Academic Publications

Academic Publications

Effectiveness of Nurse-Family Partnership on child outcomes by patterns of program intensity: Secondary evidence from a randomized controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project)

July 24th, 2025

Catherine, N.L.A., Zheng, Y., Xie, H., Boyle, M., Jack, S., MacMillan, H., & Waddell, C. (2025). Effectiveness of Nurse-Family Partnership on child outcomes by patterns of program intensity: Secondary evidence from a randomized controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project). Child Abuse & Neglect, 167, 107600.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107600
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Early Life Adversity and Epigenetic Aging: Findings from a 17-Year Longitudinal Study

June 12th, 2025

Barr, E., Comtois-Cabana, M., Coope, A., Coté, S. M., Kobor, M. S., Konwar, C., Lupien, S., Geoffroy, M.-C., Boivin, M., Provençal, N., Catherine, N. L. A., Dennis, J. K., & Ouellet-Morin, I. (2025). Early-Life Adversity and Epigenetic Aging: Findings from a 17-Year Longitudinal Study. Biomolecules15(6), 887. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15060887

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The psychometric properties of childhood physical and sexual abuse measures in two Canadian samples of youth and emerging adults

May 9th, 2025

De Rubeis, V., Tonmyr, L., Masako, T., Afifi, T., Catherine, N.L.A., Osorio, A., MacMillan, H.L., & Gonzalez, A. (2025). The psychometric properties of childhood physical and sexual abuse measures in two Canadian samples of youth and emerging adults. PLOS ONE, 20(5), Article e0318448. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318448

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Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada

January 30th, 2025

Catherine, N.L.A., Leason, J, Marsden N, Barker B, Cullen A, Simpson A, Berry B.A., Mohns E, Yung D, Zheng Y, MacMillan H, & Waddell C (2025). Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25, 1–12, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-07070-1

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Effects of nurse-home visiting on intimate partner violence and maternal income, mental health and self-efficacy by 24 months postpartum: A randomised controlled trial

January 8th, 2025

Catherine, N.L.A., MacMillan, H., Jack, S., Zheng, Y., Xie, H., Boyle, M., Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., Gafni, A., Tonmyr, L., Barr, R., Marcellus, L., Varcoe, C., & Waddell, C. (2025). Effects of nurse-home visiting on intimate partner violence and maternal income, mental health and self-efficacy by 24 months postpartum: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project). BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083147

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