Dr Kathryn Falb

Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Falb KL, Peterman A, Nordas R, Field A, Porat R, Stark L. Violence against women and girls research: leveraging gains across disciplines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025; 122(4):e2404557122.
  2. Spiller E*, Blackwell A, Ayella C, Falb KL. Displacement and menstrual shame for adolescent girls in South Sudan’s humanitarian crises: A cross‐sectional analysis. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2024. Epub ahead of print.
  3. Meinhart M, Seff I, Falb KL, Deitch J, Roth D, Poulton C, et al. Humanitarian-specific recommendations for gender-transformative parenting programming: lessons from the field to address gender-based violence. EClinicalMedicine. 2024;78:102954.
  4. Falb KL, Blackwell A, Hategekimana JDD, Sifat M, Roth D, O’Connor M. Co-occurring intimate partner violence and child abuse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: the influence of early life experiences of abuse. Violence Against Women. 2024;30(3-4):873-89.
  5. Falb KL, Kullenberg S, T Yuan C, Blackwell A. Five recommendations to advance implementation science for humanitarian settings: the next frontier of humanitarian research. Conflict and Health. 2024;18(1):41.
  6. Balachander M*, Hategekimana JDD, Roth D, Asghar K, Bourey C, Falb KL. Effectiveness of a family violence prevention program on mental health outcomes for adult men and women in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Insights from a pilot trial. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health. 2024;11:e99.
  7. Gurbuz Cuneo A, Vaillant J, Koussoubé E, Pierotti RS, Falb KL, Kabeya R. Prevention, Cessation, or harm reduction: Heterogeneous effects of an intimate partner violence prevention program in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS One. 2023;18(3):e0282339.
  8. Falb KL, Asghar K, Blackwell A, Baseme S, Nyanguba M, Roth D, et al. Improving family functioning and reducing violence in the home in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial of Safe at Home. BMJ Open. 2023;13(3):e065759.
  9. Falb KL, Blackwell A, Hategekimana JDD, Roth D, O’Connor M. Preventing co-occurring intimate partner violence and child abuse in eastern democratic republic of congo: the role of family functioning and programmatic reflections. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2023;38(1-2):183-211.
  10. Blackwell AH,* Hategekimana JDD, Bauma D, Roth D, Thivillier P, O’Connor M, et al. Violent Discipline in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo: the role of child gender and disability status in cross-sectional analysis. Maternal and Child Health. 2023;27(5):861-72.
  11. Blackwell AH,* Asghar K, Hategekimana JDD, Roth D, O’Connor M, Falb KL. Family functioning in humanitarian contexts: correlates of the feminist-grounded family functioning scale among men and women in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2023;32(1):197-210.
  12. Blackwell AH,*Agengo Y, Ozoukou D, Wendt JU, Nigane A, Goana P, et al, Falb KL. Drivers of ‘voluntary’recruitment and challenges for families with adolescents engaged with armed groups: Qualitative insights from Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLOS Global Public Health. 2023;3(5):e0001265.
  13. Blackwell A,* Colleen G*, Scharf J*, Hussein T, Lomena AP, Ayella C, et al., Falb KL. Children’s schooling experiences and child hope in South Sudan. International Journal of Educational Development. 2023;97:102717.
  14. Falb KL, Asghar K, Pardo NM, Hategekimana JDD, Kakay H, Roth D, et al. Developing an inclusive conceptual model for preventing violence in the home in humanitarian settings: Qualitative findings from Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2022;37(3-4):1076-105.
  15. Seff I, Falb KL, Yu G, Landis D, Stark L. Gender-equitable caregiver attitudes and education and safety of adolescent girls in South Kivu, DRC: A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 2021;18(9):e1003619.
  16. Murray SM, Lasater ME, Guimond M-F, Poku O, Musci R, Al-Fataftah M, et al. Falb KL. Measuring sexual violence stigma in humanitarian contexts: assessment of scale psychometric properties and validity with female sexual violence survivors from Somalia and Syria. Conflict and Health. 2021;15(1):96.
  17. Landis D, Falb KL, Nyanguba M, Stark L. The role of gender attitudes in shaping girls’ participation in formal education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A matched of analysis of girls’ and caregivers’ perspectives. Children and Youth Services Review. 2021;126:106025.
  18. Falb KL, Annan J. Pre-positioning an evaluation of cash assistance programming in an acute emergency: strategies and lessons learned from a study in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Conflict and Health. 2021;15:1-6.
  19. Willie TC, Bastida C, Olavarrieta CD, Scolese A, Campos PA, Falb KL, et al. Socioecological determinants of community resource utilisation among low-income women in Mexico City who experienced male-to-female intimate partner violence. Global Public Health. 2020;15(11):1627-38.
  20. Willie T, Olavarrieta CD, Scolese A, Campos P, Falb KL, Gupta J. Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion against a clinic-based sample of low-income women in Mexico City: a latent class analysis. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2020;150(3):412.
  21. Vaillant J, Koussoubé E, Roth D, Pierotti R, Hossain M, Falb KL. Engaging men to transform inequitable gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. BMJ Global Health. 2020;5(5):e002223.
  22. Seff I, Williams A, Hussain F, Landis D, Poulton C, Falb KL, et al. Forced sex and early marriage: Understanding the linkages and norms in a humanitarian setting. Violence Against Women. 2020;26(8):787-802.
  23. Scolese A*, Willie TC, Falb KL, Sipsma H, Campos PA, Olavarrieta CD, et al. Intimate partner violence against low-income women in Mexico City and associations with child school attendance: A latent class analysis using cross-sectional data. Maternal and Child Health. 2020;24:360-8.
  24. Scolese A*, Asghar K, Pla Cordero R, Roth D, Gupta J, Falb KL. Disability status and violence against women in the home in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Public Health. 2020;15(7):985-98.
  25. Falb KL, Blackwell AH, Stennes J, Annan J. Cash assistance programming and changes over time in ability to meet basic needs, food insecurity and depressive symptoms in Raqqa Governorate, Syria: evidence from a mixed methods, pre-posttest. PloS One. 2020;15(5):e0232588.
  26. Donald A, Koolwal G, Annan J, Falb KL, Goldstein M. Measuring women’s agency. Feminist Economics. 2020;26(3):200-26.
  27. Scolese A*, Roth D, OConnor M, De Dieu Hategekimana J, Falb KL. In-law-perpetrated abuse against women in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2020;148(3):405-6.
  28. Noble E,* Ward L, French S, Falb KL. State of the evidence: a systematic review of approaches to reduce gender-based violence and support the empowerment of adolescent girls in humanitarian settings. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2019;20(3):428-34.
  29. Landis D, Yu G, Tanner S, Karungu C, Mallinga P, Falb KL, et al. The school participation effect: investigating violence and formal education among girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 2019.
  30. Falb KL, Laird B, Ratnayake R, Rodrigues K, Annan J. The ethical contours of research in crisis settings: five practical considerations for academic institutional review boards and researchers. Disasters. 2019;43(4):711-26.
  31. Falb KL, Blackwell A, Stennes J, Hussein M, Annan J. Depressive symptoms among women in Raqqa Governorate, Syria: associations with intimate partner violence, food insecurity, and perceived needs. Global Mental Health. 2019;6:e22.
  32. Blackwell A, Casey J, Habeeb R, Annan J, Falb KL. Women’s status and qualitative perceptions of a cash assistance programme in Raqqa governorate, Syria. Gender & Development. 2019;27(2):253-71.
  33. Bermudez LG, Yu G, Lu L, Falb KL, Eoomkham J, Abdella G, et al. HIV risk among displaced adolescent girls in Ethiopia: the role of gender attitudes and self-esteem. Prevention Science. 2019;20:137-46.
  34. Wachter K, Horn R, Friis E, Falb KL, Ward L, Apio C, et al. Drivers of intimate partner violence against women in three refugee camps. Violence Against Women. 2018;24(3):286-306.
  35. Stark L, Seff I, Assezenew A, Eoomkham J, Falb KL, Ssewamala FM. Effects of a social empowerment intervention on economic vulnerability for adolescent refugee girls in Ethiopia. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2018;62(1):S15-S20.
  36. Stark L, Seff I, Asghar K, Roth D, Bakamore T, MacRae M, et al. Falb KL. Building caregivers’ emotional, parental and social support skills to prevent violence against adolescent girls: findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Democratic Republic of Congo. BMJ Global Health. 2018;3(5):e000824.
  37. Stark L, Asghar K, Seff I, Yu G, Gessesse TT, Ward L, et al. Falb KL. Preventing violence against refugee adolescent girls: findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health. 2018;3(5):e000825.
  38. Stark L, Asghar K, Seff I, Cislaghi B, Yu G, Gessesse TT, et al. Falb KL. How gender-and violence-related norms affect self-esteem among adolescent refugee girls living in Ethiopia. Global Mental Health. 2018;5:e2.
  39. Sommer M, Muñoz-Laboy M, Williams A, Mayevskaya Y, Falb KL, Abdella G, et al. How gender norms are reinforced through violence against adolescent girls in two conflict-affected populations. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2018;79:154-63.
  40. Sommer M, Munoz-Laboy M, Wilkinson Salamea E, Arp J, Falb KL, Rudahindwa N, et al. How narratives of fear shape girls’ participation in community life in two conflict-affected populations. Violence Against Women. 2018;24(5):565-85.
  41. Murray S, Augustinavicius J, Kaysen D, Rao D, Murray L, Wachter K, Annan J, Falb KL, et al. The impact of Cognitive Processing Therapy on stigma among survivors of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial. Conflict and Health. 2018;12:1-9.
  42. Landis D, Falb KL, Michelis I, Bakomere T, Stark L. Violence, well-being and level of participation in formal education among adolescent girls in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: the role of child marriage. Studies in Social Justice. 2018;12(2):273-90.
  43. Gupta J, Willie TC, Harris C, Campos PA, Falb KL, Moreno CG, et al. Intimate partner violence against low-income women in Mexico City and associations with work-related disruptions: a latent class analysis using cross-sectional data. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2018;72(7):605-10.
  44. Asghar K, Mayevskaya Y, Sommer M, Razzaque A, Laird B, Khan Y, Qureshi S, Falb KL, et al. Promoting adolescent girls’ well-being in Pakistan: A mixed-methods study of change over time, feasibility, and acceptability, of the COMPASS program. Prevention Science. 2018;19:1030-42.
  45. Stark L, Sommer M, Davis K, Asghar K, Assazenew Baysa A, Abdela G, Tanner S, Falb KL. Disclosure bias for group versus individual reporting of violence amongst conflict-affected adolescent girls in DRC and Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2017;12(4):e0174741.
  46. Stark L, Asghar K, Yu G, Bora C, Baysa AA, Falb KL. Prevalence and associated risk factors of violence against conflict–affected female adolescents: a multi–country, cross–sectional study. Journal of Global Health. 2017;7(1).
  47. Gupta J, Falb KL, Ponta O, Xuan Z, Campos PA, Gomez AA, et al. A nurse-delivered, clinic-based intervention to address intimate partner violence among low-income women in Mexico City: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Medicine. 2017;15:1-12.
  48. Falb KL, Asghar K, Laird B, Tanner S, Graybill E, Mallinga P, et al. Caregiver parenting and gender attitudes: Associations with violence against adolescent girls in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2017;69:278-84.
  49. Campos PA, Falb KL, Hernández S, Díaz-Olavarrieta C, Gupta J. Experiences of street harassment and associations with perceptions of social cohesion among women in Mexico City. Salud Pública De México. 2017;59(1):102-5.
  50. Annan J, Falb KL, Kpebo D, Hossain M, Gupta J. Reducing PTSD symptoms through a gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled pilot study in Côte D’Ivoire. Global Mental Health. 2017;4:e22.
  51. Shuman SJ, Falb KL, Cardoso LF, Cole H, Kpebo D, Gupta J. Perceptions and experiences of intimate partner violence in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. PLoS One. 2016;11(6):e0157348.
  52. Fong S, Gupta J, Kpebo D, Falb KL. Food insecurity associated with intimate partner violence among women in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 2016;134(3):341-2.
  53. Falb KL, Tanner S, Ward L, Erksine D, Noble E, Assazenew A, et al. Creating opportunities through mentorship, parental involvement, and safe spaces (COMPASS) program: multi-country study protocol to protect girls from violence in humanitarian settings. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:1-10.
  54. Falb KL, Tanner S, Asghar K, Souidi S, Mierzwa S, Assazenew A, et al. Implementation of Audio-Computer Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) among adolescent girls in humanitarian settings: feasibility, acceptability, and lessons learned. Conflict and Health. 2016;10:1-8.
  55. Cardoso LF, Gupta J, Shuman S, Cole H, Kpebo D, Falb KL. What factors contribute to intimate partner violence against women in urban, conflict-affected settings? Qualitative findings from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Urban Health. 2016;93:364-78.
  56. Bass J, Murray S, Cole G, Bolton P, Poulton C, Robinette K, Seban J, Falb KL, et al. Economic, social and mental health impacts of an economic intervention for female sexual violence survivors in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Global Mental Health. 2016;3:e19.
  57. Sipsma HL, Falb KL, Willie T, Bradley EH, Bienkowski L, Meerdink N, et al. Violence against Congolese refugee women in Rwanda and mental health: a cross-sectional study using latent class analysis. BMJ Open. 2015;5(4):e006299.
  58. Falb KL, Annan J, Kpebo D, Cole H, Willie T, Xuan Z, et al. Differential impacts of an intimate partner violence prevention program based on child marriage status in rural Côte d’Ivoire. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2015;57(5):553-8.
  59. McCauley HL, Falb KL, Streich-Tilles T, Kpebo D, Gupta J. Mental health impacts of reproductive coercion among women in Côte d’Ivoire. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2014;127(1):55-9.
  60. Falb KL, Annan J, Kpebo D, Gupta J. Reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence among rural women in Côte d’Ivoire: a cross-sectional study. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2014;18(4):61-9.
  61. Gupta J, Falb KL, Carliner H, Hossain M, Kpebo D, Annan J. Associations between exposure to intimate partner violence, armed conflict, and probable PTSD among women in rural Côte d’Ivoire. PLoS One. 2014;9(5):e96300.
  62. Falb KL, McCormick MC, Hemenway D, Anfinson K, Silverman JG. Symptoms associated with pregnancy complications along the Thai-Burma border: the role of conflict violence and intimate partner violence. Maternal and Child Health. 2014;18:29-37.
  63. Falb KL, Diaz–Olavarrieta C, Campos PA, Valades J, Cardenas R, Carino G, et al. Evaluating a health care provider delivered intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and mitigate associated health risks: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Mexico City. BMC Public Health. 2014;14:1-10.
  64. Falb KL, Annan J, King E, Hopkins J, Kpebo D, Gupta J. Gender norms, poverty and armed conflict in Côte D’Ivoire: engaging men in women’s social and economic empowerment programming. Health Education Research. 2014;29(6):1015-27.
  65. Yamin AE, Boulanger VM, Falb KL, Shuma J, Leaning J. Costs of inaction on maternal mortality: qualitative evidence of the impacts of maternal deaths on living children in Tanzania. PloS One. 2013;8(8):e71674.
  66. Reisner SL, Falb KL, Wagenen AV, Grasso C, Bradford J. Sexual orientation disparities in substance misuse: The role of childhood abuse and intimate partner violence among patients in care at an urban community health center. Substance Use and Misuse. 2013;48(3):274-89.
  67. Gupta J, Falb KL, Lehmann H, Kpebo D, Xuan Z, Hossain M, et al. Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2013;13:1-12.
  68. Falb KL, McCormick MC, Hemenway D, Anfinson K, Silverman JG. Suicide ideation and victimization among refugee women along the Thai–Burma border. Journal Of Traumatic Stress. 2013;26(5):631-5.
  69. Falb KL, McCormick MC, Hemenway D, Anfinson K, Silverman JG. Violence against refugee women along the Thai–Burma border. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2013;120(3):279-83.
  70. Falb KL, Annan J, Hossain M, Topolska M, Kpebo D, Gupta J. Recent abuse from in-laws and associations with adverse experiences during the crisis among rural Ivorian women: extended families as part of the ecological model. Global Public Health. 2013;8(7):831-44.
  71. Yamin AE, Falb KL. Counting What We Know; Knowing What to Count–Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Maternal Health, and the Millennium Development Goals. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. 2012;30(3):350-71.
  72. Gupta J, Falb KL, Kpebo D, Annan J. Abuse from in‐laws and associations with attempts to control reproductive decisions among rural women in Côte d’Ivoire: a cross‐sectional study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2012;119(9):1058-66.
  73. Silverman JG, Decker MR, Cheng DM, Wirth K, Saggurti N, McCauley HL, Falb KL, et al. Gender-based disparities in infant and child mortality based on maternal exposure to spousal violence: the heavy burden borne by Indian girls. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2011;165(1):22-7.
  74. Reisner SL, Falb KL, Mimiaga MJ. Early life traumatic stressors and the mediating role of PTSD in incident HIV infection among US men, comparisons by sexual orientation and race/ethnicity: results from the NESARC, 2004–2005. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2011;57(4):340-50.
  75. Falb KL, McCauley HL, Decker MR, Sabarwal S, Gupta J, Silverman JG. Trafficking mechanisms and HIV status among sex-trafficking survivors in Calcutta, India. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2011;113(1):86-7.
  76. Falb KL, McCauley HL, Decker MR, Gupta J, Raj A, Silverman JG. School bullying perpetration and other childhood risk factors as predictors of adult intimate partner violence perpetration. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2011;165(10):890-4.
  77. Bishai D, Falb KL, Hindin MJ, Pariyo G. Bride price and sexual risk taking in Uganda. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2009;13(1):147-58.

Articles, Editorials and Other Publications Not Peer Reviewed

  1. Gupta J, Falb KL. (2017). Global commitment to intimate partner violence prevention is non-negotiable, nor is the commitment to the science behind it. BMJ Global Health. 2:e000305.
  2. Falb KL, Annan J, Gupta J. (2015). Achieving gender equality to reduce intimate partner violence against women. Lancet Global Health. 3(6): e302-3.