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Gago, C. M., Grafft, N., Haines, J., & Davison, K. K. (2026). Increased household responsibility during COVID-19 is associated with higher current parenting responsibility among fathers, but not mothers. Family & Community Health, 49(1), 48–54.

Grafft, N., Davison, K. K., Taylor, C. A., Lyons, K. S., & Coley, R. L. (2025). Fathers’ adverse childhood experiences, behavioral health, and fathering stress and satisfaction. Academic Pediatrics, 25(7), 102860.

Lo, B. K., Park, I, McTerran, M., Wang, Y., Cantu-Aldana, A., McBride, B. A., Bauer, K. W., Haines, J (2025). Validation of a brief food parenting measure for fathers: A test of factorial validity, measurement invariance, internal reliability, and concurrent validity. Appetite, 206, 107815.

Wang, Y., Lo, B. K., Park, I. Y., Bauer, K. W., Davison, K. K., Haines, J., & Coley, R. L. (2025, June 9). Racial and ethnic disparities in fathers’ food parenting practices and children’s diets. Child Development. 

Douglas, S., Darlington, G., Davison, K. K., Beaton, J., & Haines, J. (2024). Food parenting and children’s eating behaviour: Exploring the role of coparenting. Appetite, 198, Article 107367.

Grafft, N., Gago, C., Park, I. Y., Bauer, K. W., Haneuse, S., Haines, J., & Davison, K. K. (2024). Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination among young children: Associations with fathers’ and mothers’ influenza vaccination statusPreventive Medicine Reports, 102746.

Davison, K. K., Haines, J., Garcia, E. A., Douglas, S., & McBride, B. (2020). Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019Pediatric obesity, 15(10), e12654.

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Father-Mother Shared Decision Making and Agreement Regarding Child Vaccination: Associations with Child COVID-19 Vaccination Status (In Young Park, PhD, Alejandra Cantu Aldana, MPH, Natalie Grafft, MSW,  Brian K. Lo, PhD, Katherine W. Bauer, PhD, Jess Haines, PhD, Kirsten Davison PhD)

COVID-19 Vaccination among Young Children: Associations with Fathers’ and Mothers’ Influenza Vaccination Status (Natalie Grafft, MSW, Cristina Gago, PhD, In Young Park, PhD, Katherine W. Bauer, PhD, Sebastien Haneuse, PhD, Jess Haines, PhD, Kirsten K. Davison, PhD)

Fathers’ home & community ACES

Fathers’ home-based and community-based ACEs: Racial and ethnic differences in reported ACEs and links with depressive symptoms (Natalie Grafft, MSW, In Young Park, PhD, Brian Lo, PhD, Scott Easton, PhD, Katherine W. Bauer, PhD, Jess Haines, PhD, Kirsten K. Davison, PhD)

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  • Father & Children Characteristics
  • Division of Labor in the Household
  • Food Consumption, Screen Time, and Sleep
  • Parental Decision Making & Agreement on Child Vaccination

Transformative Health Research in Vibrant Communities

Principal Investigator: Kirsten Davison, PhD

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