Publications
Epigenetics and the environmental regulation of the genome and its function." Annu Rev Psychol. 61 (2010): 439-66, C1-3.
"State of Babies Yearbook: 2021 (US). Zero to Three, 2021.
A Skeptics View." Culture and Negotiation: The Resolution of Water Disputes. Eds. G. Faure, and J. Rubin. London: Sage Publications, 1993.
Implementation research for early childhood development programming in humanitarian contexts." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1419.1 (2018): 90-101.
"ANYAS special Issue | Implementation research and practice for early childhood development 2018i., 2018.
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.
"LEAPS: a strategy to benefit young children and youth. Early Childhood Matters, .2019. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
Effectiveness of a youth-led early childhood care and education programme in rural Pakistan: A cluster-randomised controlled trial." PloS one. 13 (2018): e0208335.
"Review of implementation processes for integrated nutrition and psychosocial stimulation interventions." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1308 (2014): 33-45.
"The effects of poverty on the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children and youth: implications for prevention." Am Psychol. 67 (2012): 272-84.
"Advancing Methods in Research on Asian American Children and Youth." Child Dev. 87 (2016): 1033-50.
"Welfare dynamics, support services, mothers' earnings, and child cognitive development: implications for contemporary welfare reform." Child Dev. 70 (1999): 779-801.
"Effects of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions." The Journal of Pediatrics (2020).
"Experimental impacts of a teacher professional development program in Chile on preschool classroom quality and child outcomes." Dev Psychol. 51 (2015): 309-22.
"Long-term effects of early childhood programs on social outcomes and delinquency." Future Child. 5 (1995): 51-75.
"Child development and public policy: toward a dynamic systems perspective." Child Dev. 72 (2001): 1887-903.
"Access to institutional resources as a measure of social exclusion: relations with family process and cognitive development in the context of immigration." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2008 (2008): 63-86.
"Commentary: New Directions in Developmentally Informed Intervention Research for Vulnerable Populations." Child Dev. 88 (2017): 459-465.
"Gender-responsive pedagogy in early childhood education: A toolkit for teachers and school leaders. Nairobi, Kenya: Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), 2019.
A bioecocultural approach to supporting adolescent mothers and their young children in conflict-affected contexts." Development and Psychopathology (2021): 1-13.
"Homeless street children in Nepal: use of allostatic load to assess the burden of childhood adversity." Dev Psychopathol. 20 (2008): 233-55.
" Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016 -2030): 2018 monitoring report. World Health Organization, 2018.
Preventing violence: Evaluation outcomes of parenting programs. World Health Organization, 2013.
Nurturing care for early childhood development: A framework for helping children survive and thrive to transform health and human potential. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2018.
Care for child development: Improving the care for young children. World Health Organization, 2012.
Pathways for peace : inclusive approaches to preventing violent conflict. Washington, D.C.: World Bank,, 2018.
Spirals of Inequality. Women's Budget Group, 2020.
Evaluation of free to grow: head start partnerships to promote substance-free communities." Eval Rev. 35.2 (2011): 153-88.
"Exploring Early Childhood Care and Education Levers to Improve Population Health. Ed. Theresa M. Wizemann. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2019.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
Impact of behavioral inhibition and parenting style on internalizing and externalizing problems from early childhood through adolescence." J Abnorm Child Psychol. 37.8 (2009): 1063-75.
"Transactional sex as a form of child sexual exploitation and abuse in Rwanda: implications for child security and protection." Child Abuse Negl. 36 (2012): 354-61.
"The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger. Bloomsbury USA, 2011.
Global leaders unite to ensure everyone everywhere can access new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19. World Health Organization (WHO), 2020.
WHO guideline to improve early childhood development. World Health Organization (WHO), 2020.
Center-Based Early Head Start and Children Exposed to Family Conflict." Early Education & Development. 20.6 (2009): 942-957.
"Effectiveness of day treatment with proctor care for young children: A four-year follow-up." Journal of Community Psychology. 31.5 (2003): 459-468.
"Accelerating Language-Development through Picture Book Reading." Dev Psychol. 24 (1988): 552-559.
"A multi-site evaluation of Parents Raising Safe Kids Violence Prevention Program." Children and Youth Services Review. 33.10 (2011): 1960-1967.
"Using the power of mass media to achieve impact at scale: an experiment that worked. Early Childhood Matters. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
Autonomous and dependent–The dichotomy of birth: A feminist analysis of birth plans in Sweden." Midwifery. 68 (2019): 56-64.
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