Publications

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(in press). DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa195

Francetic I, Fink G, Tediosi F. Impact of social accountability monitoring on health facility performance: evidence from Tanzania. Health Econ. 2021(in press). DOI: 10.1002/hec.4219

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

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(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.02.016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fink G, McConnell M, Nguyen B.D. Learn or react? An experimental study of preventive health decision making. Exp Econ. 2020(in press). DOI: s10683-020-09668-6

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

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. 2020(in press). DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111549

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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