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Sarah Skeen
Researcher at Stellenbosch University
Publications - 87
Citations - 1219
Sarah Skeen is an academic researcher from Stellenbosch University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 69 publications receiving 839 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarah Skeen include University of Cape Town.
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Accelerating progress towards improved mental health and healthy behaviours in adolescents living in adversity: findings from a longitudinal study in South Africa
Stefani du Toit,Katharina Haag,Sarah Skeen,Lorraine Sherr,Mark Orkin,William E. Rudgard,Marguerite Marlow,Helen Mehbratu,Kathryn J. Steventon Roberts,Mark Tomlinson +9 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used a path analysis to estimate associations between access to service, food security, safe environment, family support, and social support and five outcomes related to adolescent mental health and risky behaviours.
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Book-Sharing for Parenting and Child Development in South Africa: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Nicholas Dowdall,Nicholas Dowdall,Lynne Murray,Sarah Skeen,Marguerite Marlow,Leonardo De Pascalis,Frances Gardner,Mark Tomlinson,Mark Tomlinson,Peter J. Cooper +9 more
TL;DR: This article evaluated the impact of a parenting intervention on children's cognitive and socioemotional development in a group of caregivers and their 21-to-28-month-old children in a low-income South African township.
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Fatherhood and Early Childhood Development: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of father involvement in early childhood development (ECD) in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), from pregnancy to 5 years, was reviewed, and barriers and enabling factors for engaging fathers in ECD programs in low-resource settings were investigated.
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Supporting parents of adolescents: a powerful and under-utilised opportunity to influence adolescent development
Sarah Skeen,Juman Ahmad,Gretchen Bachman,Lucie Cluver,Frances Gardner,Bernadette Madrid,Kim S. Miller,Mark Tomlinson,Lorraine Sherr,Marcy Levy +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors highlight four pressing areas for action: including parents of adolescents in parenting initiatives; involving parents in adolescent programming; strengthening efforts to address poverty and inequality, violence, and gender inequality; and engaging in strategic research to intensify the impact of programming.
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From fathers to peers: Association between paternal violence victimization and peer violence perpetration among youth in Malawi, Nigeria, and Zambia.
TL;DR: This article investigated the role of fathers and whether paternal violence victimization is associated with peer violence perpetration, above and beyond maternal violence victimisation, and found that youth who experienced paternal violence had a greater odds of perpetrating peer violence (OR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.50-2.02), compared with youth who did not experience paternal violence and after controlling for maternal violence and other covariates.