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Research Areas:

Developmental Science | Social & Personality | Health Psychology

Research Summary:

Professor Aboud conducts research on parenting and preschool programs in low- and middle-income countries. She also works with local and international organizations to promote the Nurturing Care agenda for early child development.

Zanzibar workshop on improving pre-primary quality, part 1.

Zanzibar workshop on improving pre-primary quality, part 2

HOME Inventory - French

East Africa Pre-Primary 2018

Responsive Parenting Manual Bangladesh

Responsive Parenting Manual Uganda

Msingi Bora Responsive Parenting Manual

Msingi Bora Responsive Parenting Booster Sessions

Selected References:

Two recent publications in the journal Children describe how feedback from our implementation research was used by international organizations delivering and scaling up parenting programs in Bhutan and Zambia.Ìý Using both quantitative methods such as rating the quality of parenting sessions on a new tool with 15 dimensions, and qualitative methods such as in-depth interviews with the frontline workforce, over several years, showed that feedback was used more successfully by the Bhutan team to improve their delivery quality over time.Ìý Although both teams worked to scale up their programs horizontally across the country and vertically throughout the government system, the Bhutan team was more attentive to quality and impact.

Aboud, F., Choden, K., Hapunda, G., Sichimba, F., Chaluda, A., Contreras Gomez, R, Hatch, R., Dang, S., Dyenka, K., Banda, C., Omoeva, C. (2024). Using implementation research to inform scaling of parenting programs: Independently conducted case studies from Zambia and Bhutan. Children, 11, 477. doi.org/10.3390/children11040477

Proulx, K. & Aboud, F. E. (2019). Disaster risk reduction in early childhood education: Effects on preschool quality and child outcomes. International Journal of Educational Development, 66,1-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.01.007

Aboud, F.E., & Prado, E.L. (2018). Measuring the implementation of early childhood development programs. Annals of the New York Academy of Science,1419, 249-263.

Yousafzai, A.K., Aboud, F.E., Nores, M., & Kaur, R. (2018). Reporting guidelines for implementation research on nurturing care interventions designed to promote early childhood development. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1419, 26-37.

Aboud, F.E., Yousafzai, A.K., & Nores, M. (2018). State of the science on implementation research in early child development and future directions. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1419, 264-271.

Bougma, K., Aboud, F.E., Lemma, T.M., Frongillo, E.A., & Marquis, G.S. (2018). Introduction of iodised salt benefits infants’ mental development in a community-based cluster-randomised effectiveness trial in Ethiopia. British Journal of Nutrition, 119, 801-809.

Brown, C.S., Tam, M., & Aboud, F. E. (2018). Ethnic prejudice in young children in Indonesia: Intervention attempts using multicultural friendship stories. International Journal of Early Childhood, 50, 67-84. doi.org/10.1007/s13158-018-0214-z

Aboud, F.E., Rahman, E., Kassam, R., Khan, J., Ali, N.A, & Taleb, F. (2017). Interrupting pathways to sepsis: Effectiveness of an intervention to reduce delays in timely care for sick children in rural Bangladesh. Social Science & Medicine, 177, 269-277. doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.032

Johnson, P.J. & Aboud, F. E. (2017). Evaluation of an intervention using cross-race friend storybooks to reduce prejudice among majority race young children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 40, 110-122.

Aboud, F.E., Bougma, K., Lemma, T., & Marquis, G.S. (2017). Evaluation of the effects of iodized salt on the mental development of preschool-aged children: A cluster randomized trial in northern Ethiopia. Maternal and Child Nutrition,13,e12322. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12322.

Aboud, F. E., Proulx, K., & Asrilla, Z. (2016). An impact evaluation of Plan Indonesia's early childhood program. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107(4-5), e366–e372. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5557

Aboud, F. E. & Yousafzai, A.K. (2015). Global health and development in early childhood.ÌýAnnual Review of Psychology, 66.

Yousafzai, A., K., & Aboud, F. E. (2014). Review of implementation processes for integrated nutrition and psychosocial stimulation interventions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1308, 33-45.

Aboud, F. E., Tredoux, C., Tropp, L.R., Brown, C.S., Niens, U., & Noor, N.M. (2012). Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: A systematic review. Developmental Review, 32, 307–336.

Aboud, F.E., Huq, N.L., Larson, C.P., & Ottisova, L. (2010). An assessment of community readiness for HIV/AIDS preventive interventions in rural Bangladesh. Social Science and Medicine, 70, 360-367.

Kramer, M.S., Mattush, L., Bogdanovich, N., Aboud, F. Mazer, B., Fombonne, E. et al. (2009). Health and development outcomes in 6.5-y-old children brestfed exclusively for 3 or 6 mo. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 90, 1070-1074.

Aboud, F.E., Shafique, S, & Akhter S (2009). A responsive feeding intervention increases children's self-feeding and maternal responsiveness but not weight gain. Journal of Nutrition, 139, 1-6.

Opel, A, Ameer S, & Aboud, F.E. (2009). The effect of preschool dialogic reading on vocabulary among rural Bangladeshi children. International J of Educational Research, 48, 12-20.