Publications
Dignity under extreme duress: The moral and emotional landscape of local humanitarian workers in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas." Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice. Eds. S. Abramowitz, and C. Panter-Brick. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Timely sensory stimulation and early childhood development." Lancet. 390 (2017): 2626.
"Long-term effects of nurse home visitation on children's criminal and antisocial behavior: 15-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial." Jama. 280 (1998): 1238-44.
"Programs for parents of infants and toddlers: recent evidence from randomized trials." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 48.3-4 (2007): 355-91.
"Prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses: recent findings." Future Child. 9.1 (1999): 44-65, 190-1.
"Evidentiary foundations of nurse-family partnership,. Nurse-Family Partnership., 2011.
Effects of home visits by paraprofessionals and by nurses: age 4 follow-up results of a randomized trial." Pediatrics. 114.6 (2004): 1560-8.
"Home visiting by paraprofessionals and by nurses: a randomized, controlled trial." Pediatrics. 110.3 (2002): 486-96.
"Impact of childhood abuse on suicide-related behavior: Analysis using marginal structural models." Journal of affective disorders. 234 (2018): 224-230.
"Prenatal exposure to maternal depression, neonatal methylation of human glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) and infant cortisol stress responses." Epigenetics. 3.2 (2008): 97-106.
"DNA methylome variation in a perinatal nurse-visitation program that reduces child maltreatment: a 27-year follow-up." Translational psychiatry. 8 (2018): 15.
"The effects of global severe privation on cognitive competence: extension and longitudinal follow-up. English and Romanian Adoptees Study Team." Child Dev. 71.2 (2000): 376-90.
"A pilot study of a family focused, psychosocial intervention with war-exposed youth at risk of attack and abduction in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo." Child Abuse Negl. 38 (2014): 1197-207.
"Early-Life Adversity and Physical and Emotional Health Across the Lifespan: A Neuroimmune Network Hypothesis." Biological psychiatry. 80 (2016): 23-32.
"The power of media in peacebuilding." 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. 339-360.
Nurturing care for children living in humanitarian settings. Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development, 2020.
The United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty. New York City: United Nations, 2019.
The 4Rs Framework: Analyzing education’s contributions to sustainable peacebuilding with social justice in conflict-affected contexts." J Educ Emergencies. 3 (2016): 14-43.
"The long-term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect: a systematic review and meta-analysis." PLoS medicine. 9 (2012): e1001349.
"Risk of childhood psychiatric disorders in children of refugee parents with post-traumatic stress disorder: a nationwide, register-based, cohort study." The Lancet Public Health. 4.7 (2019): e353-e359.
"Caregiving Strategies for Reducing Aggression and Violence in At-risk Mothers and their Babies." Child and Youth Care Forum. 35.5-6 (2006): 411-426.
"One Family at a Time: A Prevention Program for At-Risk Parents." Journal of Counseling & Development. 80.3 (2002): 362-371.
"I am a child! Four steps for protecting children’s rights in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and in the Global Compact on Refugees. NGO Committee on Migration, 2018.
Risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation and behaviour in Rwandan children." Br J Psychiatry. 207 (2015): 262-8.
"Youth mental health after civil war: the importance of daily stressors." Br J Psychiatry. 206 (2015): 116-21.
"The Youth Readiness Intervention for war-affected youth." J Adolesc Health. 56 (2015): 606-11.
"Investment in Humans, Technological Diffusion, and Economic Growth." The American Economic Review. 56 (1966): 69-75.
"A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
Differential patterns of whole-genome DNA methylation in institutionalized children and children raised by their biological parents." Dev. Psychopathol.. 24.1 (2012): 143-55.
"Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. Eds. B. T. Bowman, M. S. Donovan, and M. S. Burns. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.
Investing in Young Children Globally for Peaceful Societies: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop. Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG), UNICEF, King Abdulla Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, 2016.
Moving from Evidence to Implementation of Early Childhood Programs: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally, 2016.
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.
"Implementation and scale-up of psycho-trauma centers in a post-conflict area: a case study of a private-public partnership in northern Uganda." PLoS Med. 10 (2013): e1001427.
"Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern India (CARING trial): a cluster-randomised controlled trial." The Lancet Global Health. 5.10 (2017): e1004-e1016.
"Advancing equity in early childhood education. NAEYC position statement. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC, 2019.
Men and maternal health: The dilemma of short-lived male involvement strategies in Uganda." Health Care for Women International (2018): 1-13.
"Parenting in times of war: supporting caregivers and children in crisis." Early Childhood Matters. 124 (2015): 54-58.
"After abduction: exploring access to reintegration programs and mental health status among young female abductees in Northern Uganda." Confl Health. 8 (2014): 5.
"The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems." Journal of family violence. 25 (2010): 53-63.
"Supporting the youngest refugees and their families. Moving Minds Alliance, 2019.
COVID-19 in Pre-Existing Humanitarian Crises. Moving Minds Alliance, 2020.
ECD and early learning for children in crisis and conflict. Moving Minds Alliance, 2018.
Building a generation of reconciliation: The role of early childhood development in peace building. Istanbul, Turkey, 2009.
Efficacy of a home-visiting intervention aimed at improving maternal sensitivity, child attachment, and behavioral outcomes for maltreated children: a randomized control trial." Dev. Psychopathol.. 23.1 (2011): 195-210.
"Early interventions to prevent mental disorders--learning lessons from the field of psychosis." Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 33 Suppl 2 (2011): s125-8.
"Epigenetic reprogramming in mammals." Hum. Mol. Genet.. 14 Spec No 1 (2005): R47-58.
"The case for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in humans." Mamm. Genome. 19.6 (2008): 394-7.
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