Natalia Concha
Biographic Data
| ID | 7987647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Concha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Concha |
| SIGNATURE | CONCHA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5016-886X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Impacts of discretionary universal free school meal schemes on primary school children’s education attainment and school absence: A natural experiment study in England
Some areas of high child poverty offer free school lunch for all 4-11-year olds. • No effects were found on attainment or absence after 6 years of implementation. • Longest running schemes (7+ years) showed positive effects on reading and maths. • Scheme effects differed by local authority. Discretionary Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) schemes for 4-11-year-olds were implemented in four local authorities with high child poverty levels in London…
Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern Colombia
Background While there is consensus that local knowledge is important to build better mental health responses, integration of this knowledge into mental health services remains a work in progress. In this paper, we explore local understandings of mental health, mental illness, well-being and emotional distress building dialogical spaces that enable community perspectives to inform academic knowledge and health systems . Methods We identified loca…
Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia
A growing body of evidence highlights that maternal and child nutrition programmes need to extend beyond the mother-child dyad by adopting a family systems approach, particularly in the Global South. Guided by a sociocultural and community psychology understanding of health, the paper explores factors identifying grandmothers as central resources for nutrition programmes. The study was conducted in a Colombian urban periphery applying a qualitati…
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Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia
A growing body of evidence highlights that maternal and child nutrition programmes need to extend beyond the mother-child dyad by adopting a family systems approach, particularly in the Global South. Guided by a sociocultural and community psychology understanding of health, the paper explores factors identifying grandmothers as central resources for nutrition programmes. The study was conducted in a Colombian urban periphery applying a qualitati…
Impacts of discretionary universal free school meal schemes on primary school children’s education attainment and school absence: A natural experiment study in England
Some areas of high child poverty offer free school lunch for all 4-11-year olds. • No effects were found on attainment or absence after 6 years of implementation. • Longest running schemes (7+ years) showed positive effects on reading and maths. • Scheme effects differed by local authority. Discretionary Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) schemes for 4-11-year-olds were implemented in four local authorities with high child poverty levels in London…
Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern Colombia
Background While there is consensus that local knowledge is important to build better mental health responses, integration of this knowledge into mental health services remains a work in progress. In this paper, we explore local understandings of mental health, mental illness, well-being and emotional distress building dialogical spaces that enable community perspectives to inform academic knowledge and health systems . Methods We identified loca…
Psychology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Active listening (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works) · Breastfeeding (1 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (1 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 works) · Citizen journalism (1 works)