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Papers -- Early Head Start Collection of Consortium-Written Research Articles and Reports

Ayoub, C., Rappolt-Schlichtmann, G., O’Connor, E., Puma, J., Raikes, H., and the members of the Risk and Protective Factors Working Group (2005). Cognition in early childhood: Relationship to risk and the impact of Early Head Start. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, D. Jaspen, L. Lebrun, R. Robinson, C. Tamis-LeMonda, & L. Baumwell (Eds.), Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work (pp. 168-169). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Barnard, K. & Solchany, J. (2001). Mothering. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of Parenting, Vol. 3: Becoming and Being a Parent (pp. 3-26). New York: Lawrence Earlbaum.

Bednarski, M., Brumley Brookes, S., Drar, D., Dirks, J., East, J., Egdorf, D., Fitzgerald, H. E., Gavin, K., Kisker, E., Kleinman, M., Love, J., McAllister, C., McBride, S., Peterson, C., Raikes, H., Schmitz, C., Spellmann, M., Stangler, G., Summers, J. A., Swanson, M., Szymendera, S., Thomburg, K., Watt, N., Wellenkamp, J. (2001). Impacts of welfare reform on young children, families, and communities. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (pp. 747-748). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Berlin, L., Brady-Smith, C., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2002). Links between childbearing age and observed maternal behaviors with 14-month-olds in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Infant Mental Health, 23(1-2), 104-129.

Boller, K., Bradley, R., Cabrera, N., Raikes, H., Pan, B., Shears, J., & Roggman, L. (in press). The Early Head Start father studies: Design, data collection, and summary of father presence in the lives of infants and toddlers. Parenting: Science and Practice.

Boller, K., Cabrera, N., Roggman, L., Ryan, R., Fitzgerald, H. E., McKelvey, L., Bradley, R., Shannon, J., Shears, J., Raikes, H., Vogel, C., Summers, J. (2005). Key findings from the Early Head Start Father Studies. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, D. Jaspen, L. Lebrun, R. Robinson, C. Tamis-LeMonda, & L. Baumwell (Eds.), Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work (pp. 474-480). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Boller, K., Sprachman, S., & the Early Head Start Research Consortium. (1998, January). The Child-Caregiver Observation System Instructor’s Manual. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Boyce, L. K. (1999). Interactions and play behavior of mothers of typically developing infants and infants with disabilities: A Vygotskian approach. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Utah State University.

Bradley, R., Tamis-LeMonda, C., Roggman, L., Summers, J., Spicer, P., Pan, B., McAllister, C., Boller, K., Wall, S., Raikes, H., Love, J., Brooks-Gunn, J., Berlin, L., Thornburg, K., McBride, S., Greenstein, B., Fitzgerald, H., Gibbons, C., Schiffman, R. F., Korfmacher, J., Cabrera, N., Lamb, M., & the EHS Consortium (1998). The study of fathers in Early Head Start. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, R. Robinson, & C. Clark (Eds.), Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change: Creating a Shared Agenda for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy Makers (p. 139). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Bradley, R. H., Whiteside, L., Mundfrom, D. J., Casey, P. H., Kelleher, K. J., & Pope, S. K. (1994). The contribution of early intervention and early caregiving experiences to resilience in low birthweight, premature children living in poverty. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23, 425-434.

Brophy-Herb, H. E., Gibbons, C., Omar, M. A., & Schiffman, R. F. (1999). Low-income fathers and their infants: Interactions during teaching episodes. Infant Mental Health Journal, 20, 305-321.

Brophy-Herb, H. E., Schiffman, R. F., McKelvey, L. M., & Cunningham-DeLuca, M. (2001). Quality improvement: Lessons learned from an infant mental health based Early Head Start program. Infants and Young Children, 14(2), 77-85.

Cabrera, N., Brooks-Gunn, J., Moore, K., West, J., Boller, K., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. (2002). Bridging research and policy: Including fathers of young children in national studies. In C. S. Tamis-LeMonda & N. Cabrera (Eds.), Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 489-523). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cabrera, N., Fitzgerald, H. E., Bradley, R., Roggman, L., Lamb, M., Summers, J., Boller, K., Shiffman, R., McAllister, C., Shannon, J., Sherars, J., McKelvey, L., Vogel, C., Ryan, R., and members of the Father Studies Work Group (2005). Studying paternal involvement in the lives of low-income children. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, D. Jaspen, L. Lebrun, R. Robinson, C. Tamis-LeMonda, & L. Baumwell (Eds.), Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work (pp. 165-166). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Cabrera, N., Moore, K., West, J., Bronte-Tinkew, J., Halle, T., Brooks-Gunn, J., et al. (in press). The DADS initiative: Measuring father involvement in large scale surveys. In R. D. Day & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cabrera, N., Ryan, R., Shannon, J. D., Brooks-Gunn, J., Vogel, C., Raikes, H., Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., & Cohen, R. (2004). Low-income fathers’ involvement in their toddlers’ lives: Biological fathers from the Early Head Start research and evaluation study. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers, 2, 5-30.

Chang, Y., Fine, M. A., Ispa, J. M., Thornburg, K. R., Sharp, E. A., & Wolfenstein, M. (2004). Understanding parenting stress among young, low-income, African-American, first-time mothers. Early Education and Development, 15, 265-282.

Chazan-Cohen, R., Raikes, H., Kresh, E., Love, J. M., Kisker, E. E., Jerald, J., et al. (2002). Early Head Start findings: Significant benefits for children and families. Head Start Bulletin, 74, 43-44.

Collins, T. (2000). Home visitors in early intervention programs: How parenting beliefs and practices influence their work with families (Harvard Graduate School of Education Qualifying Paper). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Graduate School of Education.

Coyl, D., Roggman, L., & Newland, L. (2002). Stress, maternal depression, and negative mother-infant interactions in relation to infant attachment. Infant Mental Health, 23(1-2), 145-163.

Duursma, E. (2004). A broader picture of early literacy experience: Predictors and effects of low-income fathers reading with their toddlers. (Harvard Graduate School of Education Qualifying Paper). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Graduate School of Education.

Emde, R. N., Korfmacher, J., & Kubicek, L. F. (2000). Towards a theory of early relationship-based intervention. In J. D. Osofsky & H. I. Fitzgerald (Eds.), World Association of Infant Mental Health Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Vol. 2: Early Intervention, Evaluation, & Assessment (pp. 2-32). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Faldowski, R. A., Batchelor, E. C., & Hong, G.-Y. (2002). Classroom quality in the Ruby J. Johnson Head Start Program, Spring 2002 (Technical report). Charleston, SC: Authors, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina.

Faldowski, R. A., Hong, G.-Y., & Batchelor, E. C. (2003). Toddler classroom quality in the Sumter School District 17 Early Head Start Program, Spring 2002 (Technical report). Charleston, SC: Authors, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina.

Farber, M., Timberlake, E. M., Wall, S. M., & Taylor, N. E. (2002). Early Head Start intervention with families and families' investment in children. In Administration on Children and Families (Ed.), Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start, Vol. III: Local Contributions to Understanding the Programs and Their Impacts (pp. 35-53). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Farber, M., Wall, S., & Liebow, H. (2001a). Diversity of Early Head Start families and program services (Box V.6). In Administration on Children and Families (Ed.), Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-income Families, Vol I: Technical Report (p. 95). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Farber, M., Wall, S., & Liebow, H. (2001b). Diversity of Early Head Start families and program services. In Administration on Children and Families (Ed.), Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start programs are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-income Families, Vol II: Technical Report, Appendices (pp. A.31-A.34). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Farber, M., Wall, S., & Liebow, H. (2001c). Early Head Start participation and mothers' perceptions of parenting role competence (Box III.3). In Administration on Children and Families (Ed.), Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-income Families Volume I: Technical Report (p. 184). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Farber, M., Wall, S., & Liebow, H. (2001d). Early Head Start participation and mothers' perceptions of parenting role competence. In Administration on Children and Families (Ed.), Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-income Families Volume II: Technical Report, Appendices (p. A.37-A.39). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Fitzgerald, H. E. (2003). Issues in partnering with communities to improve the lives of young children and their families. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson & H. Rhee (Eds.), The First Eight Years: Pathways to the Future (pp. 664-672). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families. 

Fitzgerald, H. E. (2003). Fathers and Early Head Start: Methodological issues in research and implications for program involvement. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson & H. Rhee (Eds.), The First Eight Years: Pathways to the Future (p. 468). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families. 

Fitzgerald, H. E., Allen, V., Garett, B., Gonzales, R., Lamb-Parker, F., Greenfield, D., Fantuzzo, J., Sigel, I. (1998). Excerpts from an evening workshop: Developing and sustaining partnerships between practitioners and researchers. NHSA Dialog, 2, 173-182.

Fitzgerald, H. E., & Cabrera, N. (2001). Fathers and early child development: Lessons learned from fathers' stories. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (pp. 481-485). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Fitzgerald, H., Love, J., Raikes, H., & Robinson, J. (Eds.). (2002). Early Head Start [Special Issue]. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23(1-2).

Fitzgerald, H. E., Mann, T., & Barratt, M. (1999). Fathers and infants. Infant Mental Health Journal. 20, 213-221.

Fitzgerald, H. E., Mann, T., & Barratt, M. (Eds.) (1999). Fathers and infants: Special Issue. Infant Mental Health Journal, 20, 213-345.

Fitzgerald, H. E., Mann, T., Cabrera, N., & Wong, M. M. (2003). Diversity in caregiving contexts. In R. M. Lerner, A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology Vol. 6: Developmental Psychology (pp. 135-167). New York: Wiley.

Fitzgerald, H. E., & McKelvey, L. M. (2005). Low-income adolescent fathers: Risk for parenthood and risky parenting. Zero to Three, 2(4), 35-41.

Fitzgerald, H. E., McKelvey, L. M., Schiffman, R. F., Montanez, M. (in press). Impact of exposure to paternal antisocial behavior and neighborhood violence on low-income families and their children. Submitted to Parenting: Science and Practice.

Fitzgerald, H. E., & Montanez, M. (2001). Fathers as facilitators of infant mental health: Implications for Early Head Start. Zero to Three, 22, 25-28.

Fitzgerald, H. E., Williams, S., Abrams, L. A., & Sherrod, L. (1998). Excerpts from a plenary session: The reality of partnerships. NHSA Dialog, 2, 160-164.

Gibbons, C. L., Cunningham-DeLuca, M. C., Schiffman, R. F., Brophy-Herb, H. E., Fitzgerald, H. E., Hawver, M. R., Keefe, D. R., Kreucher, M. A., Omar, M. A., & Reischl, T. M. (2001). University-community partnerships: One foot in the library, one foot in the street. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (pp. 472-473). Washington, D.C.: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Gibbons, C., Schiffman, R., Brophy-Herb, H., Fitzgerald, H. E., Omar, M., & McKelvey, L. (2001). Une etude exploratoire. Interaction entre les dyades mere-nourrisson et pere-nourrisson chez les couples a faible revenu. [An exploratory study. Interaction between low-income mother-infant and father-infant pairs.] Sante mentale au Quebec, 26, 101-117.

Gill, S., Greenberg, M., & Vazquez, A. (2002). Changes in the service delivery model and home visitors’ job satisfaction and turnover in an Early Head Start program. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23(1-2), 182-196.

Green, B. L. (2002). Changes in child-focused practice by home visitors. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

Green B. L., Furrer, C., McAllister, C. L. How Do Relationships Support Parenting? Exploring the Social Support Process Among Low-Income Parents. Under review by American Journal of Community Psychology. [revise and resubmit].

Green, B. L., Furrer, C., & McAllister, C. Does attachment style influence social support or vice versa? Results from a longitudinal study of at-risk parents. Manuscript in preparation.

Green, B. L., & McAllister, C. L. (1998a). Theory-based, participatory evaluation: A powerful tool for evaluating family support programs. Zero to Three, 18(4), 30-36.

Green, B. L., & McAllister, C. L. (1998b). Patterns of social support among Pittsburgh EHS families: The role of community and program supports. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

Green, B. L. & McAllister, C. L. (2001). The 24 month interim EHS outcomes for the Pittsburgh site. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

Green, B. L., McAllister, C. L., & Tarte, J. (2004). The Strengths-Based Practices Inventory: A measure of strengths-based practices for social service programs. Families in Society: A Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 85(3) 326-334.

Green, B. L., McAllister, C. L., Furrer, C., & Terry, M. A. (2002). Social support and self-efficacy: Stepping stones to parenting success? In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson & H. Rhee (Eds.), The First Eight Years: Pathways to the Future (pp. 161-162). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Green, B., McAllister, C., & Dirks, J. (2000). Who’s Engaged and Why? Family and Staff Experiences in the Pittsburgh EHS Program. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (pp. 475-476). Washington, D.C.: Administration for Children, Youth and Families. 

Green, B., & McAllister, C. (1998). Family-Centered Principles of Practice: Are They Really Being Implemented? In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, R. Robinson, & C. Clark (Eds.), Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change: Creating a Shared Agenda for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy Makers (pp. 343-344). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Halgunseth, L., Ispa, J. M., Csizmadia, A., & Thornburg, K. R. (2005). Relations among maternal racial identity, maternal parenting behavior, and child outcomes in low-income, urban, Black families. Journal of Black Psychology, 31, 418-440.

Halpern, R., Korfmacher, J., & Hilligoss, E. (2004). Parent support and education: Past history, future prospects. Applied Research in Child Development, 6. Chicago, IL: Erikson Institute.

Hebbeler, K. M., & Gerlach-Downie, S. (2002). Inside the black box of home visiting: A qualitative analysis of why intended outcomes were not achieved. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 17(1), 28-51.

Hoerr, S. L., Lee, S. Y., Schiffman, R. F., Horodynski, M. O., & McKelvey, L. M. (in press). Beverage Consumption of Mothers and Toddlers in Low-income Families. Submitted to The Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

Hudgens, T., Castellano, L., Spicer, P., & Emde, R. (2002). Our experiences as an EHS research site. The Head Start Bulletin, 74, 28-29.

Ispa, J. M. (2002). Working with parents: Applying lessons from home visiting evaluations to center-based programs. International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 8, 173-193.

Ispa, J. M., Fine, M. A., Halgunseth, L. C., Harper, S., Robinson, J., Boyce, L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Brady-Smith, C. (2004). Maternal intrusiveness, maternal warmth, and mother-toddler relationship outcomes: Variations across low-income ethnic and acculturation groups. Child Development, 75, 1613-1631.

Ispa, J. M., Fine, M. A., & Thornburg, K. R. (2002). Maternal personality as a moderator of relations between difficult infant temperament and attachment security in low-income families. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23, 130-144.

Ispa, J. M., & Halgunseth, L. C. (2004). Talking about corporal punishment: Nine low-income African American mothers’ perspectives. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 19, 463-484.

Ispa, J. M., Thornburg, K. R., & Fine, M. A. (2006). Keepin’ on: The everyday struggles of young families in poverty. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co. 

Kendrick, D., Elkan, R., Hewitt, M., Dewey, M., Blair, M., Robinson, J., et al. (2000). Does home visiting improve parenting and the quality of the home environment? A systematic review and meta analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 82(6), 443-451.

Kendrick, D., Hewitt, M., Dewey, M., Elkan, R., Blair, M., Robinson, J., et al. (2000). The effect of home visiting programmes on uptake of childhood immunization: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Public Health Medicine, 22(1), 90-98.

Kitzman, H., Yoos, H. L., Cole, R., Korfmacher, J., & Hanks, C. (1997). Prenatal and early childhood home-visitation program processes: A case illustration. Journal of Community Psychology, 25(1), 27-45.

Korfmacher, J. (2005). Teen parents in early childhood interventions. Zero To Three, 25(4), 7-13.

Korfmacher, J., Adam, E., Ogawa, J., & Egeland, B. (1997). Adult attachment: Implications for the therapeutic process in a home visitation intervention. Applied Developmental Science, 1(1), 43-52.

Korfmacher, J., Green, B., Spellmann, M., & Thornburg, K. The helping relationship and program participation in early childhood home visiting interventions. Manuscript under review.

Korfmacher, J., Green, B., et al. Parent involvement in early childhood home visiting programs. Manuscript in preparation.

Korfmacher, J., O'Brien, R., Hiatt, S., & Olds, D. (1999). Differences in program implementation between nurses and paraprofessionals providing home visits during pregnancy and infancy: A randomized trial. American Journal of Public Health, 89(12), 1847-1851.

Korfmacher, J., & Spicer, P. (2002). Toward an understanding of the child’s experiences in a Montessori Early Head Start program. Infant Mental Health, 23(1-2), 197-212.

Lee, S. Y., Hoerr, S. L., Schiffman, R. F. (2005). Mothers’ Dietary Quality Predicts That of Their Infants and Toddlers. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 30, 60-66.

Lee, S-Y., Hoerr, S., Schiffman, R. F., & Fitzgerald, H. E. (2002). Beverage, fruit, vegetable intakes by Early Head Start-Eligible mothers and their children. In Administration on Children and Families (Ed.), The Early Head Start Research Consortium. Making a Difference in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: The Impacts of Early Head Start. Vol. III: Local Contributions to Understanding the Programs and Their Impacts. Final Report (pp. 87-93). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Love, J., Boller, K., Raikes, H., & Summers, J. A. (in press). Dads in context: Early experiences of fatherhood, parenting, and program involvement in Early Head Start. Paper prepared for the Urban Seminar on Fatherhood, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Love, J. M., Kisker, E. E., Ross, C., Raikes, H., Constantine, J., Boller, K., Brooks-Gunn, J., Chazan-Cohen, R., Tarullo, L. B., Schochet, P. Z., Brady-Smith, C., Fuligni, A. S., Paulsell, D., & Vogel, C. (2005). The effectiveness of Early Head Start for 3-year-old children and their parents:  Lessons for policy and programs.  Developmental Psychology, 41(6), 885-901.

Love, J., Raikes, H., Kisker, E. E., Tarullo, L. B., & Jerald, J. (submitted). Early Head Start. In D. Racine (Ed.), Identifying, replicating and improving successful early childhood programs: A conference for funders.

Love, J., Raikes, H., Paulsell, D., & Kisker, E. (2004). Early Head Start’s role in promoting high-quality child care for low-income families. In J. Lombardi & M. Bogel (Eds.), Beacon of Hope (pp. 44-62). Washington, DC: Zero to Three.

Lower, R., Rodriguez, E., Fitzgerald, H. E., & Schiffman, R. F. (2003). A qualitative study of childhood experiences among Early Head Start fathers. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, R. Robinson & H. Rhee (Eds.), The First Eight Years: Pathways to the Future. (pp. 812-813). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

Martinez-Beck, I., McKelvey, L., Bloomenthal, A., Pelak, S., & Romero, M. (2005). Child Care and Early Education Research Connections: Using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, D. Jaspen, L. Lebrun, R. Robinson, C. Tamis-LeMonda, & L. Baumwell (Eds.), Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work (pp. 424-425). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C. L. (1996). "Theory of change" in the Pittsburgh Early Head Start program. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

McAllister, C. L. (1997). "Theory of change" revisited. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

McAllister, C. L. (2000). The evolution of child-focused practice in the Pittsburgh Early Head Start program: A process of cultural change. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

McAllister, C. L. (2002). Review and implications of the 36 month national Early Head Start findings for the Pittsburgh EHS program. Report presented to the Program Development Team and Policy Council of the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

McAllister, C. L. (2004). Conversation hour: Early Head Start research and school readiness. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, D. Jaspen, L. Lebrun, R. Robinson, C. Tamis-LeMonda, & L. Baumwell (Eds.), Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work (p. 169). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C. (2000). Culture: What is it? Who’s got it? Why does it matter? Implications for research and practice with children and families. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (p. 259). Washington, D.C.: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C. (1998). Ethnographic and other qualitative methods in research on child development and early childhood programs. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, R. Robinson, & C. Clark (Eds.), Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change: Creating a Shared Agenda for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy makers (p. 336). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C., Dirks, J., Green, B., & Mulvey, L. (2000). Parents as nurturers and economic providers: A cultural analysis of welfare reform. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (p. 260). Washington, D.C.: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C., & Green, B. (1998). Social support and EHS families: An integration of quantitative and ethnographic findings. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, R. Robinson, & C. Clark (Eds.), Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change: Creating a Shared Agenda for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy makers (pp. 132-133). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C. L., & Green, B. L. (1997). Family support and Early Head Start. Report submitted to the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

McAllister C. L., Green, B. L., Terry, M. A., Herman, V., & Mulvey, L. (2003). Parents, practitioners, and researchers: Community based participatory research with Early Head Start. American Journal of Public Health, 93(10), 1672-1679.

McAllister, C. L., Green, B. L., & Terry, M. A. New Approaches to Research and Evaluation with Community-Based Child Health and Development Programs: Experiences with Early Head Start. Under review by Family and Community Health.

McAllister, C., Mulvey, L., & Butler, J. (2000). From sports fans to nurturers: An exploratory study of one EHS program’s evolution of father involvement. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagan, & R. Robinson (Eds.), Developmental and Contextual Transitions of Children and Families: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice (p. 482). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C. L., Wilson, P. C., Green, B. L., & Baldwin, J. L. (2004). Getting socially and emotionally ready for school: Parent perspectives on school readiness and their implications for policy, practice, and research. In F. Lamb-Parker, J. Hagen, D. Jaspen, L. Lebrun, R. Robinson, C. Tamis-LeMonda, & L. Baumwell (Eds.), Promoting Positive Development in Young Children: Designing Strategies That Work (p. 169). Washington, DC: Administration for Children, Youth and Families.

McAllister, C. L., Terry, M. A., & Green, B. L. (2001). Parent narratives of "school readiness" in the Early Head Start pre-kindergarten study. Report submitted to the Policy Council of the Pittsburgh Early Head Start Program.

McAllister, C. L. & Terry, M. A. (2002). Working with Families Facing Multiple and Serious Risks. 2002 Continuous Program Improvement Study. Pittsburgh, PA: Office of Child Development, University of Pittsburgh, Family Foundations Early Head Start Program.

McAllister, C. L. & Thomas, T. Infant Mental Health and Family Support: Implementing an IMH Approach in an Early Head Start Program. Accepted for special issue of Infant Mental Health Journal on Early Head Start.

McAllister, C. L., Thomas, T., Wilson, P. C., & Green, B. L. “Root Shock” Revisited: Race, Genetics, And Environment As Influences On School-Readiness—Perspectives From Early Head Start Parents. Under review by American Journal of Public Health. [revise and resubmit decision].

McAllister C. L., Wilson, P. C., & Burton, J. (2004). From sports fans to nurturers: An Early Head Start program’s evolution toward father involvement. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice About Men as Fathers, 2(1), 31-59.

McAllister, C. L., Wilson, P. C., Green, B. L., & Baldwin, J. L. (2005). “Come and Take a Walk”: Listening to Early Head Start Parents on School Readiness as a Matter of Child, Family, and Community Health. American Journal of Public Health, 95(4), 617-625.

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