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Ms Emily Eldred

Research Assistant

United Kingdom

Emily is a mixed methods researcher focusing on the epidemiology of violence against children, and violence prevention and response within schools. She is a member of the Child Protection Research Group (CPRG), the International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED) and the Gender Violence and Health Centre (GVHC). 
 
Emily currently works on projects across CPRG and ICED. This includes an impact and process evaluation of an intervention targeting the prevention of violence in primary schools in Tanzania as part of the PENDA grant. Emily is also a staff PhD candidate, examining disability-inclusive school-based violence prevention. 
 
Emily joined the LSHTM in September 2019. Prior to joining the LSHTM, Emily worked in project management in various NGOs focusing on improving child health. 

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

Emily teaches on the Global Mental Health module. She is also an ECR Rep for the Gender Violence and Health Centre.

Research

Emily's main research interests include how behaviour change interventions can prevent violence against children, addressing inequities within violence prevention and response, and promoting the inclusion of children with disabilities within violence prevention efforts.

 

Emily is undertaking a staff PhD, linked to the PENDA project, which aims to synthesise evidence on the inclusion of children with disabilities in violence prevention interventions and examine disability-targeted violence. 

Research Area
Child health
Complex interventions
Behaviour change
Health inequalities
Systematic reviews
Violence against women and girls
Social epidemiology
Qualitative research
Disease and Health Conditions
Children with disabilities

Selected Publications

Are school-based violence prevention interventions inclusive and effective for children with disabilities? A systematic review of global evidence.
ELDRED, E; DEVRIES, K; Zinke-Allmang, A; Mallick, R; Mughis, W; BANKS, LM; Bhatia, A;
2025
eClinicalMedicine
Does disability modify the association between poor mental health and violence victimisation over adolescence? Evidence from the CoVAC cohort study in Uganda.
CARTER, DJ; Pitcairn, CF M; ELDRED, E; Knight, L; Nakuti, J; Mirembe, A; Atuhaire, L; ALLEN, E; Bhatia, A; Naker, D; Parkes, J; DEVRIES, K;
2024
PLOS global public health
Embedding violence prevention in existing religious and education systems: initial learning from formative research in the Safe Schools Study in Zimbabwe
ELDRED, E; Turner, E; Fabbri, C; Bhatia, A; Lokot, M; Nhenga, T; Nherera, C; Nangati, P; Moyo, R; Mgugu, D; Nyakuwa, R; Rank, S; Nyadombo, SA T; Devries, K;
2024
Research Square Platform LLC
Development of an intervention to prevent violence in Catholic primary schools in Zimbabwe: Innovation from within the Church
ELDRED, E; TURNER, E; FABBRI, C; Nyadombo, SA T; Mgugu, D; Nherera, CM; Nyakuwa, R; Nhenga-Chakarisa, T; Rank, S; DEVRIES, K;
2023
Christian journal for global health
Qualitative process evaluation of the EmpaTeach intervention to reduce teacher violence in schools in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.
Bakari, M; Shayo, EH; Barongo, V; Kiwale, Z; FABBRI, C; Turner, E; ELDRED, E; Mubyazi, GM; Rodrigues, K; DEVRIES, K;
2023
BMJ open
Inequities in birth registration, violent discipline, and child labour by disability status and sex: Evidence from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in 24 countries.
Bhatia, A; DAVEY, C; Bright, T; ROTENBERG, S; ELDRED, E; Cappa, C; KUPER, H; DEVRIES, K;
2023
PLOS Global Public Health
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