Academic Publications

Academic Publications

Early Indicators, Early Evidence. Rapid Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating Maternal-Child Outcomes (manuscript in preparation)

April 17th, 2026

Catherine N, Barican J, Tang JWhite O, & Thomson K. (2026). Early Indicators, Early Evidence. Rapid Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating Maternal-Child Outcomes. Vancouver, British Columbia: Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. Report (manuscript in preparation).

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Estimating the number and percentage of children who experience parental incarceration in Canada using whole population administrative and vital statistics data

April 10th, 2026

Kouyoumdjian F.G., Paynter M., Knudsen E.M., Croxford R., Bondy S.J., Jennings L., Russel N., Semeniuk R., Bentley-Wang C., Butler, A., Butsang T., Catherine N.L.A., … & Sharma S. (2026) Estimating the number and percentage of children who experience parental incarceration in Canada using whole population administrative and vital statistics data. PLoS One 21(4): e0344941. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344941

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Comparative effectiveness of take-home dosing schedules for opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a target trial emulation protocol using a population-based observational study

November 13th, 2025

Kurz, M., Guerra-Alejos, B. C., Hossain, M. B., Min, J. E., Yan, R., Bruneau, J., Catherine, NLA., … & Nosyk, B. (2025). Comparative effectiveness of take-home dosing schedules for opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a target trial emulation protocol using a population-based observational study. BMJ Open, 15(10), e098317. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098317

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Strategies to engage and retain pregnant individuals and young mothers in the nurse-family partnership program (Canada): An interpretive descriptive study

September 17th, 2025

Marcellus, L., Jack, S. M., MacKinnon, K., Hill, M. E., Gonzalez, A., Campbell, K., Catherine, N. L. A., MacMillan, H. L., Tonmyr, L., Van Borek, N., & Varcoe, C. (2025). Strategies to engage and retain pregnant individuals and young mothers in the nurse-family partnership program (Canada): An interpretive descriptive study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 167, 107537. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107537

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History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: A cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study

July 25th, 2025

DeRubeis, V., Wang., E., Joshi, D., Catherine, N., MacMillan, H.L., Waddell, C., Boyle, M., Tonmyr, L., Atkinson, L., Jack, S.M., Varcoe, C., Andrews, K., Lever, R., Marcellus, L., & Gonzalez, A. (2025). History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: a cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 167, 107602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107602

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