Peer-Reviewed Journals
- 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.
- 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.
- Healy, 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), 182-197.
- 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 open trial of a common elements approach for youth in Somali refugee camps. Global Mental Health, 5, e16.
- 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.
- Goodman, M. Puffer, E. S., Keiser, P. H., & Gitari, S. (2017). Suicide clusters among Kenyan men. Journal of Health Psychology. Nov 1, doi:10.1177/1359105317743803.
- 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.
- Puffer, E. S., 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.
- Wachter, K., Horn, R., Friis, E., Falb, K., Ward, L., Apio, C., … & Puffer, E. S. (2017). Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Three Refugee Camps. Violence Against Women, 1-21, 1077801216689163.
- 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(5-6), 583-599.
- Annan, J., Sim, A., Puffer, E. S., Salhi, C., & Betancourt, T. S. (2016). 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, 1-11.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schatz, J., Schlenz, A., McClellan, C. B., Puffer, E. S., Hardy, S., Pfeiffer, M., & Roberts, C. W. (2014). 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, 536-547.
- Puffer, E. S., Schatz, J. C., & Roberts, C. W. (2014). Association between somatic growth trajectory and cognitive functioning in young children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(8), 1620-1629.
- 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. East African Medical Journal, 91, 152-160.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 8, 1027-1047.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- (8) 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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, 44-50.
- 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, 142-154.
Book Chapters
- Puffer, E. S., MacFarlane, J., & Sikkema, K. J., (in press). Family Interventions. In: Hope, T., Richman, D., Stevenson, M. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York.
- Edwards, C. L., Wilson, S., Puffer, E. S.(2014). Democratic Republic of Congo. In Andrew Scull (Ed.) Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness. Sage Publications, Inc.
- 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.
- 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.