Knowledge Base
This knowledge platform for scholarly publishing is provided by the ECPC. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited based on its relevance to early childhood development, social cohesion, violence prevention and peace promotion, and more. Additional literature will be added as it becomes available.
Child maltreatment, youth violence, and intimate partner violence: developmental relationships. American journal of preventive medicine. 2007;33:281-90.
Structural violence and clinical medicine. PLoS Med. 2006;3(10):e449.
Key results from the first forty years of the Cambridge Study in delinquent development. In: Thornberry T.P, Krohn M., editors. Taking stock of delinquency: An overview of findings from contemporary longitudinal studies. New York, NY: Kluwer; 2003. 1. p. 137-184p.
Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors. Lancet. 2012;379(9812):266-82.
Egalitarianism in young children. Nature. 2008;454:1079-83.
Effects of family foundations on parents and children: 3.5 years after baseline. Journal of Family Psychology. 2010;24(5):532-542.
Is early childhood relevant to peacebuilding? J Peacebuilding Develop. 2013;8:81-85.
Maternal brain response to own baby-cry is affected by cesarean section delivery. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008;49:1042-52.
DNA methylation: a mechanism for embedding early life experiences in the genome. Child Dev. 2013;84(1):49-57.
Japan's emerging challenge for child abuse: system coordination for early prevention of child abuse is needed. Bioscience trends. 2014;8:240-1.
Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study. PLOS ONE. 2019;14(4):e0213995.
Primary health care and early childhood development. Lancet. 2011;378:e16.
Fathers’ role in children’s language development. In: Cabrera N.J, Tamis-LeMonda C.S, editors. Handbook of Father Involvement: multidsciplinary perspectives. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Routledge; 2014.
Birth preparedness and place of birth in Tandahimba district, Tanzania: what women prepare for birth, where they go to deliver, and why. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2016;16:165.
Our place in the (E) space: What each parent has to know about the Internet: Perspectives, challenges and responsibilities. Milan, Italy: SOS II Telefono Azzurro NGO; 2017.
Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Youth Resilience and Culture . Vol 11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015.
Unprotected: Crisis in humanitarian funding for child protection. UNs Children's Fund; 2019.
Opiate use, treatment, and harm reduction in Afghanistan: recent changes and future directions. Int J Drug Policy. 2012;23(5):341-5.
Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research. Lancet. 2011;378:1581-91.
Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings. PLoS Med. 2011;8(9):e1001096.
Relevance or excellence? Setting research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2012;20(1):25-36.
Improving mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings: reflections on research funded through R2HCAbstract. Conflict and Health. 2020;14(1).
The efficacy of toddler-parent psychotherapy to reorganize attachment in the young offspring of mothers with major depressive disorder: a randomized preventive trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2006;74(6):1006-16.
The impact of racism on child and adolescent health. American Academy of Pediatrics; 2019.
Response to Commentaries on Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Research on Asian American Child Development. Child Dev. 2016;87:1066-8.
Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Research on Asian American Child Development. Child Dev. 2016;87:989-94.
Early Childhood Programs as the Doorway to Social Cohesion: Application of Vygotsky’s Ideas from an East-West Perspective. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 2010.
The Rights of Children for Optimal Development and Nurturing Care. Pediatrics. 2019;144(6):e20190487.
UN General Assembly report of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty United Nations, A /74/136. United Nations General Assembly 74th Session; 2019.
Refugee education 2030: A strategy for refugee inclusion. Copenhagen, Denmark: UNHCR; 2019.
Missing out: Refugee education in crisis. UNHCR; 2016.
Desperate journeys.; 2017.
Early childhood development and family services: Baseline evaluation in 20 sites in Rwanda.. Kigali, Rwanda: UNICEF; 2014.
UNICEF Programme Report 2012-2016. Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy in Conflict-Affected Contexts (; 2016.
Learning for Peace narratives from the field: A compendium of programme statistics 2012/2016. New York City: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); 2018.
Early childhood education and peacebuilding in post-conflict Northern and Eastern Uganda. Nairobi, Kenya: UNICEF; 2015.
Pan-African Symposium on Education, Resilience and Social Cohesion - Strengthening Education Policies and Programmes to Achieve SDGs and Africa’s Agenda 2063. Peacebuilding Education and Advocacy in Conflict-affected Contexts Programme; 2016.
For every child a fair chance. The promise of equity . New York, NY: UNICEF; 2015.
Early childhood development, a statistical snapshot: Building better brains and outcomes for children. New York, NY: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); 2014.
Mapping the global goals for sustainable development and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York, NY: UNICEF; 2016.
South African Child Support Grant Impact Assessment. Pretoria: Dept. of Social Development.; 2012.
The state of the world’s children 2006: excluded and invisible. New York, NY: UNICEF; 2006.
Uprooted. The growing crisis for refugee and migrant children. New York, NY: UNICEF; 2016.
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