Remembering Dr Li-Ching Lee, a pioneer of global autism research

Autism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136236132110596
Author(s):  
Eric Rubenstein ◽  
Catherine Rice ◽  
Calliope Hollingue ◽  
Peng-Chou Tsai ◽  
Lydia Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
Professional Communities ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Autism Research ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income

The field of global autism research lost a pioneer, champion, and innovator with the passing of Dr Li-Ching Lee in May 2021. Dr Lee served as the editor for a special issue in Autism on global autism research (2017, Volume 21, Issue 5) and her substantial impact on autism research and autistic individuals and their families in low- and middle-income countries warrants a place in this special issue. While a giant in the professional arena, her large impact on science is minor compared to the compassion, kindness, and love she brought to her family, friends, and her professional communities at Johns Hopkins, across institutions, her native Taiwan, and the areas in which she conducted her research. Dr Lee was immensely humble and intensely focused on harnessing epidemiology to positively impact the lives of people with autism and developmental disabilities. Her humility and professional dedication was coupled with a desire to keep her own challenges and triumphs private including her courageous efforts to stave off cancer while accomplishing so much in support of others.

scholarly journals Children with Developmental Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: More Neglected and Physically Punished

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bizzego ◽  
Mengyu Lim ◽  
Greta Schiavon ◽  
Gianluca Esposito
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Large N ◽  
Research Bias ◽  
Quality Of Childcare ◽  
Developmental Conditions ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Little is known about parenting in the context of developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), penalized by both lack of data and a research bias toward western societies. In this study, we apply data mining methods on a large (N = 25,048) dataset from UNICEF to highlight patterns of association between developmental disabilities of children and parental involvement. We focus on the co-presence of multiple disabilities and the quality of childcare in three parenting domains: discipline, caregiving, and education. Our results show that, in LMIC, children with more severe developmental conditions are also more likely to receive low-quality parental care. Specific policies of parental training are needed to improve parental practices in LMIC.

scholarly journals Pesticide Poisonings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 117863021775087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Jørs ◽  
Dinesh Neupane ◽  
Leslie London
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Aims And Scope ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Aims and scope This editorial is an introduction to the papers making up the special issue on ’pesticide poisonings in low- and middle income countries’.

scholarly journals Introduction to a special issue on alcohol control policies in low and middle income countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bundit Sornpaisarn ◽  
Kevin D. Shield
Keyword(s):  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Alcohol Control ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Sornpaisarn, B., & Shield, K. (2014). Introduction to a special issue on alcohol control policies in low and middle income countries. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 3(3), 182 – 183. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v3i3.182In response to the World Health Assembly’s adoption in 2010 of a resolution which endorsed a Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol, many countries, especially those considered low- and middle-income (LMIC), formulated, and in some instances implemented, a variety of alcohol control policies. However, the supporting knowledge and evidence used to evaluate the effectiveness of alcohol control policies stem primarily from high-income countries (HIC) (Babor et al., 2010; World Health Organization, 2010). This lack of knowledge and evidence from LMIC is a considerable public health problem, as differences between the socio-economic and cultural contexts of LMIC and HIC may influence the effectiveness of an alcohol control policy (Anderson et al., 2009; Lachenmeier, 2011).

scholarly journals Editorial for Special Issue: “Clean Energy Innovations: Challenges and Strategies for Low and Middle Income Countries”

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 8577
Author(s):  
Simon Batchelor ◽  
Ed Brown
Keyword(s):  
Clean Energy ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income ◽  
Challenges And Strategies

All the papers in this Special Issue situate their research in the context of a failing clean cooking strategy and the potential contribution of electricity to this [...]

scholarly journals Introduction to the Special Issue on "Analysing the Politics of Health Policy Change in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The HPA Fellowship Programme 2017-2019"

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Gilson ◽  
Zubin Cyrus Shroff ◽  
Maylene Shung-King
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Health Policy Analysis ◽  
Fellowship Programme ◽  
Health Policy Decision ◽  
Low And Middle Income

This special issue presents a set of seven Health Policy Analysis (HPA) papers that offer new perspectives on health policy decision-making and implementation. They present primary empirical work from four countries in Asia and Africa, as well as reviews of literature about a wider range of low- and middle-income country (LMIC) experience.

Some Conditions for Task Shifting in Low and Middle-Income Countries

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joop de Jong ◽  
Mark Jordans ◽  
Ivan Komproe ◽  
Robert Macy ◽  
Aline & Herman Ndayisaba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Shifting ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Low And Middle Income
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