Literature Library
Under themed headings below you will find a selection of network members most recent publications. Scroll through each section to explore the latest articles relating to biosocial approaches, subjects, and methods.
BBCR Network Highlights
The Handbook of DOHaD and Society
Past, Present, and Future Directions of Biosocial Collaboration (2024)
Edited by Michelle Pentecost, King’s College London, Jaya Keaney, University of Melbourne, Tessa Moll, University of the Witwatersrand, Michael Penkler, University of Applied Sciences, Wiener Neustadt
The definitive volume on biosocial collaborations in DOHaD, this will be indispensable for scholars working at the intersections of public health, lifecourse epidemiology and the social science of DOHaD. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Politics of Potential
Global Health and Gendered Futures in South Africa (2024)
by Michelle Pentecost
The Politics of Potential examines early life interventions in the first one thousand days of life in South Africa, drawing on fieldwork from international conferences, government offices, health-care facilities, and the everyday lives of fifteen women and their families in Cape Town. Michelle Pentecost explores various aspects of a politics of potential, a term that underlines the first one thousand days concept and its effects on clinical care and the lives of childbearing women in South Africa.