Publications
South African Child Support Grant Impact Assessment. Pretoria: Dept. of Social Development., 2012.
Long term mental health outcomes of Finnish children evacuated to Swedish families during the second world war and their non-evacuated siblings: cohort study." BMJ. 350 (2015): g7753.
"A pilot study of a parent-education group for families affected by depression." Can J Psychiatry. 48.2 (2003): 78-86.
"THE PEACEFUL KIDS CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAM." International Journal of Conflict Management. 11 (2000): 337-357.
"Triple P-Positive Parenting Program: towards an empirically validated multilevel parenting and family support strategy for the prevention of behavior and emotional problems in children." Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2.2 (1999): 71-90.
"Applying Self-Regulation Principles in the Delivery of Parenting Interventions." Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 22.1 (2019): 24-42.
"The mass media and the prevention of child behavior problems: the evaluation of a television series to promote positive outcomes for parents and their children." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 41.7 (2000): 939-48.
"The role of child benefits in enabling family-friendly policies to achieve the triple bottom line. An evidence brief. 2019: UNICEF, 2019.
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.
Global citizenship and the role of the United Nations: The promise of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2018.159 (2018): 99-105.
"How do grandparents influence child health and development? A systematic review." Social Science & Medicine (2019): 112476.
"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.
"Young children's reactions to war-related stress: a survey and assessment of an innovative intervention." Pediatrics. 121.1 (2008): 46-53.
"Improving the mental health of abandoned children: Experiences from a global online intervention." American Psychologist. 75.9 (2020): 1376-1388.
"Masculinities and COVID-19: Making the Connections. Promundo, 2020.
The Family and the MDGs. Doha, Qatar: Doha Institute for Family Studies and Development, 2012.
Introducing the issue, ‘School readiness: Closing racial and ethnic gaps’." The Future of Children. 15 (2005): 5-14.
"Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993-2015)." Lancet Glob Health. 5 (2017): e1249-e1257.
"Effects of welfare reform on children of adolescent mothers: moderation by maternal depression, father involvement, and grandmother involvement." Women Health. 32 (2001): 253-90.
"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.
"Roma Education Fund’s statement on COVID 19 effecting Roma communities and access to education. Hungary: ROMA Education Fund, 2020.
Effects of Healthy Families New York on the promotion of maternal parenting competencies and the prevention of harsh parenting." Child Abuse Negl. 34.10 (2010): 711-23.
"Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study." The Lancet Global Health (2020).
"Sustainable Development and Health: From Global to Local Agenda." Sustainable Development: An Appraisal of the Gulf Region. Ed. P. Sillitoe. New York: Berghahn Books, 2014. 391-415.
Child migration and access to Early Childhood Care and Education: Limitations in legal frameworks and other concerns. Right to Education, 2021.
Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development." Lancet (London, England). 389 (2017): 103-118.
"Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development." Lancet. 389 (2017): 103-118.
"The importance of caregiver-child interactions for the survival and healthy development of young children: A review. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2004.
Guidance for the health sector to partner with parents and families for early childhood development." The Lancet. 395.10226 (2020): 766-768.
"Nurturing Care for Young Children under Conditions of Fragility and Conflict." New directions for child and adolescent development. 2018 (2018): 13-26.
"Nurturing Care for Young Children under Conditions of Fragility and Conflict." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 13-26.
"Early childhood." Promoting Mental Health in Scarce-resource Contexts: Emerging Evidence and Practice. Eds. I. Petersen, et al. Cape Town, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2010. 99-123.
Age 26 cost-benefit analysis of the child-parent center early education program." Child development. 82 (2011): 379-404.
"Effects of a school-based, early childhood intervention on adult health and well-being: a 19-year follow-up of low-income families." Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 161 (2007): 730-9.
"Family engagement in early learning opportunities at home and in early childhood education centers in Colombia." Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 58 (2022): 35-46.
"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.
"Promotion of children's rights and prevention of child maltreatment." Lancet. 373 (2009): 332-43.
"Working through resistance in engaging boys and men towards gender equality and progressive masculinities." Culture, Health & Sexuality. 17.sup2 (2015): 144-158.
"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.
" Epigenetic Alterations Associated with War Trauma and Childhood Maltreatment." Behavioral sciences & the law. 33 (2015): 701-21.
"Paternal depression in the postnatal period and child development: a prospective population study." Lancet. 365 (2005): 2201-5.
"Do early father-infant interactions predict the onset of externalising behaviours in young children? Findings from a longitudinal cohort study." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54.1 (2013): 56-64.
"Intractable Conflicts: Socio-Psychological Foundations and Dynamics." Terror Polit Violenc. 27 (2015): 791-792.
"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.
"The impact of homelessness on children." Am Psychol. 46 (1991): 1170-9.
"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.
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