As a health psychologist, I have lived in many countries of East Africa and South Asia, working聽with multidisciplinary teams聽 to improve children鈥檚 health, growth and development. I have also helped to develop programs to promote health behaviours of adults, particularly parents, but also HIV-preventive practices among youth.聽聽For example, I have developed programs for parents in Bangladesh and Uganda to improve practices related to diet, hygiene, and psychosocial stimulation of their young children as well as mental well-being for mothers. Generally, I work with graduate students, local researchers, and NGOs; the latter implement the programs and then we evaluate their process and outcomes. Likewise, we have worked to improve preschool offerings in many countries and raise their quality so children are not at a disadvantage when they arrive at primary school.聽聽I have published on these issues, helped young investigators get their papers published, and held a number of consultancies with various national and international organizations.聽聽I recently stepped down as one of the editors of Social Science and Medicine.
Selected Publications
Singla, D. R.,听Kumbakumba, E., Aboud, F. E. (2015).聽聽Effects of a parenting intervention to address maternal psychological wellbeing and child development and growth in rural Uganda: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial.聽聽Lancet Global Health,听3(8), e458-469.
Aboud, F. E. (2014). Where in the world are Canadian psychologists?聽聽Canadian Psychology, 55,听21-26.
Briscoe, C. M. & Aboud, F. E. (2012).聽聽Behaviour change communication targeting four health behaviours in developing countries: A review of change techniques.聽Social Science & Medicine, 75,听612-621.
Selected Book Chapter
Aboud, F. E., Yousafzai, A. K. Chapter 13. Very early childhood聽development. In: Black RE, Laxminarayan L, Walker N,听Temmerman M, eds. Disease control priorities 3rd edn. Volume 2.聽Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Washington,听DC: World Bank, 2016.
