Dr Yulia Shenderovich
Senior Lecturer, DECIPHer
- shenderovichy@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 0695
- sbarc|spark, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am based at the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health and DECIPHer (Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement), within the School of Social Sciences.
I am interested in programmes and policies that can promote youth mental health and prevent violence affecting young people, and, more broadly, in the factors that support young people to thrive. I am especially interested in the issues of programme implementation and scale-up in low-resource settings.
Methodologically, my experience includes quantitative and mixed-methods research within randomised trials and other types of impact evaluations, as well as process evaluations, cohort studies, and systematic reviews.
Biography
Education
- PhD, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
- MPhil (with distinction), Evidence-Based Social Intervention, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
- BA in Political Science and International Relations & Journalism and Mass Communication, American University in Bulgaria
Professional memberships
- 2022-present:Technical Advisory Group for UNICEF Adolescent Mental Health Tools
- 2020-present: Board of Directors, Global Implementation Society
- 2020-present: Member of the Catalyst Network, Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences
- 2020-present: Member of the Technical Working Group on Adolescent Health and Well-Being hosted by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the World Health Organization
Academic positions
- 2019-2021: Postdoctoral Research Officer, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- 2018-2019: Analyst, Education Research Group (Home Affairs and Social Policy), RAND Europe, Cambridge, UK
- 2016: Coordinator, Violence Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- 2015-2016: Project Manager, Parenting for Lifelong Health for Parents and Teens Randomized Controlled Trial, King William’s Town, South Africa
Committees and reviewing
- 2021-present: Medical Research Council Career Development Awards – Peer Reviewer
- 2020-2021: Research Ethics Committee reviewer at the Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford
- 2021-present: Peer Reviewer, Education Endowment Foundation
- 2020-2021: Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)-Oxford University Peer Review College member
Publications
2022
- Steinert, J. I., Shenderovich, Y., Smith, M., Zhou, S., Toska, E. and Cluver, L. 2022. Economic wellbeing and associated mediating pathways to improved antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents living with HIV: A prospective cohort study in South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 91(4), pp. 342-352. (10.1097/QAI.0000000000003071)
- Edun, O., Shenderovich, Y., Zhou, S., Toska, E., Okell, L., Eaton, J. W. and Cluver, L. 2022. Predictors and consequences of HIV status disclosure to adolescents living with HIV in Eastern Cape, South Africa: a prospective cohort study. Journal of the International AIDS Society 25(5), article number: e25910. (10.1002/jia2.25910)
- Moore, G. et al. 2022. Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 379. (10.1186/s12889-022-12752-6)
- Steventon Roberts, K. et al. 2022. Risk factors for poor mental health among adolescent mothers in South Africa. Psychology, Health and Medicine 27(S1), pp. 67-84. (10.1080/13548506.2022.2124295)
- Shenderovich, Y., Sacolo-Gwebu, H., Fang, Z., Lachman, J., Cluver, L. and Ward, C. 2022. Adaptations and staff experiences in delivering parenting programmes and other family support services in three community- based organisations in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID pandemic. Global Public Health (10.1080/17441692.2022.2129725)
2021
- Zhou, S., Cluver, L., Shenderovich, Y. and Toska, E. 2021. Uncovering ART adherence inconsistencies: An assessment of sustained adherence among adolescents in South Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society 24(10), article number: e25832. (10.1002/jia2.25832)
- Massarwi, A. A., Cluver, L., Meinck, F., Doubt, J., Lachman, J. M., Shenderovich, Y. and Green, O. 2021. Mediation pathways for reduced substance use among parents in South Africa: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health 21(1), article number: 1656. (10.1186/s12889-021-11651-6)
- Cluver, L. et al. 2021. Clinic and care: associations with adolescent antiretroviral therapy adherence in a prospective cohort in South Africa. AIDS 35(8), pp. 1263-1271. (10.1097/QAD.0000000000002882)
- Martin, M. et al. 2021. A mixed methods evaluation of the large-scale implementation of a school- and community-based parenting program to reduce violence against children in Tanzania: a study protocol. Implementation Science Communications 2, article number: 52. (10.1186/s43058-021-00154-5)
- Casale, M. et al. 2021. Bullying and ART nonadherence among South African ALHIV: effects, risks, and protective factors. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 86(4), pp. 436-444. (10.1097/QAI.0000000000002574)
- Shenderovich, Y. et al. 2021. The science of scale for violence prevention: a new agenda for family strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. Frontiers in Public Health 9, article number: 581440. (10.3389/fpubh.2021.581440)
- Shenderovich, Y., Boyes, M., Esposti, M. D., Casale, M., Toska, E., Roberts, K. J. and Cluver, L. 2021. Relationships with caregivers and mental health outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: a prospective cohort study in South Africa. BMC Public Health 21, article number: 172. (10.1186/s12889-020-10147-z)
- Engel, D. et al. 2021. Safety and a supportive environment - essential conditions for adolescent wellbeing. Discussion Paper. Adolescents 2030.
2020
- Shenderovich, Y. et al. 2020. Evaluating the dissemination and scale-up of two evidence-based parenting interventions to reduce violence against children: study protocol. Implementation Science Communications 1, article number: 109. (10.1186/s43058-020-00086-6)
- Martins, R. et al. 2020. Parental attendance in two early-childhood training programmes to improve nurturing care: a randomized controlled trial. Children and Youth Services Review 118, article number: 105418. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105418)
- Cluver, L. D. et al. 2020. Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: A path analysis using two pooled cohorts. PLoS Medicine 17(11), article number: e1003383. (10.1371/journal.pmed.1003383)
- Cluver, L. et al. 2020. Parenting, mental health and economic pathways to prevention of violence against children in South Africa. Social Science and Medicine 262, article number: 113194. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113194)
- Valdebenito, S. et al. 2020. Evidence for better lives study: A comparative birth-cohort study on child exposure to violence and other adversities in eight low-and middle-income countries-foundational research (study protocol). BMJ Open 10(10), article number: e034986. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034986)
- Shenderovich, Y., Cluver, L., Eisner, M. and Murray, A. L. 2020. Moderators of treatment effects in a child maltreatment prevention programme in South Africa. Child Abuse and Neglect 106, article number: 104519. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104519)
2019
- Shenderovich, Y., Eisner, M., Cluver, L., Doubt, J., Berezin, M., Majokweni, S. and Murray, A. L. 2019. Delivering a parenting program in South Africa: the impact of implementation on outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies 28(4), pp. 1005-1017. (10.1007/s10826-018-01319-y)
2018
- Shenderovich, Y., Eisner, M., Cluver, L., Doubt, J., Berezin, M., Majokweni, S. and Murray, A. L. 2018. What affects attendance and engagement in a parenting program in South Africa?. Prevention Science 19(7), pp. 977-986. (10.1007/s11121-018-0941-2)
- Steinert, J. I., Zenker, J., Filipiak, U., Movsisyan, A., Cluver, L. D. and Shenderovich, Y. 2018. Do saving promotion interventions increase household savings, consumption, and investments in Sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review and meta-analysis. World Development 104, pp. 238-256. (10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.11.018)
- Murray, J., Shenderovich, Y., Gardner, F., Mikton, C., Derzon, J. H., Liu, J. and Eisner, M. 2018. Risk factors for antisocial behavior in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of longitudinal studies. Crime and Justice 47(1), pp. 255-364. (10.1086/696590)
- Cluver, L. D. et al. 2018. Parenting for lifelong health: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a non-commercialised parenting programme for adolescents and their families in South Africa. BMJ Global Health 3(1), article number: e000539. (10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000539)
2017
- Higginson, A., Benier, K., Shenderovich, Y., Bedford, L., Mazerolle, L. and Murray, J. 2017. Factors associated with youth gang membership in low- and middle- income countries: a systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 14(1), pp. 1-128. (10.4073/csr.2018.11)
- Doubt, J. et al. 2017. “It has changed”: understanding change in a parenting program in South Africa. Annals of Global Health 83(5-6), pp. 767-776. (10.1016/j.aogh.2017.10.021)
2016
- Cluver, L. et al. 2016. Reducing child abuse amongst adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a pre-post trial in South Africa. BMC Public Health 16, article number: 567. (10.1186/s12889-016-3262-z)
- Cluver, L. et al. 2016. A parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in South Africa: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 17, article number: 328. (10.1186/s13063-016-1452-8)
- Shenderovich, Y., Eisner, M., Mikton, C., Gardner, F., Liu, J. and Murray, J. 2016. Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Medical Research Methodology 16, article number: 32. (10.1186/s12874-016-0134-2)
2015
- Higginson, A., Benier, K., Shenderovich, Y., Bedford, L., Mazerolle, L. and Murray, J. 2015. Preventive interventions to reduce youth involvement in gangs and gang crime in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 11(1), pp. 1-176. (10.4073/csr.2015.18)
- Shenderovich, Y., Thurston, A. and Miller, S. 2015. Cross-age tutoring in kindergarten and elementary school settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Educational Research 76, pp. 190-210. (10.1016/j.ijer.2015.03.007)
- Pantelic, M., Shenderovich, Y., Cluver, L. and Boyes, M. 2015. Predictors of internalised HIV-related stigma: a systematic review of studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Psychology Review 9(4), pp. 469-490. (10.1080/17437199.2014.996243)
2014
- Higginson, A., Murray, J., Benier, K., Shenderovich, Y., Bedford, L. and Mazerolle, L. 2014. PROTOCOL: Predictors of youth gang membership in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 10(1), pp. 1-67. (10.1002/CL2.126)
2013
- Higginson, A., Benier, K., Shenderovich, Y., Bedford, L., Mazerolle, L. and Murray, J. 2013. Protocol for a systematic review: Preventive interventions to reduce youth involvement in gangs and gang crime in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 9(1), pp. 1-80. (10.1002/CL2.118)
Research funding
Urban migration for good - From forced displacement to a good city. The case of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. (2022-2024). £199,995. British Academy. (Co-Investigator; PI: Prof. Edmundo Werna, co-Is: Dr. Yamuna Kaluarachchi, Prof. Alison Brown, Prof. Ines Raimundo, Dr. Naisa Manafe)
Effect of gender transformative programs on maternal and child health in South Asia: A mixed method investigation - PhD funding for Shruti Shukla at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. (2022-25). €48,600. StudienStiftung (PhD supervisor with Prof. Janina Steinert)
Research uptake: institutional approach and online course curriculum development. (2021-22). £91,078. Sexual Violence Research Initiative (Co-Investigator; PIs: Prof. Robyn Mildon, Dr. Bianca Albers, co-I: Prof. Anita Kothari)
World Health Organization guideline on parenting programmes: Reviews to inform six questions for the WHO-INTEGRATE framework. (2021). $85,916. World Health Organization (Co-Investigator; PI: Prof. Frances Gardner, co-I: Prof. Jane Barlow)
The GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents Hub - Scale-Up of Parenting Evaluation Research Study. Global Challenges Research Fund, UK Research and Innovation. (2019-2024) (co-PI responsible for implementation research, with co-PIs: Prof Lucie Cluver, Prof Catherine Ward, Dr. Jamie Lachman).
The Furaha Adolescent Implementation Research (FAIR) Study of the Kizazi Kipya Project (2020-21). $199,967. Evaluation Fund (Co-Investigator; PIs: Dr. Jamie Lachman, Dr. Joyce Wamoyi, co-I: Mwita Wambura)
Triple P Parenting Programme: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. £378,288. (2019-22). Education Endowment Foundation (Co-Investigator; PI: Dr. Alex Sutherland, co-I: Dr. Sashka Dimova)
Primary Science Quality Mark: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. £503,012. (2019-22). Education Endowment Foundation and Wellcome Trust (Co-Investigator; PI: Dr. Alex Sutherland, co-Is: Elena Rosa Brown, Dr. Sashka Dimova)
Violence Free Schools. $23,370. (2017-18). Save the Children International. (Co-Primary Investigator; co-PIs: Dr. Rocio Herrero Romero, Prof. Janina Steinert, Dr. Franziska Meinck)
Additional Insights International Research Fellowship. $5,500 (2016-17). Global TIES for Children, Institute of Human Development and Social Change, NYU Steinhardt. (Primary Investigator)
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- family- and school-focused approaches to supporting youth mental health
- epidemiology and prevention of violence against children
- implementation and scale-up of complex interventions in low-resource settings
I am especially interested in supervising research projects in Eastern Europe.
Current PhD students:
- Dr. Olanrewaju Edun, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London. “Determinants and consequences of HIV treatment amongst adolescents and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa" (co-supervisor with Dr. Jeff Eaton and Dr. Lucy Okell)
- Roselinde Janowski, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford. “ParentApp for Teen optimisation study: An app-based intervention to promote playful parenting and prevent violence against adolescents in Tanzania” (co-supervisor with Prof. Lucie Cluver)
- Shruti Shukla, School of Governance, Technical University of Munich, Germany. “Effect of gender transformative programs on maternal and child health in South Asia: A mixed method investigation” (co-supervisor with Prof. Janina Steinert)
