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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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). DOI: 10.3390/nu17101703

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2025
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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

2024
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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

2024
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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

2024
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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

2024
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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

2024
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Drouard S.H.P, Brenner S, Antwisi D, Toure N.K, Madhavan S, Fink G, Shapira G. Effects of performance-based financing on availability, quality, and use of family planning services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an impact evaluation. Stud Fam Plann. 2024;55(2):127-149. DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12264

2024
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Ehteshami F, Cassidy R, Tediosi F, Fink G, Cobos Muñoz D. Combining theory-driven realist approach and systems thinking to unpack complexity of type 2 diabetes and hypertension management in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a realist review. Systems. 2024;12(1):16. DOI: 10.3390/systems12010016

2024
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Ekou F.K, Eze I.C, Aka J, Kwiatkowski M, Merten S, Acka F.K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

2024
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Falgas-Bague I, Melero-Dominguez M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Chembe M, Lubozha T, Paul R, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C, Sikazwe D, Fink G. Testing the feasibility, acceptability, and exploring trends on efficacy of the problem management plus for moms: protocol of a pilot randomized control trial. PLoS One. 2024;19(1):e0287269. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287269

2024
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Fink G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Rockers P.C, Parkerson D. Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia. Popul Health Metr. 2024;22:2. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-024-00322-4

2024
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Fink G, Locks L.M, Lauer J.M, Chembe M, Henderson S, Sikazwe D, Billima-Mulenga T, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C. The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(8):e015438. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015438

2024
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Fink G, Melero-Dominguez M, Chembe M, de Vernisy-Romero D, Tembo T, Billima T, Paul R, Alegria M, Parkerson D, Rockers P.C, Banda Z, Lungu G, Sikazwe D, Falgas-Bague I. Feasibility and acceptability of the Problem Management for Moms programme for improving maternal mental health in Zambia: an open-label trial. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024;11(12):965-974. DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(24)00256-6

2024
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Jebiwott S, Gutapaka N, Sumari D, Loss G, Athuman T, Nyandele J.P, Cummins H, Chemba M, Benjamin-Chung J, Gangar P, Wu X, Smith J, Chen I, Dorsey G, Fink G, Olotu A, Hsiang M. Child health and infection with low density (CHILD) malaria: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impacts of testing and treating low-density malaria infection among children in Tanzania. BMJ Open. 2024;14(3):e082227. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082227

2024
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Kong Y, Chen S, Ma N, Chen Z, Karoli P, Niyi J.L, Fan P, Fink G, Kwete X.J, Wehrmeister F.C, Cheng F, Wang D, Zemene M.A, Gatimu S.M, Khan N, Rahman A, Fekadu L, Shibre G, Rahmartani L.D, Aheto J.M.K, Geldsetzer P, Li Z. Association between concurrence of multiple risk factors and under-5 mortality: a pooled analysis of data from demographic and health survey in 61 low-and-middle-income countries. EClinicalMedicine. 2024;71:102583. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102583

2024
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Kruk M.E, Kapoor N.R, Lewis T.P, Arsenault C, Boutsikari E.C, Breda J, Carai S, Croke K, Dayalu R, Fink G, Garcia P.J, Kassa M, Mohan S, Moshabela M, Nzinga J, Oh J, Okiro E.A, Prabhakaran D, SteelFisher G.K, Tarricone R, Garcia-Elorrio E. Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People's Voice Survey. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12(1):e100-e111. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 1. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00499-0

2024
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Kruk M.E, Sabwa S, Lewis T.P, Aniebo I, Arsenault C, Carai S, Garcia P.J, Garcia-Elorrio E, Fink G, Kassa M, Mohan S, Moshabela M, Oh J, Pate M.A, Nzinga J. Population assessment of health system performance in 16 countries. Bull World Health Organ. 2024;102(7):486-497b. DOI: 10.2471/blt.23.291184

2024
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Kuhfeldt K.J, Kaiser J.L, Morgan A.J, Ngoma T, Hamer D.H, Fink G, Rockers P.C, Chirwa B, Scott N.A. Motivation, cues to action, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative application of the health belief model among women in rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024;111(5):1118-1126. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0005

2024
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Lewis T.P, Kassa M, Kapoor N.R, Arsenault C, Bazua-Lobato R, Dayalu R, Fink G, Getachew T, Jarhyan P, Lee H.Y, Mazzoni A, Medina-Ranilla J, Naidoo I, Tadele A, Kruk M.E. User-reported quality of care: findings from the first round of the People's Voice Survey in 14 countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12:e112-e122. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 2. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00495-3

2024
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Loss G, Cummins H, Gutapaka N, Nyandele J, Jebiwott S, Sumari D, Athuman T, Juma O, Martin-Herz S.P, Olotu A, Hsiang M.S, Fink G. Usability and psychometric properties of a battery of tools to assess intelligence, executive functioning, and sustained attention in Tanzanian children. PLoS One. 2024;19(12):e0315058. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315058

2024
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Loss G, Naicker S, Richter L, Fink G. Early life determinants of social disparities among young adults: a longitudinal study in vulnerable communities in South Africa. World Dev. 2024;175:106465. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106465

2024
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McCoy D.C, Dormal M, Cuartas J, Carreira Dos Santos A, Fink G, Brentani A. The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low-income urban sample in Brazil. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2024;65(5):620-630. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13799

2024
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Mitterer S, Zimmermann K, Fink G, Simon M, Gerber A.K, Bergsträsser E. Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis. Eur J Pediatr. 2024;183(10):4215-4227. DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05680-7

2024
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Moolla A, Coetzee L, Mongwenyana C, Robertson A, Marincowitz G, Zuckerman M, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A, Rockers P.C, Evans D. Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024;16(1):a4412. DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4412

2024
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Musakwa N.O, Evans D, Coetzee L, Galvin M, Hamer D, Fink G, Yousafzai A, Tarullo A, Rockers P. Nutritional adequacy in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa: maternal and child dietary diversity in the context of perinatal HIV exposure. SAJCH. 2024;18(4):e1555. DOI: 10.7196/SAJCH.2024.v18i4.1555

2024
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Nores M, Vazquez C, Gustafsson-Wright E, Osborne S, Cuartas J, Lambiris M.J, McCoy D.C, Lopez-Boo F, Behrman J, Bernal R, Draper C.E, Okely A.D, Tremblay M.S, Yousafzai A.K, Lombardi J, Fink G. The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice. Lancet. 2024;404(10467):2117-2130. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01390-4

2024
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Nwankwo O.N.O, Auer C, Oyo-Ita A, Eyers J, Wyss K, Fink G, Bosch-Capblanch X. Human resources for health: a framework synthesis to put health workers at the centre of healthcare. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(9):e014556. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014556

2024
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Odipo E, Jarhyan P, Nzinga J, Prabhakaran D, Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Mohan S, Mosa M, Eshetu M.K, Lewis T.P, Kapoor N.R, Kruk M.E, Fink G, Okiro E.A. The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12:e123-e133. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 3. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00510-7

2024
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Osei Afriyie D, Loo P.S, Kuwawenaruwa A, Kassimu T, Fink G, Tediosi F, Mtenga S. Understanding the role of the Tanzania national health insurance fund in improving service coverage and quality of care. Soc Sci Med. 2024;347:116714. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116714

2024
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Sanchez-Samaniego G, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger-Peña S.M, Hattendorf J, Verastegui H, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N. Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24:304. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06466-3

2024
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Sonephet S, Kounnavong S, Zinsstag L, Vonaesch P, Sayasone S, Siengsounthone L, Odermatt P, Fink G, Wallenborn J.T. Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) intervention in Lao People's Democratic Republic: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e54768. DOI: 10.2196/54768

2024
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Tani K, Osetinsky B, Mhalu G, Mtenga S, Fink G, Tediosi F. Seeking and receiving hypertension and diabetes mellitus care in Tanzania. PLoS One. 2024;19(11):e0312258. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312258

2024
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Tani K, Osetinsky B, Mtenga S, Fink G, Tediosi F. Patient's willingness to pay for improved community health insurance in Tanzania. Health Policy Open. 2024;7:100130. DOI: 10.1016/j.hpopen.2024.100130

2024
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Tarullo A.R, Evans D, Coetzee L, Lopera-Perez D.C, Brady S.P, Gabard-Durnam L.J, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A.K, Rockers P.C. Neonatal physical growth predicts electroencephalography power in rural South African children. Brain Sci. 2024;14(6):552. DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14060552

2024
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Wallenborn J.T, Sinantha-Hu M, Ouipoulikoune V, Kounnavong S, Siengsounthone L, Probst-Hensch N, Odermatt P, Sayasone S, Fink G. Vientiane multigenerational birth cohort project in Lao People's Democratic Republic: protocol for establishing a longitudinal multigenerational birth cohort to promote population health. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e59545. DOI: 10.2196/59545

2024
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Werdin S, Fink G, Rajkumar S, Durrer M, Gurtner C, Harbauer G, Warnke I, Wyss K. Mental health of individuals at increased suicide risk after hospital discharge and initial findings on the usefulness of a suicide prevention project in Central Switzerland. Front Psychiatry. 2024;15:1432336. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1432336

2024
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Zay Ya K, Lambiris M.J, Levine G.A, Tediosi F, Fink G. Coverage of policies to improve antimicrobial stewardship in human medicine in low and middle income countries: results from the Global Survey of Experts on Antimicrobial Resistance. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:2297. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19542-2

2024
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Zhang H, Fink G, Cohen J. Malaria rapid tests, febrile illness management, and child mortality across sub-Saharan African countries. JAMA. 2024;332(15):1270-1281. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.12589

2024
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Zinsstag J, Meyer J.M, Bonfoh B, Fink G, Dimov A. One Health in human-environment systems: linking health and the sustainable use of natural resources. CABI One Health. 2024;3(1). DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2024.0012

2024
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Aebi N.J, Baenteli I, Fink G, Meinlschmidt G, Schaefert R, Schwenkglenks M, Studer A, Trost S, Tschudin S, Wyss K, SomPsyNet Consortium. Facilitators and barriers of routine psychosocial distress assessment within a stepped and collaborative care model in a Swiss hospital setting. PLoS One. 2023;18(6):e0285395. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285395

2023
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Agyepong I, Spicer N, Ooms G, Jahn A, Bärnighausen T, Beiersmann C, Brown Amoakoh H, Fink G, Guo Y, Hennig L, Kifle Habtemariam M, Kouyaté B.A, Loewenson R, Micah A, Moon S, Moshabela M, Myhre S.L, Ottersen T, Patcharanarumol W, Sarker M, Sen G, Siozaki Y, Songane F, Sridhar D, Ssengooba F, Vega J, Ventura D, Voss M, Heymann D. Lancet commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion. Lancet. 2023;401(10392):1964-2012. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01930-4

2023
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Bucher A, Dimov A, Fink G, Chitnis N, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J. Benefit-cost analysis of coordinated strategies for control of rabies in Africa. Nat Commun. 2023;14:5370. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41110-2

2023
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Cavallera V, Lancaster G, Gladstone M, Black M.M, McCray G, Nizar A, Ahmed S, Dutta A, Anago R.K.E, Brentani A, Jiang F, Schönbeck Y, McCoy D.C, Kariger P, Weber A.M, Raikes A, Waldman M, van Buuren S, Kaur R, Perez Maillard M, Nisar M.I, Khanam R, Sazawal S, Zongo A, Pacifico Mercadante M, Zhang Y, Roy A.D, Hepworth K, Fink G, Rubio-Codina M, Tofail F, Eekhout I, Seiden J, Norton R, Baqui A.H, Khalfan Ali J, Zhao J, Holzinger A, Detmar S, Kembou S.N, Begum F, Mohammed Ali S, Jehan F, Dua T, Janus M. Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries. BMJ Open. 2023;13:e062562. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062562

2023
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Fakih B.S, Holzschuh A, Ross A, Stuck L, Abdul R, Al-mafazy A.H, Irema I, Mbena A, Thawer S.G, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:80. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01129-5

2023
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Falgas-Bague I, Thembo T, Kaiser J.L, Hamer D.H, Scott N.A, Ngoma T, Paul R, Juntunen A, Rockers P.C, Fink G. Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-evidence from Zambia. PLoS One. 2023;18(2):e0281091. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281091

2023
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Fink G, Förtsch K, Felder S. Subjective burden of government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions in Switzerland: evidence from the 2022 LINK Covid-19 survey. PLoS One. 2023;18(7):e0283524. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283524

2023
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Hartinger Peña S.M, Mäusezahl D, Jäggi L, Aguilar L, Alvarado Llatance M, Castellanos A, Huaylinos Bustamante M.L, Hinckley K, Charles McCoy D, Zhang C, Fink G. Digital support systems to improve child health and development in Peru: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023;12:e50371. DOI: 10.2196/50371

2023
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Jäggi L, Aguilar L, Alvarado Llatance M, Castellanos A, Fink G, Hinckley K, Huaylinos Bustamante M.L, McCoy D.C, Verastegui H, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger Peña S.M. Digital tools to improve parenting behaviour in low-income settings: a mixed-methods feasibility study. Arch Dis Child. 2023;108(6):433-439. DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324964

2023
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Juntunen A, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. Lessons from a year of COVID-19 in Zambia: reported attendance and mask wearing at large gatherings in rural communities. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023;108(2):384-393. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0460

2023
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Kaiser J.L, Hamer D.H, Juntunen A, Ngoma T, Fink G, Schueler J, Rockers P.C, Biemba G, Scott N.A. COVID-19 knowledge and prevention behaviors in rural Zambia: a qualitative application of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023;109(1):76-89. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0604

2023
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Kaiser J.L, Ngoma T, Rockers P.C, Fink G, Juntunen A, Hamer D.H, Chirwa B, Scott N.A. A qualitative assessment of community acceptability and use of a locally developed children's book to increase shared reading and parent-child interactions in rural Zambia. Ann Glob Health. 2023;89(1):28. DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3920

2023
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Koné S, Probst-Hensch N, Dao D, Utzinger J, Fink G. Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(4):e010934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010934

2023
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Lewis T.P, Kapoor N.R, Aryal A, Bazua-Lobato R, Carai S, Clarke-Deelder E, Croke K, Dayalu R, Espinoza-Pajuelo L, Fink G, Garcia P.J, Garcia-Elorrio E, Getachew T, Jarhyan P, Kassa M, Kim S.A, Mazzoni A, Medina-Ranilla J, Mohan S, Molla G, Moshabela M, Naidoo I, Nzinga J, Oh J, Okiro E.A, Prabhakaran D, Roberti J, SteelFisher G, Taddele T, Tadele A, Wang X, Xu R, Leslie H.H, Kruk M.E. Measuring people's views on health system performance: design and development of the people's voice survey. PLoS Med. 2023;20(10):e1004294. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004294

2023
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Meinlschmidt G, Frick A, Baenteli I, Karpf C, Studer A, Bachmann M, Dörner A, Tschudin S, Trost S, Wyss K, Fink G, Schwenkglenks M, Caviezel S, Rocco T, Schaefert R, SomPsyNet consortium. Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2023;13(11):e076814. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076814

2023
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Mitterer S, Zimmermann K, Fink G, Simon M, Gerber A.K, Bergsträsser E. The funding of specialised paediatric palliative care in Switzerland: a conceptualisation and modified Delphi study on obstacles and priorities. Swiss Med Wkly. 2023;153(12):3498. DOI: 10.57187/s.3498

2023
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Mrema S, Okumu F, Schellenberg J, Fink G. Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood: evidence from a 22-year prospective cohort study in Tanzania. Malar J. 2023;22:134. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04560-z

2023
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development. Nature. 2023;615(7954):874-883. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8

2023
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Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J. Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers. Prev Vet Med. 2023;215:105919. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919

2023
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Nuvey F.S, Hanley N, Simpson K, Haydon D.T, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J, Fink G. Farmers' valuation and willingness to pay for vaccines to protect livestock resources against priority infectious diseases in Ghana. Prev Vet Med. 2023;219:106028. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106028

2023
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Nuvey F.S, Haydon D.T, Hattendorf J, Addo K.K, Mensah G.I, Fink G, Zinsstag J, Bonfoh B. Relationship between animal health and livestock farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: beyond zoonoses. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:1353. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16287-2

2023
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Nuvey F.S, Mensah G.I, Zinsstag J, Hattendorf J, Fink G, Bonfoh B, Addo K.K. Management of diseases in a ruminant livestock production system: a participatory appraisal of the performance of veterinary services delivery, and utilization in Ghana. BMC Vet Res. 2023;19:237. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-023-03793-z

2023
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Onyango S, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Langat N, Okelo K, Murdock D.E, Utzinger J, Fink G. Maternal stimulation and early child development in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Kenya and Zambia. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:2418. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17235-w

2023
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Osei Afriyie D, Kwesiga B, Achungura G, Tediosi F, Fink G. Effects of health insurance on quality of care in low-income countries: a systematic review. Public Health Rev. 2023;44:1605749. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2023.1605749

2023
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Osei Afriyie D, Masiye F, Tediosi F, Fink G. Confidence in the health system and health insurance enrollment among the informal sector population in Lusaka, Zambia. Soc Sci Med. 2023;321:115750. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115750

2023
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Osei Afriyie D, Masiye F, Tediosi F, Fink G. Purchasing for high-quality care using national health insurance: evidence from Zambia. Health Policy Plan. 2023;38(6):681-688. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czad022

2023
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Osetinsky B, Fink G, Kuwawenaruwa A, Tediosi F. Investigating sustainability challenges for the National Health Insurance Fund in Tanzania: a modelling approach. BMJ Open. 2023;13(8):e070451. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070451

2023
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Rockers P.C, Leppänen J.M, Tarullo A, Coetzee L, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A.K, Evans D. Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2023;20(4):e1004222. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004222

2023
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Rockers P.C, Zuilkowski S.S, Fink G. Childhood adversity and educational attainment: evidence from Zambia on the role of personality. Front Psychol. 2023;14:995343. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.995343

2023
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Sanchez-Samaniego G, Hartinger S.M, Mäusezahl D, Hattendorf J, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru. Glob Health Action. 2023;16:2285100. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2285100

2023
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Shapira G, Clarke-Deelder E, Booto B.M, Samaha H, Fritsche G.B, Muvudi M, Baabo D, Antwisi D, Ramanana D, Benami S, Fink G. Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Med. 2023;21:381. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-03062-8

2023
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Smith J.A, Chang S.M, Brentani A, Fink G, Lopez-Boo F, Torino B.M, Codina M.R, Walker S.P. A remote parenting program and parent and staff perspectives: a randomized trial. Pediatrics. 2023;151(Suppl 2):e2023060221F. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-060221F

2023
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Tamarelle J, Creze M.M, Savathdy V, Phonekeo S, Wallenborn J, Siengsounthone L, Fink G, Odermatt P, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Vonäsch P. Dynamics and consequences of nutrition-related microbial dysbiosis in early life: study protocol of the VITERBI GUT project. Front Nutr. 2023;10:1111478. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1111478

2023
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Tani K, Osetinsky B, Mhalu G, Mtenga S, Fink G, Tediosi F. Healthcare workers' experiences with COVID-19-related prevention and control measures in Tanzania. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(12):e0002678. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002678

2023
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Tavakkoli M, Takian A, Mohammadi M, Heidari H, Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati L, Yousefzade-Chabok S, de Savigny D, Fink G, Künzli N, Cobos Muñoz D. Assessing the design of road traffic death information systems in Iran: a participatory systems approach. Int J Med Inform. 2023;172:105005. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105005

2023
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van Zyl-Hermann D, Hammel T, Burri C, Chenal J, Fink G, Konou A.A, Nébié E.I, Osei Afriyie D, Pessoa Colombo V, Utzinger J, Tischler J. Examining African contributions to global health: reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation. Glob Public Health. 2023;18(1):2118343. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2118343

2023
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Zay Ya K, Win P.T.N, Bielicki J, Lambiris M, Fink G. Association between antimicrobial stewardship programs and antibiotic use globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(2):e2253806. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.53806

2023
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Zimmermann K, Simon M, Scheinemann K, Oehler E.M.T, Widler M, Keller S, Fink G, Mitterer S, Gerber A.K, von Felten S, Bergstraesser E. Correction: Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliat Care. 2023;22:13. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-023-01136-1

2023
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Aebi N.J, Fink G, Wyss K, Schwenkglenks M, Baenteli I, Caviezel S, Studer A, Trost S, Tschudin S, Schaefert R, Meinlschmidt G, SomPsyNet Consortium. Association of different restriction levels with COVID-19-related distress and mental health in somatic inpatients: a secondary analysis of Swiss general hospital data. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:872116. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.872116

2022
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Blakstad M.M, Perumal N, Bliznashka L, Lambiris M.J, Fink G, Danaei G, Sudfeld C.R. Large gains in schooling and income are possible from minimizing adverse birth outcomes in 121 low- and middle-income countries: a modelling study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(6):e0000218. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000218

2022
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Brenner S, Madhavan S, Nseya C.K, Sese C, Fink G, Shapira G. Competent and deficient provision of childbirth services: a descriptive observational study assessing the quality of intrapartum care in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:551. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07737-5

2022
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Clarke-Deelder E, Osei Afriyie D, Nseluke M, Masiye F, Fink G. Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:1205. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13549-3

2022
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Cossa H, Dietler D, Macete E, Munguambe K, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health. 2022;18:7. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00797-6

2022
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Cossa H, Dietler D, Macete E, Munguambe K, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Correction: Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health. 2022;18:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00816-6

2022
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Dietler D, Farnham A, Lyatuu I, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2022;36(11):1573-1581. Video Abstract: http://links.lww.com/QAD/C557. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003294

2022
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Euclydes V, Gomes C, Gouveia G, Gastaldi V.D, Feltrin A.S, Camilo C, Vieira R.P, Felipe-Silva A, Grisi S, Fink G, Brentani A, Brentani H. Gestational age acceleration is associated with epigenetic biomarkers of prenatal physiologic stress exposure. Clin Epigenetics. 2022;14:152. DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01374-9

2022
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Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Zabré H.R, Divall M.J, Fink G, Knoblauch A.M. Spatial mobility and large-scale resource extraction: an analysis of community well-being and health in a copper mining area of Zambia. Extr Ind Soc. 2022;9:101016. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.101016

2022
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Fehr D, Fink G, Jack B.K. Poor and rational: decision-making under scarcity. J Polit Ecol. 2022;130(11):720466. DOI: 10.1086/720466

2022
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Ferguson L, Boudreaux C, Cheyassin Phall M, Jallow B, Fofana M.N, Njie L, Ceesay A.A, Gibba C.K, Njie M, Bittaye M, Loum M.M, Sankareh A, Darboe M.L, Barjo Y, Dibba M, Safreed-Harmon K, Fink G, Hasan R. Facility and community results-based financing to improve maternal and child nutrition and health in The Gambia. Health Syst Reform. 2022;8(1):2117320. DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2022.2117320

2022
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Fink G, Fritsche G, Samaha H, Sese C, Shapira G. Financially incentivized knowledge assessments to improve provider compliance with treatment guidelines: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2022;23:227. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06129-8

2022
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Fink G, Jack K, Phillips Tim. Surviving the hungry season [Internet]: VoxDev Development Economics, 2022 © voxDev.org. Available from: https://audioboom.com/posts/8119855-surviving-the-hungry-season

2022
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Fink G, Kandpal E, Shapira G. Inequality in the quality of health services: wealth, content of care, and the price of antenatal consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Econ Dev Cult Change. 2022;70(3):1295–1336. DOI: 10.1086/713941

2022
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Fink G, Mrema S, Abdulla S, Kachur P, Khatib R, Lengeler C, Masanja H, Okumu F, Schellenberg D. Mosquito net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood in Tanzania. N Engl J Med. 2022;386:428-436. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2112524

2022
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Fink G, Tediosi F, Felder S. Burden of Covid-19 restrictions: national, regional and global estimates. EClinicalMedicine. 2022;45:101305. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101305

2022
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Hooley B, Osei Afriyie D, Fink G, Tediosi F. Health insurance coverage in low-income and middle-income countries: progress made to date and related changes in private and public health expenditure. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(5):e008722. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008722

2022
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Jabbarian J, Werner L.K, Kagoné M, Lemp J.M, McMahon S, Horstick O, Kazianga H, Kobiané J.F, Fink G, De Neve J.W. "It's the poverty": stakeholder perspectives on barriers to secondary education in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2022;17(11):e0277822. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277822

2022
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Koné S, Bonfoh B, Probst-Hensch N, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Fink G. Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental evidence from Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e054355. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054355

2022
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Koné S, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N, Essé C, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M, Jaeger F.N. Determinants of modern paediatric healthcare seeking in rural Côte d'Ivoire. Int J Public Health. 2022;66:1604451. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604451

2022
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Lambiris M.J, Blakstad M.M, Perumal N, Danaei G, Bliznashka L, Fink G, Sudfeld C.R. Birth weight and adult earnings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2022;13(3):284-291. DOI: 10.1017/S2040174421000404

2022
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Levine G, Bielicki J, Fink G. Cumulative antibiotic exposure in the first five years of life: estimates for 45 low- and middle-income countries from demographic and health survey data. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;75(9):1537-1547. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac225

2022
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Loss G, Fink G, Bessa L, Brentani A. Impact of COVID-19 on maternal health and child care behavior: evidence from a quasi-experimental study of vulnerable communities in Boa Vista, Brazil. Child Abuse Negl. 2022;129:105667. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105667

2022
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Luminati O, Brentani A, Flückiger B, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Raess M, Röösli M, de Hoogh K, Fink G. Assessing the association between air pollution and child development in São Paulo, Brazil. PLoS One. 2022;17(5):e0268192. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268192

2022
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Nuvey F.S, Arkoazi J, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Fink G, Zinsstag J, Bonfoh B. Effectiveness and profitability of preventive veterinary interventions in controlling infectious diseases of ruminant livestock in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMC Vet Res. 2022;18:332. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-022-03428-9

2022
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Onyango S, Brentani A, Fink G. Kangaroo mother care for preterm infants and child development: evidence from São Paulo, Brazil. Early Child Dev Care. 2022;192(9):1413-1421. DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2021.1885393

2022
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Onyango S, Kimani-Murage E, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Langat N.K, Okelo K, Obong'o C, Utzinger J, Fink G. Associations between exclusive breastfeeding duration and children's developmental outcomes: evidence from Siaya county, Kenya. PLoS One. 2022;17(3):e0265366. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265366

2022
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Osei Afriyie D, Krasniq B, Hooley B, Tediosi F, Fink G. Equity in health insurance schemes enrollment in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Equity Health. 2022;21:21. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-021-01608-x

2022
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Raess M, Brentani A.V.M, Flückiger B, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Fink G, Röösli M. Association between community noise and children's cognitive and behavioral development: a prospective cohort study. Environ Int. 2022;158:106961. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106961

2022
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Sarki M, Ming C, Aceti M, Fink G, Aissaoui S, Bürki N, Graffeo R, Heinimann K, Caiata Zufferey M, Monnerat C, Rabaglio M, Zürrer-Härdi U, Chappuis P.O, Katapodi M.C, The Cascade Consortium. Relatives from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and lynch syndrome families forgoing genetic testing: findings from the Swiss CASCADE cohort. J Pers Med. 2022;12(10):1740. DOI: 10.3390/jpm12101740

2022
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Tavakkoli M, Torkashvand-Khah Z, Fink G, Takian A, Künzli N, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D. Evidence from the decade of action for road safety: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions in low and middle-income countries. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1604499. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604499

2022
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Verguet S, Bolongaita S, Morgan A, Perumal N, Sudfeld C.R, Yousafzai A.K, Fink G. Priority setting in early childhood development: an analytical framework for economic evaluation of interventions. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(6):008926. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008926

2022
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Werner L.K, Ludwig J.O, Sie A, Bagagnan C.H, Zabré P, Vandormael A, Harling G, De Neve J.W, Fink G. eHealth and economic benefits of secondary education in the context of poverty: evidence from Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2022;17(7):e0270246. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270246

2022
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Win H, Shafique S, Mizan S, Wallenborn J, Probst-Hensch N, Fink G. Association between mother's work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020). Arch Public Health. 2022;80:192. DOI: 10.1186/s13690-022-00948-6

2022
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Win H, Shafique S, Probst-Hensch N, Fink G. Change in nutritional status of urban slum children before and after the first COVID-19 wave in Bangladesh: a repeated cross-sectional assessment. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(7):e0000456. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000456

2022
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Zimmermann K, Simon M, Scheinemann K, Tinner Oehler E.M, Widler M, Keller S, Fink G, Mitterer S, Gerber A.K, von Felten S, Bergstraesser E. Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliat Care. 2022;21:188. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-022-01089-x

2022
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Aebi N.J, Caviezel S, Schaefert R, Meinlschmidt G, Schwenkglenks M, Fink G, Riedo L, Leyhe T, Wyss K, SomPsyNet Consortium. A qualitative study to investigate Swiss hospital personnel's perceived importance of and experiences with patient's mental-somatic multimorbidities. BMC Psychiatry. 2021;21:349. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03353-5

2021
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Brentani A, Walker S, Chang-Lopez S, Grisi S, Powell C, Fink G. A home visit-based early childhood stimulation programme in Brazil-a randomized controlled trial. Health Policy Plan. 2021;36(3):288-297. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa195

2021
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Clark S.N, Bennett J.E, Arku R.E, Hill A.G, Fink G, Adanu R.M, Biritwum R.B, Darko R, Bawah A, Duda R.B, Ezzati M. Small area variations and factors associated with blood pressure and body-mass index in adult women in Accra, Ghana: Bayesian spatial analysis of a representative population survey and census data. PLoS Med. 2021;18(11):e1003850. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003850

2021
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Dietler D, Farnham A, Loss G, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health. 2021;17:70. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-021-00723-2

2021
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Dietler D, Loss G, Farnham A, de Hoogh K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Housing conditions and respiratory health in children in mining communities: an analysis of data from 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2021;89:106591. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106591

2021
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Dos Santos A.C, Brentani A, Fink G. Associations between neighborhood violence during pregnancy and birth outcomes: evidence from Sao Paulo's Western Region Birth Cohort. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:865. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10900-y

2021
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Egger D, Miguel E, Warren S.S, Shenoy A, Collins E, Karlan D, Parkerson D, Mobarak A.M, Fink G, Udry C, Walker M, Haushofer J, Larreboure M, Athey S, Lopez-Pena P, Benhachmi S, Humphreys M, Lowe L, Meriggi N.F, Wabwire A, Davis C.A, Pape U.J, Graff T, Voors M, Nekesa C, Vernot C. Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: quantitative evidence from nine developing countries. Sci Adv. 2021;7(6):eabe0997. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0997

2021
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Fink G, McConnell M, Nguyen B.D. Learn or react? An experimental study of preventive health decision making. Exp Econ. 2021;24:206–237. DOI: s10683-020-09668-6

2021
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Fink G, Orlova-Fink N, Schindler T, Grisi S, Ferrer A.P.S, Daubenberger C, Brentani A. Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccination is associated with lower mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Brazil. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2021;26(4):192-193. DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111549

2021
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Fink G, Venkataramani A.S, Zanolini A. Early life adversity, biological adaptation, and human capital: evidence from an interrupted malaria control program in Zambia. J Health Econ. 2021;80:102532. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102532

2021
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Francetic I, Fink G, Tediosi F. Impact of social accountability monitoring on health facility performance: evidence from Tanzania. Health Econ. 2021;30(4):766-785. DOI: 10.1002/hec.4219

2021
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Gage A.D, Fink G, Ataguba J.E, Kruk M.E. Hospital delivery and neonatal mortality in 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: an ecological study. PLoS Med. 2021;18(12):e1003843. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003843

2021
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Hoxha I, Fink G. Caesarean sections and health financing: a global analysis. BMJ Open. 2021;11(5):e044383. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044383

2021
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Jeong J, Pitchik H.O, Fink G. Short-term, medium-term and long-term effects of early parenting interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6(3):e004067. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004067

2021
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Levine G, Salifu A, Mohammed I, Fink G. Mobile nudges and financial incentives to improve coverage of timely neonatal vaccination in rural areas (GEVaP trial): a 3-armed cluster randomized controlled trial in Northern Ghana. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0247485. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247485

2021
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Luminati O, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Fluckiger B, Brentani A, Röösli M, Fink G, de Hoogh K. Land use regression modelling of NO2 in São Paulo, Brazil. Environ Pollut. 2021;289:117832. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117832

2021
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Lyatuu I, Loss G, Farnham A, Lyatuu G.W, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Associations between natural resource extraction and incidence of acute and chronic health conditions: evidence from Tanzania. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(11):6052. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116052

2021
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Lyatuu I, Loss G, Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Short-term effects of national-level natural resource rents on life expectancy: a cross-country panel data analysis. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0252336. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252336

2021
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Mapesi H, Gupta R, Wilson H.I, Lukau B, Amstutz A, Lyimo A, Muhairwe J, Senkoro E, Byakuzana T, Mphunyane M, Bresser M, Glass T.R, Lambiris M, Fink G, Gingo W, Battegay M, Paris D.H, Rohacek M, Vanobberghen F, Labhardt N.D, Burkard T, Weisser M. The coArtHA trial—identifying the most effective treatment strategies to control arterial hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2021;22:77. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05023-z

2021
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McCoy D.C, Cuartas J, Behrman J, Cappa C, Heymann J, López Bóo F, Lu C, Raikes A, Richter L, Stein A, Fink G. Global estimates of the implications of COVID-19-related preprimary school closures for children's instructional access, development, learning, and economic wellbeing. Child Dev. 2021;92(5):e883-e899. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13658

2021
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McCoy D.C, Seiden J, Waldman M, Fink G. Measuring early childhood development: considerations and evidence regarding the caregiver reported early development instruments. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021;1492:3-10. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14598

2021
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Mitterer S, Zimmermann K, Bergsträsser E, Simon M, Gerber A.K, Fink G. Measuring financial burden in families of children living with life-limiting conditions: a scoping review of cost indicators and outcome measures. Value Health. 2021;24(9):1377-1389. DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.03.015

2021
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. eLife. 2021;10:e60060. (NCD-RisC). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60060

2021
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021;398(10304):957-980. (NCD-RisC). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1

2021
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Onyango S, Zuilkowski S.S, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Nkumbula N, Utzinger J, Fink G. Relative importance of early childhood development domains for schooling progression: longitudinal evidence from the Zambia early childhood development project. Int J Educ Dev. 2021;85:102445. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102445

2021
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Perumal N, Blakstad M.M, Fink G, Lambiris M, Bliznashka L, Danaei G, Sudfeld C.R. Impact of scaling up prenatal nutrition interventions on human capital outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a modeling analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021;114(5):1708-1718. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab234

2021
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Raess M, Brentani A, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Fink G, Röösli M. Land use regression modelling of community noise in São Paulo, Brazil. Environ Res. 2021;199:111231. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111231

2021
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Richter L.M, Behrman J.R, Britto P, Cappa C, Cohrssen C, Cuartas J, Daelmans B, Devercelli A.E, Fink G, Fredman S, Heymann J, Boo F.L, Lu C, Lule E, McCoy D.C, Naicker S.N, Rao N, Raikes A, Stein A, Vazquez C, Yoshikawa H. Measuring and forecasting progress in education: what about early childhood?. NPJ Sci Learn. 2021;6:27. DOI: 10.1038/s41539-021-00106-7

2021
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Salhi C, Beatriz E, McBain R, McCoy D, Sheridan M, Fink G. Physical discipline, deprivation, and differential risk of developmental delay across 17 countries. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021;60(2):296-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.02.016

2021
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Waldman M, McCoy D.C, Seiden J, Cuartas J, Fink G. Validation of motor, cognitive, language, and socio-emotional subscales using the caregiver reported early development instruments: an application of multidimensional item factor analysis. Int J Behav Dev. 2021;45(4):368-377. DOI: 10.1177/01650254211005560

2021
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Wallenborn J.T, Levine G.A, Carreira Dos Santos A, Grisi S, Brentani A, Fink G. Breastfeeding, physical growth, and cognitive development. Pediatrics. 2021;147(5):e2020008029. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-008029

2021
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Wallenborn J.T, Valera C.B, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Odermatt P, Fink G. Urban-rural gaps in breastfeeding practices: evidence from Lao People's Democratic Republic. Int J Public Health. 2021;66:1604062. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604062

2021
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Win H, Wallenborn J, Probst-Hensch N, Fink G. Understanding urban inequalities in children's linear growth outcomes: a trend and decomposition analysis of 39,049 children in Bangladesh (2000-2018). BMC Public Health. 2021;21:2192. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12181-x

2021
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Yousafzai A.K, Sudfeld C.R, Franchett E.E, Siyal S, Rehmani K, Bhamani S, Dai Q, Reyes C.R, Fink G, Ponguta L.A. Evaluating implementation of LEAPS, a youth-led early childhood care and education intervention in rural Pakistan: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial. Trials. 2021;22:542. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05518-9

2021
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Zabré H.R, Farnham A, Diagbouga S.P, Fink G, Divall M.J, Winkler M.S, Knoblauch A.M. Changes in household wealth in communities living in proximity to a large-scale copper mine in Zambia. Resour Policy. 2021;74:102395. DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102395

2021
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Zabré H.R, Knoblauch A.M, Diagbouga S.P, Fink G, Owuor M, Nduna K, Chisanga M, Musunka G, Divall M.J, Winkler M.S, Farnham A. Changes in socioeconomic determinants of health in a copper mine development area, northwestern Zambia. Extr Ind Soc. 2021;8(4):100985. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.100985

2021
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Zhang H, Fink G, Cohen J. The impact of health worker absenteeism on patient health care seeking behavior, testing and treatment: a longitudinal analysis in Uganda. PLoS One. 2021;16(8):e0256437. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256437

2021
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Altafim E.R.P, McCoy D.C, Brentani A, Escobar A.M.U, Grisi Sjfe, Fink G. Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI). J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020;96(1):66-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2018.07.008

2020
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Andrews K.G, Martin M.W, Shenberger E, Pereira S, Fink G, McConnell M. Financial support to medicaid-eligible mothers increases caregiving for preterm infants. Matern Child Health J. 2020;24(5):587-600. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-020-02905-7

2020
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Bielicki J.A, Fink G. Measuring antibiotic use in children: piecing together the puzzle. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8(6):e742-e743. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30209-6

2020
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Bigoni A, Fink G. Adding to the debate on the influence of temperature on corona virus disease (COVID-19): the case of Brazil. Public Health. 2020;187:74-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.07.040

2020
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Brentani A, Ferrer A.P.S, Bessa L, Chang S, Walker S, Powell C, Hamadani J, Grisi S, Fink G. Survive and thrive in Brazil: the Boa Vista Early Childhood program: study protocol of a stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020;21:390. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-4217-3

2020
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Brentani A, Scoleze Ferrer A.P, Brentani H, Liu C.H, Grisi Sjfe, Valente M.H, Gomes F, de Ulhoa Escobar A.M, Fink G. Cohort profile: São Paulo Western Region Birth Cohort (ROC). Int J Epidemiol. 2020;49(5):1438–1438g. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa129

2020
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Cohen J.L, Leslie H.H, Saran I, Fink G. Quality of clinical management of children diagnosed with malaria: a cross-sectional assessment in 9 sub-Saharan African countries between 2007-2018. PLoS Med. 2020;17(9):e1003254. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003254

2020
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De Neve J.W, Karlsson O, Canavan C.R, Chukwu A, Adu-Afarwuah S, Bukenya J, Marie Darling A, Harling G, Moshabela M, Killewo J, Fink G, Fawzi W.W, Berhane Y. Are out-of-school adolescents at higher risk of adverse health outcomes? Evidence from 9 diverse settings in sub-Saharan Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2020;25(1):70-80. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13328

2020
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Ferguson L, Hasan R, Boudreaux C, Thomas H, Jallow M, Fink G, Project Implementation Committee. Results-based financing to increase uptake of skilled delivery services in The Gambia: using the 'three delays' model to interpret midline evaluation findings. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020;20:712. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03387-9

2020
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Fink G, D'Acremont V, Leslie H.H, Cohen J. Antibiotic exposure among children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative facility-based and household-based surveys. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;20(2):179-187. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30572-9

2020
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Fink G, Kelsey Jack B, Masiye F. Seasonal liquidity, rural labor markets, and agricultural production. Am Econ Rev. 2020;110(11):3351-3392. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20180607

2020
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Fink G, McCoy D.C, Yousafzai A. Contextual and socioeconomic variation in early motor and language development. Arch Dis Child. 2020;105(5):421-427. DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317849

2020
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Khadka A, Fink G, Gromis A, McConnell M. In utero exposure to threat of evictions and preterm birth: evidence from the United States. Health Serv Res. 2020;55(Suppl 2):823-832. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13551

2020
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Knoblauch A, Farnham A, Zabré H.R, Owuor M, Archer C, Nduna K, Chisanga M, Zulu L, Musunka G, Utzinger J, Divall M.J, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Community health impacts of the trident copper mine project in Northwestern Zambia: results from repeated cross-sectional surveys. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(10):3633. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103633

2020
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Koné S, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N, Dao D, Fink G. Study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis in rural south-central Côte d’Ivoire. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:1609. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09626-0

2020
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Liu C.H, Fink G, Brentani H, Brentani A. Caregiver depression is associated with hair cortisol in a low-income sample of preschool-aged children. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020;117:104675. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104675

2020
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Lu C, Cuartas J, Fink G, McCoy D, Liu K, Li Z, Daelmans B, Richter L. Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018. BMJ Glob Health. 2020;5(2):e002314. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002314

2020
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Nguyen A.T.B, Nguyen N.T.K, Phan P.H, van Eeuwijk P, Fink G. Parental satisfaction with quality of neonatal care in different level hospitals: evidence from Vietnam. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020;20:238. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-5070-5

2020
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Perales N.A, Wei D, Khadka A, Leslie H.H, Hamadou S, Yama G.C, Robyn P.J, Shapira G, Kruk M.E, Fink G. Quality of clinical assessment and child mortality: a three-country cross-sectional study. Health Policy Plan. 2020;35(7):878-887. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa048

2020
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Sahu M, Tediosi F, Noor A.M, Aponte J.J, Fink G. Health systems and global progress towards malaria elimination, 2000-2016. Malar J. 2020;19:141. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03208-6

2020
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Bayat R, Ashrafi K, Shafiepour Motlagh M, Hassanvand M.S, Daroudi R, Fink G, Künzli N. Health impact and related cost of ambient air pollution in Tehran. Environ Res. 2019;176:108547. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108547

2019
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Bliznashka L, Fink G, Flax V, Thakwalakwa C, Jaacks L. Cross-country comparison of dietary patterns and obesity among women of reproductive age in urban sub-Saharan Africa (P10-069-19). Curr Dev Nutr, 2019;3(Suppl 1):832. DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzz034.P10-069-19

2019
Conference Paper
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Boggs D, Milner K.M, Chandna J, Black M, Cavallera V, Dua T, Fink G, Kc A, Grantham-McGregor S, Hamadani J, Hughes R, Manji K, McCoy D.C, Tann C, Lawn J.E. Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use. Arch Dis Child. 2019;104(Suppl 1):S22-S33. DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315431

2019
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Clarke-Deelder E, Shapira G, Samaha H, Fritsche G.B, Fink G. Quality of care for children with severe disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Public Health. 2019;19:1608. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7853-3

2019
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Efevbera Y, Bhabha J, Farmer P, Fink G. Girl child marriage, socioeconomic status, and undernutrition: evidence from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Med. 2019;17:55. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1279-8

2019
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Fink G, Cohen J. Delivering quality: safe childbirth requires more than facilities. Lancet Glob Health. 2019;7(8):e990-e991. DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30193-7

2019
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Jeong J, Obradovic J, Rasheed M, McCoy D.C, Fink G, Yousafzai A.K. Maternal and paternal stimulation: mediators of parenting intervention effects on preschoolers' development. J Appl Dev Psychol. 2019;60:105-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2018.12.001

2019
Journal Article

Karra M, Fink G. Long run height and education implications of early life growth faltering: a synthetic panel analysis of 425 birth cohorts in 21 low- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health. 2019;19:876. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7203-5

2019
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Khadka A, Perales N.A, Wei D.J, Gage A.D, Haber N, Verguet S, Patenaude B, Fink G. Correction to: Malaria control across borders: quasi-experimental evidence from the Trans-Kunene malaria initiative (TKMI). Malar J. 2019;18:365. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-2997-2

2019
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Koné S, Bonfoh B, Dao D, Koné I, Fink G. Heckman-type selection models to obtain unbiased estimates with missing measures outcome: theoretical considerations and an application to missing birth weight data. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2019;19:231. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0840-7

2019
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Lewis T.P, Andrews K.G, Shenberger E, Betancourt T.S, Fink G, Pereira S, McConnell M. Caregiving can be costly: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to conducting kangaroo mother care in a US tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019;19:227. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2363-y

2019
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McCoy D.C, Cuartas J, Waldman M, Fink G. Contextual variation in young children's acquisition of social-emotional skills. PLoS One. 2019;14(11):e0223056. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223056

2019
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NCD Risk Factor Collaboration. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature. 2019;569(7755):260-264. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x

2019
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Nguyen T.B.A, Hoang P.M, Phan M.H, van Eeuwijk P, Fink G. Medical cost and out-of-pocket expenditure for preterm infants: evidence from Vietnam. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2019;50(6):1155-1168. DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.11600/v1

2019
Journal Article

Richter L, Black M, Britto P, Daelmans B, Desmond C, Devercelli A, Dua T, Fink G, Heymann J, Lombardi J, Lu C, Naicker S, Vargas-Baron E. Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale. BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4(Suppl. 4):e001302. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001302

2019
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Sania A, Sudfeld C.R, Danaei G, Fink G, McCoy D.C, Zhu Z, Fawzi M.C.S, Akman M, Arifeen S.E, Barros A.J.D, Bellinger D, Black M.M, Bogale A, Braun J.M, van den Broek N, Carrara V, Duazo P, Duggan C, Fernald L.C.H, Gladstone M, Hamadani J, Handal A.J, Harlow S, Hidrobo M, Kuzawa C, Kvestad I, Locks L, Manji K, Masanja H, Matijasevich A, McDonald C, McGready R, Rizvi A, Santos D, Santos L, Save D, Shapiro R, Stoecker B, Strand T.A, Taneja S, Tellez-Rojo M.M, Tofail F, Yousafzai A.K, Ezzati M, Fawzi W. Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries. BMJ Open. 2019;9(10):e026449. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026449

2019
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Smith Fawzi M.C, Andrews K.G, Fink G, Danaei G, McCoy D.C, Sudfeld C.R, Peet E.D, Cho J, Liu Y, Finlay J.E, Ezzati M, Kaaya S.F, Fawzi W.W. Lifetime economic impact of the burden of childhood stunting attributable to maternal psychosocial risk factors in 137 low/middle-income countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2019;4(1):e001144. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001144

2019
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Usemann J, Ledergerber M, Fink G, Ritz N. Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening for migrant children in a low-incidence country. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019;23(5):579-586. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0356

2019
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Wei D, Brigell R, Khadka A, Perales N, Fink G. Comprehensive school-based health programs to improve child and adolescent health: evidence from Zambia. PLoS One. 2019;14(5):e0217893. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217893

2019
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Werner L.K, Jabbarian J, Kagone M, McMahon S, Lemp J, Souares A, Fink G, De Neve J.W. "Because at school, you can become somebody" - the perceived health and economic returns on secondary schooling in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2019;14(12):e0226911. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226911

2019
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Akachi Y, Steenland M, Fink G. Associations between key intervention coverage and child mortality: an analysis of 241 sub-national regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Epidemiol. 2018;47(3):740-751. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx262

2018
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Arku R.E, Ezzati M, Baumgartner J, Fink G, Zhou B, Hystade P, Brauer M. Elevated blood pressure and household solid fuel use in premenopausal women: analysis of 12 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 10 countries. Environ Res. 2018;160:499-505. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.026

2018
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Bairoliya N, Fink G. Causes of death and infant mortality rates among full-term births in the United States between 2010 and 2012: an observational study. PLoS Med. 2018;15(3):e1002531. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002531

2018
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De Neve J.-W, Fink G. Children's education and parental old age survival : quasi-experimental evidence on the intergenerational effects of human capital investment. J Health Econ. 2018;58:76-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.01.008

2018
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Dzodzomenyo M, Fink G, Dotse-Gborgbortsi W, Wardrop N, Aryeetey G, Coleman N, Hill A, Wright J. Sachet water quality and product registration: a cross-sectional study in Accra, Ghana. J Water Health. 2018;16(4):646-656. DOI: 10.2166/wh.2018.055

2018
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Efevbera Y, Bhabha J, Farmer P, Fink G. Child marriage and underweight in sub-Saharan Africa: a 35 country cross-national study. J Adolesc Health, 2018;62(Suppl.):25-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.11.051

2018
Conference Paper

Fink G, Andrews K.G, Brentani H, Grisi S, Scoleze Ferrer A.P, Brentani A. Overall and sex-specific associations between fetal adversity and child development at age 1 year: evidence from Brazil. Am J Epidemiol. 2018;187(11):2324-2331. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy141

2018
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Haber N, Harling G, Cohen J, Mutevedzi T, Tanser F, Gareta D, Herbst K, Pillay D, Barnighausen T, Fink G. List randomization for eliciting HIV status and sexual behaviors in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a randomized experiment using known true values for validation. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018;18:46. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0507-9

2018
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Jeong J, Bhatia A, Fink G. Associations between birth registration and early child growth and development: evidence from 31 low- and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:673. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5598-z

2018
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Jeong J, Siyal S, Fink G, McCoy D.C, Yousafzai A.K. Correction to: "His mind will work better with both of us": a qualitative study on fathers' roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:1350. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6271-2

2018
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Jeong J, Siyal S, Fink G, McCoy D.C, Yousafzai A.K. "His mind will work better with both of us": a qualitative study on fathers' roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:1274. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6143-9

2018
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Khadka A, Perales N.A, Wei D.J, Gage A.D, Haber N, Verguet S, Patenaude B, Fink G. Malaria control across borders: quasi-experimental evidence from the Trans-Kunene malaria initiative (TKMI). Malar J. 2018;17:224. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2368-4

2018
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Lancaster G.A, McCray G, Kariger P, Dua T, Titman A, Chandna J, McCoy D, Abubakar A, Hamadani J.D, Fink G, Tofail F, Gladstone M, Janus M. Creation of the WHO Indicators of Infant and Young Child Development (IYCD): metadata synthesis across 10 countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2018;3(5):e000747. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000747

2018
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McCoy D.C, Waldmann M, CREDI Field Team, Fink G. Measuring early childhood development at a global scale: evidence from the caregiver-reported early development instruments. Early Child Res Q. 2018;45(4):58-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.05.002

2018
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Richter L.M, Desmond C, Behrman J, Britto P, Daelmans B, Devercelli A.E, Gertler P, Hoddinott J, Fawzi W, Fink G, Lombardi J, Boo F.L, Lu C, Lye S, Nores M, Yousafzai A. G20's initiative for early childhood development. Lancet. 2018;392(10165):2695-2696. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33058-7

2018
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Rockers P.C, Zanolini A, Banda B, Chipili M.M, Hughes R.C, Hamer D.H, Fink G. Two-year impact of community-based health screening and parenting groups on child development in Zambia: follow-up to a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2018;15(4):e1002555. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002555

2018
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Rokicki S, Cohen J, Fink G, Salomon J.A, Landrum M.B. Inference with difference-in-differences with a small number of groups: a review, simulation study, and empirical application using SHARE data. Med Care. 2018;56(1):97-105. DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000830

2018
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Saran I, Fink G, McConnell M. How does anonymous online peer communication affect prevention behavior? Evidence from a laboratory experiment. PLoS One. 2018;13(11):e0207679. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207679

2018
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Andrews K, Bourroul M.L.M, Fink G, Grisi S, Scoleze Ferrer A.P, Diniz E.M.A, Brentani A. Time to change focus? Transitioning from higher neonatal to higher stillbirth mortality in São Paulo State, Brazil. PLoS One. 2017;12(12):e0190060. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190060

2017
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Fink G, Levenson R, Tembo S, Rockers P.C. Home- and community-based growth monitoring to reduce early life growth faltering: an open-label, cluster-randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;106(4):1070-1077. DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.157545

2017
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Liu C.H, Fink G, Brentani H, Brentani A. An assessment of hair cortisol among postpartum Brazilian mothers and infants from a high-risk community in Sâo Paulo: intra-individual stability and association in mother-infant dyads. Dev Psychobiol. 2017;59(7):916-926. DOI: 10.1002/dev.21557

2017
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Rokicki S, Fink G. Assessing the reach and effectiveness of mHealth: evidence from a reproductive health program for adolescent girls in Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2017;17:969. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4939-7

2017
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