Racism, the public health crisis we can no longer ignore

D Devakumar, S Selvarajah, G Shannon, K Muraya… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Extraordinary times call for extraor dinary measures. We are facing a global pandemic, a
climate catastro phe, an imminent recession, and possibly depression. The health of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Health impacts of parental migration on left-behind children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, S Hargreaves, T Hesketh, C Opondo, D Devakumar - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Globally, a growing number of children and adolescents are left behind when
parents migrate. We investigated the effect of parental migration on the health of left behind-…

[HTML][HTML] Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in England are at increased risk of death from COVID-19: indirect standardisation of NHS mortality data

…, EB Fragaszy, AM Johnson, D Devakumar… - Wellcome open …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: International and UK data suggest that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. We aimed to explore …

Is obesity associated with depression in children? Systematic review and meta-analysis

S Sutaria, D Devakumar, SS Yasuda, S Das… - Archives of disease in …, 2019 - adc.bmj.com
Objectives To compare the odds of depression in obese and overweight children with that in
normal-weight children in the community. Design Systematic review and random-effect meta…

Risk factors for violence against women in high-prevalence settings: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-synthesis

…, H Lowe, L Brown, R Mukerji, D Devakumar… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Violence against women (VAW) affects one in three women globally. In some
countries, women are at much higher risk. We examined risk factors for VAW in countries with …

Racism and discrimination in COVID-19 responses

D Devakumar, G Shannon, SS Bhopal, I Abubakar - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
… *Delan Devakumar, Geordan Shannon, Sunil S Bhopal, Ibrahim Abubakar d.devakumar@ucl.ac.uk …

The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

I Abubakar, RW Aldridge, D Devakumar, M Orcutt… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
With one billion people on the move or having moved in 2018, migration is a global reality,
which has also become a political lightning rod. Although estimates indicate that the majority …

Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development

…, E Mates, P Menon, H Alderman, D Devakumar… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Adolescence is a pivotal point in the life course, characterised by transformative physical,
cognitive, and emotional growth, an openness to change, and a drive to reshape the social …

Global call to action for inclusion of migrants and refugees in the COVID-19 response

…, P Patel, R Burns, L Hiam, R Aldridge, D Devakumar… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
From an enlightened self-interest perspective, measures to control the outbreak of COVID-19
will only be successful if all populations are included in the national and international …

[HTML][HTML] Occupational health outcomes among international migrant workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, A McAlpine, N Pocock, D Devakumar… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Globally, there are more than 150 million international migrant workers—individuals
who are employed outside of their country of origin—comprising the largest …