Combining agribusiness training and skilful parenting to reduce violence against children in impoverished communities in rural Tanzania: A small-scale cluster randomised controlled trial
Jamie Lachman
University of Oxford
Dr Jamie M. Lachman is a research fellow at the Centre for Evidence Based Intervention at the University of Oxford and the University of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. He is also a member of the WHO and UNICEF-led initiative, Parenting for Lifelong Health. His work focuses on the development, transferability, effectiveness, and optimisation of parenting programmes to reduce violence against children and improve child wellbeing in low- and middle-income countries. Jamie is also the executive director and founder of Clowns Without Borders South Africa (www.cwbsa.org), an NGO based in Cape Town, South Africa that uses arts-based interventions to improve the psychosocial wellbeing of vulnerable children and families in areas of crisis. Always looking for laughter in the life’s simplicity, Jamie strives to live each day fully with compassion and amazement.
Abstract
Introduction: Parenting programmes have been shown to reduce the risk of violence against children and improve child wellbeing in high-income countries. There is also emerging evidence regarding their effectiveness in low-... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Jamie Lachman (University of Oxford)
- Joyce Wamoyi (Tanzania National Institute of Medical Research)
- Jane Maganga (Tanzania National Institute of Medical Research)
- Magreth Aniseth (Tanzania National Institute of Medical Research)
- Thees Spreckelsen (University of Oxford)
- Danny Wight (University of Glasgow)
- Frances Gardner (University of Oxford)
Topic Area
Physical and Emotional/Psychological Abuse and Neglect
Session
Oral 23 » Session 3-Child Physical & Emotional Abuse (16:15 - Tuesday, 3rd October, Antarctica Room)
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