Professor Helen Baker-Henningham

Professor in Psychology

h.henningham@bangor.ac.uk

Professor Helen Baker-Henningham

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.聽 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 prevention 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 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,聽 Indonesia and Kenya.

Funded projects: Studentship opportunities within the school can be found at /studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#psychology

2024

  • Accepted/In press
    Francis, T., Bowers, M. & Baker-Henningham, H., 11 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Developmental Psychology.
    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
  • 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, 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, 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

  • 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)