Neil Boothby
American psychologist
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- Bachelors Psychology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dr. Neil Boothby is a psychologist and former US Government special advisor and senior coordinator to the USAID administrator on Children in Adversity, and former director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Currently, he is the founding Director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame . His research focuses on the psychosocial consequences of organized violence on children. As a senior representative of UNICEF, UNHCR, and Save the Children, he has worked for more than 25 years with children in crises in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe and is an internationally recognized expert and advocate for children affected by war and displacement. He has received numerous awards for his work on behalf of war-affected children, including the Red Cross International Humanitarian of the Year Award, the Mickey Leland Award, the United Nation's Golden Achievement Award for Social Services, and Duke University's Humanitarian Service Award.
Neil Boothby's Published Works
Published Works
- Mozambique child soldier life outcome study: Lessons learned in rehabilitation and reintegration efforts (2006) (171)
- A World Turned Upside Down, Social Ecological Approaches to Children in War Zones (2007) (145)
- Unaccompanied children: Care and protection in wars, natural disasters, and refugee movements. (1988) (135)
- The impact of the school-based Psychosocial Structured Activities (PSSA) program on conflict-affected children in Northern Uganda. (2011) (125)
- Measuring violence against women amidst war and displacement in northern Uganda using the “neighbourhood method” (2009) (100)
- Defining best practice in care and protection of children in crisis-affected settings: a Delphi study. (2010) (88)
- What happens when child soldiers grow up? The Mozambique case study (2006) (71)
- Displaced Children: Psychological Theory and Practice from the Field (1992) (56)
- Developing culturally relevant indicators of reintegration for girls, formerly associated with armed groups, in Sierra Leone using a participative ranking methodology (2009) (49)
- Political violence and development: an ecologic approach to children in war zones. (2008) (47)
- Measuring the incidence and reporting of violence against women and girls in liberia using the 'neighborhood method' (2013) (39)
- What are the most effective early response strategies and interventions to assess and address the immediate needs of children outside of family care? (2012) (34)
- Trauma and violence among refugee children. (1994) (32)
- CHILDREN OF THE GUN. (2000) (31)
- “What’s happening in Syria even affects the rocks”: a qualitative study of the Syrian refugee experience accessing noncommunicable disease services in Jordan (2019) (29)
- Data surveillance in child protection systems development: an Indonesian case study. (2011) (28)
- Using the 'protective environment' framework to analyse children's protection needs in Darfur. (2009) (23)
- Child Soldiers as Adults: The Mozambique Case Study (2013) (23)
- Beyond Survival: The Case for Investing in Young Children Globally (2016) (22)
- Impact of Separation on Refugee Families: Syrian Refugees in Jordan (2018) (21)
- Mozambican Child Soldier Life Outcome Study (2009) (20)
- Children and fighting forces: 10 years on from Cape Town. (2009) (19)
- Coordinated and evidence-based policy and practice for protecting children outside of family care. (2012) (17)
- The use of consensus methodology in determining key research and practice: development questions in the field of intervention with children associated with fighting forces (2007) (17)
- Ugandan households: A Study of parenting practices in three districts. (2017) (15)
- Sealing the Past, Facing the Future: An Evaluation of a Program to Support the Reintegration of Girls and Young Women Formerly Associated with Armed Groups and Forces in Sierra Leone (2010) (14)
- Measuring Physical Violence and Rape Against Somali Women Using the Neighborhood Method (2016) (12)
- Evaluating treatment of Axis I mental health disorders in Aceh, Indonesia (2011) (11)
- Assessing the impact of microfinance programming on children: an evaluation from post-tsunami Aceh. (2015) (10)
- Monitoring and reporting attacks on education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia. (2018) (8)
- Causes of family separation and barriers to reunification: Syrian refugees in Jordan (2020) (7)
- Promoting a Protective Environment for Children Affected by Disaster and War (2010) (7)
- Waging a new kind of war. Children of the gun. (2000) (7)
- Reuniting Unaccompanied Children and Families in Mozambique: An Effort to Link Networks of Community Volunteers to a National Programme (1993) (6)
- Mozambique Life Outcome Study: How Did Child Soldiers Turn Out as Adults? (2011) (6)
- Guidance Note on Psychosocial Support: Facilitating psychosocial wellbeing and social and emotional learning (2018) (5)
- U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity: In Pursuit of a Coherent Foreign Assistance Framework for Vulnerable Children (2017) (5)
- Developing a template for National Child Protection Index Reports. (2011) (4)
- Rethinking Child Protection in Emergencies (2018) (4)
- Pushing the Limits of Child Participation in Research: Reflections from a Youth-Driven Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Initiative in Uganda (2020) (3)
- Community mental health treatment protection and promotion for women and children in Aceh. Findings from an evaluation of programs supported by the Health Services Program. (2007) (3)
- TOWARDS BEST PRACTICE IN SCHOOL-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL PROGRAMMING: A Survey of Current Approaches By (2009) (3)
- Mozambique Life Outcome Study (2011) (2)
- Promoting Resilience in Children of War (2013) (2)
- Protection of Children in Disaster and War (2010) (1)
- Protection of Children in Humanitarian Crises (2011) (1)
- What’s faith got to do with it? A scoping study on local faith communities supporting child development and learning (2021) (1)
- Child Soldiers and Mental Health (2011) (0)
- Books Received (2000) (0)
- Improving Iodine Intake in Rural Haiti through Social Enterprise: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Central Plateau (2023) (0)
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