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.
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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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Seifer R, Gouley K, Miller AL, Zakriski A. Implementation of the PATHS Curriculum in an Urban Elementary School. Early Education & Development. 2004;15(4):471-486.
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Seung S. Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us who We are. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2012.
Shamir A, Tzuriel D. Children‘s Mediational Teaching Style as a Function of Intervention for Cross-Age Peer-Mediation. School Psychology International. 2004;25(1):59-78.
Shannon L. Best Practices for Parent Education: Programs Seeking to Prevent Child Abuse. Raleigh, North Caroline: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service; 2003.
Shapiro CJ, Prinz RJ, Sanders MR. Population-based provider engagement in delivery of evidence-based parenting interventions: challenges and solutions. J Prim Prev. 2010;31(4):223-34.
Sharma M., Fine S., Brennan R., Betancourt T. Coping and mental health outcomes among Sierra Leonean war-affected youth: Results from a longitudinal study. Dev Psychopathol. 2017;29:11-23.
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Shawar Y., Shiffman J. Generation of global political priority for early childhood development: the challenges of framing and governance. Lancet. 2017;389:119-124.
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Shonkoff JP. Building a new biodevelopmental framework to guide the future of early childhood policy. Child Dev. 2010;81(1):357-67.
Shonkoff JP, Radner JM, Foote N. Expanding the evidence base to drive more productive early childhood investment. The Lancet. Submitted;389:14-16.
Shonkoff J., Garner A., Health Co. The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress. Pediatrics. 2012;129:e232-46.
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Shotar AM, Alzyoud S, Oweis A, Alhawamdeh KA, Khoshnood K. Sexual Offenses Among Children in the North of Jordan: An Exploratory Study. J Child Sex Abus. 2015;24(5):538-54.
Shulruf B., O'Loughlin C., Tolley H. Parenting education and support policies and their consequences in selected OECD countries. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2009;31:526-532.
Siddiqui A, Ross H. Mediation as a method of parent intervention in children's disputes. J Fam Psychol. 2004;18(1):147-59.
Sidora-Arcoleo K, Anson E, Lorber M, Cole R, Olds D, Kitzman H. Differential effects of a nurse home-visiting intervention on physically aggressive behavior in children. J Pediatr Nurs. 2010;25(1):35-45.
Siegel A, Victoroff J. Understanding human aggression: New insights from neuroscience. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2009;32(4):209-15.
Silovsky JF, Bard D, Chaffin M, Hecht D, Burris L, Owora A, et al. Prevention of child maltreatment in high-risk rural families: A randomized clinical trial with child welfare outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review. 2011;33(8):1435-1444.
Sirkotte-Kriel W., Sayed Y, Sayed Y., Badroodien A., McDonald Z., Hanayo A., et al. Education and Social Cohesion Country Report: South Africa. Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE)Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)UNICEFAmsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of AmsterdamCentre for International Education, University of Suss; 2016.
Skrundz M, Bolten M, Nast I, Hellhammer DH, Meinlschmidt G. Plasma oxytocin concentration during pregnancy is associated with development of postpartum depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011;36(9):1886-93.
Slade A, Sadler L, De Dios-Kenn C, Webb D, Currier-Ezepchick J, Mayes L. Minding the baby a reflective parenting program. Psychoanal Study Child. 2005;60:74-100.
Slee PT, Mohyla J. The PEACE Pack: an evaluation of interventions to reduce bullying in four Australian primary schools. Educational Research. 2007;49(2):103-114.
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Smith A, Datzberger S, McCully A. The Integration of Education and Peacebuilding: Synthesis Report on Findings from Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda. UNICEFAmsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of AmsterdamCentre for International Education, University of SussexUNESCO Centre at Ulster University; 2015.
Smith A, Ellison C. The Integration of Education and Peacebuilding: A Review of the Literature. UNICEFAmsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of AmsterdamCentre for International Education, University of SussexUNESCO Centre at Ulster University; 2015.
Smith JE. Gender, Education, and Peacebuilding: A review of selected Learning for Peace case studies. Drysdale L, editor. Learning for Peace; 2016.
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Soubry A, Hoyo C, Jirtle RL, Murphy SK. A paternal environmental legacy: evidence for epigenetic inheritance through the male germ line. Bioessays. 2014;36(4):359-71.
Southwick S., Bonanno G., Masten A., Panter-Brick C., Yehuda R. Resilience definitions, theory, and challenges: interdisciplinary perspectives. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2014;5.
SRSGVAC, Pais M. Violence prevention must start in early childhood. New York, NY: UN Office of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children; 2018.
SRSGVAC. Celebrating childhood: A journey to end violence against children. United Nations; 2016.
SRSGVAC. Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary - General on violence against children. New York City: United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children; 2019.
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Steele H, van IJzendoorn MH, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, W. Boyce T, Dozier M, Fox NA, et al. How do events and relationships in childhood set the stage for peace at personal and social levels? In: Leckman JF, Panter-Brick C, Salah R, editors. Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol 15. The MIT Press; 2014. 1. p. 185-210p.
Stefana A, Padovani EM, Biban P, Lavelli M. Fathers’ experiences with their preterm babies admitted to neonatal intensive care unit: A multi-method study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2018;74(5):1090-1098.
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Stover CS, McMahon TJ, Moore K. A randomized pilot trial of two parenting interventions for fathers in residential substance use disorder treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2019;104:116-127.
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Sturge-Apple ML, Davies PT, E Cummings M. Typologies of family functioning and children's adjustment during the early school years. Child Dev. 2010;81(4):1320-35.
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Suchman NE, DeCoste C, Castiglioni N, McMahon TJ, Rounsaville B, Mayes L. The Mothers and Toddlers Program, an attachment-based parenting intervention for substance using women: post-treatment results from a randomized clinical pilot. Attach Hum Dev. 2010;12(5):483-504.
Suchman N, Pajulo M, DeCoste C, Mayes L. Parenting Interventions for Drug-Dependent Mothers and Their Young Children: The Case for an Attachment-Based Approach. Fam Relat. 2006;55(2):211-226.
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