Publications
This page lists our peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as reports to government, health authorities and participating community organizations.
Each publication link provides a summary and further link to the full report/article. See our Research page for more information on our research projects, including the randomized controlled trial we conducted on an early prevention program, the BC Healthy Connections Project. For systematic research evidence about preventing and treating child mental health problems, please see our Quarterly publication (2007 to 2025).
Please contact the Children’s Health Policy Centre if you would like more information about any of the articles.
- 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
- Strategies to engage and retain pregnant individuals and young mothers in the nurse-family partnership program (Canada): An interpretive descriptive study
- History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: A cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study
- 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)
- Early Life Adversity and Epigenetic Aging: Findings from a 17-Year Longitudinal Study
- The psychometric properties of childhood physical and sexual abuse measures in two Canadian samples of youth and emerging adults
- Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada
- 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
2025
- Effective Home Visiting Programs for Children and Mothers Experiencing Adversities
- Mental Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Youth: Informing Service Needs
2024
- Effectiveness of nurse-home visiting in improving child and maternal outcomes prenatally to age two years: A randomised controlled trial
- COVID-19 and children’s mental health
- Addressing Mental Health Needs for Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions
2023
- Children in Care: Reducing Needs While Improving Mental Health Outcomes
- Public health nurses’ perceptions of their interactions with child protection services when supporting socioeconomically disadvantaged young mothers in British Columbia, Canada
2022
- Reaching underserved children and families
- Promoting mental health in the early years
- Prevalence of childhood mental disorders in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform policymaking
- Public health nurses’ professional practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to suspected child maltreatment in home visiting: An interpretive descriptive study
2021
- Public Data Sources for Monitoring Children’s Mental Health: What We Have and What We Still Need in British Columbia
- Preventing and Treating Childhood Mental Disorders: Effective Interventions
- COVID-19 and the Impact on Children’s Mental Health
- Nurse home visiting and prenatal substance use in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population in BC
- Supporting Children — By Supporting Practitioners and Families During COVID-19 and Beyond
- Retaining participants in community-based health research: a case example on standardized planning and reporting
2020
- The British Columbia Healthy Connections Project: findings on socioeconomic disadvantage in early pregnancy
- Six decades of preventing and treating childhood anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform policy and practice
- Weathering the rural reality: Delivery of the Nurse-Family Partnership home visitation program in rural British Columbia, Canada
2019
- Preparing to Parent in British Columbia: A Profile of Participants in the BC Healthy Connections Project
- Fifty years of preventing and treating childhood behaviour disorders: a systematic review to inform policy and practice
- Healthy Foundations Study: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate biological embedding of early life experiences
2018
- Improving children’s health and development in British Columbia through nurse home visiting
- BC Healthy Connections Project: Scientific Overview
2016
- A Qualitative Study of Autism Policy in Canada: Seeking Consensus on Children’s Services
- Improving Children’s Mental Health: Six highly effective psychosocial interventions
2015
- Treating Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Disorders in Children and Youth
- Preventing Substance Use Disorders in Children and Youth
- Preventing Mental Disorders in Children: A Public Health Priority
- Preventing Mental Disorders in Children: A Systematic Review to Inform Policy-Making
- Balancing Rigour and Relevance: Researchers’ Contributions to Children’s Mental Health Policy in Canada
- Developing a Research-Policy Partnership to Improve Children’s Mental Health in British Columbia
- Bringing Children’s Mental Health “Out of the Shadows”
2007
- Preventing and Treating Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities in Children
2006
- Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Children’s Mental Health
- Preventing and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Youth
- Preventing and Treating Eating Disorders in Children and Youth
- Preventing Suicide in Youth: Taking Action with Imperfect Knowledge
- Joining the Conversation: Newspaper Journalists’ Views on Working with Researchers
- Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice for Children’s Mental Health
- Research Use in Children’s Mental Health Policy in Canada: Maintaining Vigilance Amid Ambiguity
- A Public Health Strategy to Improve the Mental Health of Canadian Children
2005
- The Mental Health and Well-Being of Aboriginal Children and Youth: Guidance for New Approaches and Services
- Preventing and Treating Depression in Children and Youth
- Early Psychosis: A Review of the Treatment Literature
- Preventing and Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children and Youth
- Preventing and Treating Conduct Disorder in Children and Youth
- How Important Is Permanency Planning for Children? Considerations for Pediatricians involved in Child Protection
2004
- Child and Youth Mental Health Research Reports: 3. Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Children and Youth
- Child and Youth Mental Health Research Reports: 2. Draft Practice Parameters
- Child and Youth Mental Health Research Reports: 1. Population Health and Clinical Service Considerations
- Child Psychiatric Epidemiology and Canadian Public Policy-Making: The State of the Science and the Art of the Possible