Leyla Ismayilova
Biographic Data
| ID | 1734958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leyla Ismayilova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leyla |
| FAMILY NAME | Ismayilova |
| SIGNATURE | ISMAYILOVA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0027-4824 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Child mental health after institutional care in Azerbaijan
To examine mental health symptoms and their associations with institutional and sociodemographic characteristics among school-aged children reunified with their families following deinstitutionalization in a country in the South Caucasus. This study reports cross-sectional findings from baseline data collected for a randomized clinical trial (ClinicalTrial.gov #NCT05396625). The sample included 434 children (ages 7–12) with histories of instituti…
Pathways to child mental health
Addressing food insecurity in ultra-poor families
Trauma of separation
This study illustrates the emotional and behavioral consequences of institutional placement and the need to address accumulated chronic and complex traumatic experiences that occurred before and during institutional placement, which may affect emotion regulation and the familial and social relationships of children who lived in institutions in a post-Soviet country. The study identified mental health issues that could be addressed during the dein…
From institutional care to family reunification in a post-Soviet country
More assets, more decision-making power? Mediation model in a cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of the graduation program on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
Computerized intervention to prevent drug use among at-risk adolescents in Central Asia
A gender-focused analysis of structural and social precipitators to child institutionalization in Azerbaijan
Improving mental health among ultra-poor children
Ismayilova Responds
Ismayilova Responds Affiliation Leyla Ismayilova PhDLeyla Ismayilova is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Leyla Ismayilova, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 (e-mail: [email protected]edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” li…
Spousal Violence in 5 Transitional Countries
Objectives. I examined the individual- and community-level factors associated with spousal violence in post-Soviet countries. Methods. I used population-based data from the Demographic and Health Survey conducted between 2005 and 2012. My sample included currently married women of reproductive age (n = 3932 in Azerbaijan, n = 4053 in Moldova, n = 1932 in Ukraine, n = 4361 in Kyrgyzstan, and n = 4093 in Tajikistan). I selected respondents using st…
HIV risks among injecting and non-injecting female partners of men who inject drugs in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Intimate Partner Physical and Sexual Violence and Outcomes of Unintended Pregnancy Among National Samples of Women From Three Former Soviet Union Countries
The article examines the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy among nationally representative samples of women in three former Soviet Union countries. Women who experienced physical and/or sexual IPV from their current or most recent husband or living together partner demonstrated higher risks of unintended last pregnancy, either terminated through abortion (in Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine) or resultin…
Reforming child institutional care in the Post-Soviet bloc
Mental Health and Migration
HIV Among Injection Drug Users and Their Intimate Partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Individual and community level socioeconomic inequalities in contraceptive use in 10 Newly Independent States
Community-level socioeconomic inequalities in MCU were most pronounced in Central Asian countries, whereas individual-level socioeconomic inequalities in MCU were most pronounced in the Caucasus. It is important to consider multilevel contextual determinants of modern contraceptive use in the development of reproductive health and family planning programs
Imagining the future
Extended families and perceived caregiver support to Aids orphans in Rakai district of Uganda
Depressive Symptoms Among Jordanian Youth
Social capital, savings, and educational performance of orphaned adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda
Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and suppor…
Integrating Children's Savings Accounts in the Care and Support of Orphaned Adolescents in Rural Uganda
This study examines an economic empowerment model of care and support for orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Under this model, 277 AIDS-orphaned youths (ages 11-17) from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to either the usual care, which involves provision of counseling and education-related supplies, or the experimental condition, in which participants also received matched-savings accounts. The analyses indicate that poor families i…
Integrating Children's Savings Accounts in the Care and Support of Orphaned Adolescents in Rural Uganda
This study examines an economic empowerment model of care and support for orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Under this model, 277 AIDS-orphaned youths (ages 11-17) from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to either the usual care, which involves provision of counseling and education-related supplies, or the experimental condition, in which participants also received matched-savings accounts. The analyses indicate that poor families i…
Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda
Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and suppor…
More assets, more decision-making power? Mediation model in a cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of the graduation program on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
Social capital, savings, and educational performance of orphaned adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Extended families and perceived caregiver support to Aids orphans in Rakai district of Uganda
Spousal Violence in 5 Transitional Countries
Objectives. I examined the individual- and community-level factors associated with spousal violence in post-Soviet countries. Methods. I used population-based data from the Demographic and Health Survey conducted between 2005 and 2012. My sample included currently married women of reproductive age (n = 3932 in Azerbaijan, n = 4053 in Moldova, n = 1932 in Ukraine, n = 4361 in Kyrgyzstan, and n = 4093 in Tajikistan). I selected respondents using st…
Reforming child institutional care in the Post-Soviet bloc
Intimate Partner Physical and Sexual Violence and Outcomes of Unintended Pregnancy Among National Samples of Women From Three Former Soviet Union Countries
The article examines the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy among nationally representative samples of women in three former Soviet Union countries. Women who experienced physical and/or sexual IPV from their current or most recent husband or living together partner demonstrated higher risks of unintended last pregnancy, either terminated through abortion (in Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine) or resultin…
A gender-focused analysis of structural and social precipitators to child institutionalization in Azerbaijan
Improving mental health among ultra-poor children
Depressive Symptoms Among Jordanian Youth
Imagining the future
Integrating Children's Savings Accounts in the Care and Support of Orphaned Adolescents in Rural Uganda
This study examines an economic empowerment model of care and support for orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Under this model, 277 AIDS-orphaned youths (ages 11-17) from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to either the usual care, which involves provision of counseling and education-related supplies, or the experimental condition, in which participants also received matched-savings accounts. The analyses indicate that poor families i…
Social capital, savings, and educational performance of orphaned adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa
Effect of Economic Assets on Sexual Risk-Taking Intentions Among Orphaned Adolescents in Uganda
Objectives. We examined the effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among school-going AIDS-orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Methods. AIDS-orphaned adolescents from 15 comparable schools were randomly assigned to control (n = 133) or treatment (n = 127) conditions. Treatment participants received child savings accounts, workshops, and mentorship. This economic intervention was in addition to the traditional care and suppor…
Individual and community level socioeconomic inequalities in contraceptive use in 10 Newly Independent States
Community-level socioeconomic inequalities in MCU were most pronounced in Central Asian countries, whereas individual-level socioeconomic inequalities in MCU were most pronounced in the Caucasus. It is important to consider multilevel contextual determinants of modern contraceptive use in the development of reproductive health and family planning programs
Imagining the future
Extended families and perceived caregiver support to Aids orphans in Rakai district of Uganda
Depressive Symptoms Among Jordanian Youth
Mental Health and Migration
HIV Among Injection Drug Users and Their Intimate Partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan
HIV risks among injecting and non-injecting female partners of men who inject drugs in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Intimate Partner Physical and Sexual Violence and Outcomes of Unintended Pregnancy Among National Samples of Women From Three Former Soviet Union Countries
The article examines the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and unintended pregnancy among nationally representative samples of women in three former Soviet Union countries. Women who experienced physical and/or sexual IPV from their current or most recent husband or living together partner demonstrated higher risks of unintended last pregnancy, either terminated through abortion (in Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine) or resultin…
Reforming child institutional care in the Post-Soviet bloc
Spousal Violence in 5 Transitional Countries
Objectives. I examined the individual- and community-level factors associated with spousal violence in post-Soviet countries. Methods. I used population-based data from the Demographic and Health Survey conducted between 2005 and 2012. My sample included currently married women of reproductive age (n = 3932 in Azerbaijan, n = 4053 in Moldova, n = 1932 in Ukraine, n = 4361 in Kyrgyzstan, and n = 4093 in Tajikistan). I selected respondents using st…
Ismayilova Responds
Ismayilova Responds Affiliation Leyla Ismayilova PhDLeyla Ismayilova is with the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Leyla Ismayilova, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 (e-mail: [email protected]edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” li…
Improving mental health among ultra-poor children
Computerized intervention to prevent drug use among at-risk adolescents in Central Asia
A gender-focused analysis of structural and social precipitators to child institutionalization in Azerbaijan
More assets, more decision-making power? Mediation model in a cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of the graduation program on women's empowerment in Burkina Faso
Trauma of separation
This study illustrates the emotional and behavioral consequences of institutional placement and the need to address accumulated chronic and complex traumatic experiences that occurred before and during institutional placement, which may affect emotion regulation and the familial and social relationships of children who lived in institutions in a post-Soviet country. The study identified mental health issues that could be addressed during the dein…
From institutional care to family reunification in a post-Soviet country
Pathways to child mental health
Addressing food insecurity in ultra-poor families
Child mental health after institutional care in Azerbaijan
To examine mental health symptoms and their associations with institutional and sociodemographic characteristics among school-aged children reunified with their families following deinstitutionalization in a country in the South Caucasus. This study reports cross-sectional findings from baseline data collected for a randomized clinical trial (ClinicalTrial.gov #NCT05396625). The sample included 434 children (ages 7–12) with histories of instituti…
Medicine (17 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Demography (6 works)