Journal articles and other publications

2012

Javier Escobal and Sara Benites (2012) 'PDAs in Socio-economic Surveys: Instrument Bias, Surveyor Bias or Both?',  International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Martin Woodhead, Melanie Frost and Zoe James (2012) 'Does growth in private schooling contribute to Education for All? Evidence from a longitudinal, two cohort study in Andhra Pradesh, India', International Journal of Educational Research [or download the pre-publication version, PDF 673KB]

Kirk Dearden, Benjamin Crookston, Hala Madanat, Joshua West, Mary Penny, Santiago Cueto (2012) 'What Difference Can Fathers Make? Early Paternal Absence Compromises Peruvian Children's Growth', Maternal and Child Nutrition

Patricia Ames (2012) 'Language, Culture and Identity in the Transition to Primary School: Challenges to Indigenous Children's Rights to Education in Peru', International Journal of Educational Development 32.3: 454-462

 

2011

Le Thuc Duc (2011) 'Height and Cognitive Achievement of Vietnamese Children', World Development 39.12: 2211-2220

Vu Thi Thanh Huong (2011) 'Understanding Resilience, Risk, and Protection in the Light of School Attendance and Dropout: a Comparative Cross-case Analysis of Qualitative Data in Vietnam', Vietnam Journal of Family and Gender Studies 6.2

Laura Camfield (2011) ‘Editorial. Young Lives in Transition: From school to adulthood?’, special issue of European Journal of Development Research 23.5: 669–678

Laura Camfield (2011) ‘From School to Adulthood’? Young People’s Pathways Through Schooling in Urban Ethiopia', European Journal of Development Research 23.5: 679-694

Kate Orkin (2011) ‘“See First, Think Later, Then Test”: How Children’s Perspectives Can Improve Economic Research’, European Journal of Development Research 23.5: 774–791

Benjamin T. Crookston, Kirk A. Dearden, Stephen C. Alder, Christina A. Porucznik, Joseph B. Stanford, Ray M. Merrill, Ty T. Dickerson and Mary E. Penny (2011) 'Impact of Early and Concurrent Stunting on Cognition', Journal of Maternal and Child Nutrition 7.4: 397-409

Christian Helmers and Manasa Patnam (2011) 'The Formation and Evolution of Childhood Skill Acquisition: Evidence from India', Journal of Development Economics 95.2: 252-266

Jo Boyden (2011) 'Why Resilience Research Needs to Take Account of Political Economy and Culture', Bulletin of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 59.1: 27–31

Laura Camfield and Yisak Tafere (2011) 'Community Understandings of Childhood Transitions in Ethiopia: Different for Girls?', Children’s Geographies 9.2: 247–262

Gina Crivello (2011) ‘Becoming Somebody’: Youth Transitions through Education and Migration in Peru', Journal of Youth Studies 14.4: 395-411

 

2010

Laura Camfield and Caroline Knowles (2010) 'Editorial: Supporting Children and Young People in a Changing World', Journal of International Development 22.8: 1055–1063

Kate Orkin (2010) 'In the Child's Best Interests? Legislation on Children's Work in Ethiopia', Journal of International Development 22.8: 1102–1114

Silvana Vargas and Mary E. Penny (2010) 'Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger in Peru: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of an Adapted Version of the USDA’s Food Insecurity and Hunger Module', Public Health Nutrition 13.10: 1488-97

Benjamin T. Crookston, Mary E. Penny, Stephen C. Alder, Ty T. Dickerson, Ray M. Merrill, Joseph B. Stanford, Christina A. Porucznik and Kirk A. Dearden (2010) 'Children Who Recover from Early Stunting and Children Who Are Not Stunted Demonstrate Similar Levels of Cognition', Journal of Nutrition 140.11: 1996-2001

Stavros Petrou and Emil Kupek (2010) 'Poverty and Childhood Undernutrition in Developing Countries: A Multi-national Cohort Study', Social Science & Medicine 71.7: 1366-1373

Gina Crivello, Laura Camfield and Catherine Porter (2010) 'Editorial: Researching Children's Understandings of Poverty and Risk in Diverse Contexts', Children & Society 24.4: 255-260

Laura Camfield (2010) ‘"Stew Without Bread or Bread Without Stew": Children’s Understandings of Poverty in Ethiopia', Children & Society 24.4: 271-281

Virginia Morrow and Uma Vennam (2010) 'Combining Work and School: The Dynamics of Girls’ Involvement in Agricultural Work in Andhra Pradesh, India', Children & Society 24.4: 304-314

Truong Huyen Chi (2010) 'Understanding Vulnerability and Resilience in the Context of Poverty and Ethnicity in Vietnam', Children & Society 24.4: 315-325

Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Claudia Sugimaru, Alvaro M. Zevallos (2010) 'Sense of belonging and transition to high schools in Peru',
International Journal of Educational Development 30.3: 277–287

Camfield, Laura (2010) ‘Even If She Learns, She Doesn’t Understand Properly’: Children’s Understandings of Ill-being and Poverty in Five Ethiopian communities, Social Indicators Research 96.1: 85–7

2009

Laura Camfield and Yisak Tafere (2009) '"No, Living Well Does Not Mean Being Rich": Diverse Understandings of Well-being among 11- to 13-year-old Children in Three Ethiopian Communities', Journal of Children and Poverty 15(2): 119-38

Stefan Dercon and Pramila Krishnan (2009) ‘Poverty and the Psychosocial Competencies of Children: Evidence from the Young Lives Sample in Four Developing Countries’, Children, Youth and Environments 19.2

Jo Boyden (2009) ‘Risk and Capability in the Context of Adversity: Children’s Contributions to Household Livelihoods in Ethiopia’, Children, Youth and Environments 19.2

Rozana Himaz (2009) ‘Persistent Stunting in Middle Childhood: The Case of Andhra Pradesh Using Longitudinal Data’, IDS Bulletin 40.4: 30-38

Tassew Woldehanna, Alemu Mekonnen and Nicola Jones (2009) ‘Education Choices in Ethiopia: What Determines Whether Poor Households Send Their Children To School?’, Ethiopian Journal of Economics 17.1: 43-80

Laura Camfield, Natalia Streuli and Martin Woodhead (2009) ‘What's the Use of “Well-being” in Contexts of Child Poverty? Approaches to Research, Monitoring and Children's Participation’, International Journal of Children’s Rights 17.1: 65-109

Laura Camfield and Gina Crivello (2009) Editorial: special issue on 'Qualitative approaches to researching well-being and quality of life', Social Indicators Research 90.1: 1-3

Laura Camfield, Gina Crivello and Martin Woodhead (2009) ‘Well-being Research in Developing Countries: Reviewing the Role of Qualitative Methods’, Social Indicators Research 90.1: 5-31

Laura Camfield, Christine Griffin and Bethlehem Tekola (2009) ‘Using Qualitative Methods with Poor Children in Urban Ethiopia: Opportunities and Challenges', Social Indicators Research 90.1: 73-87

Laura Camfield, Gina Crivello and Martin Woodhead (2009) ‘How Can Children Tell Us About Their Wellbeing? Exploring the Potential of Participatory Research Approaches within Young Lives’, Social Indicators Research 90.1: 65-109

2008

Sumner, Andy and Trudy Harpham (2008) ‘The Market for “Evidence” in Policy Processes: The Case of Child Health Policy in Andhra Pradesh, India and Vietnam’, European Journal of Development Research 20.4:712-732

Anuradha Komanduri and Uma Vennam (2008) ‘Perceptions of Well-being: Insights from a Group Exercise’, Roshni: Alumni Journal of Social Work

Anuradha Komanduri and Uma Vennam (2008) ‘Listening to Children: Promoting the Right to Participation’, Journal of Juridical Studies

Mary De Silva and D.C. Fuhr (2008) ‘Physical Long-term Health Problems and Mental Co-morbidity: Evidence from Vietnam, Archives of Disease in Childhood 93.8: 686–689

Nicola Jones, Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Thu Anh (2008) 'Trade Liberalisation and Childhood Poverty in Vietnam: A Q-squared Social Impact Analysis', International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches 2.2: 266-282

Nicola Jones, Bekele Tefera and Tassew Woldehanna (2008) ‘Childhood Poverty and Evidence-based Policy Engagement in Ethiopia’, Development in Practice 18.3: 371-384

Nicola Jones, Bekele Tefera and Tassew Woldehanna (2008) ‘The Invisibility of Children's Paid and Unpaid Work: Implications for Ethiopia’s National Poverty Reduction Policy’, Childhood 15.2: 177-201

Mary E. Penny, R. Margot Marin, Rosario E. Quispe and Roxana Alarcon (2008) ‘Family Access to Animal Source Foods: An Analysis of the Young Lives Project in Peru’, FASEB Journal 22: 1083.12

Bridget Fenn and Mary E. Penny (2008) ‘Using the New World Health Organization Growth Standards: Differences from Three Countries’, Journal of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 46.3: 316-321

Helen Moestue and Sharon Huttly (2008) ‘Adult Education and Child Nutrition: The Role of Family and Community’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62.2: 153-159

Nicola Jones and Eliana Villar (2008) ‘Situating Children in International Development Policy: Challenges Involved in Successful Policy Influencing’, Evidence & Policy 4.1: 31-51

2007

Helen Moestue, Sharon Huttly, Lydia Sarella and Sheik Galab (2007) ‘”The Bigger, the Better”: Mothers’ Social Networks and Child Nutrition in Andhra Pradesh’, Public Health Nutrition 10.11:1274-1282

Nicola Jones, Minna Lyytikainen, Madhuri Mukherjee and M. Gopinath Reddy (2007) ‘Decentralisation and Participatory Service Delivery’, Journal of Children and Poverty 13.2: 207-229

Mary J. De Silva and Trudy Harpham (2007) ‘Maternal Social Capital and Child Nutritional Status in Four Developing Countries’, Health and Place 13: 341–355

Sally Grantham-McGregor, Yin Bun Cheung, Santiago Cueto, Paul Glewwe, Linda Richter, Barbara Strupp, and the International Child Development Steering Group (2007) ‘Child Development in Developing Countries 1: Developmental Potential in the First Five Years for Children in Developing Countries’, The Lancet 369.9555: 60-70

Mary J. De Silva, Trudy Harpham, Sharon R Huttly, Rosario Bartolini and Mary E. Penny (2007) ‘Understanding Sources and Types of Social Capital in Peru’, Community Development Journal 42.1: 19-33

Mary J. De Silva, Sharon R. Huttly, Trudy Harpham, Michael G. Kenward (2007) ‘Social Capital and Mental Health: A Comparative Analysis of Four Low-income Countries’, Social Science and Medicine 64.1: 5–20

2006

Ian Wilson, Sharon R.A. Huttly and Bridget Fenn (2006) ‘A Case Study of Sample Design for Longitudinal Research: Young Lives’, International Journal of Social Research Methodology 9.5: 351-365

Trudy Harpham, Mary J. De Silva and Tran Tuan (2006) ‘Maternal Social Capital and Child Health in Vietnam’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 60.10: 865-871

L.D. Howe, S.R.A. Huttly and T. Abramsky (2006) ‘Risk Factors for Injuries in Young Children in Four Developing Countries: The Young Lives Study’, Tropical Medicine and International Health 11.10: 1557–1566

Trudy Harpham and Tran Thu Ha (2006) ‘Primary Education in Vietnam: Extra Classes and Outcome’, International Education Journal 6.5: 626-634

Rosario Bartolini, Mary De Silva, Trudy Harpham, Sharon Huttly, Mary Penny and Tran Tuan  (2006) ‘Psychometric and Cognitive Validation of a Social Capital Measurement Tool in Peru and Vietnam’, Social Science & Medicine 62.4: 941-953

2005

Tran Tuan, Van Thi Mai Dung, Ingo Neu and Michael J. Dibley (2005) ‘Comparative Quality of Private and Public Health Services in Rural Vietnam’, Health Policy and Planning 20.5: 319-327

Mary J. De Silva, Kwame McKenzie, Trudy Harpham and Sharon R.A. Huttly (2005) ‘Social Capital and Mental Illness: A Systematic Review’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 59.8: 619-627

Mary De Silva, Trudy Harpham, Darin Dewitt, Nguyen Thi Van Ha, Ngyuen Thu Huong, Tran Thap Long, Tran Tuan and Van Thi Thuy Huong (2005) ‘Validity of Social Capital Measurement Tool in Vietnam’, Asian Journal of Social Science 33(2): 208-222

Trudy Harpham, Nguyen Thu Huong, Tran Thap Long and Tran Tuan (2005) ‘Participatory Child Poverty Assessment in Rural Vietnam’, Children and Society 19.1: 27-41

2004

Trudy Harpham, Nguyen Thu Huong and Tran Tuan (2004) ‘Validity and Reliability of the Self-reporting Questionnaire 20 Items in Vietnam’, Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry 14.3: 15-18

2003

Trudy Harpham, Sharon Huttly, Ian Wilson and Thea de Wet (2003) ‘Linking Public Issues with Private Troubles: Panel Studies in Developing Countries’, Journal of International Development 15.3: 353-363

Howard White and Edoardo Masset (2003) ‘The Importance of Household Size and Composition When Constructing Poverty Profiles: An Illustration from Vietnam’, Development and Change 341: 105-126