Michael J Boivin

Datos Biográficos

ID163204
NOMBREMichael J Boivin
NOMBRESMichael J
APELLIDOBoivin
FIRMABOIVIN M J
AFILIACIONESMichigan State University
ORCID0000-0002-0097-1777
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS32
TOTAL DE CITAS7
TOTAL COMO AUTOR32
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1982
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Micronutrient Powders Combined With Malaria Chemoprevention to Improve Anaemia and Cognitive Function in Early Childhood in Mali

    Open AccessNiélé Hawa Diarra, Yahia Dicko et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    A cluster-randomised controlled trial was conducted in 60 communities in southern Mali to evaluate the impact of micronutrient powders (MNP) combined with seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) on anaemia (primary endpoint), Plasmodium infection, stunting and cognitive function in children < 5 years. The 60 communities were randomly allocated to the intervention or control arm, and cross-sectional biomedical and cognitive surveys were conducted a…

  • Associations between the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Tests of Variables of Attention (Tova) in rural school-aged children in Benin Africa

    Open AccessRoméo Zoumenou, Nathalie Costet et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2025Referencias: 46

    Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) children are at high-risk neurodevelopmentally due to the prevalence of infectious disease, nutritional deficiencies and compromised caregiving. However, few mental health screening measures are readily available for general use. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) has been used as a mental health screening measure in the SSA, but its psychometric properties are not well understood. Five hundred and sixty-si…

  • Neurocognitive Profile and Associated Factors Among Children Affected by Sickle Cell Disease in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Open AccessPatricia Lelo, Faustin Kitetele et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    More than half of the participants were boys, with an average age of 4 years. Remarkably, 95.8% (score T p < 0.005). Conclusion, children with sickle cell disease show below-average cognitive development, with maternal depression being a critical factor. Longitudinal studies are vital to understanding the long-term cognitive effects of sickle cell disease, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where targeted support is urgently needed

  • Caregivers’ Perspective on the Psychological Burden of Living with Children Affected by Sickle Cell Disease in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Open AccessPatricia Lelo, Patricia V M Lelo et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    There is limited information on knowledge, perceptions, and management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa in general and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in particular. This study explored knowledge, perceptions, and burden of 26 parents/caregivers of children with SCD in three selected hospitals in Kinshasa, DRC. We conducted a focus group with in-depth interviews with parents/caregivers of children affected with SCD. Four theme…

  • Housing, Home and Children’s Socio-Emotional Health

    Taiwo Frances Gbadegesin, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEHousing Theory and Society2022Citada por: 1Referencias: 7

    The literature linking home and housing with the socio-emotional health of children focuses primarily on the physical attributes of housing. We conducted a pilot study to measure physical and socio-emotional attributes of housing for a sample of 69 children from a low-resource setting in South Africa. We used the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). We analyse…

  • The Impact of Maternal Depression and Parent–Child Interactions on Risk of Parasitic Infections in Early Childhood

    Open AccessAmanda Garrison, Joanna Maselko et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2021

    Maternal depressive symptoms are associated with poor parent-child interactions, particularly acceptance of behavior, involvement with children, and variety of interactions, but these exposures do not independently impact risk of parasitic infection in children

  • Longitudinal Dyadic Interdependence in Depression Symptoms of Caregivers Living with HIV in Uganda and Their Dependent Children’s Neurodevelopment and Executive Behavior Outcomes

    Open AccessItziar Familiar, Atreyee Majumder et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Association between caregiver depression symptoms and child executive functioning. Results from an observational study carried out in four sub-Saharan countries

    Itziar Familiar, Miriam Chernoff et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    Depressive symptoms among HIV-positive (HIV+) women may negatively impact their health and possibly that of their young children through risk of compromised caregiving. We evaluated how depression symptoms in predominantly (97%) female caregivers relate to neurodevelopmental outcomes in their HIV affected children. Data come from the IMPAACT P1104s Study, an observational cohort across six sites in four countries: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda a…

  • Toxic Stress and Quality of Life in Early School‐Aged Ugandan Children With and Without Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Open AccessAmara E Ezeamama, Sarah K Zalwango et al.ARTICLENew Directions for Child and…2020

    Caregiver's and child's self-reported quality of life (QOL) was defined using standardized questionnaires in a sample (N = 277) of 6-10 years old HIV-infected, HIV-exposed uninfected, and HIV-unexposed uninfected children from Uganda. Psychosocial stress (acute stress and cumulative lifetime adversity) and physiologic stress (dysregulations across 13 biomarkers), perinatal HIV status, and their interaction were related to child QOL via general li…

  • Psychosocial Adjustment in Ugandan Children

    Open AccessRobert Tuke, Alla Sikorskii et al.ARTICLENew Directions for Child and…2020

    Cumulative lifetime adversity and social support were investigated as determinants of psychosocial adjustment (esteem, distress, hopefulness, positive outlook/future aspirations, and sense of purpose) over 12 months in 6-10-years-old HIV-infected, HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed uninfected children from Uganda. Each determinant and psychosocial adjustment indicator was self-reported using standardized questionnaires administered at basel…

  • Measurement of Parenting Self-efficacy Among Female HIV-Affected Caregivers in Uganda

    Open AccessJura L Augustinavicius, Sarah M Murray et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2020

  • Depression Symptom Trajectories Among Mothers Living with HIV in Rural Uganda

    Open AccessItziar Familiar, Alla Sikorskii et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019

  • Parenting self‐efficacy in the context of poverty and HIV in Eastern Uganda

    Open AccessJura L Augustinavicius, Itziar Familiar‐Lopez et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2019Referencias: 32

    We sought to understand social representations of effective parenting and parenting self‐efficacy among female HIV‐affected caregivers in rural Eastern Uganda. We conducted in‐depth interviews ( n = 21) to describe parenting experiences and caregivers’ perceptions of their own parenting abilities and to create vignettes for use in directed focus groups. We carried out open focus groups ( n = 2) to gain social perspectives on parenting, and direct…

  • Association between coping strategies, social support, and depression and anxiety symptoms among rural Ugandan women living with HIV/Aids

    Victoria Seffren, Itziar Familiar et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Poor mental health detrimentally affects quality of life among women living with HIV/AIDS. An improved understanding of how coping and social support relate to depression and anxiety in this population can facilitate the design and implementation of appropriate mental health treatment and support services. Secondary analysis was conducted on baseline data from 288 HIV-positive women enrolled in a parenting intervention in Uganda. Depression and a…

  • Implications of Combined Exposure to Household Air Pollution and HIV on Neurocognition in Children

    Open AccessMegan Suter, Catherine J Karr et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    Air pollution exposure and HIV infection can each cause neurocognitive insult in children. The purpose of this study was to test whether children with combined high air pollution exposure and perinatal HIV infection have even greater risk of neurocognitive impairment. This was a cross-sectional study of HIV-uninfected unexposed (HUU) and HIV-infected children and their caregivers in Nairobi, Kenya. We used a detailed neuropsychological battery to…

  • Caregiver mental health and HIV-infected child wellness

    Sarah M Murray, Itziar Familiar et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

    Prior studies indicate a substantial link between maternal depression and early child health but give limited consideration to the direction of this relationship or the context in which it occurs. We sought to create a contextually informed conceptual framework of this relationship through semi-structured interviews with women that had lived experience of caring for an HIV-infected child while coping with depression and anxiety symptoms. Caregive…

  • Association of caregiver quality of care with neurocognitive outcomes in HIV-affected children aged 2–5 years in Uganda

    Open AccessJeffrey Ba, Judith K Bass et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Children affected by HIV are at increased risk of developmental and neuropsychological disturbances due to direct effects of HIV on the brain and direct effects associated with living in poverty. Caregivers can play an important role, through quality caregiving, in mitigating the negative effect of these stressors. This study used baseline data from an ongoing caregiver training intervention trial to evaluate the association between quality of ca…

  • Socio-demographic correlates of depression and anxiety among female caregivers living with HIV in rural Uganda

    Itziar Familiar, Sarah M Murray et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Women living with HIV are at increased risk for psychosocial distress, especially among social and economically disadvantaged women living in rural areas. Little is known about how social support and wealth impacts the mental health of women caring for young children in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this paper was to assess demographic, socio-economic, and social support correlates of depression and anxiety in HIV-infected+ fem…

  • Immunological correlates of behavioral problems in school-aged children living with HIV in Kayunga, Uganda

    Open AccessHoracio Ruiseñor-Escudero, Itziar Familiar et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2015

    Poorer behavioral outcomes were associated with higher viral loads while higher CD8 activation was associated with poorer emotional and behavioral outcomes. Complete immunological assessments for children living with HIV could include commonly used viral and immunological parameters to identify those at higher risk of having negative behavior outcomes and who would benefit the most from behavioral interventions

  • Designing and evaluating Brain Powered Games for cognitive training and rehabilitation in at-risk African children

    Open AccessBruno Giordani, Bryan Novak et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2015

    Results provide preliminary support for the acceptability, feasibility, and neurocognitive benefit of BPG and its utility as a model platform for computerized cognitive training in cross-cultural low-resource settings

  • Executive function and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Ugandan children with perinatal HIV exposure

    Open AccessMatthew D Burkey, Sarah M Murray et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2015

    Our results demonstrate structural validity of the ADHD measure with this population, strong associations between ADHD symptom severity and poorer executive function, and higher levels of executive function problems in perinatally HIV-exposed Ugandan children with ADHD. These findings suggest that ADHD may be an important neurocognitive disorder associated with executive function problems among children in sub-Saharan African settings where perin…

  • The Emotional Journey of Women Experiencing a Breast Abnormality

    Open AccessAdrian J Blow, Paul Swiecicki et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2011Citada por: 6Referencias: 28

    Using grounded theory, a multidisciplinary study team compared the narratives of 30 women who had recently experienced a breast cancer scare. Even though 10 women received a benign diagnosis, all women reported a difficult time prediagnosis, characterized by an array of emotions and contemplation of the meaning of life. Diagnosis separated the two groups with emotional relief dominant for the benign group and intensification of emotions for the c…

  • Cyberporn Use in the Context of Religiosity

    Open AccessJesse W Abell, Timothy A Steenbergh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology and Theology2006

    Past studies have demonstrated an inverse relationship between religiosity and addictive behaviors, such as gambling, smoking, alcoholism, and substance use. This association suggests that religiosity may act as a buffer against such behaviors. In recent literature, Internet-based pornography involvement has been identified as an addictive behavior, and popular Christian writing has suggested that it is affecting the Church. In this study, the re…

  • Feeling Humans and Social Animals

    Open AccessMichael J BoivinARTICLEJournal of Psychology and Theology2001

    In an overview of God and evolutionary theory in recent thought, Barbour (2000) categorizes various proponents as representing either a conflict, independence, dialogue, or integration approach. Using an evolutionary psychological (EP) model of the social function of human emotions, these approaches are considered in terms of how one could include EP within a theological ontology. The partnership of EP with dramatic scientific advances in cogniti…

  • An ecological paradigm for a health behavior analysis of "Konzo", a paralytic disease of Zaire from toxic cassava

    Open AccessMichael J BoivinARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1997Referencias: 7