Bayard Roberts PhD MSc MA BA

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Background

I have worked at LSHTM since 2005 on a variety of topics related to the themes of armed confict and health and social determinants of health. Health outcomes of interest include mental health, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS. My prior work included five years management experience of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programmes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uganda amongst others. I have also conducted consultancy work on forced migration and health.

Teaching

I teach on the Conflict and Health module, and give lectures on the Global Mental Health module and the Diploma in Tropical Nursing.

Research

I have a keen interest in social determinants of health in transitional and low-income settings. My current research focuses on long-term trends of population health as a consequence of socioeconomic transitions in the former Soviet Union. My previous work has included researching social determinants of physical and mental health of conflict-affected populations in northern Uganda and Southern Sudan; developing and validating a new method to estimate mortality with conflict-affected populations; and exploring the effects of humanitarian reform and financing approaches on the delivery of reproductive health services in confict-affected countries.

Selected publications

• Roberts, B.; Yona Damundu, E.; Lomoro, O.; Sondorp, E.; Post-conflict mental health needs: a cross-sectional survey of trauma, depression and associated factors in Juba, Southern Sudan. BMC Psychiatry, 2009; 9(1):7
• Patel, P.; Roberts, B.; Guy, S.; Lee-Jones, L.; Conteh, L.; Tracking official development assistance for reproductive health in conflict-affected countries. PLoS Med, 2009; 6(6):e1000090
• Roberts, B.; Ocaka, K.F.; Browne, J.; Oyok, T.; Sondorp, E.; Factors associated with the health status of internally displaced persons in northern Uganda. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2009; 63(3):227-232
• Stephen, H.; Roberts, B. A case study of the provision of antiretroviral therapy for refugees in Tanzania Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 2009; 25(2):134 - 147
• Roberts, B.; Browne, J.; Ocaka, K.F.; Oyok, T.; Sondorp, E.; The reliability and validity of the SF-8 with a conflict-affected population in northern Uganda. Health Qual Life Outcomes, 2008; 6:108
• Roberts, B.; Ocaka, K.F.; Browne, J.; Oyok, T.; Sondorp, E.; Factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression amongst internally displaced persons in northern Uganda. BMC Psychiatry, 2008; 8:38
• Roberts, B.; Guy, S.; Sondorp, E.; Lee-Jones, L.; A basic package of health services for post-conflict countries: implications for sexual and reproductive health services. Reprod Health Matters, 2008; 16(31):57-64
• Henttonen, M.; Watts, C.; Roberts, B.; Kaducu, F.; Borchert, M. Health Services for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Northern Uganda: A Qualitative Study Reproductive Health Matters, 2008; 16(31):122-31

Full publications listing (since 2001)