SPRING Publications

1. Bhavnani S, Mukherjee D, Bhopal S, Sharma KK, Dasgupta J, Divan G, Soremekun S, Roy R, Kirkwood B, Patel V. The association of a novel digital tool for assessment of early childhood cognitive development,‘DEvelopmental assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP)’, with growth in rural India: A proof of concept study. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Jul 1;37.
2. Bhavnani S, Divan G, Patel V. Converging disciplines for assessing child development. Iscience. 2021 May 21;24(5).
3. Bhopal S, Verma D, Roy R, Divan G, Hill Z, Kirkwood B. Mothers explanatory models of infant stress & adversity in rural Haryana, India: qualitative findings from the Early Life Stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster-randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS). Wellcome open research. 2018;3.
4. Bhopal S, Verma D, Roy R, Soremekun S, Kumar D, Bristow M, Bhanushali A, Divan G, Kirkwood B. The contribution of childhood adversity to cortisol measures of early life stress amongst infants in rural India: Findings from the early life stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS). Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 Sep 1;107:241-50.
5. Bhopal SS, Roy R, Verma D, Kumar D, Khan B, Soremekun S, Oates J, Divan G, Kirkwood BR. Using the mothers object relations scale for early childhood development research in rural India: findings from the early life stress Sub-study of the spring cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS). Wellcome open research. 2021;6.
6. Bhopal S, Roy R, Verma D, Kumar D, Avan B, Khan B, Gram L, Sharma K, Amenga-Etego S, Panchal SN, Soremekun S. Impact of adversity on early childhood growth & development in rural India: Findings from the early life stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS). PLoS One. 2019 Jan 9;14(1):e0209122.
7. Boucheron P, Bhopal S, Verma D, Roy R, Kumar D, Divan G, Kirkwood B. Observed feeding behaviours and effects on child weight and length at 12 months of age: Findings from the SPRING cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural India. PLoS One. 2020 Aug 13;15(8):e0237226.
8. Dasgupta J, Bhavnani S, Estrin GL, Mukherjee D, Banerjee A, Belmonte MK, Chakrabarti B, Divan G, Dawson G, Johnson MH, McPartland JC. Translating neuroscience to the front lines: Point-of-care detection of neuropsychiatric disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 1;3(10):915-7.
9. Lingam R, Gupta P, Zafar S, Hill Z, Yousafzai A, Iyengar S, Sikander S, Haq ZU, Mehta S, Skordis‐Worrel J, Rahman A. Understanding care and feeding practices: building blocks for a sustainable intervention in India and Pakistan. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2014 Jan;1308(1):204-17.
10. Mukherjee D, Bhavnani S, Swaminathan A, Verma D, Parameshwaran D, Divan G, Dasgupta J, Sharma K, Thiagarajan TC, Patel V. Proof of concept of a gamified Developmental assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP) tool to measure cognitive development in rural Indian preschool children. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020 Jun 10;11:1202.
11. Bhavnani S, Mukherjee D, Dasgupta J, Verma D, Parameshwaran D, Divan G, Sharma KK, Thiagarajan T, Patel V. Development, feasibility and acceptability of a gamified cognitive DEvelopmental assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP) in rural Indian pre-schoolers–a pilot study. Global health action. 2019 Jan 1;12(1):1548005.
12. Kirkwood BR, Sikander S, Roy R, Soremekun S, Bhopal SS, Avan B, Lingam R, Gram L, Amenga-Etego S, Khan B, Aziz S. Effect of the SPRING home visits intervention on early child development and growth in rural India and Pakistan: parallel cluster randomised controlled trials. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2023 Jun 19;10:1155763.
13. Hill Z, Zafar S, Soremekun S, Sikander S, Avan BI, Roy R, Aziz S, Kumar D, Parveen N, Saleem S, Verma D. Can home visits for early child development be implemented with sufficient coverage and quality at scale? Evidence from the SPRING program in India and Pakistan. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2023 Jun 19;10:1152548.