Academic Publications
Landon, B., & Waechter, R. (2025). Special issue: Decolonizing Caribbean Social Science: A User’s Guide. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 16(0), 1–105. https://www.uwipress.com/cjp-issues/v16-i2/
https://www.uwipress.com/cjp-issues/v16-i2/
Adam, M., LaBeaud, D., Mbewu, N., Gates, J., Waechter, R., Borbor-Cordova, M. J., Kibe, L., Alvarez, S., Dori, A., Bilimale, A. S., Mwoka, M., Deffler, J., Spring, M., Diaz, A. R., Farquhar, R., Dunbar, W., Phiri, C. R., Luzadis, V. A., Redvers, N., . . . Bärnighausen, T. (2025). Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(4), e0004428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004428
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0004428
Omurtag, A., Abdulbaki, S., Thesen, T., Waechter, R., Landon, B., Evans, R., Dlugos, D., Chari, G., LaBeaud, A. D., Hassan, Y. I., Fernandes, M., & Blackmon, K. (2025). Disruption of functional network development in children with prenatal Zika virus exposure revealed by resting-state EEG. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90860-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-90860-0
Waechter, R., Coomansingh, K., Cox Macpherson, C., & Sarma, S. (2024). Ethical Challenges in Global Health Research. In A. Stewart Ibarra & A. D. LaBeaud (Eds.), Transforming Global Health Partnerships: Critical Reflections and Visions of Equity at the Research-Practice Interface. Switzerland: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53793-6
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53793-6
Blackmon, K., Evans, R., Mohammed, L., Burgen, K. S., Ingraham, E., Punch, B., Isaac, R., Murray, T., Noel, J., Belmar-Roberts, C., Waechter, R., & Landon, B. (2024). The Grenada Learning and Memory Scale: Psychometric features and normative data in Caribbean preschool children. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617724000481
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-neuropsychological-society/article/grenada-learning-and-memory-scale-psychometric-features-and-normative-data-in-caribbean-preschool-children/4AC9E1339E38AD22CD62DF744293E7D4
Landon, B., Thomas, E. D., Orlando, L., Evans, R., Murray, T., Mohammed, L., Noel, J., Isaac, R., & Waechter, R. (2023). Spare the rod, spoil the child: Measurement and learning from an intervention to shift corporal punishment attitudes and behaviors in Grenada, West Indies. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1127687
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1127687/full
Fernandes, M., Evans, R., Cheng, M., Landon, B., Noël, T., Macpherson, C. N. L., Cudjoe, N., Burgen, K. S., Waechter, R., LaBeaud, A. D., & Blackmon, K. (2023). Does Intra-Uterine Exposure to the Zika Virus Increase Risks of Cognitive Delay at Preschool Ages? Findings from a Zika-Exposed Cohort from Grenada, West Indies. Viruses, 15(6), 1290. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15061290
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/6/1290
Waechter, R., Gallant, C., De Wilde, K., Arens, G., Brady, T., Custodio, J., Wakita, Y., Landon, B., Boateng, Y., Parthab, N., & Bhagat, A. (2023). Prevention of mental illness within public health: An analysis of progress via systematic literature review and a pathway forward. Preventive medicine reports, 34, 102249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102249
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10238837/
Kiener, M., Cudjoe, N., Evans, R., Mapp-Alexander, V., Tariq, A., Macpherson, C. N. L., Noël, T., Gérardin, P., Waechter, R., & LaBeaud, A. D. (2023). Factors Associated with Chikungunya Infection among Pregnant Women in Grenada, West Indies. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109(1), 123–125. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0157
https://www.ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/109/1/article-p123.xml
Waechter, R., Evans, R., Fernandes, M., Bailey, B. A., Holmes, S., Murray, T., Isaac, R., Punch, B., Cudjoe, N., Orlando, L., & Landon, B. (2022). A community-based responsive caregiving program improves neurodevelopment in two-year old children in a Middle-Income country, Grenada, West Indies. Psychosocial Intervention, 31(2), 97–107. https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2022a6
https://journals.copmadrid.org/pi/art/pi2022a6
Waechter, R., Burgen, K. S., Punch, B., Evans, R., Blackmon, K., Noël, T., Fernandes, M., & Landon, B. (2022). Improving neurodevelopment in Zika-exposed children: A randomized controlled trial. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(3), e0010263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010263
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0010263
Waechter, R., Evans, R., Hanna, S., Murray, T., Mobley, C., Holmes, S., Isaac, R., Wolfe, R., Andrew, E., Landon, B., & Fernandes, M. (2022). Adaptation of the INTERGROWTH-21st neurodevelopment assessment (INTER-NDA) to the context of the English-speaking Caribbean. BMC Pediatrics, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-03039-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-021-03039-7
Blackmon, K., Evans, R., Fernandes, M., Landon, B., Noël, T., Macpherson, C. N. L., Cudjoe, N., Burgen, K. S., Punch, B., Krystosik, A., Grossi-Soyster, E. N., LaBeaud, A. D., & Waechter, R. (2021). Neurodevelopment in normocephalic children with and without prenatal Zika virus exposure. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107(3), 244–250. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-321031
https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/early/2021/09/10/archdischild-2020-321031.full.pdf
Jayatilake, P., Oyegunle, V., Waechter, R., Landon, B., Fernandes, M., Cudjoe, N., Evans, R., Noël, T., Macpherson, C., Donald, T., Baki, S., Mandalaneni, K., Dlugos, D., Chari, G., Patel, A. A., Grossi-Soyster, E. N., LaBeaud, A. D., & Blackmon, K. (2020). Focal epilepsy features in a child with Congenital Zika Syndrome. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100411
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589986420300599
Blackmon, K., Waechter, R., Landon, B., Noël, T., Macpherson, C., Donald, T., Cudjoe, N., Evans, R., Burgen, K., Jayatilake, P., Oyegunle, V., Pedraza, O., Baki, S., Thesen, T., Dlugos, D., Chari, G., Patel, A. A., Grossi-Soyster, E. N., Krystosik, A. R., LaBeaud, A. D. (2020). Epilepsy surveillance in normocephalic children with and without prenatal Zika virus exposure. PLOS NTDs, 14(11). doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008874
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008874
Foeller, M. E., Nosrat, C., Krystosik, A. R., Noël, T., Gérardin, P., Cudjoe, N., Mapp-Alexander, V., Mitchell, G., Macpherson, C., Waechter, R. & LeBeaud, A. (2020). Chikungunya Infection in pregnancy - reassuring maternal and perinatal outcomes: A retrospective observational study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16562
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33040457/
Waechter, R., Ingraham, E., Evans, R., Cudjoe, N., Krystosik, A., Isaac, R., Watts, A., Noël, T., Landon, B., Fernandes, M., Mapp-Alexander, V., Suresh, P., Mitchell, G., Macpherson, C., Gérardin, P., & LaBeaud, D. (2020). Pre and Postnatal exposure to Chikungunya virus does not affect child neurodevelopmental outcomes at two years of age. PLOS NTDs, 14(10). doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008546
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008546
Landon, B. G., Waechter, R., Wolfe, R., & Orlando, L. (2017). Corporal punishment and physical discipline in the Caribbean: Human rights and cultural practices. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 9(1), 7–23.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331207188_Corporal_Punishment_and_Physical_Discipline_in_the_Caribbean_Human_rights_and_cultural_practices?channel=doi&linkId=5c6c160692851c1c9dec4637&showFulltext=true
Reports
Grenada Landscape Assessment 2019 – 2020.
Here is the Grenada Landscape Assessment 2019 – 2020: Grenada-Landscape-Assessment-2019-2020-final.pdf
Early Childhood Development in Grenada: A Neurodevelopmental Snapshot of Children Aged 3-5.
Here is a report on “Early Childhood Development in Grenada: A Neurodevelopmental Snapshot of Children Aged 3-5.” A neurodevelopmental snapshot of Grenadian children ages 3–5, produced by the Saving Brains Grenada Team, CCCN, and UNICEF, to establish baseline data and guide early childhood interventions: Saving-Brains-Grenada-Child-Assessment-NEPSY-Performance-Final-Report-16-Nov-2021.pdf
Enhancing Integrated Early Childhood Development Programmes and Services in Grenada.
Here is a Desk Review on “Enhancing Integrated Early Childhood Development Programmes and Services in Grenada.” A foundational review of Grenada’s early childhood systems to map current services, identify gaps, and guide the country’s integrated ECD strategy: ECD-Desk-Review-Report-Jan-2025.pdf
Grenada Intersectoral Early Childhood Development Strategy 2026-2030.
Here is the “Grenada Intersectoral Early Childhood Development Strategy 2026-2030.” A unified national plan for Early Childhood Development in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique developed by the CCCN, the Government of Grenada, and UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Office: Grenada-Intersectoral-ECD-Strategy-2026-2030.pdf