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.
Explore, Engage, Act! Children and young people and the Global Compact on Refugees and Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. United Kingdom: Save the Children; 2018.
Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010;11(9):651-9.
It’s Okay to Be a Different Kind of Parent During the Pandemic. The Atlantic; 2020.
Narrative and the Politics of Identity: The Cultural Psychology of Israeli and Palestinian Youth. Oxford University Press; 2010.
The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis. Disasters. 2009;33(1):132-51.
Saving lives, preserving livelihoods: understanding risk, decision-making and child health in a food crisis. Soc Sci Med. 2009;68(4):758-65.
The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis. Disasters. 2009;33:132-51.
Policy Briefing Note: Early Childhood Development and Its Promise for Peace. Early Childhood Peace Consortium; 2023.
Policy Briefing Note: Taking Action on the Safety, Well-being, and Development of Children in Conflict/Post Conflict Countries. Early Childhood Peace Consortium; 2023.
Resilience humanitarianism and peacebuilding. In: Multisystemic resilience: Adaptation and transformation in contexts of change. Oxford University Press; 2021. 3. p. 361-74p.
Practitioner Review: Engaging fathers – recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2014;55(11):1187-1212.
COVID-19: 24/7 Parenting. Parenting for Lifelong Health; 2020.
A Parental Bonding Instrument. British Journal of Medical Psychology. 1979;52:1-10.
Transitioning mental health & psychosocial support: from short-term emergency to sustainable post-disaster development. Humanitarian Action Summit 2011. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2011;26:470-81.
Promoting child and adolescent mental health in low and middle income countries. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008;49(3):313-34.
Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Self-harm in Early Childhood in a Cohort at Risk for Child Abuse and Neglect. Archives of Suicide Research. 2019;23(1):134-150.
The advisory group of experts report on the 2015 review of the United Nations. Peacebuilding Architecture; 2015.
Effectiveness of community dissemination of parent–child interaction therapy. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2012;4(2):204-213.
Genomics. ENCODE project writes eulogy for junk DNA. Science. 2012;337(6099):1159, 1161.
The costs and economic impact of violence against children. London: Child Fund Alliance, Overseas Development Institute; 2014.
COVID-19, Violence & The Need To Act with Urgency. Benjamin Perks Blogsite; 2020.
Does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Recent meta-analytic findings. In: Reducing prejudice and discrimination. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2000. 9. p. 93-114p.
Indicators framework for peacebuilding, education and social cohesion. Boston, MA: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and UNICEF; 2017.
Strategic Documentation of Violence against Healthcare: Towards a Methodology for Accountability. World Health Popul. 2016;16:31-7.
Technology, conflict early warning systems, public health, and human rights. Health Hum Rights. 2012;14:106-17.
Human rights, transitional justice, public health and social reconstruction. Soc Sci Med. 2010;70:98-105.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. National Academies Press; 2000.
Socio-emotional Programme Promotes Positive Behaviour in Preschoolers. Child Care in Practice. 2009;15(4):261-278.
World Report on Violence against Children. New York: United Nations; 2006.
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. Penguin Publishing Group; 2003.
Quality of infant child care and early infant development in Portuguese childcare centers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 2019;48:246-255.
Long-term consequences of neonatal rearing on central corticotropin-releasing factor systems in adult male rat offspring. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2005;30(12):2192-204.
Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Development and Education in Emergencies. Journal on Education in Emergencies. 2022;8(1):138.
Early Childhood Development programs, peacebuilding, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities for interdisciplinary research and multisectoral partnerships. In: Verma S., Petersen A.C, editors. Vol 74. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2018. 7. p. 77-95p.
Early Childhood Peace Consortium: Full report on the global launch. New Haven: Yale University; 2013.
Effects of the Mother−Child Education Program on parenting stress and disciplinary practices among refugee and other marginalized communities in Lebanon: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2020.
Early Childhood Peace Consortium: Full report on the global launch. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC); 2013.
Adaptation and Application of the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) Framework to Early Childhood Education Settings in Colombia. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. 2019;227(2):105-112.
A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Programs as a Promising Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education. New directions for child and adolescent development. 2018;2018:71-89.
Sector‐wide analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies in Colombia and considerations to strengthen systems globally. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2020;2020(172):103-123.
Systematic review: The exploration of the role of parenting and early learning programs in promoting positive development and peace building. New Haven, CT US: Yale Child Study Center; 2014.
Implementation Evaluation of the Mother‐Child Education Program Among Refugee and Other Vulnerable Communities in Lebanon. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2019.
A conceptual model for youth-led programs as a promising approach to Early Childhood Care and Education. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018;2018:71-89.
An evaluation of the Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids program. J Prim Prev. 2011;32(3-4):147-60.
How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens. New York City: New York Times; 2020.
Population-Based Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The US Triple P System Population Trial. Prev Sci. 2009;10:1-12.
The signature of maternal rearing in the methylome in rhesus macaque prefrontal cortex and T cells. J Neurosci. 2012;32(44):15626-42.
Childhood chronic physical aggression associates with adult cytokine levels in plasma. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(7):e69481.
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