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Sharon Wolf, PhD
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- Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education | University of Pennsylvania 6f
- Botswana | Côte d'Ivoire | Ghana | Malawi | Nigeria a5
- Early Childhood Development | Maternal Health | Maternal Mental Health | Stress and Child Development 12
Languages: English, Hebrew (fluent)
2 18BIO STATEMENT
2 1bfI work at the intersection of developmental psychology and global health, with expertise in early childhood health and development; maternal mental health; and the evaluation of education and social protection programs. Using both large-scale secondary data and primary data, I study the links between poverty, social policies, education, parenting, and child development through descriptive, experimental, and quasi-experimental methods.
2 28Recent Global Health Projects
2 ad(i) A large-scale randomized trial evaluating the impacts of unconditional cash transfers on maternal mental health, stress and well-being, and parenting practices.
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(ii) Using secondary data to examine the predictors and prevalence of depression among mothers in Cote d’Ivoire and Uruguay.
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2 145Kumar, A., Bartoli, B., Lichand, G., & Wolf, S. (2023). Sociodemographic predictors of depression and anxiety symptomatology among parents in rural Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Affective Disorders, 338, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.060
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Wolf, S., Kembou, S.N., Ogan, A., & Jasinska, K. (2024). Cash transfers improve economic conditions and reduce maternal stress in rural Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33, 1251–1265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02817-y
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