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Prado, E. L., E. Yakes Jimenez, S. Vosti, R. Stewart, C. P. Stewart, J. Somé, A. Pulakka, J. B. Ouédraogo, H. Okronipa, E. Ocansey, B. Oaks, K. Maleta, A. Lartey, E. Kortekangas, S. Y. Hess, K. Brown, J. Bendabenda, U. Ashorn, P. Ashorn, M. Arimond, S. Adu-Afarwuah, S. Abbeddou and K. Dewey. (2019). Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso. British Medical Journal Global Health 4(1): e001155

Ocansey, M. E., S. Adu-Afarwuah, S. M. Kumordzie, H. Okronipa, R. R. Young, S. M. Tamakloe, B. M. Oaks, K. G. Dewey and E. L. Prado. (2019). Prenatal and postnatal lipid-based nutrient supplementation and cognitive, social-emotional, and motor function in preschool-aged children in Ghana: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. Epub ahead of print.

Prado EL, Phuka J, Ocansey E, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Adu-Afarwuah S, Oaks BM, Lartey A, Dewey KG. (2018). “A method to develop vocabulary checklists in new languages and their validity to assess early language development.” J Health Popul Nutr 37(1): 13.

Prado, E. L., Ashorn, U., Phuka, J., Maleta, K., Sadalaki, J., Oaks,  B. M., Haskell, M., Allen, L. H., Vosti, S. A., Ashorn, P., Dewey, K. G. (2018). “Associations of maternal nutrition during pregnancy and post-partum with maternal cognition and caregiving.” Matern Child Nutr 14(2): e12546.

Kumwenda C, Hemsworth J, Phuka J, Ashorn U, Arimond M, Maleta K, Prado EL, Haskell MJ, Dewey KG, Ashorn P. Association between breast milk intake at 9-10 months of age and growth and development among Malawian young children. Matern Child Nutr. 2018.

Fernald, Lia C. H.; Prado, Elizabeth; Kariger, Patricia; Raikes, Abbie. 2017. A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries. World Bank, Washington, DC. [PDF]

Prado, E. L., Abbeddou, S., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Arimond, M., Ashorn, P., Ashorn, U., Bendabenda, J., Brown, K. H., Hess, S. Y., Kortekangas, E., Lartey, A., Maleta, K., Oaks, B., Ocansey, E., Okronipa, H., Ouédraogo, J. B., Pulakka, A., Somé, J., Stewart, C., Stewart, R., Vosti, S. A., Yakes Jimenez, E., Dewey, K. G. (2017). “Predictors and pathways of language and motor development in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi, and Burkina Faso.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry 58(11): 1264-1275.

Prado E.L., Sebayang S.K., Apriatni M., Hidayati N., Adawiyah S.R., Islamiyah A., Siddiq S., Harefa B., Alcock K.J., Ullman M.T., Muadz, H., Shankar A.H. (2017). Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation and other biomedical and socioenvironmental influences on children’s cognition at age 9-12 years in Indonesia: follow-up of the SUMMIT randomised trial. The Lancet Global Health, 5(2), e217-e228.

Semrud-Clikeman, M., Romero, R. A. A., Prado, E. L., Shapiro, E. G., Bangirana, P., & John, C. C. (2017). Selecting measures for the neurodevelopmental assessment of children in low- and middle-income countries. Child Neuropsychology, 23(7), 761-802.

Prado, E. L., Abbeddou, S., Yakes Jimenez, E., Somé, J. W., Ouédraogo, Z. P., Vosti, S. A., et al. (2016). Lipid-based nutrient supplements plus malaria and diarrhea treatment increase infant development scores in a cluster-randomized trial in Burkina Faso. Journal of Nutrition. (Epub ahead of print).

Prado E. L., Abbeddou S., Adu-Afarwuah S., Arimond M., Ashorn P., Ashorn U., Brown K.H., Hess S.Y., Lartey A., Maleta K., et al. (2016). Linear growth and child development in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Malawi. Pediatrics. 138(2). doi:10.1542/peds.2015-4698

Prado, E. L., Abbeddou, S., Yakes Jimenez, E., Somé, J. W., Dewey, K. G., Brown, K. H., & Hess, S. Y. (2016). Effects of an intervention on growth and development: evidence for different mechanisms at work. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 13(2). doi:10.1111/mcn.12314

Stewart, R., Ashorn, P., Umar, E., Dewey, K., Ashorn, U., Creed, F., Rahman, A. Tomenson, B., Prado, E. L., Maleta, K. (2016). The impact of maternal diet fortification with lipid-based nutrient supplements on postpartum depression in rural Malawi: a randomised-controlled trial. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 13(2), e12299-n/a. doi:10.1111/mcn.12299

Prado, E. L., Phuka, J., Maleta, K., Ashorn, P., Ashorn, U., Vosti, S. A., & Dewey, K. G. (2016). Provision of lipid-based nutrient supplements from age 6 to 18 months does not affect infant development scores in a randomized trial in Malawi. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 20(10), 2199-2208.

Prado, E. L., Adu-Afarwuah S., Lartey A., Ocansey M., Ashorn P., Vosti S. A., & Dewey, K. G. (2016). Effects of pre- and post-natal lipid-based nutrient supplements on infant development in Ghana. Early Hum Dev, 99, 43-51.

Prado, E. L., Maleta, K., Ashorn, P., Ashorn, U., Vosti, S. A., Sadalaki, J., & Dewey, K. G. (2016). Effects of maternal and child lipid-based nutrient supplements on infant development: a randomized trial in Malawi. Am J Clin Nutr, 103(3), 784-793.

Prado, E. L., & Dewey, K. G. (2014). Nutrition and brain development in early life. Nutrition Reviews, 72(4), 267-284.

Prado, E. L., Abubakar, A. A., Abbeddou, S., Jimenez, E. Y., Some, J. W., & Ouedraogo, J. B. (2014). Extending the Developmental Milestones Checklist for use in a different context in Sub-Saharan Africa. Acta paediatrica, 103(4), 447-454.

Dye, C. D., Walenski, M., Prado, E. L., Mostofsky, S., & Ullman, M. T. (2013). Children’s Computation of Complex Linguistic Forms: A Study of Frequency and Imageability Effects. PloS one, 8(9), e74683.

Prado, E. L., Alcock, K. J., Muadz, H., Ullman, M. T., & Shankar, A. H. (2012). Maternal multiple micronutrient supplements and child cognition: a randomized trial in Indonesia. Pediatrics, 130(3), e536-546.

Prado, E. L., Ullman, M. T., Muadz, H., Alcock, K. J., & Shankar, A. H. (2012). The effect of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on cognition and mood during pregnancy and postpartum in Indonesia: a randomized trial. PloS one, 7(3), e32519.

Prado, E. L., Hartini, S., Rahmawati, A., Ismayani, E., Hidayati, A., Hikmah, N., et al. (2010). Test selection, adaptation, and evaluation: Three critical steps to assess nutritional influences on child development in developing countries. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 31-53.

Prado, E. L., & Ullman, M. T. (2009). Can imageability help us draw the line between storage and composition? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 35(4), 849-866.