63:(2005-2011) and Indonesia (1999-present). His longitudinal study of adult outcomes for child soldiers in Mozambique enabled him to identify interventions and community supports linked to positive life outcomes. Lessons learned from the Mozambique research are now being applied through operational agencies to current war-affected countries with large numbers of child soldiers. A second focus of his work has been on children separated from their families during war and refugee emergencies. His cornerstone study showed that many child-family separations are not accidental, but instead result from abductions and misguided agency policies and practices. This observation has been translated into international standards (including in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and UNHCR Refugee Policy) and inter-agency guidelines (International Committee of the Red Cross-UNICEF-Save the Children-International Rescue Committee).
39:). His research focuses on the psychosocial consequences of organized violence on children. As a senior representative of UNICEF, UNHCR, and Save the Children, he has worked for more than 25 years with children in crises in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe and is an internationally recognized expert and advocate for children affected by war and displacement. He has received numerous awards for his work on behalf of war-affected children, including the Red Cross International Humanitarian of the Year Award, the Mickey Leland Award, the United Nation's Golden Achievement Award for Social Services, and Duke University's Humanitarian Service Award.
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as well as on children associated with fighting forces. A second research project focuses on the development of an evidence base for efficacious child protection programming in crisis situations, in partnerships with operational agencies in five countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, (northern) Uganda; Sri Lanka; and (Aceh) Indonesia. A general theme emerging from this research is the importance of the household as the main component of protection systems for children.
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for children globally. The policy guides some $ 2.85 billion annual expenditures by nine US government agencies in low and middle income countries. During this time, Boothby also founded the Global
Alliance for Children in Adversity, a public-private partnership dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing children in low and middle income countries. Boothby returned to academia in March 2015.
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African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Within this context, Boothby helped to create academic centers at the University of Indonesia (Center on Child Protection) and Makerere University (Center for the Study of the African Child).
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Boothby, N. (2009). "Developing culturally relevant indicators of reintegration for girls formerly associated with armed groups in Sierra Leone using a participative ranking methodology". Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and
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In 2012, Boothby took a leave of absence from
Columbia University to serve as the US government's special adviser and the USAID administrator's senior coordinator for Children in Adversity. Under his leadership, the US Government developed its first ever whole of government foreign assistance policy
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Boothby has served as principal investigator on numerous research projects. One project focuses on the application of public health methodologies to human rights concerns, specifically development of a method to establish prevalence rates of rape and gender-based violence among refugee women girls,
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G. Huebner, N. Boothby, J. L. Aber, G. Darmstadt, A. Diaz, A. S. Masten, H. Yoshikawa, I. Redlener, A. Emmel, M. Pitt, L. Arnold, B. Barber, B. Berman, R. Blum, M. Canavera, J. Eckerle, N. A. Fox, J. L. Gibbons, S. W. Hargarten, C. Landers, C. A. Nelson III, S. D. Pollack, V. Rauh, M. Samson, F.
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In 2005, Boothby founded the Care and
Protection of Children Interagency Learning Network — a constellation of international and national agencies worldwide working on the development of an evidence base for efficacious child protection programming in war, disaster and post crises settings. The
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Boothby, N., Newman, J., Tanabe, M., Prowitt-Smith, L., Ager, A., and
Wessells, M. (2006). Assessment and evaluation of psychosocial programming for crisis-affected children: a good practice initiative. New York, NY: Report for UNICEF from the Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia
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Boothby's own research has focused on the effects of armed conflict and violence on children in
Cambodia (1980–82), Mozambique (1988-2005), Guatemala (1983–86), former Yugoslavia (1992-3), Rwanda (1994–96), Darfur (2005–present), Palestine (2001-present), Sri Lanka, (2002–present), Uganda,
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Ager, A., Akesson, B., Stark, L., Flouri, E., Okot, B., McCollister, F & Boothby, N. "The impact of the school-based
Psychosocial Structured Activities (PSSA) program on conflict-affected children in northern Uganda". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011, 52 (11),
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McNatt Z., Zebib L., Chandler, H., Freels, P.E., Alshannaq, H., Majdalani, N., Mahmoud, A., Majd, E., and
Boothby, N. (2018-in press), Exploring separation among Syrian refugee families in Jordan: A qualitative approach, Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford
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Boothby, N., Crawford, J. and
Halprin, J. (2006). "Mozambique child soldier life outcome study: Lessons learned in rehabilitation and reintegration efforts. Global Public Health – An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 1(1): 87 –
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Ager, A., Bancroft, C., Stark, L., Berger, L., and Boothby, N. Local Constructions of Gender Based Violence Amongst Internally Displaced Persons In Lira, Northern Uganda: Analyses Using Gender and Age-Segmented Participative Ranking Methodology.
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Boothby N. Ager, A., and Ager W., (2007). "Guide to the evaluation of psychosocial programming in emergencies". New York, NY: Report for UNICEF from the Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public
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Ager, A., Boothby, N. and Wessells, M. (2007). The Use of Consensus Methodology in Determining Key Research and Practice Development Questions in the Field of Intervention with Children Associated with Fighting Forces. Intervention, 5 (2):
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Warner, A., Roberts, L., Stark, L., Lehmann, H., Boothby, N. and Ager, A. Measuring the Prevalence and Reporting of Violence against Women and Girls in Liberia Using the 'Neighborhood Method' submitted to Conflict & Health, July
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Ssewamala, N. St Clair, L. Stark, R. Waldman, M. Wessells, S. L. Wilson, and C. H. Zeanah, (2016) Beyond Survival: The Case for Investing in Young Children Globally, National Academy of Medicine, June 16, 2016: A Discussion Paper
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Boothby, N. (2006). "What Happens to Child Soldiers When They Grow-up?: The Mozambique Case Study," Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict, 4 (3):
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Boothby, N., et al. (October 2012), What are the most effective early response strategies and interventions to assess and address the immediate needs of children outside of family care? Child Abuse & Neglect 36 (2012),
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Boothby, N., Crawford, J. and Halprin, J. (2006). "The Life Outcomes of Former Mozambican Child Soldiers, Global Public Health," An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, Routledge Publishing, (1):
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Boothby, N. (2008). "Political Violence and Development: an Ecological Approach to Children in War Zones", Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 17 (3): 497 – 514. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.02.004.
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Stark, L. Roberts, L., Acham, A., Boothby, N., and Ager, A. (2010). Measuring violence against women amidst war and displacement in northern Uganda. The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(12).
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Bennouna, C, van Boetzelaar, E, Rojas, L, Roberts, L, and Boothby, N, (February 2016) Monitoring and Reporting to Enhance the Protection of Education in Situations of Insecurity and Conflict, Disasters, in
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Ressler E. M., Boothby, N. and Steinbock D. (1998) Unaccompanied Children in Emergencies: Care and Protection in Wars, Natural Disasters and Mass Population Movements, New York: Oxford University Press.
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Stark, L., Kassim, N., Sparling, T., Buscher, D., and Boothby, N. "Assessing the impact of microfinance programming on children: An evaluation from post-tsunami Aceh," submitted to Disaster August 2011.
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Stark, L., Roberts, L., Acham, A., Boothby, N., and Ager, A. (2009). "Measuring violence against women amidst war and displacement in Northern Uganda". The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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International Humanitarian of the Year Award, Outstanding Contribution to Upholding the Spirit and Principles of the Geneva Convention, International Committee of the Red Cross, Washington D.C., 1989.
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Ager, A., Stark, L., Olsen, J. and Boothby, N. (2010) The impact of programming supporting the reintegration of girls formerly abducted by armed groups in Sierra Leone. Girlhood Studies, 3(1).
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Warner, A., Roberts, L., Stark, L., Lehman, H., Boothby, N., Ager, A. Use of the "Neighborhood Method" to assess violence against women and girls in Liberia. PLoS Medicine, (forthcoming).
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Ager, A., Stark, L., Akesson, B., and Boothby, N. (2010) Defining best practice in care and protection of children in crisis-affected settings: A delphi study . Child Development, 81(4).
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Boothby, N, (April 2016) U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity: A Framework for Foreign Assistance, Journal of Peace Studies, American Psychological Association, in press.
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Ager, A., Boothby, N. and Bremer, M. (2009). "Using the Framework of the 'Protective Environment' to Analyze the Protection Needs of Children in Darfur." Disasters, 33 (4), 548-573.
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Boothby, N., et al. (October 2012), Coordinated and evidence-based policy and practice for protecting children outside of family care, Child Abuse & Neglect 36 (2012) 743– 751
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Bennouna, C., Fischer, H.T., Wessells, M. and Boothby, N. (2018) Rethinking Child Protection in Emergencies, International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition, 7, p. 39-46
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Boothby, N. (2009). Children and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: An Evaluation of UNICEF's Protection Response in Aceh Indonesia (2004-2008). New York: UNICEF Evaluation Office.
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Boothby, N. (2009). Children and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: An Evaluation of UNICEF's Protection Response in the Maldives (2004-2008). New York: UNICEF Evaluation Office.
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Boothby, N., Veatch, M and Pentes, M (2011) Evaluating treatment of axis I mental health disorders in Aceh, Indonesia, The Psychiatrist, 35, 1-8, doi: 10.1192/pb.bp.110.03025
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Boothby, N. (2009). Children and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: An Evaluation of UNICEF's Protection Response in Sri Lanka (2004-2008). New York: UNICEF Evaluation Office.
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Golden Achievement Award for Social Activities, Work on Behalf of War-Affected Children, Children's Foundation and the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 1990.
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Boothby, N., Stark, L., Simmons, K., and Chu, E. (2009). "Child Protection Information Management Mapping: Towards a Data Surveillance System in Indonesia." UNICEF.
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Stark, L., Boothby, N. and Ager, A. (2009). "The Reintegration of Children Associated with Fighting Forces: Ten Years on From Cape Town," Disasters, 33 (4), 522-547.
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Boothby has published extensively on risk and resilience among war and disaster affected children, and is also the recipient of numerous awards for his field work.
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Boothby, N. and Stark, L. "Data Surveillance in Child Protection Systems Development: An Indonesian Case Study," Child Abuse and neglect, 35, 2011, 993-1001.
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Boothby, N., Strang, A., and Wessells, M. A World Turned Upside Down: The Social Ecologies of Children in Armed Conflict, Kumarian Press, November, 2006.
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Boothby, N. (1992). "Displaced Children: Psychological Theory and Practice From the Field," Journal of Refugee Studies, 5 (2): 107-122.
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to Link Grassroots Networks of Volunteers to a National Program," African Journal of Social Development, University of Zimbabwe: 11-22.
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Boothby, N. and Sultan, A. (1989) Traumatized Children: A Mental Health Training Manual, Maputo, Mozambique: Moderno Press.
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