Child Development and Nutrition, Children and Violence, Development of Aggresive Behaviours, Effects of Violence in Children, Children in State Care/Alternative Care, Developing Countries
Professor Meeks has been Deputy Principal of The University of the West Indies, Open Campus since 2014 with a concurrent role as Campus Coordinator for Graduate Studies and Research, a position she has held since 2012.
Professor Meeks, a Professor of Child Development and Nutrition, trained at the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI) at The UWI and did post-doctoral work at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge University. Her work has focused on nutritional status and child development of children in difficult circumstances. She carried out longitudinal observations of undernourished children and examined their behavioural responses to nutritional supplementation and psychosocial stimulation, including interactions with their caregivers, other adults and children. She has studied the effects of lead toxicity coupled with undernutrition, and the benefits of zinc supplementation on the growth, morbidity and development of children.
Over the last two decades she has focused on issues of children and violence, including the development of aggression among children, and the effects of violence on Caribbean children. She was the lead researcher on the Caribbean Region report on Violence Against Children for the UN Secretary General’s Global Report. The CCDC, which she led, has started a program of research related to the effects of HIV on children’s development. She has been principal investigator on many research projects with substantial grant funding from international agencies including the World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, the OAS and the IDB.
Professor Meeks has published widely in international research journals, has several book chapters and technical reports, and a number of books and monographs both authored and edited. She serves the University of the West Indies in a number of capacities, including on the Senate, the Open Campus Council and the Appointments Committee. She has served on boards and committees related to children's issues internationally, regionally and in Jamaica. In February 2020, Professor Meeks was appointed as a Member of the UWI COVID-19 Task Force.
[Book]
Promoting Child Rights Through Research: Selected Papers from the Caribbean Child Research Conference 2007-2008 more..2010
Julie MeeksHenry-Lee, Aldrie and Gardner, Julie Meeks
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[Journal Article]
Transdisciplinary team science for global health: Case study of the JUS Media? Programme. more..2019
Julie MeeksFerguson, Gail M and Fiese, Barbara H and Nelson, Michelle R and Meeks Gardner, Julie M
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[Journal Article]
Trichuris trichiura infection and working memory in Jamaican schoolchildren more..1994
Julie MeeksMeeks Gardner, Julie M and Grantham McGregor, Sally M and Baddeley, Alan
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[Journal Article]
Determinants of aggressive and prosocial behaviour among Jamaican schoolboys more..2007
Julie MeeksMeeks Gardner, Julie M and Powell, Christine A and Grantham-McGregor, Sally M
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[Journal Article]
Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries more..2007
Julie MeeksWalker, Susan P and Wachs, Theodore D and Gardner, Julie Meeks and Lozoff, Betsy and Wasserman, Gail A and Pollitt, Ernesto and Carter, Julie A and International Child Development Steering Group and others
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[Journal Article]
A randomized controlled trial of a home-visiting intervention on cognition and behavior in term low birth weight infants more..2003
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie Meeks and Walker, Susan P and Powell, Christine A and Grantham-McGregor, Sally
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[Journal Article]
The Jamaica youth survey: assessing core competencies and risk for aggression among Jamaican youth more..2011
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie Meeks and Williams, Kirk R and Guerra, Nancy G and Walker, Ian
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[Journal Article]
Undernutrition and elevated blood lead levels: effects on psychomotor development among Jamaican children more..1998
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie Meeks and Walker, Susan P and Chang, Susan M and Vutchkov, Mitko and Lalor, Gerald C
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[Journal Article]
The use of herbal teas and remedies in Jamaica. more..2000@articlewhite2002presence, title=Presence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in Jamaica., author=White, VO and Gardner, J Meeks, journal=The West Indian medical journal, volume=51, number=1, pages=32–34, year=2002
Julie MeeksGardner, J Meeks and Grant, D and Hutchinson, S and Wilks, R
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[Journal Article]
Jamaican children's reports of violence at school and home more..2003
Julie MeeksFernald, Lia C and Meeks-Gardner, Julie
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[Journal Article]
Breastfeeding patterns among six-week-old term infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies more..2005
Julie MeeksKurzewski, Kirsten and Meeks Gardner, Julie
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[Journal Article]
Relation of birth weight, maternal intelligence and mother–child interactions to cognitive and play competence of Jamaican two-year old children more..2007
Julie MeeksWachs, Theodore D and Chang, Susan M and Walker, Susan P and Gardner, Julie M Meeks
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[Journal Article]
Zinc supplementation: effects on the growth and morbidity of undernourished Jamaican children. more..1998
Julie MeeksMeeks, J Gardner and Witter, Michael M and Ramdath, D Dan
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[Journal Article]
A pilot study of the Incredible Years Teacher Training programme and a curriculum unit on social and emotional skills in community pre-schools in Jamaica more..2009
Julie MeeksBaker-Henningham, H and Walker, S and Powell, C and Gardner, J Meeks
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[Journal Article]
Policies to reduce undernutrition include child development more..2008
Julie MeeksBlack, Mauren M and Walker, Susan P and Wachs, Theodore D and Ulkuer, Nurper and Gardner, Julie Meeks and Grantham-McGregor, Sally and Lozoff, Betsy and Engle, Patrice L
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[Journal Article]
Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world more..2007
Julie MeeksEngle, Patrice L and Black, Maureen M and Behrman, Jere R and De Mello, Meena Cabral and Gertler, Paul J and Kapiriri, Lydia and Martorell, Reynaldo and Young, Mary Eming and International Child Development Steering Group and others
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[Journal Article]
Physical activity, undernutrition and child development more..1994
Julie MeeksGardner, JM Meeks and Grantham-McGregor, Sally M
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[Journal Article]
Developmental impacts of heavy metals and undernutrition more..2008
Julie MeeksWasserman, Gail A and Liu, Xinhua and Factor-Litvak, Pam and Gardner, Julie Meeks and Graziano, Joseph H
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[Journal Article]
Issues of Violence in the Caribbean more..2008
Julie MeeksMatthies, Brigitte K and Meeks-Gardner, Julie and Daley, Avril and Crawford-Brown, Claudette
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[Journal Article]
The Kingston YMCA Youth Development Programme: Impact on violence among at-risk youth in Jamaica more..2010
Julie MeeksGuerra, Nancy G and Williams, Kirk and Meeks-Gardner, Julie and Walker, Ian
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Behaviour and development of stunted and nonstunted Jamaican children more..1999
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie M Meeks and Grantham-McGregor, Sally M and Himes, John and Chang, Susan
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Aggressive behaviour in children and adolescents. Part II: A review of the effects of environmental characteristics. more..1997
Julie MeeksFernald, LC and Gardner, JM
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[Journal Article]
Prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials more..1999
Julie MeeksBhutta, ZA and Black, Robert E and Brown, KH and Gardner, J Meeks and Gore, S and Hidayat, A and Khatun, F and Martorell, R and Ninh, NX and Penny, ME and others
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Activity and behavioral development in stunted and nonstunted children and response to nutritional supplementation more..1995
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie M Meeks and Grantham-McGregor, Sally M and Chang, Susan M and Himes, John H and Powell, Christine A
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[Journal Article]
Cross-cultural cognition: Developing tests for developing countries more..1995
Julie MeeksBaddeley, Alan and Gardner, Julie Meeks and Grantham-McGregor, Sally
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[Journal Article]
Perceptions and experiences of violence among secondary school students in urban Jamaica more..2003
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie Meeks and Powell, Christine A and Thomas, Joan A and Millard, Doreen
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[Journal Article]
Preparing Jamaican Children in State Care for Independent Living: A Situation Analysis more..2016
Julie MeeksAnaokar, Priya and Thomas, Kathi-Ann and Thomas, Joan
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[Journal Article]
Experiences of violence and deficits in academic achievement among urban primary school children in Jamaica more..2009
Julie MeeksBaker-Henningham, Helen and Meeks-Gardner, Julie and Chang, Susan and Walker, Susan
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Weaning-food viscosity and energy density: their effects on ad libitum consumption and energy intakes in Jamaican children more..1994
Julie MeeksStephenson, Dawn M and Gardner, J Meeks and Walker, Susan P and Ashworth, Ann
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[Journal Article]
Dietary intake and observed activity of stunted and non-stunted children in Kingston, Jamaica. Part II: Observed activity. more..1990
Julie MeeksGardner, Julie M and Grantham-McGregor, Sally M and Chang, Susan M and Powell, Christine A
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[Journal Article]
Concepts of obesity among outpatients of a Jamaican hospital more..2001
Julie MeeksChutkan, Majorie E and Meeks Gardner, Julie M and Wilks, Rainford J
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[Journal Article]
Feel American, watch American, eat American? Remote acculturation, TV, and nutrition among adolescent–mother dyads in Jamaica more..2018
Julie MeeksFerguson, Gail M and Muzaffar, Henna and Iturbide, Maria I and Chu, Hui and Meeks Gardner, Julie
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Activity levels and maternal-child behavior in undernutrition: studies in Jamaica more..1998
Julie MeeksMeeks Gardner, Julie M and Grantham-Mcgregor, Sally
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[Collection]
The relationship between undernutrition, activity levels and development in young children more..1990
Julie MeeksGrantham McGregor, Sally M and Meeks Gardner, Julie M and Walker, Susan P and Powell, Christine A
COMPLETED
[Collection]
Therapeutic effects of oral zinc in acute and persistent diarrhea in children in developing countries: pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials more..2000
Julie MeeksBhutta, Zulfiqar A and Bird, Sheila M and Black, Robert E and Brown, Kenneth H and Gardner, J Meeks and Hidayat, Adi and Khatun, Farida and Martorell, Reynaldo and Ninh, Nguyen X and Penny, Mary E and others
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[Conference Proceedings]
Violence against children in the Caribbean: A desk review more..2008
Julie MeeksMeeks Gardner, Julie and Henry-Lee, Aldrie and Chevannes, Pauletta and Thomas, Joan and Baker-Henningham, Helen and Coore, Charlene and Henry-Lee, A and Meeks Gardner, J
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[Public or Community Service]
Member, UWI COVID-19 Task Force (February 2020-present) more..February 2020
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Member of the Technical Committee for the Priority Setting for Health Research in the area of Child Development more..2005-2009
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Member of the Selection Panel for the Children’s Advocate more..2005
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Member of the Board, Planning Institute of Jamaica more..2014-2016
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[Public or Community Service]
UWI Open Campus representative on the CARICOM Working Group on Health and Family Life Education more..2010
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UWI representative on the CARICOM Working Group on Early Childhood more..2005-2012
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Member of the Inter-Sectoral Working Group on Children and Violence coordinated by the Planning Institute of Jamaica. more..2004-2007
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Member of the Board of the Malnourished Children’s Foundation, which provides an outreach service for families of malnourished children, including psychosocial stimulation, parent workshops and general social services more..No date provided
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Member of the National Plan of Action on Children Coordinating Committee more..No date provided
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Member of the Consultative Committee of the Office of the Children’s Advocate more..2006-2008
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Member of the Caribbean consultant team for the Organization of American States meeting of Caribbean academics and experts on Public Security, Montego Bay, Jamaica more..May 19-20, 2010.
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Member of the Caribbean consultant team for the Organization of American States consultation on violence in the Caribbean, Montego Bay, Jamaica more..March 6-7, 2008
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Member of the Project Steering Committee of the Enhancement of Basic Schools Project Ministry of Education (Jamaica) more..2004-present
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Member of the Global Child Development Group Steering Committee more..2006
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Member of the Board of the Peace Management Initiative, a programme developed through the Ministry of National Security to address violence in Kingston more..2005 – present
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Member of the Technical Steering Committee, Research Agenda Programme of the Planning Institute of Jamaica more..2002-2005
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Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Child Development Agency, the Executive Agency under the Ministry of Health responsible for the welfare of children in care more..2004-2006
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Member of the Board, Edna Manley Foundation more..2014 – present
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Member of the Executive of the National Food and Nutrition Coordinating Committee, Chairman 2004-2007 more..2004-2007
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Member of the Board of Childwatch International more..2005-2009
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Member of the Board, Jamaica Coalition for Children. more..No date provided
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Early Childhood Commission more..2005-2011
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[Education and Training]
Churchill College Fellowship more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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[Education and Training]
PhD Nutrition more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Diploma in Nutrition more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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[Education and Training]
BSc Agriculture (Upper Second Class Honours) more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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[Membership]
The University of the West Indies Senate more..Contribution of > Membership
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Board for Undergraduate Studies 2014 - present more..Contribution of > Membership
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University Council 2012 – 2016 more..Contribution of > Membership
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Ethics Committee Working Group and Ethics Committee Open Campus (Chair) 2008 –present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Evaluations and Promotions Committee Open Campus (Chair since 2014) 2008 – 2010, 2012-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Administrative, Technical & Service Staff – Appointments Committee (Chair) Open Campus 2014 - present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Quality Assurance for Centre Funded Research Institutes and Centres 2016 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Campus ICT Steering Committee (Chair) 2014 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Open Campus Research Ethics Committee (Chair) 2016 - 2018 more..Contribution of > Membership
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Academic Board (Open Campus) 2008 - present more..Contribution of > Membership
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University Ethics Steering Committee 2009 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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University ICT Steering Committee 2014-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Open Campus Academic Board Representative on Mona Campus Council 2009/10 more..Contribution of > Membership
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The University Press Board 2009 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Prior Learning Assessment Steering Committee (Chair) 2014 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Committee of Deans 2008 – 2010, 2012-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Management Committee now Leadership Team 2008 – 2010, 2014-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Board for Graduate Studies and Research 2008 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Appointments Committee (Open Campus) 2008 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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University Research Ethics Committee 2016 - 2019 more..Contribution of > Membership
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Appointments Committee 2008 – 2011, 2014 - 2017 more..Contribution of > Membership
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Campus Council 2008 – 2010, 2014-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Graduate Studies and Research Committee Open Campus (Chair) 2008 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Finance and General Purposes Committee (Open Campus) 2014-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Valedictorian Selection Committee Open Campus (Chair) 2012 – present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Library Evaluation and Promotion Committee more..Contribution of > Membership
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Executive Management Committee 2014-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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Finance Subcommittee of Council 2014-present more..Contribution of > Membership
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