ECPC relevant resources

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ECPC relevant resources

ECPC relevant resources

ECPC relevant resources that recognize early childhood development (ECD) strategies for peacebuilding

Introduction

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 key relevance to early childhood development, social cohesion, violence prevention and peace promotion, and more. Additional key literature will be added as it becomes available.

ECPC Relevant Resources

Evaluating Interreligious Peacebuilding and Dialogue, Edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer and Renáta Katalin Nelson. De Gruyter, 2021.
Abu-Nimer, Mohammed, and Ilham Nasser. "Linking peacebuilding and child development: A basic framework." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 323-338. The MIT Press, 2014.
Affolter, Friedrich W., and Anna Azaryeva Valente. Learning for Peace: Lessons learned from UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education, and Advocacy in Conflict-Affected Context Programme, Edited by Nikola Balvin and Daniel J. Christie. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019.
Ang, L., Oliver. S., and UNICEF. A systematic policy analysis of Early Childhood Development and peacebuilding in fourteen conflict-affected and post-conflict countries. UCL Insitute of Education, 2016.
Ballesteros, Lina María Gon, José M. Flores, Ana María Ort Hoyos, Amalia Londoño Tobón, Sascha Hein, Felipe Bolívar Rincon, Oscar Gómez, and Liliana Angelica Ponguta. "Evaluating the 3Cs Program for Caregivers of Young Children Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia." Journal on Education in Emergencies 7, no. 2 (2021): 212.
Betancourt, Theresa S., Sarah K. G. Jensen, Dale A. Barnhart, Robert T. Brennan, Shauna M. Murray, Aisha K. Yousafzai, Jordan Farrar, Kalisa Godfroid, Stephanie M. Bazubagira, Laura B. Rawlings et al. "Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting: a pre-post cluster randomised trial among Rwandan families linked to social protection programmesAbstractBackgroundMethodsResultsConclusionsTrial registration." BMC Public Health 20, no. 1 (2020).
Britto, Pia Rebello, Robert H. Bradley, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Liliana A. Ponguta, Linda Richter, and Jennifer A. Kotler. "The Future of Parenting Programs: III Uptake and Scale." Parenting 22, no. 3 (2022): 258-275.
Britto, P., A. Williamson, T. Snow, and K. Mandad. Social Protection Programs and Early Childhood Development: Unexplored Potential. Plan International Australia, Yale University, 2013.
Britto, Pia R., Suna Hanöz-Penney, Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Diane Sunar, Ghassan Issa, Sascha D. Hein, Maria Conceiçã Rosário, Maha A. Almuneef, Irem Korucu, Yaya Togo et al. "Pathways to a more peaceful and sustainable world: The transformative power of children in families." Development and Psychopathology (2020): 1-12.
Britto, Pia R., Rima Salah, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Jacqueline Bhabha, Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Gary R. Gunderson, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Lucy Nusseibeh, Olayinka Omigbodun, Mikiko Otani et al. "Creating effective programs and policies to reduce violence and promote peace." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 361-384. The MIT Press, 2014.
Britto, P. R., I. Gordon, W. Hodges, D. Sunar, C. Kagitcibasi, and J. Leckman. "Ecology of peace." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 27-39. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.
Britto, P. R., S. J. Lye, K. Proulx, A. K. Yousafzai, S. G. Matthews, T. Vaivada, R. Perez-Escamilla, N. Rao, P. Ip, L. C. H. Fernald et al. "Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development." Lancet 389, no. 10064 (2017): 91-102.
Carter, C. S., and S.W. Porges. "Peptide pathways to peace." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. F. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 43-64. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.
Chowdhury, A., and D. Ikeda. Creating The Culture of Peace: A clarion call for individual and collective transformation. London, England: British-American publishing company I.B. Tauris, 2020.
Chowdhury, A. K. "The Culture of Peace ." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. F. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, xiii-xx. MIT Press, 2014.
Christie, D. J., C. Panter-Brick, J. R. Behrman, J. R. Cochrane, A. Dawes, K. Goth, J. Hayden, A. S. Masten, I. Nasser, R. Punamaki et al. "Healthy human development as a path to peace." In Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 273-302. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.
Cole, C. F., J. H. Lee, A. Bucuvalas, and Y. Sirali. "Seven essential elements for creating effective children's media to promote peacebuilding: Lessons from international co-productions of Sesame Street and other children's media programs." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 2018, no. 159 (2018): 55-69.
Connolly, P., J. Hayden, D.E. Levin, L.R. Shulman, World Forum Foundation, and NIPPA - the Earl Organisation. From conflict to peace building: The power of early childhood initiatives: Lessons from around the world. World Forum Foundation, 2007.
Cosso, Jimena, Ana Rita Russo de Vivo, Sascha Hein, Liceth Paola Real Silvera, Lucero Ramirez-Varela, and Liliana Angelica Ponguta. "Impact of a Social-emotional Skills-Building Program (Pisotón) on Early Development of Children in Colombia: A Pilot Effectiveness Study." International Journal of Educational Research 111 (2022): 101898.
Dawes, Andrew, and Amelia van der Merwe. "Structural violence and early childhood development." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 233-250. The MIT Press, 2014.
Donaldson, C., F. Affolter, R. Salah, P. R. Britto, J. F. Leckman, P. Connolly, S. Fitzpatrick, and P. Walmsley. ECPC background paper "Contributions of Early Childhood Development programming to sustainable peace and development". New York City: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2018.
Donaldson, Chelsea. Contributions of Early Childhood Development services to preventing violent conflict and sustaining peace [Eng, Ara, Fre, Spa, Tur], Edited by Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Friedrich Affolter and Pia Rebello Britto. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2017.
ECPC. ECPC Video Series► Early Childhood Development Advances The Culture of Peace. New Haven, CT U.S.A.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2018.
ECPC. ECPC global call to action in response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2020.
Efevbera, Y., D. C. McCoy, A. J. Wuermli, and T. S. Betancourt. "Integrating Early Child Development and violence prevention programs: A systematic review." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2018 (2018): 27-54.
Fox, Nathan A., Charles A. Nelson, and Charles H. Zeanah. "The problem of institutionalization of young children and its consequences for efforts to build peaceful societies." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 145-160. The MIT Press, 2014.
Fry, D. P. "Group identity as an obstacle and catalyst of peace." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 79-92. 15th ed. MIT Press, 2014.
Gatera, Grace, and Gabriela Pavarini. "The voices of children in the global health debate." The Lancet 395, no. 10224 (2020): 541-542.
Hanöz-Penney, Suna, and ECPC Advocacy W. Group. ECPC Call-to-Action for Justice, Peace, and the Protection of All Children Affected by the War in Israel and Palestine. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Hanöz-Penney, Suna, and ECPC Policy & A. Group. Policy Briefing Note: Taking Action on the Safety, Well-being, and Development of Children in Conflict/Post Conflict Countries. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Hanöz-Penney, Suna, and ECPC Policy & A. Group. Policy Briefing Note: Early Childhood Development and Its Promise for Peace. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Hein, Sascha, and ECPC Research W. Group. Overview of the Early Childhood Peace Consortium’s Early Childhood and Peacebuilding Research and Practice. Early Childhood Peace Consortium, 2023.
Hein, Sascha, Johanna Bick, Ghassan Issa, Lara Aoude, Cosette Maalouf, Abir Awar, Sawsan Nourallah, Anna L. Zonderman, Sarah Householder, Liliya Katsovich et al. "Maternal perceptions of father involvement among refugee and disadvantaged families in Beirut, Lebanon." PLOS ONE 15, no. 3 (2020): e0229670.
Hinde, R. A., and J. Stevenson-Hinde. "Framing our analysis: A dialectical perspective." In Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 19-25. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.
Jensen, Sarah K. G., Matias Placencio-Castro, Shauna M. Murray, Robert T. Brennan, Simo Goshev, Jordan Farrar, Aisha Yousafzai, Laura B. Rawlings, Briana Wilson, Emmanuel Habyarimana et al. "Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in RwandaIntroductionMethodsResultsConclusionTrial registration number." BMJ Global Health 6, no. 1 (2021): e003508.
Kagitcibasi, Cigdem, and Pia R. Britto. "Interventions: What has worked and why?" In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 305-322. Vol. 15. The MIT Press, 2014.
Keverne, E. B. "Epigenetics: Significance of the gene-environment interface for brain development." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, 65-77. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.
Leckman, James F., Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Gabriela Pavarini, Sascha D. Hein, Michael F. McCarthy, Haifa Staiti, Suna Hanöz-Penney, Joanna Rubinstein, Kyle D. Pruett, Yanki M. Yazgan et al. "Love and peace across generations: Biobehavioral systems and global partnerships." Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 8 (2021): 100092.
Leckman, J.F., C. Donaldson, F. Affolter, and L. A. Ponguta. "Pathways to wellbeing and a more peaceful and sustainable world: The transformative power of children and families." Japanese Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 60 (2019).
Leckman, J. F., and P. R. Britto. "Steps toward peace and violence prevention across generations: The potential of Early Child Development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2018 (2018): 5-12.
Leckman, J. F., and P. R. Britto. Towards a more peaceful world: The promise of Early Child Development programmes., 2018.
Leckman, J., C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. "Peace is a lifelong process: The importance of partnerships." In Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 3-17. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.
Leckman, J. F., C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. Pathways to Peace: The Transformative Power of Children and Families. Vol. 15. Cambridge MA US / London UK: MIT Press, 2014.
Maestripieri, Dario. "Comparative and evolutionary perspectives." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick and Rima Salah, 131-144. Vol. 15. The MIT Press, 2014.
Maldonado‐Carreño, Carolina, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Eduardo Escallon, Liliana Angélica Ponguta, Ana María Nieto, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Catalina Rey‐ Guerra, Juan Camilo Cristancho, Angy Mateus, Luz Angela Caro et al. "Measuring the quality of early childhood education: Associations with children’s development from a national study with the IMCEIC tool in Colombia." Child Development 93, no. 1 (2022): 254-268.
Masten, A. S. "Promoting the capacity for peace in early childhood: Perspectives from research on resilience in children and families." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. F. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 251-272. Vol. 15. The MIT Press, 2014.
McCarthy, M., and ECPC. The state of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s most vulnerable children. ECPC panel session summary report. G20 Civil Society (C20) Virtual Summit — C20 Saudi Arabia 2020. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2021.
McLean, K.E., and C. Panter-Brick. Fathers Matter for Peace, Equity and Social Inclusion. New Haven, CT USA: Conflict, Resilience, and Health Program, Yale University, 2022.
ME, Merritt, Peterson E, Shaheen R, Zerbib A, Mellinghoff S, Nuli S, De Oliveira S, Ramirez JB, Fallon C, Panter-Brick C 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.
Morgan, B., D. Sunar, S. Carter, J. Leckman, D.P. Fry, E.B. Keverne, I. Kolassa, R. Kumsta, and D. Olds. "Human biological development and peace: Genes, brains, safety, and justice." In Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families, edited by J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick and R. Salah, 95-128. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014.

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