UCL Centre for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents

To conduct formative research using qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and participatory approaches to understand contextual opportunities to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. 

For example our research on lifebox. To evaluate complex interventions to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents through implementation science and controlled trials.  See our research on community resource centres to improve the health of women and children in Mumbai slums.

To promote and showcase the research enterprise as a collaboration between researchers, community members, healthcare providers, healthcare systems, and policymakers by increasing their engagement at each stage of the research cycle: asking questions, designing research, data collection, analysis, and reporting. 

For example our engagement about adolescent migrant health. Through research, education and engagement with communities and policy-makers, to emphasize the inclusion of research participants and potential beneficiaries, with specific attention to those facing challenges linked with disability, poverty, gender-based discrimination, and structural violence.  See our research on preventing gender-based violence.

To be a platform for education and training in maternal, child and adolescent health as well as approaches relevant to formative and evaluation research through: 

• Undergraduate and postgraduate modules.  For example our Centre director Audrey Prost teaches an optional module on Anthropology and Global Health

• Training opportunities for doctoral and post-doctoral students.  For example our Phd student Joseph Collins.

• Mutual capacity building as part of collaborative research with non-governmental organisations and policy-makers.  See our capacity development through The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN).