Rachel Pearson
UCL Institute of Child Health
11 Papers
118 Citations
Rachel Pearson is an academic researcher from UCL Institute of Child Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 8 publications. Previous affiliations of Rachel Pearson include University College London.
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Papers
Purinergic and Muscarinic Modulation of the Cell Cycle and Calcium Signaling in the Chick Retinal Ventricular Zone
TL;DR: The results suggest that the balance between muscarinic and purinergic activation acts to control the rate of retinal proliferation in early development.
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Gender-based violence and its association with mental health among Somali women in a Kenyan refugee camp: a latent class analysis
Mazeda Hossain,Rachel Pearson,Alys McAlpine,Loraine J. Bacchus,Jo Spangaro,Stella Muthuri,Sheru Muuo,Giorgia Franchi,Tim Hess,Martin Bangha,Chimaraoke O. Izugbara +10 more
TL;DR: Women who have experienced violence may require additional psychological support and recognise the enduring impact of violence that occurred before, during and after periods of conflict and tailor outreach and treatment services accordingly.
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Disability, violence, and mental health among Somali refugee women in a humanitarian setting.
Mazeda Hossain,Mazeda Hossain,Rachel Pearson,Alys McAlpine,Loraine J. Bacchus,Sheru Muuo,Stella Muthuri,Jo Spangaro,Hannah Kuper,Giorgia Franchi,Ricardo Pla Cordero,Sarah Cornish-Spencer,Tim Hess,Martin Bangha,Chimaraoke O. Izugbara +14 more
- 29 Oct 2020
TL;DR: A large proportion of refugee women seeking GBV response services have disabilities, and refugee women with a disability are at high risk of poor mental health, highlighting the need for mental health and disability screening withinGBV response programming.
Data Resource: Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) public family law administrative records in England.
TL;DR: Cafcass collects and maintains administrative records of all public family law cases in England, and amongst the information recorded are the relations between adults and children, making it possible for researchers to identify family groups.
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Association between health indicators of maternal adversity and the rate of infant entry to local authority care in England: a longitudinal ecological study
Rachel Pearson,Matthew A Jay,Linda Wijlaars,Bianca De Stavola,Shabeer Syed,Stuart Bedston,Ruth Gilbert +6 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of maternal adversity before birth helped to explain the variation in LA rates of infant entry into care, and Preventive interventions are needed to improve maternal well-being before and during pregnancy, and potentially reduce risk of child maltreatment and therefore entries to care.
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