March 24, 2015

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  1. Sim, A., Puffer, E. S., Ahmad, A., Hammad, L.,& Georgiades, K. (2023). Resettlement, mental health, and coping: A mixed methods survey with recently resettled refugee parents in Canada. BMC Public Health.
  2. Satinsky, E. N., Kakuhikire, B., Baguma, C., Cooper-Vince, C. E., Rasmussen, J. D.*, Ashaba, S., Perkins, J. M., Ahereza, P., Ayebare, P., Puffer, E. S., & Tsai, A. C. (revise and resubmit). Caregiver preferences for physically harsh discipline of children in rural Uganda. Journal of Family Violence.
  3. Giusto, A.*, Jack, H. E., Magidson, J.,Ayuku, D., Johnson, S.*, Lovero, K., Hankerson, S., Sweetland, A., Myers, B., Fortunato dos Santos, P., Puffer, E. S., & Wainberg, M. L. (in press). Global is local: Leveraging global mental health methods to promote equity and address disparities in the United States. Clinical Psychological Science.
  4. Giusto, A.*, Friis, Healy, E.*, Kaiser, B.N.*, Ayuku, D., Rono, W., & Puffer, E. S. (2022). Mechanisms of change for a family therapy intervention in Kenya: Using a novel Integrated Clinical and Implementation Mapping approach.Behavior Research and Therapy, 159, 104219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104219
  5. Johnson, S.*,Kim, T.*, Rieder, A.*, Finnegan, A.*, Green, E., Chase, R. M., Zayzay, J., & Puffer, E. S. (2022). Pathways from parent mental health to child outcomes in Liberia: Testing cross- sectional and longitudinal serial mediation models. Social Science & Medicine: Mental Health, 2, 100147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100147
  6. Johnson, S.*, Rieder, A.*, Finnegan, A.*, Green, E., Chase, R., Zayzay, J., & Puffer, E. S. (2022). Parenting in a conflict-affected setting: Discipline practices, parent-child interactions, and parenting stress in Liberia. Journal of Family Psychology, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001041
  7. Zewdie, H., Whetten, K., Dubie, M. E., Kenea, K., Bekele, T., Molla, W., Puffer, E. S., Ostermann, J., Hobbie, A. M., & Gray, C. L. (2022). The association between greenspace and psychological health among young adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Environmental Research, 215, 114258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114258
  8. Liu, T., Broverman, S. Puffer, E. S., Zaltz, D., Thorn-Lyman, A. L., Benjamin-Neelon, S. E. (2022). Dietary diversity and dietary patterns in school-aged children in Western Kenya: A latent class analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), 9130. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159130
  9. Puffer, E. S., Johnson, S.*,Quick, K.*, Rieder, A.*, Proeschold-Bell, R., Mansoor, M.*, Jones, S.*, Moore-Lawrence, S., Rasmussen, J.*, Cucuzella, C.*, Burwell, F., Dowdy, L., Moore, F., Sanyal, A.*, Ramachandran, P.*, Duerr, E.*, Tice, L., Ayuku, D., & Boone, W. (2022). Family strengthening in the context of COVID-19: Adapting a community-based intervention approach from Kenya to the United States. Prevention Science, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01418-9
  10. Venturo-Conerly, K. E., Johnson, N. E., Osborn, T., Puffer, E. S., Rusch, T., Ndetei, D. M., Mutiso, V., Musyimi, C., Wasanga, C. M., & Weisz, J. R. (2022). Long-term health outcomes of adolescent character strength interventions: three-to four-year outcomes of three randomized controlled trials of the Shamiri program. Trials, 23, 443. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06394-7
  11. Puffer, E. S. & Ayuku, D. (2022). A Community-Embedded Implementation Model for Mental Health Interventions: Reaching the Hardest to Reach. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17456916211049362. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F17456916211049362
  12. Puffer, E. S., Finnegan, A.*, Schenk, K., Langhaug, L., Rusakaniko, S., Choi, Y.*, Mahaso, S., Simmons, R., & Green, E. P. (2022). Comparing fears about pediatric HIV disclosure to the lived experiences of parents and guardians: A prospective cohort study in Zimbabwe. Psychology and Health, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2041637
  13. Brown, F. L., Bosqui, T., Elias, J., Farah, S., Mayya, A., Abou Naccoul, D., Walsh, B., Chreif, S., Einein, A., Mekassi, B., Saad, R. A., Naal, H., Ghossainy, M. E., Donnely, M., Betancourt, T. S., Carr, A., Puffer, E. S., El Chammay, R., & Jordans, M. J. D. (2022). Family systemic psychosocial support for at-risk adolescents in Lebanon: Study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23(1), PMCID: PMC9014280. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06284-y
  14. Dawson-Squibb, J. J., Davids, E. L., Chase, R., Puffer, E. S., Rasmussen, J. D.*, Franz, L., & de Vries, P. J. (2022). Bringing Parent–Child Interaction Therapy to South Africa: Barriers and Facilitators and Overall Feasibility—First Steps to Implementation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), Special Issue: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Advances toward Health Equity. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084450
  15. Venturo-Conerly, K. E., Wasil, A. R., Puffer, E. S., Weisz, J. R., & Wasanga, C. M. (2022). Designing Culturally and Contextually Sensitive Protocols for Suicide Risk in Global Mental Health: Lessons From Research With Adolescents in Kenya. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.02.005
  16. Giusto, A.*,Ayuku, D., & Puffer, E. S. (2022). Learn, Engage, Act, Dedicate (LEAD): Development and feasibility testing of a task-shifted intervention to improve alcohol use, depression and family engagement for fathers. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-022-00522-1
  17. Leocata, A. M., Kaiser, B. N.*, & Puffer, E. S. (2021). Flexible protocols and paused audio recorders: The limitations and possibilities for technologies of care in two global mental health interventions. Social Science and Medicine: Mental Health, 1, 100036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100036
  18. Giusto, A.*, Mootz, J., Korir, M., Jaguga, F.*, Mellins, C., Wainberg, M., & Puffer, E. S. (2021). “When my children see their father is sober, they are happy”: A qualitative exploration of family system impacts following men’s engagement in an alcohol misuse intervention in peri-urban Kenya.Social Science and Medicine: Mental Health, 1, 100019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100019
  19. Puffer, E. S., Giusto, A.*, Rieder, A. D.*, Friis-Healy, E. A.*, Ayuku, D., & Green, E. P. (2021). Development of the Family Togetherness Scale: A Mixed-Methods Validation Study in Kenya. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2185. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662991
  20. Schmidt, C.*, Puffer, E. S., Broverman, S., Warren, V.*, & Green, E. P. (2021). Is social-ecological risk associated with individual HIV risk beliefs and behaviours?: An analysis of Kenyan adolescents’ local communities and activity spaces. Global Public Health, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1951801
  21. Stein, K., Ives, L. T.*, Rivera-Cancel, A. M., Nicholas, J. K., Caldwell, K., Datta, N., Mauro, C., Egger, H., Puffer, E. S., Curry, J., Craske, M., & Zucker, N. L. (2021). Children’s Beliefs About Pain: An Exploratory Analysis. Children, 8(6), 452. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060452
  22. Horn, R., Wachter, K., Friis-Healy, E. A.*, Ngugi, S. W., Creighton, J., & Puffer, E. S. (2021). Mapping complex systems: Responses to intimate partner violence against women in three refugee camps. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 3:613792. Special Issue: Gender, Violence, and Forced Migration. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2021.613792
  23. Greene, M. C., Kane, J., Bolton, P., Murray, L., Wainberg, M., Yi, G., Sim, A., Puffer, E.S., Ismael, A., & Hall, B. J. (2021). Assessing trauma and related distress in refugee youth and their caregivers: Should we be concerned about iatrogenic effects? European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 30(9), 1437-1447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01635-z
  24. Puffer, E. S., Green, E. P., Friis-Healy, E. A.*, Giusto, A.*, Patel, P.*, & Ayuku, D. (2020). Family functioning and mental health outcomes following a family therapy intervention in Kenya: Results of a pilot trial. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(12), 3493-3508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01816-z
  25. Green, E. P., Lai, Y., Pearson, N., Rajasekharan, S., Rauws, M., Joerin, A., Kwobah, E., Musyimi, C., Jones, R. M., Bhat, C.*, Mulinge, A., & Puffer, E. S. (2020). Expanding access to perinatal depression treatment in Kenya through automated psychological support: Development and usability study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, Formative Research, 4 (10), e17895. PMCID: 7573703. https://doi.org/10.2196/17895
  26. Giusto, A.*, Green, E. P., Simmons, R. A., Ayuku, D., Patel, P.*, & Puffer, E. S. (2020). A multiple baseline study of a brief alcohol reduction and family engagement intervention for fathers in Kenya. Journal of Counseling and Consulting Psychology, 88(8), 708. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000559
  27. Kuerten, B. G.*, Brotkin, S.*, Bonner, M. J., Ayuku, D. O., Njuguna, F., Taylor, S. M., & Puffer, E. S. (2020). Psychosocial burden of childhood sickle cell disease on caregivers in Kenya. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(5), 561-572. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa021
  28. Wall, J. T.*, Kaiser, B. K.*, Ayuku, D., & Puffer, E. S. (2020). What about lay counselors’ experiences of task-shifting interventions? Example from a family-based therapy in Kenya. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 14(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-020-00343-0
  29. Patel, P.*, Kaiser, B. N.*, Meade, C. S., Giusto, A.*, Ayuku, D., & Puffer, E. S. (2020). Problematic alcohol use among fathers in Kenya: Poverty, people, and practices as barriers and facilitators to help acceptance. International Journal of Drug Policy, 75, 102576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.10.003
  30. Watson, L. K.*, Kaiser, B. N.*, Giusto, A.*, Ayuku, D., & Puffer, E. S. (2020). Validating mental health assessment tools in Kenya using an innovative gold standard. International Journal of Psychology Research, 55(3), 425-434. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12604
  31. Finnegan, A.*, Langhaug, L., Schenk, K., Puffer, E. S., Rusakaniko, S., Choi, Y.*, & Green, E. P. (2019). The prevalence and process of pediatric HIV disclosure: A population-based prospective cohort study in Zimbabwe. PloS One, 14(5), e0215659. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215659
  32. Puffer, E. S., Friis-Healy, E. A.*, Giusto, A.*, & Ayuku, D. (2019). Development and implementation of a family therapy intervention in Kenya: A community-embedded lay provider model. Global Social Welfare, 1-18. Special Issue: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Implementation Research in Low-and-Middle Income Countries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-019-00151-6
  33. Green, E. P., Cho, H., Gallis, J., & Puffer, E. S. (2018). The impact of school support on depression among adolescent orphans: A cluster-randomized trial in Kenya. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60(1), 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12955
  34. Giusto, A.*, Kaiser, B. N.*, Ayuku, D., & Puffer, E. S. (2018). A direct observational measure of family functioning for a low-resource setting: Adaptation and feasibility in a Kenyan sample. Behavior Therapy, 50(2), 459-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2018.08.004
  35. Murray, L. K., Hall, B., Dorsey, S., Ugeuto, A., Puffer, E. S., Sim, A., Ismael, A., Bass, J., Akiba, C., Lucid, L., Harrison, J., Erikson, A., & Bolton, P. A. (2018). An evaluation of a common elements treatment approach for youth in Somali refugee camps. Global Mental Healthhttps://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2018.7
  36. Healy (Friis), E. A.*, Kaiser, B. K.*, & Puffer, E. S. (2018). Family-based youth mental health interventions delivered by non-specialist providers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Family, Systems, and Health, 36(2), 182. Special Issue: Global Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000334
  37. Giusto, A.* & Puffer, E. S. (2018). A systematic review of interventions targeting men’s alcohol use and family relationships in low- and middle-income countries. Global Mental Health, 5, e10. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2017.32
  38. Green, E. P., Chase, R. M., Zayzay, J. O., Finnegan, A.*, & Puffer, E. S. (2018). The impact of the 2014 ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia on parent preferences for harsh discipline practices: A quasi-experimental, pre-post design. Global Mental Health, 5, e1. PMCID: PMC5797936. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2017.24
  39. Wachter, K., Horn, R., Friis, E.*, Falb, K., Ward, L., Apio, C., … & Puffer, E. S. (2018; online 2017). Drivers of intimate partner violence against women in three refugee camps. Violence Against Women, 1-21, 1077801216689163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801216689163
  40. Goodman, M., Puffer, E. S., Keiser, P. H., & Gitari, S. (2017). Suicide clusters among Kenyan men. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(7), 1004-1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317743803
  41. Giusto, A.*, Friis, E.*, Sim, A. L., Chase, R. M., Zayzay, J. O., Green, E. P., & Puffer, E. S. (2017). A qualitative study of mechanisms underlying effects of a parenting intervention in rural Liberia. European Journal of Development Research, 29(5), 964-982. Special issue: Violence Against Children. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-017-0101-8
  42. Giusto, A.*, Green, E. P., & Puffer, E. S. (2017). Associations between fathers’ and sons’ sexual risk in rural Kenya: The potential for intergenerational transmission. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61(2), 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.02.007
  43. Puffer, E., Annan, J., Sim, A. L., Salhi, C., & Betancourt, T. S. (2017). The impact of a family skills training intervention among burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial. PloS one, 12(3), e0172611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172611
  44. Annan, J., Sim, A., Puffer, E. S., Salhi, C., & Betancourt, T. S. (2017). Improving mental health outcomes of Burmese migrant and displaced children in Thailand: a community-based randomized controlled trial of a parenting and family skills intervention.Prevention Science, 18(7), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-016-0728-2
  45. Green, E. P., Warren, V. R.*, Broverman, S., Ogwang, B., & Puffer, E. S. (2016). Participatory mapping in low-resource settings: Three novel methods used to engage Kenyan youth and other community members in community-based HIV prevention research.Global Public Health, 11, 583-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1170178
  46. Puffer, E. S., Green, E. P., Sikkema, K. J., Broverman, S. A., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R., & Pian, J. (2016). A church-based intervention for families to promote mental health and prevent HIV among adolescents in rural Kenya: Results of a randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000076
  47. Puffer, E. S., Schatz, J. C., & Roberts, C. W. (2016). Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(8), 1620-1629. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314559861
  48. Puffer, E. S., Green, E. P., Chase, R. M., Sim, A. L., Zayzay, J., Friis, E.*, Garcia-Rolland, E., & Boone, L. (2015). Parents Make the Difference: A randomized controlled trial of a parenting intervention in Liberia. Global Mental Health, 2, e15, 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2015.12
  49. Horn, R., Puffer, E. S., Roesch, E., & Lehmann, H. (2015). ‘I don’t need an eye for an eye, I just want the beating to stop’: Responses to intimate partner violence by women in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Global Public Health, 11, 108-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2015.1032320
  50. Schatz, J., Schlenz, A., McClellan, C. B., Puffer, E. S., Hardy, S., Pfeiffer, M., & Roberts, C. W. (2015). Changes in coping, pain and activity following cognitive-behavioral training: A randomized clinical trial for pediatric sickle cell disease using smartphones. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 31(6), 536-547. https://doi.org/10.1097%2FAJP.0000000000000183
  51. Matthews, E. J.*, Puffer, E. S., Meade, C. S., & Broverman, S. A. (2014). Implementation of a school-based HIV prevention program in rural Kenya after national dissemination in Nyanza Province, Kenya. East African Medical Journal, 91(5), 152-160. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/109966
  52. Horn, R., Puffer, E. S., Roesch, E., & Lehmann, H. (2014). Women’s perceptions of effects of war on intimate partner violence and gender roles in two post-conflict West African countries: Consequences and unexpected opportunities. Conflict and Health, 8(12), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-8-12
  53. Hall, B. J., Puffer, E. S., Murray, L. K., Ismael, A., Bass, J. K., Sim, A., & Bolton, P. A. (2014). The importance of establishing reliability and validity of assessment instruments for mental health problems: An example from Somali children and adolescents living in three refugee camps in Ethiopia. Psychological Injury and Law, 7, 153-164. Special Issue: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Assessment.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-014-9188-9
  54. Boateng, L. A., Allen, T.*, Bonner, M., Thornburg, C. D., & Puffer, E. S. (2013). Adherence to secondary stroke prevention in children with sickle cell anemia: Family and child perspectives. Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion, 4, 148. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9864.1000148
  55. Meyer, S., Murray, L. K., Puffer, E. S., Larsen, J.*, & Bolton, P. (2013). The nature and impact of chronic stressors on refugee children in Ban Mai Nai Soi camp, Thailand. Global Public Health, 8, 1027-1047. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2013.811531
  56. Puffer, E. S., Pian, J., Sikkema, K. J., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R. A., & Broverman, S. A. (2013). Developing a family-based HIV prevention intervention in rural Kenya: Challenges in conducting community based participatory research. The Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 8, 119-128. Special Issue: HIV-Related Community-Based Participatory Research. https://doi.org/10.1525/jer.2013.8.2.119
  57. Schlenz, A. M., McClellan, C. B., Mark, T. R., McKelvy, A., Puffer, E. S., Roberts, C. W., Sweitzer, S. M., & Schatz, J. (2012). Sensitization to acute procedural pain in pediatric sickle cell disease: Modulation by painful vaso-occlusive episodes, age, and endothelin-1. The Journal of Pain, 13, 656-65. PMCID: PMC3389141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2012.04.001
  58. Puffer, E. S., Drabkin, A.*, Stashko, A.*, Broverman, S. A., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R., & Sikkema, K. J. (2012). Orphan status, HIV risk behavior, and mental health among adolescents in rural Kenya. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37, 868-878. PMCID: PMC3437686. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jss077
  59. Puffer, E. S., Watt, M., Sikkema, K. J., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R. A., & Broverman, S. A. (2012). The protective role of religious coping in adolescents’ responses to poverty and sexual decision-making in rural Kenya: a brief report. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22, 1-7. PMCID: PMC3325092. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00760.x
  60. Puffer, E. S., Skalski, L.* & Meade, C. (2012). Changes in religious coping and relapse to drug use among opioid-dependent patients following inpatient detoxification. Journal of Religion and Health, 51, 1226-1238. PMCID: PMC3590905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-010-9418-8
  61. Puffer, E. S., Kochman, A., Hansen, N., & Sikkema, K. J. (2011). An evidence-based coping intervention for women living with HIV and a history of childhood sexual abuse. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 61, 98-126. PMCID: PMC3569722. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijgp.2011.61.1.98
  62. Puffer, E. S., Meade, C., Drabkin, A.*, Broverman, S. A., Odhiambo, R. O., & Sikkema, K. J. (2011). Individual- and family-level psychosocial correlates of HIV risk behavior among youth in rural Kenya. AIDS and Behavior, 15, 1264-1274. PMCID: PMC3545696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9823-8
  63. Miles, A., Proescholdbell, R. J., & Puffer, E. S. (2011). Explaining rural and non-rural disparities in physical health-related quality of life among clergy members. Quality of Life Research, 20, 807-815. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9817-z
  64. Puffer, E. S., Schatz, J. C., & Roberts, C. W. (2010). Relationships between somatic growth and cognitive functioning in children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35, 892-904. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsp124
  65. Schatz, J. C., Puffer, E. S., Sanchez, C., Stancil, M., & Roberts, C. W. (2009). Language processing deficits in sickle cell disease in young school-age children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 34, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565640802499191
  66. McClellan, C. B., Schatz, J. C., Mark, T. R. M., McKelvy, A., Puffer, E. S., Roberts, C. W., & Sweitzer, S. M. (2009). Criterion and convergent validity for 4 measures of pediatric pain in sickle cell disease. Clinical Journal of Pain, 25, 146-152. PMCID: PMC2744388. https://doi.org/10.1097%2FAJP.0b013e3181839ac4
  67. McClellan, C. B., Schatz, J., Puffer, E. S., & Roberts, C. W. (2009). Use of handheld wireless technology for a home-based sickle cell pain management protocol. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34, 564-573. PMCID: PMC2744388. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsn121
  68. Schatz, J., McClellan, C. B., Puffer, E. S., Johnson, K., & Roberts, C. W. (2008). Neurodevelopmental screening in toddlers and early preschoolers with sickle cell disease. Journal of Child Neurology, 23(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073807307982
  69. Puffer, E. S., Schatz, J., & Roberts, C. W. (2007). The association of oral hydroxyurea therapy with improved cognitive functioning in sickle cell disease. Child Neuropsychology, 13(2), 142-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297040600584626

Book Chapters

  1. Puffer, E. S., Johnson, S.*, & Sim, A. L. (2022). Violence Against Children in Low-Resource Contexts. In L. Miller-Graff & S. Moeschberger (Eds.). Psychological Perspectives on Violence Against Children, Oxford University Press.
  2. Puffer, E. S., MacFarlane, J., & Sikkema, K. J. (2014). Family Interventions. In T. Hope, Richman, & M. Stevenson (Eds.). Encyclopedia of AIDS (pp. 1-7). New York, NY: Springer.
  3. Edwards, C. L., Wilson, S., & Puffer, E. S.(2014). Democratic Republic of Congo. In A. Scull (Ed.) Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness (pp. 150-151). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
  4. Bonner, M. J., Puffer, E. S. & Willard, V. W. (2010). Pediatric Hematology.  In D. DeMaso & R. Shaw (Eds). Textbook of Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine: Consultation on Physically Ill Children (pp. 259-274). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
  5. Schatz, J. & Puffer, E. S. (2006). Neuropsychological aspects of sickle cell disease. In Ron T. Brown (Ed.). Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease (pp. 449-470). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.