The Institute for Life Course Health Research aims to generate evidence on prominent factors that stand between individuals, families and communities and their improved health and well-being.
We work closely with communities to develop relevant and acceptable interventions that seek to address issues such as caregiver mental health, early child development, HIV/AIDS, adolescent mental health, sexual and reproductive health, alcohol abuse, violence and trauma.
Projects Pregnancy and Infancy Young Childhood Middle Childhood Adolescence Adulthood
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What
We Do
Our work targets many of the important objectives outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Aligned with the SDGs' focus on equitable opportunities, our Institute works to design, implement and evaluate community-based interventions that can reach families and children who would otherwise be left behind.
Through conducting rigorous research that prioritises the well-being of participants, we aim to identify drivers of poverty and inequality, and to mitigate its effects on people’s lives.
In addition to community-based research, our team is experienced in conducting systematic reviews across topics linked to intervention design and implementation. Through this work, we aim to synthesise evidence and find commonalities of effectiveness that can strategically direct future programming and research.
Proudly rooted in the Southern African context, we strive to transfer knowledge into practice, while bringing feedback to the communities from where the findings originate.
