Frances E. Aboud

Professor Emerita


Stewart Biological Sciences Bldg.
Room W8/28, 514-398-6099
frances.aboud at mcgill.ca

Research Areas

Developmental, Social-Personality, Health

Research Summary

Prof. Aboud conducts research on the development of racial prejudice in children.  She also studies children's friendships and publishes in the area of international health psychology.

Selected References

Aboud, F.E., Huq, N.L., Larson, C.P., & Ottisova, L. (2010).  An assessment of community readiness for HIV/AIDS preventive interventions in rural Bangladesh. Social Science and Medicine, 70, 360-367. 

Kramer, M.S., Mattush, L., Bogdanovich, N., Aboud, F. Mazer, B., Fombonne, E. et al. (2009).  Health and development outcomes in 6.5-y-old children brestfed exclusively for 3 or 6 mo. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 90, 1070-1074. 

Aboud, F.E., Shafique, S, & Akhter S (2009). A responsive feeding intervention increases children's self-feeding and maternal responsiveness but not weight gain. Journal of Nutrition, 139, 1-6. 

Opel, A, Ameer S, & Aboud, F.E. (2009).  The effect of preschool dialogic reading on vocabulary among rural Bangladeshi children.  International J of Educational Research, 48, 12-20.

Aboud, F.E., Moore AC, & Akhter S (2008).  Effectiveness of a community-based responsive feeding program in rural Bangladesh: A cluster randomized field trial. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 4, 275-286.

Aboud, F.E., Hossain, K., O'Gara, C. (2008). The Succeed project: Challenging early school failure in Bangladesh.  Research in Comparative & International Education, 3, 294-305.

Kramer, M. S., Aboud, F.E., Mironova, E., Vanilovich I, Platt, R.W., Matush L. et al. (2008).  Breastfeeding and child cognitive development: New evidence from a large randomized trial.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 578-584.

Moore, A.C., Akhter, S., & Aboud, F.E. (2008).  Evaluating an improved quality preschool program in rural Bangladesh.  International Journal of Educational Development, 28, 128-131.


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