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List of works by Betty Kirkwood

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Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

scientific article (publication date: 19 January 2008)

Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

scientific article published on 26 January 2008

What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

scientific article

Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality

scientific article published in March 2006

Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action

scientific article (publication date: October 2007)

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

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

Mobile health (mHealth) approaches and lessons for increased performance and retention of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a review

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Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level

scientific article published on February 2008

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

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

Effect of the Newhints home-visits intervention on neonatal mortality rate and care practices in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 9 April 2013

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

scientific article published on 10 January 2011

Gender disadvantage and reproductive health risk factors for common mental disorders in women: a community survey in India

scientific article published on April 2006

Effective international action against undernutrition: why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?

scientific article published on February 2008

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

scientific article published in The Lancet

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

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

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

scientific article published on December 2011

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

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Estimates of possible severe bacterial infection in neonates in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and Latin America for 2012: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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

scientific article published on 17 June 2005

Impact of free delivery care on health facility delivery and insurance coverage in Ghana's Brong Ahafo Region

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How local community knowledge about malaria affects insecticide-treated net use in northern Ghana

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Interventions to improve motivation and retention of community health workers delivering integrated community case management (iCCM): stakeholder perceptions and priorities

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

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

scientific article published on December 2006

Quality along the continuum: a health facility assessment of intrapartum and postnatal care in Ghana

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Recognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations: exploring options for care-seeking interventions in the context of the IMCI strategy in rural Ghana

scientific article published on July 2003

Why do women complain of vaginal discharge? A population survey of infectious and pyschosocial risk factors in a South Asian community

scientific article published on 15 April 2005

Economic evaluation of a task-shifting intervention for common mental disorders in India

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Supervising community health workers in low-income countries--a review of impact and implementation issues

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Integrating evidence-based treatments for common mental disorders in routine primary care: feasibility and acceptability of the MANAS intervention in Goa, India

scientific article published on February 2008

The neglected 'm' in MCH programmes--why mental health of mothers is important for child nutrition

scientific article published on 03 March 2008

Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on May 2010

Aetiology of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana: implications for health programming in developing countries

scientific article published in September 2008

Beyond symptom recognition: Care-seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana

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Timing of initiation, patterns of breastfeeding, and infant survival: prospective analysis of pooled data from three randomised trials

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Randomised trial to assess benefits and safety of vitamin A supplementation linked to immunisation in early infancy

scientific article published in The Lancet

The comparative validity of screening scales for postnatal common mental disorder in Kintampo, Ghana

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

The Healthy Activity Program lay counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression in India: systematic development and randomised evaluation.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Improving the outcomes of primary care attenders with common mental disorders in developing countries: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a collaborative stepped care intervention in Goa, India

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Perceptions of, attitudes towards and barriers to male involvement in newborn care in rural Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative analysis

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Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial

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Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana

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NEWHINTS cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact on neonatal mortality in rural Ghana of routine home visits to provide a package of essential newborn care interventions in the third trimester of pregnancy and the first week of life: trial p

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Diagnostic accuracy of verbal autopsies in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana

scientific article published in September 2008

Socio-economic determinants and inequities in coverage and timeliness of early childhood immunisation in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal and child health: 8. summary and recommendations of the Expert Panel

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Effect of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation on mortality during infancy in Ghana (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Keeping newborns warm: beliefs, practices and potential for behaviour change in rural Ghana

scientific article published in October 2010

Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality

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