Publications
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.
"Mental health and psychosocial support for children in humanitarian settings: An updated review of evidence and practice (November 2020). New York City: UNICEF, 2021.
Missing from the story: The urgent need for better data to protect children on the move. IDAC Data InSIGHT # 1. UNICEF, 2021.
Missing from the story: The urgent need for better data to protect children on the move. International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC), 2021.
Masculinities and COVID-19: Making the Connections. Promundo, 2020.
Maternal perceptions of father involvement among refugee and disadvantaged families in Beirut, Lebanon." PLOS ONE. 15.3 (2020): e0229670.
"My Hero is You, Storybook for Children on COVID-19 (available in 24 languages). Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2020.
Making life better for Children on the Move promising practices for working with and supporting children on the move. Destination Unknown, 2019.
Male involvement interventions and improved couples’ emotional relationships in Tanzania and Zimbabwe: ‘When we are walking together, I feel happy’." Culture, Health & Sexuality (2019): 1-18.
"Maternal Inflammation and Neurodevelopmental Programming: A Review of Preclinical Outcomes and Implications for Translational Psychiatry." Biological psychiatry. 85 (2019): 107-121.
"The meanings of spaces in ECEC centres: A literature review. EDUCAS, 2019.
Men’s roles in care seeking for maternal and newborn health: a qualitative study applying the three delays model to male involvement in Morogoro Region, Tanzania." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19.1 (2019).
"Maternal perceptions of paternal investment are associated with relationship satisfaction and breastfeeding duration in humans." Journal of Family Psychology. 32.8 (2018): 1025-1035.
"Measuring the cost of investing in early childhood interventions and applications of a standardized costing tool." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1419.1 (2018): 74-89.
"Mediating effects of parental psychological distress and individual-level social capital on the association between child poverty and maltreatment in Japan." Child abuse & neglect. 83 (2018): 142-150.
"Men and maternal health: The dilemma of short-lived male involvement strategies in Uganda." Health Care for Women International (2018): 1-13.
"Mental health and wellbeing during the transition to fatherhood." JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 16.11 (2018): 2118-2191.
"Mental health services as a vital component of psychosocial recovery for victims of child trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation." Am J Orthopsychiatry. 88 (2018): 249-260.
" "Maternal Interpersonal Trauma and Child Social-Emotional Development: An Intergenerational Effect." Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 31 (2017): 99-107.
"Methods to Assess Adverse Childhood Experiences of Children and Families: Toward Approaches to Promote Child Well-being in Policy and Practice." Academic pediatrics. 17 (2017): S51-s69.
"Mapping the global goals for sustainable development and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2016.
Maternal depression and mental health in early childhood: an examination of underlying mechanisms in low-income and middle-income countries." Lancet Psychiatry. 3 (2016): 983-992.
"Maternal immune activation: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders." Science (New York, N.Y.). 353 (2016): 772-7.
"Missing out: Refugee education in crisis. UNHCR, 2016.
Moving from Evidence to Implementation of Early Childhood Programs: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally, 2016.
Moving from Evidence to Implementation of Early Childhood Programs. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016.
Maternal history of autoimmune disease and later development of tourette syndrome in offspring." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 54 (2015): 495-501.e1.
"Maximizing the potential of early childhood education to prevent externalizing behavior problems: A meta-analysis." J Sch Psychol. 53 (2015): 243-63.
"Medical humanitarianism: anthropologists speak out on policy and practice." Med Anthropol Q. 29.1 (2015): 1-23.
"Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice. Penn University Press, 2015.
More than One Way to Get There: Pathways of Change in Coparenting Conflict after a Preventive Intervention." Fam Process. 54 (2015): 610-8.
"Media and technology use predicts ill-being among children, preteens and teenagers independent of the negative health impacts of exercise and eating habits." Computers in Human Behavior. 35 (2014): 364-375.
"Medical humanitarianism: Research insights in a changing field of practice Introduction." Soc Sci Med. 120 (2014): 311-316.
"Mental health and development among children living in violent conditions: Underlying processes for promoting peace." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah. Vol. 15. The MIT Press, 2014. 213-232.
Mental health research in the Syrian humanitarian crisis." Front Public Health. 2 (2014): 44.
"Methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene and oxytocin blood levels in the development of psychopathy." Dev Psychopathol. 26 (2014): 33-40.
"Maternal education preferences moderate the effects of mandatory employment and education programs on child positive and problem behaviors." Child Dev. 84 (2013): 198-208.
"Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in pediatric primary care: association with child maltreatment and frequency of child exposure to traumatic events." JAMA Pediatr. 167.11 (2013): 1011-8.
"Minding the Baby: Enhancing Reflectiveness to Improve Early Health and Relationship Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Home-Visiting Program." Infant Mental Health Journal. 34.5 (2013): 391-405.
"Multi-tier mental health program for refugee youth." J Consult Clin Psychol. 81 (2013): 129-40.
"Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors." Lancet. 379.9812 (2012): 266-82.
"Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors." Lancet. 379.9812 (2012): 250-65.
"Moderators of treatment effectiveness for war-affected youth with depression in northern Uganda." J Adolesc Health. 51 (2012): 544-50.
"Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame. Basic Books, 2012.
Maternal and paternal plasma, salivary, and urinary oxytocin and parent-infant synchrony: considering stress and affiliation components of human bonding." Dev Sci. 14.4 (2011): 752-61.
"Maternal programming of reproductive function and behavior in the female rat." Front Evol Neurosci. 3 (2011): 10.
"Maternal responsiveness moderates the relationship between allostatic load and working memory." Development and psychopathology. 23 (2011): 873-80.
"Mental health and childhood adversities: a longitudinal study in Kabul, Afghanistan." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 50.4 (2011): 349-63.
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