Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: a social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal.
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Kohrt, BA; Jordans, MJD; Koirala, S; Worthman, CM
Published in: Am J Hum Biol
2015
The anthropological study of human biology, health, and child development provides a model with potential to address the gap in population-wide mental health interventions. Four key concepts from human biology can inform public mental health interventions: life history theory and tradeoffs, redundancy and plurality of pathways, cascades and multiplier effects in biological systems, and proximate feedback systems. A public mental health intervention for former child soldiers in Nepal is used to illustrate the role of these concepts in intervention design and evaluation. Future directions and recommendations for applying human biology theory in pursuit of public mental health interventions are discussed.
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Am J Hum Biol
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1520-6300
Publication Date
2015
Volume
27
Issue
1
Start / End Page
27 / 40
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Stress, Psychological
- Secondary Prevention
- Primary Prevention
- Nepal
- Military Personnel
- Mental Health
- Humans
- Evolutionary Biology
- Child Development
- Child
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Kohrt, B. A., Jordans, M. J. D., Koirala, S., & Worthman, C. M. (2015). Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: a social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal. Am J Hum Biol, 27(1), 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22651
Kohrt, Brandon A., Mark J. D. Jordans, Suraj Koirala, and Carol M. Worthman. “Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: a social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal.” Am J Hum Biol 27, no. 1 (2015): 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22651.
Kohrt BA, Jordans MJD, Koirala S, Worthman CM. Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: a social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal. Am J Hum Biol. 2015;27(1):27–40.
Kohrt, Brandon A., et al. “Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: a social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal.” Am J Hum Biol, vol. 27, no. 1, 2015, pp. 27–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/ajhb.22651.
Kohrt BA, Jordans MJD, Koirala S, Worthman CM. Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: a social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal. Am J Hum Biol. 2015;27(1):27–40.
Published In
Am J Hum Biol
DOI
EISSN
1520-6300
Publication Date
2015
Volume
27
Issue
1
Start / End Page
27 / 40
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Stress, Psychological
- Secondary Prevention
- Primary Prevention
- Nepal
- Military Personnel
- Mental Health
- Humans
- Evolutionary Biology
- Child Development
- Child