Publications

Brady S.P, Ewell A, Lopera-Perez D.C, Rockers P.C, Evans D, Coetzee L, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A.K, Tarullo A.R. Physiological markers of early social skills in rural South Africa: the role of frontal alpha asymmetry and heart rate variability. Dev Psychobiol. 2026;68(1):e70115. DOI: 10.1002/dev.70115

Dietsche S, Weeren F, Meinlschmidt G, Toussaint A, Baenteli I, Bahmane S, Frick A, Karpf C, Studer A, Wyss K, Schwenkglenks M, Fink G, Tschudin S, Trost S, Bachmann M, Dörner A, Buechel D, Ebner L, Schaefert R, SomPsyNet Consortium. Assessing DSM-5 criteria of somatic symptom disorder in medically hospitalized inpatients: a cross-sectional analysis. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2026;99:6-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.12.023

Hinckley K, Alvarado M, McCoy D.C, Jäggi L, Dormal M, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger S.M, Castellanos A, Huaylinos Bustamante M.L, Aguilar L, Gastiaburú Cabello M.C, Quispe Roncal N.G, Fink G. Development and validation of the Nurturing Parenting Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (NPBBS): measuring parenting in high Andean Peru. Dev Psychol. 2026;62(1):233-253. DOI: 10.1037/dev0002037

Lustenberger S, Bonfoh B, Koné B.V, Six J, Fink G. On-farm fertilization experiment on small-scale cocoa farms in Côte d′Ivoire: evaluation of poultry litter compost for sustainable yield and profitability. Eur J Agron. 2026;174:127878. DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2025.127878

Sarki M, Fink G, Aissaoui S, Brugnoletti F, Bürki N, Graffeo R, Monnerat C, Rabaglio M, Zürrer-Härdi U, Chappuis P.O, Heinimann K, Katapodi M.C. Health behaviors and cancer diagnosis among individuals with pathogenic variants associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer or lynch syndrome. J Pers Med. 2026;16(1). DOI: 10.3390/jpm16010006

Ali N.B, Regan M, Perumal N, Mita C, Lambiris M, Fink G, Danaei G, Sudfeld C.R. Acute undernutrition and child development in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-analysis. Nutr Rev. 2025(in press). DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaf178

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Sayasone S, Fink G. Informing facility selection through a web-based user ratings system: protocol for a randomized controlled trial among mothers in urban Lao People's Democratic Republic. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025;14:e66085. DOI: 10.2196/66085

Brady S.P, Rockers P.C, Evans D, Coetzee L, Lopera-Perez D.C, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A.K, Tarullo A.R. Infant EEG power predicts early childhood language and motor skills in a rural South African cohort. Glob Pediatr. 2025;14:100298. DOI: 10.1016/j.gpeds.2025.100298

Chong J.J, Fink G, Saxena A. Scaling up perinatal care: health benefits for infant survival in high-burden countries. Popul Dev Rev. 2025;51(2):735-758. DOI: 10.1111/padr.70004

Clarke-Deelder E, Amor Fernandez P, Drouard S, Kandpal E, Fink G, Shapira G. Know-do gaps in the clinical management of childhood illness: evidence from three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health. 2025;25:3601. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24852-0

Draper C.E, Fink G, McCoy D.C, Nores M, Yousafzai A.K. Beyond deficit models in early childhood development science - Authors' reply. Lancet. 2025;405(10495):2127-2128. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00626-9

Fakih B.S, Seidahmed O, Holzschuh A, Abdul R, Irema I, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Determinants of locally acquired malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Malar J. 2025;24:346. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05524-1

Hinckley K, Gastiaburú Cabello M.C, Alvarado M, McCoy D.C, Mäusezahl D, Fink G, Hatch S.F, Quispe Roncal N.G, Gonzales Eslava N, Huaylinos Bustamante M.L, Castellanos A, Hartinger S.M, Jäggi L. Caregivers' perceptions and practices regarding responsive caregiving and early learning in Cajamarca, Andean Peru: a qualitative study. Infant Child Dev. 2025;34(4):e70036. DOI: 10.1002/icd.70036

Jäggi L, Falgas-Bague I, Koné S, Probst-Hensch N, Fink G. Prevalence of depression in a large regionally representative population sample in Côte d'Ivoire. BMC Public Health. 2025;25:3754. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24879-3

Jäggi L, Hartinger S.M, Fink G, McCoy D.C, Alvarado M.L, Hinckley K, Ramirez-Varela L, Aguilar L, Castellanos A, Mäusezahl D. Parenting in the digital age: a scoping review of digital early childhood parenting interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). Public Health Rev. 2025;45:1607651. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1607651

Jäggi L, McCoy D.C, Fink G, Hinckley K, Alvarado M, Dormal M, Hartinger Pena S, Mäusezahl D, Noom M.J. A short parent-reported attachment relationship questionnaire: development and cultural validation for a majority world context. Int J Behav Dev. 2025(in press). doi: 10.1177/01650254251368797. DOI: 10.1177/01650254251368797

Khoury S, Brentani A, Brentani H, Fiamoncini J, Francisco R, Onofre A.C, Rodrigues Henrique S.E, Fink G, Wallenborn J. Social transfers for exclusive breastfeeding in Brazil: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025;14:e75796. DOI: 10.2196/75796

Khoury S.M, Karimian-Marnani N, Sonephet S, Fink G, Wallenborn J.T. Longitudinal associations between maternal anemia and breastfeeding practices on infant hemoglobin levels in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Nutrients. 2025;17(10):1703. DOI: 10.3390/nu17101703

Koné S, Probst-Hensch N, Dao D, Utzinger J, Laubet M, Tobo A.M, Fink G. Taabo multigenerational birth cohort in Côte d'Ivoire: protocol for establishing a longitudinal multigenerational birth cohort to guide health policy. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025;14:e70771. DOI: 10.2196/70771

Lauer J.M, Odom A.R, Rani A, Story G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Fink G, Rockers P.C, Sela D, Locks L.M. Breastfeeding, the gut microbiome, and growth among infants in Lusaka, Zambia. J Nutr. 2025;155(12):4253-4263. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.10.026

Lauer J.M, Pyykkö J, Chembe M, Bilima-Mulenga T, Sikazwe D, Chibwe B, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Leppänen J.M, Fink G, Locks L.M, Rockers P.C. Markers of environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with poor growth and developmental outcomes among young children in Lusaka, Zambia. J Pediatr. 2025;277:10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114408

Leppänen J.M, Pyykkö J, Evans D, Coetzee L, Fink G, Yousafzai A.K, Hamer D.H, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C. Early emerging gradients in children's eye movement times across levels of household resources. Dev Sci. 2025;28(5):e70058. DOI: 10.1111/desc.70058

Locks L.M, Chembe M, Bilima-Mulenga T, Lauer J.M, Sizakawe D, Henderson S, Rockers P.C, Parkerson D, Fink G. Predictors of stunting and pathway analysis for linear growth among children aged two to three years of age after a trial of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and home-installed growth charts in three districts in Zambia. J Nutr. 2025;155(2):589-601. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.11.003

Loss G, Wallenborn J.T, Sinantha-Hu M, Ouipoulikoune V, Probst-Hensch N, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Fink G. Evaluating the hypertension cascade of care in adults in urban Lao PDR: evidence from the VITERBI Cohort Study. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2025;21:109-123. DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.S506857

Mapesi H, Rohacek M, Vanobberghen F, Gupta R, Wilson H.I, Lukau B, Amstutz A, Lyimo A, Muhairwe J, Senkoro E, Byakuzana T, Nkouabi J, Mbunda G, Siru J, Tarr A, Ramapepe E, Mphunyane M, Oehri J, Nemtsova V, Yan X, Bresser M, Glass T.R, Paris D.H, Fink G, Gingo W, Labhardt N.D, Burkard T, Weisser M. Treatment strategies to control blood pressure in people with hypertension in Tanzania and Lesotho: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2025;10(4):321-333. DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5124

McConnell M, Alsager A, Fuchu P, Sriprasad S, Simoncini L, Drainoni M.L, Cordova-Ramos E.G, Peña M.M, Madore L, Kalluri N.S, Silverstein M, Schofield H, Farah M.J, Fink G, Parker M.G. CuddleCard: protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). BMC Pediatr. 2025;25:383. DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9

Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Haydon D.T, Fokou G, Addo K.K, Zinsstag J, Esse-Dibby C, Bonfoh B. Effects of community action on animal vaccination uptake, antimicrobial usage, and farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. One Health. 2025;20:100952. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100952

Osei Afriyie D, Titi-Ofei R, Masiye F, Chansa C, Fink G. The political economy of national health insurance schemes: evidence from Zambia. Health Policy Plan. 2025;40(1):66-74. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae094

Perumal N, Danaei G, Fink G, Lambiris M, Sudfeld C.R. Human capital and lifetime income gains of scaling-up small-quantity lipid nutrient supplements among children under 2 years: a modelling analysis. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5(4):e0004388. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004388

Tani K, Mtenga S, Fink G, Tediosi F. Healthcare managers' perspectives on direct health facility financing in Tanzania. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5(5):e0003772. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003772

Wallenborn J.T, Sonephet S, Sayasone S, Siengsounthone L, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Conditional and unconditional social transfers, early-life nutrition, and child growth: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2025;179(2):129-136. DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.5079

Werdin S, Fink G, Rajkumar S, Durrer M, Gurtner C, Harbauer G, Warnke I, Wyss K, SERO Study Group. Impact of four integrated self-management interventions on psychiatric readmissions in patients at suicide risk: an interrupted time series analysis in Switzerland. J Affect Disord. 2025;388:119604. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.119604

Yousafzai A.K, Siyal S, Franchett E.E, Dai Q, Rehmani K, Sudfeld C.R, Bhamani S, Hakro S, Reyes C.R, Fink G, Ponguta L.A. Effect of a youth-led early childhood care and education programme on children's development and learning in rural Sindh, Pakistan (LEAPS): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised implementation trial. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2025;9(1):25-36. DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(24)00304-3

Zay Ya K, Patel J, Fink G. Assessing the impact of antimicrobial resistance policies on antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance-associated mortality in children and adults in low and middle-income countries: a global analysis. BMJ Public Health. 2025;3(1):e000511. DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000511

Zinsstag L, Sonephet S, Rigutto-Farebrother J, Sayasone S, Fink G, Wallenborn J.T. Maternal and infant outcomes of pregnancy anemia at one month postpartum: a cohort analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025;25:1039. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-025-08137-3

Arsenault C, Mfeka-Nkabinde N.G, Chaudhry M, Jarhyan P, Taddele T, Mugenya I, Sabwa S, Wright K, Amboko B, Baensch L, Molla Wondim G, Mthethwa L, Clarke-Deelder E, Yang W.C, Kosgei R.J, Purohit P, Mzolo N.C, Derseh Mebratie A, Shaw S, Nega A, Tlou B, Fink G, Moshabela M, Prabhakaran D, Mohan S, Haile Mariam D, Nzinga J, Getachew T, Kruk M.E. Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: an observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa. PLoS Med. 2024;21(8):e1004446. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004446

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Phommalangsy S, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Health system utilization and perceived quality among adults in Lao PDR: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:565. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18039-2

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Phommalangsy S, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Health system inequities in Lao People's Democratic Republic: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. Trop Med Int Health. 2024;29(6):518-525. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13997

Bloom D.E, Fink G. The economic case for devoting public resources to health. In: Farrar J,Hotez P.J,Junghanss T,Kang G,Lalloo D,White N.J,Garcia P.J, eds. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 49-56. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-7959-7.00007-5

Draper C.E, Yousafzai A.K, McCoy D.C, Cuartas J, Obradović J, Bhopal S, Fisher J, Jeong J, Klingberg S, Milner K, Pisani L, Roy A, Seiden J, Sudfeld C.R, Wrottesley S.V, Fink G, Nores M, Tremblay M.S, Okely A.D. The next 1000 days: building on early investments for the health and development of young children. Lancet. 2024;404(10467):2094-2116. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01389-8