Publications

Janowski, R. et al. (2025) 'Optimizing Engagement With a Smartphone App to Prevent Violence Against Adolescents: Results From a Cluster Randomized Factorial Trial in Tanzania', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, p. e60102. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/60102. Cite
Van Tuyll Van Serooskereken Rakotom, S. et al. (2025) 'Scaling up of parenting support to prevent violence against children in Tanzania: insights from policymakers and service providers', Implementation Science Communications, 6(1), p. 8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00684-8. Cite
Schafer, M. et al. (2025) 'A Digital Parenting Intervention With Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Content: Quantitative Pre-Post Pilot Study', JMIR Formative Research, 9, p. e58611. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/58611. Cite
Sim, A. et al. (2025) 'Effectiveness of a universal film intervention in reducing violence against children and increasing positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar: a community-based cluster randomised trial', The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 33, p. 100526. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2024.100526. Cite
Burghart, M. and Backhaus, S. (2024) 'The Long-Term Consequences of Family Violence Victimization: An Umbrella Review of Longitudinal Meta-Analyses on Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence', Journal of Family Violence [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00768-y. Cite
Klapow, M.C. et al. (2024) 'The Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Digital Conversational Agent (Chatbot) for Delivering Parenting Interventions: Systematic Review', JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 7, p. e55726. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/55726. Cite
Lachman, J.M. et al. (2024) 'Innovate! Accelerate! Evaluate! Harnessing the RE-AIM framework to examine the global dissemination of parenting resources during COVID-19 to more than 210 million people', BMC Public Health, 24(1), p. 2391. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19751-9. Cite
Klapwijk, J. et al. (2024) 'A hybrid digital parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in Tanzania: statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial', Trials, 25(1), p. 446. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08292-6. Cite
Siu, G. et al. (2024) 'The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study', PLOS ONE. Edited by M.-H. Chen, 19(5), p. e0299927. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299927. Cite
Ambrosio, M.D.G. et al. (2024) 'A Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial to Optimize User Engagement With a Chatbot-Led Parenting Intervention: Protocol for the ParentText Optimisation Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 13, p. e52145. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/52145. Cite
Cooper, H. et al. (2024) 'A Hybrid Digital Parenting Program Delivered Within the Malaysian Preschool System: Protocol for a Feasibility Study of a Small-Scale Factorial Cluster Randomized Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 13, p. e55491. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/55491. Cite
Baerecke, L. et al. (2024) 'A hybrid digital parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents in Tanzania: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial', Trials, 25(1), p. 119. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07893-x. Cite
Dănilă, I. et al. (2024) 'Linking child adjustment difficulties with mother's maladaptive parental behavior: The mediating roles of parental cognitions and parenting stress', Family Process, 63(4), pp. 2016–2036. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13011. Cite
Mathijs, L. et al. (2024) 'Group-based versus individual parenting programs: A meta-analysis of effects on parents.', Journal of Family Psychology, 38(8), pp. 1109–1118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001273. Cite
Zhang, H. et al. (2024) 'A Parenting Program to Prevent Child Maltreatment in China: A Pretest–Posttest-Follow-Up Study', Research on Social Work Practice, 34(8), pp. 933–943. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315231209748. Cite
Lachman, J. et al. (2024) 'Reducing family and school-based violence at scale: a large-scale pre–post study of a parenting programme delivered to families with adolescent girls in Tanzania', BMJ Global Health, 9(11), p. e015472. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015472. Cite
Lachman, J. et al. (2024) 'Reducing family and school-based violence at scale: a large-scale pre–post study of a parenting programme delivered to families with adolescent girls in Tanzania', BMJ Global Health, 9(11), p. e015472. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015472. Cite
Wang, W. et al. (2024) 'Feasibility and Acceptability of Parenting for Lifelong Health Program in Mainland China', Research on Social Work Practice, 34(5), pp. 491–506. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315231174395. Cite
Han, Q. et al. (2024) 'The bidirectional temporal relationship between parenting stress and child maltreatment: A cross-lagged study based on intervention and cohort data', Journal of Affective Disorders, 354, pp. 302–308. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.063. Cite
Reyes, D.R.G. et al. (2024) 'Evaluation of a brief online parenting training for community service providers in the Philippines', Children and Youth Services Review, 161, p. 107664. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107664. Cite
El-Khani, A. et al. (2024) 'How to help caregivers help children in emerging humanitarian emergencies', Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, p. 106561. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106561. Cite
Zhang, H., Wang, W. and Lachman, J.M. (2024) 'The efficacy of an evidence-based parenting program in preventing child maltreatment in mainland China', Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, p. 106544. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106544. Cite
Tomlinson, M. et al. (2024) 'A community-based child health and parenting intervention to improve child HIV testing, health, and development in rural Lesotho (Early Morning Star): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial', The Lancet HIV, 11(1), pp. e42–e51. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00265-5. Cite
Stamate, D. et al. (2024) 'Ensembles of Bidirectional LSTM and GRU Neural Nets for Predicting Mother-Infant Synchrony in Videos', in L. Iliadis et al. (eds) Engineering Applications of Neural Networks. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 329–342. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62495-7_25. Cite
Hillis, S. et al. (2024) 'The effectiveness of Hope Groups, a mental health, parenting support, and violence prevention program for families affected by the war in Ukraine: Findings from a pre-post study', Journal of Migration and Health, 10, p. 100251. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100251. Cite
Sim, A. et al. (2023) 'A film-based intervention to reduce child maltreatment among migrant and displaced families from Myanmar: Protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial', PLOS ONE. Edited by M. Gambin, 18(10), p. e0293623. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293623. Cite
Schafer, M. et al. (2023) 'Integrating intimate partner violence prevention content into a digital parenting chatbot intervention during COVID-19: Intervention development and remote data collection', BMC Public Health, 23(1), p. 1708. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16649-w. Cite
Rudgard, W.E. et al. (2023) 'Assessing the cost-effectiveness of economic strengthening and parenting support for preventing violence against adolescents in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: An economic modelling study using non-randomised data', PLOS Global Public Health. Edited by H.H. Leslie, 3(8), p. e0001666. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001666. Cite
Janowski, R. et al. (2023) 'Optimising engagement in a digital parenting intervention to prevent violence against adolescents in Tanzania: protocol for a cluster randomised factorial trial', BMC Public Health, 23(1), p. 1224. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15989-x. Cite
Embleton, L. et al. (2023) 'Factors Influencing the Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions with Street-Connected Children and Youth: Two Case Studies from Eldoret, Kenya', Global Implementation Research and Applications, 3(2), pp. 195–211. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-023-00083-6. Cite
Lachman, J.M. et al. (2023) '"Before I was like a Tarzan. But now, I take a pause": mixed methods feasibility study of the Naungan Kasih parenting program to prevent violence against children in Malaysia', BMC Public Health, 23(1), p. 241. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15065-4. Cite
Waller, F. et al. (2023) 'Screen use: Its association with caregiver mental health, parenting, and children's ADHD symptoms', Family Relations, 72(5), pp. 2499–2515. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12869. Cite
Brühl, A. et al. (2023) 'Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Mothers and Maltreatment of Their Children With Behavioral Problems in Eastern Europe', Violence Against Women, 29(12–13), pp. 2439–2463. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231188090. Cite
Cuartas, J. et al. (2023) 'The climate crisis and violence against children', The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7(9), pp. 605–607. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00137-2. Cite
Cuartas, J. et al. (2023) 'Climate change is a threat multiplier for violence against children', Child Abuse & Neglect, p. 106430. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106430. Cite
Prandstetter, K. et al. (2023) 'Measuring dysfunctional parenting: Psychometrics of three versions of the Parenting Scale', Family Relations, 72(3), pp. 1254–1275. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12732. Cite
Jocson, R.M. et al. (2023) 'Pre-post Mixed Methods Study of a Parent and Teen Support Intervention to Prevent Violence Against Adolescents in the Philippines', Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(1), pp. 102–109. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.02.027. Cite
Martin, M. et al. (2023) 'The development, reliability, and validity of the Facilitator Assessment Tool : An implementation fidelity measure used in Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children', Child: Care, Health and Development, 49(3), pp. 591–604. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13075. Cite
El-Khani, A. et al. (2023) 'Urgent help needed for children affected by the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye', The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(4), pp. 246–247. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00060-3. Cite
Stamate, D. et al. (2023) 'Predicting High vs Low Mother-Baby Synchrony with GRU-Based Ensemble Models', in L. Iliadis et al. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2023. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 191–199. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44201-8_16. Cite
Sherr, L. et al. (2022) ''Tipping the balance' – an evaluation of COVID-19 parenting resources developed and adapted for child protection during global emergency responses', Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), pp. 676–694. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2104285. Cite
Awah, I. et al. (2022) '"It provides practical tips, practical solutions!": acceptability, usability, and satisfaction of a digital parenting intervention across African countries', Psychology, Health & Medicine, 27(sup1), pp. 107–123. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2113106. Cite
Neelakantan, L. et al. (2022) '"What does that mean?": The content validity of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool - Child version (ICAST-C) in Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines', Child Abuse & Neglect, 134, p. 105869. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105869. Cite
Fang, Z. et al. (2022) 'A virtuous circle: Stakeholder perspectives of a short-term intensive parent training programme delivered within the context of routine services for autism in China', Autism, 26(8), pp. 1973–1986. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211070869. Cite
Williams, M.E. et al. (2022) 'Exploring Factors Associated with Parent Engagement in A Parenting Program in Southeastern Europe', Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31(11), pp. 3097–3112. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02411-0. Cite
Jansen, E. et al. (2022) 'Preventing child mental health problems in southeastern Europe: Feasibility study (phase 1 of MOST framework)', Family Process, 61(3), pp. 1162–1179. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12720. Cite
Wight, D. et al. (2022) 'A Ugandan Parenting Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: Description and Formative Evaluation', Research on Social Work Practice, 32(4), pp. 448–464. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315211056246. Cite
Fang, Z. et al. (2022) 'Global estimates of violence against children with disabilities: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 6(5), pp. 313–323. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00033-5. Cite