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Bumgarner, E., Goldberg, J., & Thompson, M. (2025). How and why do caregivers search for child care? Findings from the
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Bumgarner, E., Hansen, D., Richman, Fauth, R., Singhal, N., & Kennedy, C. (2024). Massachusetts’ Early Education and Care Staff Pilot Program: Evaluation findings. MEF Associates & Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER). Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. Click here to view the Staff Pilot brief.
Caughy, M.O.B., Brinkley, D.Y., Pacheco, D., Rojas, R., Miao, A., Contreras, M.M., Owen, M.T., Easterbrooks, M.A., & McClelland, M. (2022). Self-regulation development among young Spanish-English dual language learners. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 60, 226-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.02.004
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Easterbrooks, M.A., Crossman, M.K., Caruso, A., Raskin, M., & Miranda-Julian, C. (2017). Maternal mind-mindedness and toddler behavior problems: The moderating role of maternal trauma and post-traumatic stress. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579417000360
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Easterbrooks, M.A., Katz, R.C., Stargel, L.E., & Rohrs, R. (2022). Parenting in the context of adversity: Investigating buffering effects of positive relationships and community connections. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00085-7
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Easterbrooks, M.A., Kotake, C., Raskin, M., & Bumgarner, E. (2016). Patterns of depression among adolescent mothers: Resilience related to father support and home visiting program. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(1), 61-68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000093
Fauth, R.C., Easterbrooks, M.A., Moosmann, D.A.V., Kotake, C., & Dooley, R.A (2024). Roca: Working with traumatized young women. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to learn more about Roca’s approach to working with young women.
Fauth, R. C., Kotake, C., Buxton, B., Silva, C. F., & Easterbrooks, M. A. (2026). Enhancing postpartum care access: Associations between home visiting participation and postpartum visit attendance using a quasi-experimental study design. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-26153-y
Fauth, R.C., Kotake, C., Manning, S.E., Goldberg, J.L., Easterbrooks, M.A., Buxton, B., & Downs, K. (2022). Timeliness of early identification and referral of infants with social and environmental risks. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01453-6
Fauth, R.C., & Moosmann, D.A.V. (2024). Directory of self-report measures of internal engagement. Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC) and Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the directory of internal engagement.
Fauth, R.C., Moosmann, D.A.V., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2024). How Roca supports young women experiencing human trafficking. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to read the white paper focused on how Roca supports young women who experience trafficking.
Fauth, R.C., Moosmann, D.A.V., Winestone, J.G., Goldberg, J., & Birudavol, J. (2020, June). National scan of home visiting programs for justice system-involved parents. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University. Click here to view the “National scan of home visiting programs…” report.
Fauth, R.C., Naeem, U., & Moosmann, D.A.V. (2024). Healthy Families Massachusetts cost-benefit analysis. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the research brief for the cost-benefit analysis paper.
Fauth, R.C., & Winestone, J.G. (2021). Home visiting and justice system collaborations: Two programs’ approaches to advocating for justice system-involved parents. Children and Youth Services Review, 120(105742). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105742
Fauth, R.C., Winestone, J.G., & Goldberg, J. (2018, May). Home visiting for system involved young mothers: A longitudinal investigation of risks, supports, and outcomes. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the “Home visiting for system involved young mothers…” paper.
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Goldberg, J., Litovich, M., & Citino, C. (2018, December). Massachusetts Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MA MIECHV) formula grant evaluation. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University; Institute’s Applied Research and Program Evaluation Group (UMDI), UMass Donahue Institute. Click here to view the MA MIECHV formula grant evaluation paper.
Goldberg, J., Thompson, M., & Bumgarner, E. (2025). What do families use for child care? Findings from the
Massachusetts Early Childhood Needs Assessment (Part III). MEF Associates & Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation
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Goldberg, J., Thompson, M., Coffman, C., & Moosmann, D.A.V. (2023). Collaboration between Healthy Families Massachusetts (HFM) and Medical Legal Partnership Boston (MLPB): Enhancing home visiting to advance equity. Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the research brief for the MLPB evaluation.
Goldberg, J., Winestone, J.G., Fauth, R., Colón, M., & Mingo, M.V. (2018). Getting to the warm hand-off: A study of home visitor referral activities. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2529-7
Greenstone, J.H., Rohrs, R., Babal, R., Peiris, S., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2021, September). HOPE evaluation year 1 report. Prepared for Healthy Outcomes From Positive Experiences (HOPE): Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the HOPE evaluation year 1 report.
Jacobs, F., Easterbrooks, M.A., Goldberg, J., Mistry, J., Bumgarner, E., Raskin, M., Fosse, N., & Fauth, R. (2016). Improving adolescent parenting: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home visiting program for young families. American Journal of Public Health, 106(2), 342-349. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302919
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Katz, R., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Investigating child care as a contextual asset for children of adolescent mothers. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 66(1), 34-60. https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.66.1.0034
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Menon, M., Katz, R.C., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Linking attachment and executive function systems: Relations between attachment representations and self-regulatory skills in children of young mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(8), 2314-2329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01759-5
Mingo, M.V., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2015). Patterns of emotional availability in mother–infant dyads: Associations with multiple levels of context. Infant Mental Health Journal, 36(5), 469-482. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21529
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Moosmann, D.V., Singhal, N., & Goldberg, J. (2022). Final report: An evaluation of the perinatal tobacco cessation efforts in Massachusetts. Report to the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program (MTCP) of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH): Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the Perinatal Tobacco Evaluation report.
Posner, E., Colón, M., Thompson, M., Fauth, R., & Goldberg, J. (2024). Community Evaluator project COVID-19 disparities grant report: Findings from participatory evaluation projects on pandemic related inequities in Massachusetts. Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the Community Evaluator Project COVID-19 Disparities Grant Report.
Raskin, M., Easterbrooks, M.A., Fauth, R.C., Jacobs, F., Fosse, N.E., Goldberg, J.L., & Mistry, J. (2017). Patterns of goal attainment among young mothers in a home visiting program. Applied Developmental Science, 23(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2017.1357475
Raskin, M., Easterbrooks, M.A., Lamoreau, R.S., Kotake, C., & Goldberg, J. (2016). Depression trajectories of antenatally depressed and non-depressed young mothers: Implications for child socio-emotional development. Women’s Health Issues, 26(3), 344-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2016.02.002
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Raskin, M., Fosse, N.E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2015). The influence of mother’s depression on her reports of father involvement and child behavioral problems: A latent state trait approach. Infant Mental Health Journal, 36(1), 88-103.
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Reddy, J.A., Mistry, J., & Jacobs, F. (2017). Rapid repeat birth: Intersections between meaning-making and situational support among multiparous adolescent mothers. Journal of Adolescent Research, 32(6).
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Sherman, F., Winestone, J.G., & Fauth, R. (2018). Collaborations between the juvenile justice system and home visiting programs: Roundtable report out and policy guidelines. Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the “Collaborations between the juvenile justice system and home visiting programs…” report.
Singhal, N., Fauth, R., Greenstone, J., Goldberg, J., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2022). Father engagement in home visiting: Lessons from Massachusetts. Report to the Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC): Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the “Father engagement in home visiting…” report.
Singhal, N., Fauth, R.C., Thompson, M., Posner, E., & Moosmann, D.A.V. (2023). Recovery support through home visiting. Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER). Tufts University. Click here to view the Recovery Support Through Home Visiting Summary.
Singhal, N., Goldberg, J., Posner, E., & Thompson, M.A. (2024). Journey mapping PAT participant experiences navigating custody disruptions. Medford, MA: Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER), Tufts University. Click here to view the PAT Journey Mapping Brief.
Stargel, L.E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2022). Children’s early school attendance and stability as a mechanism through which homelessness is associated with academic achievement. Journal of School Psychology, 90, 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2021.10.005
Stargel, L.E., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Diversity of adverse childhood experiences among adolescent mothers and the intergenerational transmission of risk to children’s behavior problems. Social Science and Medicine, 250, 112828. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112828
Stargel, L.E., Fauth, R.C., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2018). Home visiting program impacts on reducing homelessness among young mothers. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 27(1), 89-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2017.1396740
Stargel, L.E., Fauth, R.C., Goldberg, J.L., & Easterbrooks, M.A. (2020). Maternal engagement in a home visiting program as a function of fathers’ formal and informal participation. Prevention Science, 21, 477-486. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01090-x
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the Massachusetts Early Childhood Needs Assessment (Part II). MEF Associates & Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation
Research (TIER). Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. Click here to view “How do caregivers make decisions about child care?”