Publications
Commentary: New Directions in Developmentally Informed Intervention Research for Vulnerable Populations." Child Dev. 88 (2017): 459-465.
"Child development and public policy: toward a dynamic systems perspective." Child Dev. 72 (2001): 1887-903.
"Care for child development: Improving the care for young children. World Health Organization, 2012.
Center-Based Early Head Start and Children Exposed to Family Conflict." Early Education & Development. 20.6 (2009): 942-957.
"Children and armed conflict: Interventions for supporting war-affected children." Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. 23 (2017): 4-13.
"COVID-19 and Children in Armed Conflict. New York City: Watch List on Children in Armed Conflict, 2020.
“A Credible List”: Recommendations for the Secretary-General’s 2020 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict. New York City: Watch List on Children in Armed Conflict, 2020.
COVID-19 CME Resources for Learners (Training for healthcare professionals). Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, 2020.
Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries." The Lancet. 369.9556 (2007): 145-157.
"Child mental health, psychosocial wellbeing and resilience in Afghanistan: a review and future directions." Handbook of Resilience in Children of War. Eds. C. Fernando, and M. Ferrari. Vol. 51-79. Springer, 2014.
A Call to Strengthen Mental Health Supports for Refugee Children and Youth." NAM Perspectives. 8.8 (2018).
" Concurrent resolution with the General Assembly on the review of the UN peacebuilding architecture., 2016.
Charter of the United Nations., 1945.
Convention on the rights of the child. United Nations Treaty Series. Vol. 1577., 1989.
The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis. Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index.. New York, NY, USA: UNICEF, 2021.
COMMENCER DÈS LE PLUS JEUNE ÂGE À ÉDIFIER DES SOCIÉTÉS PLUS FORTES ET PLUS PACIFIQUES (FR). New York: UNICEF, 2015.
Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward. UNICEF, International Labour Organization (ILO), 2021.
Childhood adversity and epigenetic modulation of the leukocyte glucocorticoid receptor: preliminary findings in healthy adults." PLoS ONE. 7.1 (2012): e30148.
"Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Youth Resilience and Culture . Vol. 11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2015.
Conserved epigenetic sensitivity to early life experience in the rat and human hippocampus." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 109 Suppl 2 (2012): 17266-72.
"Children as agents of positive change. A mapping of children’s initiatives across regions, towards an inclusive and healthy world free from violence. New York City: UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, 2021.
Celebrating childhood: A journey to end violence against children. United Nations, 2016.
Coping and mental health outcomes among Sierra Leonean war-affected youth: Results from a longitudinal study." Dev Psychopathol. 29 (2017): 11-23.
"Children‘s Mediational Teaching Style as a Function of Intervention for Cross-Age Peer-Mediation." School Psychology International. 25.1 (2004): 59-78.
"Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us who We are. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Cooler Earth - Higher Benefits Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance.. World Council of Churches, 2020.
Comprehensive longitudinal studies of child health, development and behaviour in Jamaica: findings and policy impact." The West Indian medical journal. 57 (2008): 639-44.
"Childcare and working families: New opportunity of missing link? An evidence brief. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2019.
Child migration and access to Early Childhood Care and Education: Limitations in legal frameworks and other concerns. Right to Education, 2021.
Comparing the validity of the self reporting questionnaire and the Afghan symptom checklist: dysphoria, aggression, and gender in transcultural assessment of mental health." BMC Psychiatry. 14 (2014): 206.
"Cohort profile: The Mauritius Child Health Project." International journal of epidemiology. 39 (2010): 1441-51.
"Child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation: a review of promising prevention policies and programs." Am J Orthopsychiatry. 83 (2013): 559-75.
"Challenges to the rapid identification of children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation." Child Abuse Negl. 52 (2016): 158-68.
"Changing antisocial behavior patterns in young boys: A structured cooperative learning approach." Education and Treatment of Children. 25.4 (2002): 380-395.
"Childhood chronic physical aggression associates with adult cytokine levels in plasma." PLoS ONE. 8.7 (2013): e69481.
"A conceptual model for youth-led programs as a promising approach to Early Childhood Care and Education." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 71-89.
"A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Programs as a Promising Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education." New directions for child and adolescent development. 2018 (2018): 71-89.
"COVID-19, Violence & The Need To Act with Urgency. Benjamin Perks Blogsite, 2020.
The costs and economic impact of violence against children. London: Child Fund Alliance, Overseas Development Institute, 2014.
Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Self-harm in Early Childhood in a Cohort at Risk for Child Abuse and Neglect." Archives of Suicide Research. 23.1 (2019): 134-150.
"COVID-19: 24/7 Parenting. Parenting for Lifelong Health, 2020.
Caregiver-child mental health: a prospective study in conflict and refugee settings." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55.4 (2014): 313-27.
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