Publications
Promoting mother‐infant relationships and underlying neural correlates: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home‐visiting program for adolescent mothers in Brazil." Developmental Science (2021).
"Quantifying Heckman: Are Governments in Eastern and Southern Africa Maximizing Returns on Investments in Early Childhood Development?. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, 2021.
Ready to engage. Perspectives of teachers and parents on social and emotional learning and service-learning in America’s public schools. Allstate Foundation, 2021.
Resilience humanitarianism and peacebuilding." Multisystemic resilience: Adaptation and transformation in contexts of change. Oxford University Press, 2021. 361-74.
Responsive caregiving, early learning and play, and children’s safety and security during COVID-19. LEGO Foundation, 2021.
The Role of the Health Sector in Advancing Nurturing Care: AKDN Syria’s Implementation of Care for Child Development. Aga Khan Foundation, 2021.
Social Science–Based Pathways to Reduce Social Inequality in Youth Outcomes and Opportunities at Scale." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7 (2021): 237802312110202.
"State of Babies Yearbook: 2021 (US). Zero to Three, 2021.
The state of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s most vulnerable children. ECPC panel session summary report. G20 Civil Society (C20) Virtual Summit — C20 Saudi Arabia 2020. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2021.
State of the world's fathers 2021: Structural solutions to achieve equality in care work. MenCare, 2021.
Supporting Maternal Mental Health and Nurturing Care in Humanitarian Settings." Journal on Education in Emergencies. 7.1 (2021): 119.
" UNICEF: Child Protection Strategy 2021-2030. New York, NY, USA: UNICEF, 2021.
Violence against children in the time of COVID-19: What we have learned, what remains unknown and the opportunities that lie ahead." Child Abuse & Neglect. 116 (2021): 104776.
"Are Children Really Learning? Exploring foundational skills in the midst of a learning crisis. UNICEF, 2022.
Boosting Intergenerational Mobility: The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Skills and Social Mobility . Heckman, 2022.
Comparing the reliability and predictive power of child, teacher, and guardian reports of noncognitive skills." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119.6 (2022).
"European Care Strategy. Eurochild position. Eurochild, 2022.
Family engagement in early learning opportunities at home and in early childhood education centers in Colombia." Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 58 (2022): 35-46.
"Fathers Matter for Peace, Equity and Social Inclusion. New Haven, CT USA: Conflict, Resilience, and Health Program, Yale University, 2022.
The Future of Parenting Programs: III Uptake and Scale." Parenting. 22.3 (2022): 258-275.
"Impact of a Social-emotional Skills-Building Program (Pisotón) on Early Development of Children in Colombia: A Pilot Effectiveness Study." International Journal of Educational Research. 111 (2022): 101898.
"Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Development and Education in Emergencies." Journal on Education in Emergencies. 8.1 (2022): 138.
"Measuring the quality of early childhood education: Associations with children’s development from a national study with the IMCEIC tool in Colombia." Child Development. 93.1 (2022): 254-268.
"ECPC Call-to-Action for Justice, Peace, and the Protection of All Children Affected by the War in Israel and Palestine. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Overview of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium’s Early Childhood and Peacebuilding Research and Practice. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Policy Briefing Note: Early Childhood Development and Its Promise for Peace. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Policy Briefing Note: Taking Action on the Safety, Well-being, and Development of Children in Conflict/Post Conflict Countries. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Intergenerational Pathways to Peace: Putting Children First. Policy Brief, Global Health Studies Program. New Haven, CT USA: Global Health Studies Program, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University, 2024.
Leveraging Caregivers to Provide Remote Early Childhood Education in Hard-to-Access Settings in Lebanon: Impacts From a Randomized Controlled Trial." Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness (2024): 1-31.
"The early years: silent emergency or unique opportunity?" The Lancet. 389 (Submitted): 11-13.
"Expanding the evidence base to drive more productive early childhood investment." The Lancet. 389 (Submitted): 14-16.
"Good early development-the right of every child." The Lancet. 389 (Submitted): 13-14.
"A good start in life will ensure a sustainable future for all." The Lancet. 389 (Submitted): 8-9.
"Risk of poor development in young children in low-income and middle-income countries: an estimation and analysis at the global, regional, and country level." The Lancet Global Health. 4 (Submitted): e916-e922.
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