<description>&lt;div&gt;In Episode 6 of the series, Professor Belinda Lennox is joined by Benjamin Perks, from UNICEF, Sabine Rakotomalala, from the World Health Organization, and &lt;a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-jamie-m.-lachman"&gt;Dr Jamie Lachman&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-isang-awah"&gt;Dr Isang Awah&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/stephanie-eagling-peche"&gt;Stephanie Eagling-Peche&lt;/a&gt; from Oxford’s &lt;a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/"&gt;Department of Social Policy and Intervention.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Here, they discuss the impact of trauma on mental health, how to protect children during a crisis and the resources developed collaboratively between Oxford, the WHO and UNICEF for the &lt;a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/parenting-for-lifelong-health-a-suite-of-parenting-programmes-to-prevent-violence"&gt;Parenting for Lifelong Health&lt;/a&gt; programme.&lt;br&gt;
Benjamin Perks is Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at &lt;a href="https://www.unicef.org/"&gt;UNICEF&lt;/a&gt;. Benjamin is a diplomat specialising in human rights in low- and middle- income countries, and has been advocating for, and advising governments on, access and quality of education, child protection, health and justice sector reform.&lt;br&gt;
Sabine Rakotomalala is Technical Officer in the &lt;a href="https://www.who.int/"&gt;World Health Organization’s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.who.int/teams/social-determinants-of-health/violence-prevention"&gt;Violence Prevention Unit&lt;/a&gt;, part of the WHO’s Department for the Social Determinants of Health. Sabine has a master’s degree in Child Psychology and has held various roles within the WHO, Terre des hommes and UNICEF aimed at brining awareness to and preventing violence against children.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Content warning: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Please be aware that this episode refers to topics such as child abuse and mistreatment.&lt;/div&gt;
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Futuremakers

Oxford University

S4 Ep6: Protecting mental health in crisis contexts with Benjamin Perks and Sabine Rakotomalala

AUG 31, 202357 MIN
Futuremakers

S4 Ep6: Protecting mental health in crisis contexts with Benjamin Perks and Sabine Rakotomalala

AUG 31, 202357 MIN

Description

<div>In Episode 6 of the series, Professor Belinda Lennox is joined by Benjamin Perks, from UNICEF, Sabine Rakotomalala, from the World Health Organization, and <a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-jamie-m.-lachman">Dr Jamie Lachman</a>, <a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-isang-awah">Dr Isang Awah</a> and <a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/stephanie-eagling-peche">Stephanie Eagling-Peche</a> from Oxford’s <a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/">Department of Social Policy and Intervention.</a><br> Here, they discuss the impact of trauma on mental health, how to protect children during a crisis and the resources developed collaboratively between Oxford, the WHO and UNICEF for the <a href="https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/parenting-for-lifelong-health-a-suite-of-parenting-programmes-to-prevent-violence">Parenting for Lifelong Health</a> programme.<br> Benjamin Perks is Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at <a href="https://www.unicef.org/">UNICEF</a>. Benjamin is a diplomat specialising in human rights in low- and middle- income countries, and has been advocating for, and advising governments on, access and quality of education, child protection, health and justice sector reform.<br> Sabine Rakotomalala is Technical Officer in the <a href="https://www.who.int/">World Health Organization’s</a> <a href="https://www.who.int/teams/social-determinants-of-health/violence-prevention">Violence Prevention Unit</a>, part of the WHO’s Department for the Social Determinants of Health. Sabine has a master’s degree in Child Psychology and has held various roles within the WHO, Terre des hommes and UNICEF aimed at brining awareness to and preventing violence against children.<br> <strong>Content warning: </strong><br> Please be aware that this episode refers to topics such as child abuse and mistreatment.</div>