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 14, p. 8582
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Bowers, M., Francis, T. & Baker-Henningham, H., 13 Dec 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, p. 1040952 19 p., 3389.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2021

• Published
  Mehrin, S. F., Hamadani, J. D., Salveen, N.-E., Hasan, M. I., Hossain, S. J. & Baker-Henningham, H., 18 Jan 2021, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 8, 608173.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Scott, Y., Francis, T. & Walker, S., 3 Jun 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 652050.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Bowers, M., Francis, T., Vera-Hern谩ndez, M. & Walker, S., 1 Apr 2021, In: The Lancet Global Health. 9, 4, E456-E468.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Francis, T. & Baker-Henningham, H., Jul 2021, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 126, 106060.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2020

• Published
  Francis, T. & Baker-Henningham, H., 16 Nov 2020, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 8, 582961.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2019

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Scott, Y., Bowers, M. & Francis, T., 6 Aug 2019, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16, 15, 18 p., 2797.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Hamadani, J. D., Mehrin, S. F., Tofail, F., Hasan, M. I., Huda, S. N., Baker-Henningham, H., Ridout, D. & Grantham-McGregor, S., Mar 2019, In: The Lancet Global Health. 7, 3, p. E366-E375
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Hamadani, J., Baker-Henningham, H., Tofail, F., Mehrin, S. & Grantham-McGregor, S., Jun 2019, In: The Lancet Global Health. 7, 6, p. e709 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Comment/debate 鈥� peer-review

2018

• Published
  Attanasio, O., Baker-Henningham, H., Bernal, R., Meghir, C., Pineda, D. & Rubio-Codina, M., 17 Sept 2018, In: NBER Working Paper Series.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H. & Walker, S., 19 Feb 2018, In: Global Mental Health. 5, e7.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Smith, J. A., Baker-Henningham, H., Brentani, A., Mugweni, R. & Walker, S. P., 23 May 2018, In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1419, 1, p. 120-140
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Walker, S., Baker-Henningham, H., Chang, S., Powell, C., Lopez-Boo, F. & Grantham-McGregor, S., Apr 2018, In: Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 13, 2, p. 127-141
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H. & Francis, T., 12 Oct 2018, In: Global Mental Health. 5, e32.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., 23 May 2018, In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1419, 1, p. 179-200
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Reach Up Team, Mar 2018, In: Zero to Three. 38, 4, p. 37-43
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2017

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., 2017, University of the West Indies.
  Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2016

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Vera-Hern谩ndez, M., Alderman, H. & Walker, S., 10 May 2016, In: BMJ Open. 6, 5, e012166.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Gridley, N., Baker-Henningham, H. & Hutchings, J., 8 Dec 2016, In: Child Care in Practice. 22, 4, p. 348-367 20 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Walker, S., Powell, C., Chang, S., Baker-Henningham, H., Grantham-McGregor, S. & Lopez-Boo, F. (Editor), Aug 2016, Inter-American Development Bank.
  Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Other report
• Published
  Walker, S., Powell, C., Chang, S., Baker-Henningham, H., Grantham-McGregor, S. & Lopez-Boo, F. (Editor), Aug 2016, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).
  Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
• Published
  Grantham-McGregor, S., Walker, S., Powell, C., Chang-Lopez, S., Baker-Henningham, H., Hamadani, J. & Rubio-Codina, M., 2016, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies.
  Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book

2015

• Published
  Chang, S. M., Grantham McGregor, S. M., Powell, C. A., Vera Hern谩ndez, M., Lopez Boo, F., Baker-Henningham, H. & Walker, S. P., 1 Dec 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference 鈥� Paper
• Published
  Chang, S. M., Grantham-McGregor, S. M., Powell, C. A., Vera-Hernandez, M., Lopez-Boo, F., Baker-Henningham, H. & Walker, S. P., 6 Jul 2015, In: Pediatrics. 136, 2, p. 272-280
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Gridley, N., Hutchings, J. M. & Baker-Henningham, H., Jan 2015, In: Child: care, health and development. 41, 1, p. 103-111
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2014

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H. & Lopez-Boo, F., 2014, In: Econ贸mica: Journal of the Department of Economics. 60, p. 120-186 66 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., 30 Jul 2014, In: Evidence-Based Mental Health. 17, 4, p. Article 121
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., 1 Apr 2014, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 43, 2, p. 407-433
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2013

• Published
  Gridley, N., Hutchings, J. & Baker-Henningham, H., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Children's Services. 8, 4, p. 254-263
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H. & Lopez-Boo, F., 1 May 2013, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).
  Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Other report 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Hutchings, J. M., Griffith, N., Bywater, T., Williams, M. & Baker-Henningham, H., 1 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Children's Services. 8, 3, p. 169-182
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2012

• Published
  Walker, S. P., Chang, S. M., Powell, C. A. & Baker-Henningham, H., 1 Jul 2012, In: West Indian Medical Journal. 61, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Libombo, P., Baker-Henningham, H. & Grantham-McGregor, S., 1 Jan 2012, In: East African Medical Journal. 89, 1, p. 3-10
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Scott, S., Jones, K. & Walker, S., 12 Apr 2012, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 201, 2, p. 101-108
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2011

• Published
  Keiling, C., Baker-Henningham, H., Belfer, M., Conti, G., Ertem, I., Omigbodun, Y., Rohde, L., Srinath, S., Ulkuer, N. & Rahman, A., 22 Oct 2011, In: The Lancet. 378, 9801, p. 1515-1525
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Walker, S. P., Wachs, T., Grantham-McGregor, S., Black, M., Nelson, C., Huffman, S., Baker-Henningham, H., Chang, S., Hamadani, J. D., Lozoff, B., Meeks-Gardner, J., Powell, C., Rahman, A. & Richter, L., 22 Nov 2011, In: The Lancet. 378, 9799, p. 1325-1338
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., 1 Sept 2011, In: Child: care, health and development. 37, 5, p. 649-661
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2010

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H. & Lopez-Boo, F., Sept 2010, 2010 ed. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).
  Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Commissioned report
• Published
  Hamadani, J. D., Baker-Henningham, H., Tofail, F., Mehrin, F., Huda, S. N. & Grantham-McGregor, S. M., 1 Jun 2010, In: Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 31, Supplement 2, p. S 198-206
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2009

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Walker, S., Powell, C. & Meeks-Gardner, J., 1 Sept 2009, In: Child: care, health and development. 35, 5, p. 624-631
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H. & Walker, S., 5 Aug 2009, In: Child: care, health and development. 35, 5, p. 632-642
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Meeks-Gardner, J., Chang, S. & Walker, S., 29 May 2009, In: Child Abuse and Neglect. 33, 5, p. 296-306
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Walker, S., Powell, C. & J.M., G., 1 Nov 2009, In: West Indian Medical Journal. 58, 5, p. 460-464
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Hamadani, J., Huda, S. N. & Grantham-McGregor, S., 15 Jul 2009, In: Journal of Nutrition. 139, 9, p. 1765-1771
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2005

• Published
  Grantham-McGregor, S. & Baker-Henningham, H., 1 Oct 2005, In: Public Health Nutrition. 8, 7a, p. 1191-1201
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Powell, C., Walker, S. & Grantham-McGregor, S., 13 Sept 2005, In: Disease in Childhood. 90, 12, p. 1230-1234
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
• Published
  Meeks-Gardner, J., Powell, C., Baker-Henningham, H., Walker, S., Cole, T. & Grantham-McGregor, S., 1 Aug 2005, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 82, 2, p. 399-405
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2004

• Published
  Powell, C., Baker-Henningham, H., Walker, S., Gernay, J. & Grantham-McGregor, S., 8 Jul 2004, In: BMJ. 2004, 329, p. 329-389
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2003

• Published
  Baker-Henningham, H., Powell, C., Walker, S. & Grantham-McGregor, S., 1 Jun 2003, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 57, 6, p. 786-792
  Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

2025

• Visited the Caribbean Institute for Health Research to work with my Irie Toolbox Team on integrating early childhood, violence prevention programmes into the early childhood educational network across Jamaica. The visit was part of an award from the International Science Partnership fund that involves testing parent recruitment and retention strategies, producing training videos and testing different versions of the Irie Homes Toolbox as we prepare for scale.

  26 Feb 2025 鈥� 14 Mar 2025

  Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher)

• Visited the child development group at iccdr,b as part of the THRIVE programme of research. During the visit, we visited ready made garment factories with a member of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers Export Association to identify how to expand and enhance quality of day care provision for young children of garment factory workers.

  22 Jan 2025 鈥� 1 Feb 2025

  Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher)

• 15 Jan 2025 鈥� 17 Jan 2025

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Jan 2025 鈥� Feb 2025

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

2024

• Trained the J-PAL Southeast Asia Reach-Up team in the group Reach-UP programme and how to train government BKB (family planning) cadres to implement the programme. The programme includes conducting mothers' and fathers' groups in 15 villages in East Java and will be evaluated through a cluster-randomised trial

  6 Oct 2024 鈥� 18 Oct 2024

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

• Jul 2024 鈥� Aug 2024

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

• Visited Tharaka Nithi County in collaboration with colleagues from Kenyatta University to support ongoing quality control of a preschool enhancement programme in Tharaka Nithi County , Kenya.

  11 Jun 2024 鈥� 2 Jul 2024

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

• Visited iccdr,b as international PI for the Bangladesh portfolio of work under the THRIVE programme. THRIVE is a 5-year, multi-country research program that aims to support countries to deliver practical, scalable, cost-effective programmess aimed at promoting young children鈥檚 development. THRIVE is working across 5 countries: Bangladesh, Ghana, Kiribati, Tanzania and Sierra Leone.

  4 May 2024 鈥� 17 May 2024

  Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher)

• Visited the Caribbean Institute for Health Research to support Irie Toolbox Team to integrate an early childhood, violence prevention, parenting programme into preschool provision in Jamaica. The work is funded through the Gender and Diversity lab of the Inter-American Development Bank

  14 Feb 2024 鈥� 1 Mar 2024

  Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher)

• Research into taking early childhood development interventions to scale (THRIVE)

  24 Jan 2024 鈥� 26 Jan 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

2023

• Trained 15 mentors and the intervention supervisor to train and support 120 early childhood educators across 60 government primary schools in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. The intervention is being evaluated in a cluster randomised trial in 118 schools for the effect on child cognition, school readiness and behaviour and mothers' economic empowerment.

  26 Nov 2023 鈥� 15 Dec 2023

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

• Presentation to the Tajikistan Ministries of Education, Health and Finance and representatives of district municipalities involved in a multi-sectoral project to implement a basic package of care and education for children from birth to age six years.

  26 Apr 2023

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

• Mar 2023 鈥� Apr 2023

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

• Visit to CAIHR, UWI as part of UKRI, GNCA grant: Scaling an integrated violence prevention and early childhood development, teacher-training intervention in Jamaican preschools.

  24 Feb 2023 鈥� 6 Mar 2023

  Activity: Visiting an external academic institution (Visiting researcher)

• 21 Feb 2023 鈥� 23 Feb 2023

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

2022

• A workshop with 30 participants including academics, policymakers and program and implementation specialists focusing on long-range planning to advance early childhood development globally.

  30 Nov 2022 鈥� 2 Dec 2022

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

• Visited Uzbekistan to work with the Ministry of Preschool Education in Uzbekistan to integrate an evidence-based parenting programme (Reach Up) into their existing early childhood education services.

  21 Nov 2022 鈥� 26 Nov 2022

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

• Aug 2022 鈥� Sep 2022

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

• Presentation during a webinar by the Inter-American Development Bank.

  23 Mar 2022

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2021

• 18 Nov 2021

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• 17 Nov 2021

  Links:

  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

• Trained 28 government officers from the Early Childhood Commmision to conduct virtual parenting groups using the Irie Homes Toolbox. The programme was delivered over ten, weekly, 1-hour virtual sessions with over 550 caregivers of children aged 2-6 years.

  1 Aug 2021 鈥� 31 Oct 2021

  Activity: Types of Business and Community - CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind) (Contributor)

• Trained 42 government field staff to conduct virtual teacher training workshops in instructional support techniques. The field staff trained over 800 early childhood practitioners in four 90-minute training modules. Fourteen 14 middle managers were trained to give ongoing supervision and support to the field staff during intervention implementation.

  1 Jul 2021 鈥� 31 Oct 2021

  Activity: Types of Business and Community - CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind) (Contributor)

• Presentation at the annual Professional Development Institute of the Early Childhood Commission in Jamaica using content from the Irie Homes Toolbox.

  19 May 2021

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor)

• 01/10/2022 鈥� 31/03/2023 (Finished)

• 01/09/2022 鈥� 30/06/2025 (Active)

• 01/10/2018 鈥� 20/07/2020 (Finished)

• 01/09/2018 鈥� 30/11/2019 (Finished)

• 01/09/2017 鈥� 01/08/2019 (Finished)

• 01/10/2014 鈥� 01/08/2022 (Finished)

2024-2025: International Science Project Fund. Embedding an early childhood violence prevention programme into the services provided through community preschools in Jamaica. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), T Francis, M Bowers.

2023-2026: Yale Economic Growth Centre, Yale University. A randomised evaluation of the effects of a preschool intervention on child learning and female economic empowerment in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya.听Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), T Francis, M Bowers (subcontract with Costas Meghir as PI and in collaboration with Kenyatta University).

2023-2024: Gender and Diversity Lab, Inter-American Development Bank. Preparing to scale an early childhood, violence prevention parenting program in Jamaica. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), T Francis, M Bowers.

2022-2027: Oxford Policy Management (Funded through FCDO).听Research into taking early childhood development (ECD) interventions to scale (THRIVE). H Baker-Henningham (International PI for Bangladesh portfolio), Jena Hamadani (national PI) and Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Nur-E-Salveen (Co-Is).

2022-2023: UKRI, GNCA grant. Scaling an integrated violence prevention and early childhood development teacher-training intervention in Jamaica. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), T Francis, M Bowers.

2022-2023 World Bank, DECRG. Exploratory grant proposal: Nurturing parents and children with Reach Up and Learn in Indonesia. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham, E Galasso, A Maria Munoz, MTriyana, M Rosales-Rueda.

2022-2023 World Bank, Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund. Violent Discipline and Child Behavior: The Short and Mid-term Effects of a Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers in Jamaica. Investigators: L Dinarte-Diaz, H Baker-Henningham H, S Powers, R Ravindran, M Shah.听

2021-2022 World Bank. 听Are the benefits of an early childhood development program sustained and do benefits spillover onto younger siblings? A medium run follow-up to the Bangladesh Reach-Up trial. Investigators: J Friedman, J Hamadani, S Grantham-McGregor, C Meghir, O Attanasio, H Alderman,听 H Baker-Henningham, F Tofail,听 F Mehrin.

听2021-2022: UNICEF Jamaica. IRIE Classroom Toolbox hybrid delivery with the addition of a functional literacy and numeracy module. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), M Bowers, T Francis.

2021: World Bank Early Learning Partnership Programme. Designing a virtual parent place programme to prevent violence against young children in Jamaica. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham, T Francis, M Bowers (subcontract of a grant with L. Dinarte as PI).

2021-2023: USAID: Development Innovation Ventures. Nurturing parents and children in Indonesia: an early stimulation intervention. Investigators: M Triyana, M Rosales, E Satriawan, H Baker-Henningham.

2020-2022: Grand Challenges Canada, Porticus, World Bank.听 Saving Bangladeshi Babies Brains (SB3). Investigators: JD Hamadani, F Tofail, SF Mehrin, SE Arifeen, H Baker-Henningham, S Grantham-McGregor.

2019-2021: GCRF Research and Impact Grant, HEFCW. An Integrated Violence Prevention and Early Childhood Development Programme Across Home and School Settings for National Dissemination in Jamaica.听Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), M Bowers, T Francis.

2019-2020: UNICEF Jamaica. Dissemination of the IRIE Classroom Toolbox. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), M Bowers, T Francis.

2018-2019: GCRF Impact grant, HEFCW. Developing Technical Guides for Training of Supervision of an Evidence-Based Group Parenting Programme to Promote Early Child Development in Low- and Middle Income Countries. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), J Hamadani, M Rubio-Codina, SF Mehrin, M Gomez, S Grantham-McGregor.

2018-2019 MRC/Wellcome Trust/DfID/NIHR. Joint Global Health Trials Scheme. Development and evaluation of an integrated early childhood development and violence prevention teacher-training intervention in Jamaican preschools. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), M Vera-Hernandez, S Walker.

2017-2019 British Academy. Scaling up an early childhood development intervention by integrating into health services in Bangladesh. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), J Hamadani, F Tofail, S Grantham-McGregor.

2017-2019 Grand Challenges Canada. 鈥楾he Irie Homes Toolbox鈥�: development and evaluation. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), T Francis, M Bowers.

2014-2018 MRC/Wellcome Trust/DfID Joint Global Health Trials Scheme. The 鈥淚rie Classrooms Toolbox鈥�: a cluster randomised trial of a universal violence prevention programme in Jamaican preschools. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), H Alderman, M Vera-Hernandez, S Walker.

2014-2016 Grand Challenges Canada. Developing, implementing and evaluating a teacher training intervention to promote child mental health in the early grades of primary school in Jamaica. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), Y Townsend, S Walker.

2013-2016 Grand Challenges, Canada. Promoting global child development: A web based intervention for parents and children, for use by community workers in low resource settings. Investigators: S Walker, C Powell, H Baker-Henningham, J Hamadani, M Rubio-Codina, S Grantham-McGregor.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

2013-2016 Grand Challenges, Canada. Transition to scale of an integrated program of nutrition and care and psychosocial stimulation to improve malnourished children鈥檚 development in Bangladesh. Investigators: J Hamadani, F Tofail, F Mehrin, H Baker-Henningham, D Ridout, S Grantham-McGregor.

2013-2016 Grand Challenges, Canada. An Integrated Intervention Targeted at Deprived Pre-School Children in Rural Colombia.Investigators: R Bernal, X Pena, O Attanasio, M Rubio-Codina, H Baker-Henningham, C Fernandez, C Meghir.听听听听听

2011-2013 Inter-American Development Bank. Home and health care delivery of early childhood stimulation. Investigators: S Walker, C Powell, S Chang, H Baker-Henningham, S McGregor, F Lopez Boo.

2011-2014 The Wellcome Trust, London, UK. Promoting young children鈥檚 social and emotional competence and preventing conduct problems: Follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), S Walker.

2007-2010 The Wellcome Trust, London, UK. Research Training Fellowship in Tropical Medicine: Promoting young children鈥檚 social and emotional competence and preventing conduct problems: A cluster randomised trial. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), S Walker, S Scott.

2005-2006 UNICEF, Jamaica. Promoting young children鈥檚 social and emotional competence and preventing aggression. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), S Walker, C Powell.

听2005-2006 Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. Promoting young children鈥檚 social and emotional competence and preventing aggression in basic schools. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), S Walker, C Powell.

2004-2006 Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Jamaica. Special Education Needs Study: a study of the prevalence of special educational needs amongst Jamaican primary school children and factors associated with special needs. Investigators: H Baker-Henningham (PI), S Walker, S Chang, M Samms-Vaughan, H Hickling.