School teacher teachers her students with the help of a laptop at the rural school (West Bengal, India).

Knowledge Base

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

- Mahatma Ghandi (1869 -1948)

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.

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Global Education Monitoring Report 2019: Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls. Paris: UNESCO Publishing; 2018.
Cities Welcoming Refugees & Migrants: Enhancing effective urban governance in an age of migration. Paris, France: UNESCO; 2016.
G20 Initiative for Early Childhood Development: Building human capital to break the cycle of poverty and inequality.; 2018.
&Peace IE. Global Peace Index 2019: Measuring peace in a complex world. Sydney, Australia: Institute for Economics & Peace; 2019.
Aber L., Biersteker L., Dawes A., Rawlings L. Social Protection and Welfare Systems: Implications for Early Childhood Development. In: al P.RBritto, editor. Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. New York: Oxford Univ. Press; 2013. 2. p. 260-274p.
Aboud F. Evaluation of an early childhood parenting programme in rural Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2007;25(1):3-13.
Aboud F., Yousafzai A. Very Early Childhood Development. In: Black R.E, Laxminarayan R., Temmerman M., Walker N., editors. Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2). Washington (DC); 2016.
Abramowitz S., Panter-Brick C. Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice. Penn University Press; 2015.
Abramowitz S., Marten M., Panter-Brick C. Medical humanitarianism: anthropologists speak out on policy and practice. Med Anthropol Q. 2015;29(1):1-23.
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McEwen BS. Brain on stress: how the social environment gets under the skin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2012;109 Suppl 2:17180-5.
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McGrath J., Saha S., Lim C., Aguilar-Gaxiola S., Alonso J., Andrade L., et al. Trauma and psychotic experiences: transnational data from the World Mental Health Survey. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. 2017;211:373-380.
McGuinness D, McGlynn LM, Johnson PC, MacIntyre A, G Batty D, Burns H, et al. Socio-economic status is associated with epigenetic differences in the pSoBid cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2012;41(1):151-60.
McLean K., Panter-Brick C. Fathers Matter for Peace, Equity and Social Inclusion. New Haven, CT USA: Conflict, Resilience, and Health Program, Yale University; 2022.
McLean KE. ‘Post-crisis masculinities’ in Sierra Leone: revisiting masculinity theory. Gender, Place & Culture. 2021;28(6):786-805.
McLennan DM. Using Sociodrama to Help Young Children Problem Solve. Early Childhood Education Journal. 2012;39(6):407-412.
ME M, E P, R S, A Z, S M, S N, et al. Intergenerational Pathways to Peace: Putting Children First. Policy Brief, Global Health Studies Program. New Haven, CT USA: Global Health Studies Program, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University; 2024.
Meaney MJ. Epigenetics and the biological definition of gene x environment interactions. Child Dev. 2010;81(1):41-79.
Meaney MJ, Szyf M. Maternal care as a model for experience-dependent chromatin plasticity? Trends Neurosci. 2005;28(9):456-63.
Mehus CJ, Wieling E, Achan L, Oloya OT. Identifying the roles of fathers in post-war northern Uganda: Groundwork for a parenting intervention. African Studies. 2018;77(4):526-548.
Mejia A, Calam R, Sanders MR. A review of parenting programs in developing countries: opportunities and challenges for preventing emotional and behavioral difficulties in children. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2012;15(2):163-75.
MenCare. State of the world's fathers 2021: Structural solutions to achieve equality in care work. MenCare; 2021.
Michalek JE, Lisi M, Awad D, Hadfield K, Mareschal I, Dajani R. The Effects of a Reading-Based Intervention on Emotion Processing in Children Who Have Suffered Early Adversity and War Related Trauma. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021;12.
Mieke T., Cardozo L., Higgins S., Le Mat M. Youth Agency and Peacebuilding: An Analysis of the Role of Formal and Non-Formal Education. UNICEF Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam Centre for International Education, University of Sussex UNESCO Centre at Ulster University; 2016.
MigrationPolicyInstitute. Responding to the ECEC needs of children of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and North America. Migration Policy Institute; 2018.
Mikton C, MacMillan H, Dua T, Betancourt TS. Integration of prevention of violence against children and early child development. Lancet Glob Health. 2014;2(8):e442-3.
Mikton C., MacMillan H., Dua T., Betancourt T. Integration of prevention of violence against children and early child development. The Lancet Global health. 2014;2:e442-3.
Mikton C, Butchart A. Child maltreatment prevention: a systematic review of reviews. Bull World Health Organ. 2009;87(5):353-61.
Mitchell C, Hobcraft J, McLanahan SS, Siegel SR, Berg A, Brooks-Gunn J, et al. Social disadvantage, genetic sensitivity, and children's telomere length. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014;111(16):5944-9.
Montag D., Panter-Brick C., Russell A. Anthropology and the health of populations--global trends and local contexts. Br J Gen Pract. 2002;52:691.
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Moran P., Ghate D., van der Merwe A. What works in parenting support? A Review of the International Evidence.; 2004.
Moreno T., Lombardi J. Early Childhood Matters 2019. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation; 2019.
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Morgan B., Sunar D., Carter S., Leckman J., Fry D., Keverne E., et al. Human biological development and peace: Genes, brains, safety, and justice. In: Leckman J., Panter-Brick C., Salah R., editors. Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol 15. MIT Press; 2014. 9. p. 95-128p.
Moriyama T., Miguel E., Leckman J. Early interventions to prevent mental disorders--learning lessons from the field of psychosis. Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2011;33 Suppl 2:s125-8.
Moss E, Dubois-Comtois K, Cyr C, Tarabulsy GM, St-Laurent D, Bernier A. 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. 2011;23(1):195-210.
MotherChildEducationFoundation, ÇEV A. Building a generation of reconciliation: The role of early childhood development in peace building. Istanbul, Turkey; 2009.
MovingMindsAlliance. COVID-19 in Pre-Existing Humanitarian Crises. Moving Minds Alliance; 2020.
MovingMindsAlliance. ECD and early learning for children in crisis and conflict. Moving Minds Alliance; 2018.
MovingMindsAlliance. Supporting the youngest refugees and their families. Moving Minds Alliance; 2019.
Moylan CA, Herrenkohl TI, Sousa C, Tajima EA, Herrenkohl RC, M. Russo J. The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems. Journal of family violence. 2010;25:53-63.
Muldoon K., Muzaaya G., Betancourt T., Ajok M., Akello M., Petruf Z., et al. After abduction: exploring access to reintegration programs and mental health status among young female abductees in Northern Uganda. Confl Health. 2014;8:5.
Murphy K., Maignant S., Boone L., Smith S. Parenting in times of war: supporting caregivers and children in crisis. Early Childhood Matters. 2015;124:54-58.
Mwije S. Men and maternal health: The dilemma of short-lived male involvement strategies in Uganda. Health Care for Women International. 2018:1-13.
NAEYC. Advancing equity in early childhood education. NAEYC position statement. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC; 2019.
Nair N, Tripathy P, Sachdev HS, Pradhan H, Bhattacharyya S, Gope R, et al. 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. 2017;5(10):e1004-e1016.
Nakimuli-Mpungu E., Alderman S., Kinyanda E., Allden K., Betancourt T., Alderman J., et al. 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. 2013;10:e1001427.
Nalani A, Yoshikawa H, Carter PL. Social Science–Based Pathways to Reduce Social Inequality in Youth Outcomes and Opportunities at Scale. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 2021;7:237802312110202.
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NCTSN. The 12 core concepts: Concepts for understanding for understanding traumatic stress responses in children and families.; 2012.
Ndung’u D., Scott-Villiers P., Scott-Villiers A., Kabala N., Kullu M. A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO); 2015.
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