Publications
Andrina, M., Nazif-Muñoz, J. I., Smith, R., Shirley, A., Sudrajat, T., Utami, A. Y., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2024). Parental education and attitudes towards institutionalization of children in West Java, Indonesia (external link) . Child Protection and Practice, 3, 100072. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2024.100072
Merry, L., Trintignac, M., Hanley, J., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Archambault, I. (2024). La méthode transnationale : réflexions tirées d’une étude sur le soutien familial transnational utilisant les technologies de la communication. Revue francophone internationale de recherche infirmière.
Gentz, S., Ruíz Casares, M., & Casas, F. (2024). The self-reported well-being of children in Namibia: Testing hedonic and eudaimonic instruments. Journal of Psychology in Africa (external link) , 34(3), 274–284. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2024.2363696
Sultana T, Ruiz-Casares M, Iwo R, Janus M, Nazif-Muñoz JI. Maternal Education and Children Home Alone in 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries (external link) . Global Pediatric Health. 2024;11. doi:10.1177/2333794X241258179
Musiwa, A.S., Sinha,V., Hanley, J., & Ruiz-Casares, (2024). M. Antenatal care coverage and early childhood mortality in Zimbabwe: New interpretations from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Health Promotion International.
Musiwa, A. S., Sinha, V., Hanley, J., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Skovdal, M. (2024). “All These Methods Complement Each Other”: Antenatal Care Acceptability in Contexts of Antenatal Care Pluralism in Rural Manicaland, Zimbabwe (external link) . Women’s Reproductive Health, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2024.2345092
Friedrich Schutz, F., Miconi, D., Bedin, L.M., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2024). Contribution of Relationships with Friends and Teachers and Experiences of School Violence to the Subjective Well-Being of Immigrant Children (external link) . J Happiness Stud 25, 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00733-y
Ruiz-Casares, M., Phommavong, S., Park, S., & Douangphachanh, M. (2024). ‘Supervising children to be good people’: Parents and children's views of child supervision in Laos (external link) . Child & Family Social Work, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13140
Ruiz-Casares M, Sullivan R, Gonzalez E, Li P, Lacharité C. (2023). Cross-Cultural Mobility and Agency in Assessing the Appropriateness of Child Supervision in the Context of Cultural Diversity and Migration in Quebec (external link) . Social Sciences,12(9):515. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12090515
Iwo, R., Ruiz-Casares, M. & Nazif-Muñoz, J.I. (2023). The Increasing Prevalence of Children Home Alone in Ghana: The Importance of Considering Regional Inequalities (external link) . Child Ind Res 16, 2013–2032. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-023-10038-w
Talbot, K., Talavera, P., Schutz, F., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2023). Pre-/Post-Assessment of a sexual and reproductive health training program for young people in Namibia (external link) . Global Journal of Health Science, 15 (1): 47-57. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v15n1p47.
Yamaguchi, S., Bentayeb, N., Holtom, A., Molnar, P., Constantinescu, T., Tisdall, E.K.M., Tuong, J., Iyer, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2023). Participation of Children and Youth in Mental Health Policymaking: A Scoping Review [Part I] (external link) . Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 50(1):58-83. doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01223-0.
Yamaguchi, S., Tuong, J., Tisdall, E.K.M., Bentayeb, N., Holtom, Iyer, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2023). “Youth as ‘accessories’”: Stakeholder perspectives on youth participation in mental health policymaking [Part II] (external link) Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 50(1):84-99.doi: 10.1007/s10488-022-01230-1.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2022). Photo journals with refugee youth: Methodological reflections of conducting research during the pandemic. Special Issue L. Gautier & N. Bentayeb (Guest Eds.), “Expérience des réfugiés, demandeurs d’asile et migrants sans statut et offre de services de santé et sociaux pendant la pandémie au Québec”. Alterstice, 11(2), 79-96.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Thombs, B.D., Mayo, N, Scott, S, Andrina, M, Platt, R.W. (2022). The Families First Program to Prevent Child Abuse: Results of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in West Java, Indonesia (external link) . Prev Sci. 23, 1457–1469 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01433-w
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2022). “I wish every day was Saturday”: Newcomer youth and program facilitators’ experiences of a community-based resettlement program during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal (external link) . International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2022.2061074
Gentz, S., Chouinard, L.J., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2022). Time use and time use satisfaction: An examination of children’s out of school activities in Namibia (external link) . Special Issue “Searching for the Everyday in African Childhoods”, Journal of the British Academy, pp. 59-82. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/010s2.059
Rousseau, C., Rummens, J.A., Frounfelker, R.L. Ruiz-Casares, M., & Cleveland (2021). Canadian Health Personnel Attitudes Toward Refugee Claimants’ Entitlement to Health Care (external link) . Int. Migration & Integration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00892-4
Gonzalez, E., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). Negotiating child agency in childcare practices among immigrant families (external link) . Child & Family Social Work, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12869
Gentz S, Zeng C, & Ruiz-Casares M. (2021). The role of individual-, family-, and school-level resilience in the subjective well-being of children exposed to violence in Namibia (external link) . Child Abuse Negl. 119(Pt 2):105087. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105087. Epub 2021 May 13. PMID: 33992423.
Bérubé, A., Clément, M. È., Lafantaisie, V., LeBlanc, A., Baron, M., Picher, G., Turgeon, J., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Lacharité, C. (2021). How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect (external link) . Child abuse & neglect, 116(Pt 2), 104761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104761
Grégoire-Labrecque, G., Lafantaisie, V., Trocmé, N., Lacharité, C., Li, P., Audet, G., Sullivan, R., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). ‘Are We Talking as Professionals or as Parents?’ Complementary views on supervisory neglect among professionals working with families in Quebec, Canada (external link) . Children and Youth Services Review, 118, 105407. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105407
Ruiz-Casares, M., Lacharité, C., & Martin, F. (2020). Child Neglect Indicators: a Field in Critical Need of Development Globally (external link) . Child Indicators Research, 13(2), 363-367. doi:10.1007/s12187-019-09712-9
Klassen, C. L., Gonzalez, E., Sullivan, R., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). ‘I’m just asking you to keep an ear out’: parents’ and children’s perspectives on caregiving and community support in the context of migration to Canada (external link) . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-19. doi:10.1080/1369183X.2019.1707647
Collins, T, Jamieson, L., Wright, L.H.V., Rizzini, I., Mayhew, A., Tisdall, A.K.M. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). Involving child and youth advisors in academic research about child participation: The Child and Youth Advisory Committees of the International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (external link) . Children and Youth Services Review, 109, 104569. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104569
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Gonzalez, E. (2020). La Participación infantil en la investigación sobre la protección de la niñez: El papel de los comités asesores de niños, niñas y jóvenes. O Social em Questão - Ano XXIII - nº 46 - Jan a Abr/2020
Merry, L., Hanley, J., Ruiz-Casares, M., Archambault, I., Mogere, D. (2019). Migrant families with children in Montreal, Canada and transnational family support: A protocol for a focused ethnography (external link) . BMJ Open, 2019 Sep 26;9(9):e029074. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029074.
Cislaghi, B., Bukuluki, P., Chowdhury, M., Miranda Espinosa, A., Kenny, L., Kohl, A., Kusumaningrum, S., Harouna Brah, B., Love, C., Mathpati, M., Nkwi, P., Ona, F., Porter, J., Ruiz-Casares, M., Saldanha, N., Sulaiman, M., and Wessels, M. (2019). Global Health Is Political; Can It Also Be Compassionate? (external link) Journal of global health, 9(2), 020306. doi:10.7189/jogh.09.020306
Moon, J., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2019). Family’s Migration Experience and Distress Among Asian-Canadian Immigrant Youth (external link) . Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 50(1), 7-32. doi:10.3138/jcfs.009-2017
Ruiz-Casares, M., Lilley, S., Thombs, B., Platt, R.W., Scott, S., Isdijoso, W., Hermanus, E., Andrina, M., & Mayo, N. (2019). Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a parenting with home visitation programme to prevent physical and emotional abuse of children in Indonesia: The Families First Programme (external link) . BMJ Open, 9(1), e021751. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021751
Nazif-Muñoz, J I, Nandi, A. and Ruiz-Casares, M. 2018. “Dataset and figures on time-series analysis of child restraint policy impact in Chile.” (external link) Data in Brief, 21, 2290-2315 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.079
Ruiz-Casares, M., Nazif-Muñoz, J.I., Iwo, R., & Oulhote, Y. (2018). Nonadult Supervision of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results from 61 National Population-Based Surveys. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 1564.
Nazif-Muñoz, J.I., Nandi, A.,& Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018). Protecting only white children: the case of child restraint legislation in Brazil (external link) . Journal of Public Health, 41(2), 287–295. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdy105
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Nazif-Muñoz, J. I. (2018). Non-adult child supervision practices in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Child Abuse & Neglect 84, 217-228.
Nazif-Muñoz, J.I., Nandi, A., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018). Impact of Child Restraint Policies on Child Occupant Fatalities and Injuries in Chile and its Regions: A Time–Series Study. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 120, 28-45.
Miconi, D, Beeman, I, Robert, E., Beatson, J., and Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018). Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review (external link) . Children and Youth Services Review, 89, 226-242. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.040
Robert, E., Merry, L., Benoît, M., Guimaraes, D. B., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018). Rien ne doit se faire pour eux sans eux : renforcer la participation des demandeurs d'asile, réfugiés et migrants sans statut et des organismes communautaires dans la recherche en santé (external link) . Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 109(3), 312-315. doi:10.17269/s41997-018-0042-9
Gentz, S., Calonge Romano. I., Martínez Arias, R., and Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018) Mental Health Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Namibia: the Role of Poverty, Orphanhood and Social Support (external link) . AIDS Care, 30(sup2), 83-91. doi:10.1080/09540121.2018.1469727
Gentz, S., Calonge Romano, I., Martínez-Arias, R., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2017). Predictors of Mental Health Problems in Adolescents Living with HIV in Namibia (external link) . Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 22(4), 179-185. doi:10.1111/camh.12247.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Steele, R., Bangura, R., and Oyat, G. (2017) Preventing Parent-Child Separation: Myths and Facts from a KAP Survey in Central and Western Liberia (external link) . Global Social Welfare, 4(4), 219-231.doi:10.1007/s40609-017-0090-8
Rousseau C, Oulhote Y, Ruiz-Casares M, Cleveland J, Greenaway C (2017) Encouraging understanding or increasing prejudices: A cross-sectional survey of institutional influence on health personnel attitudes about refugee claimants' access to health care (external link) . PLoS ONE 12(2): e0170910. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170910
Ruiz-Casares, M., Collins, T. M., Tisdall, E. K. M., & Grover, S. (2017). Children’s rights to participation and protection in international development and humanitarian interventions: nurturing a dialogue (external link) . The International Journal of Human Rights, 21(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13642987.2016.1262520
Ruiz-Casares, M., Drummond, J.D., Beeman, I., & Lach, L. (2016). Promoting the mental health of ethnoculturally diverse adolescents: A scoping review of the literature (external link) . Health & Social Care in the Community, 2017 Mar;25(2):743-757. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12364. Epub 2016 Jun 10.†
Ruiz-Casares, M., Cleveland, J., Oulhote, Y., Dunkley-Hickin, C., and Rousseau, C. (2016). Knowledge of Healthcare Coverage for Refugee Claimants: Results From a Survey of Health Service Providers in Montreal (external link) . PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146798. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146798.
Ruiz-Casares, M., & Phommavong, S. (2016). Determinants and Consequences of Children Living Outside of Parental Care in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Views and Experiences of Adults and Young People in Family and Residential Care (external link) . Global Social Welfare, 3(2), 125-135. doi: 10.1007/s40609-016-0053-5.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2016). Growing healthy children and communities: Children’s insights in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (external link) . Global Public Health, 11(5-6), 564-582. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2016.1166256.
Benrimoh, D., Warsi, N., Hodgson, E., Demko, N., Chen, B.Y., Habte, R., Dandurand-Bolduc, C., Silverberg, S., Xia, S., Chu, L., Ruel-Laliberté, J., Harris, J., Pon, K., Singh, M., Agarwal, A., Kim, L., Whalen-Browne, M., Ali, E., Sahar, N., Wellmeier, L., Smith, L., Arora, N., Houde, R., Devlin, G., Zigby, J-A., Andermann, A., Rousseau, C., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2016). An Advocacy and Leadership Curriculum to Train Socially Responsible Medical Learners (external link) . AMEE MedEdPublish, 5, [2], 34. DOI: 10.15694/mep.2016.000062 †
Ruiz-Casares, M., Kolyn, L., Sullivan, R., & Rousseau, C. (2015). Parenting Adolescents from Ethno-Cultural Backgrounds: A National Scan of Community-Based Programs (external link) . Child and Youth Services Review, 53, 10 – 16. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.03.021
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Thompson, J. (2014). Obtaining Meaningful Informed Consent: Preliminary Results of a Study to Develop Visual Informed Consent (VIC) Forms With Children (external link) . Children’s Geographies, 1 – 11. DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2014.971713
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2014). Children’s Rights: Building From a Sense of Fairness. An Interview with Landon Pearson. Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights, 1(1), 6 – 17.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2014). Tailor Informed Consent Processes. Nature, 513, 304.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2014). Global Mental Health: Advancing Culturally Responsive Mental Health Research. Transcultural Psychiatry, 51(6), 1 – 16.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Lacharité, C., & Martin, F. (2020). Special Issue: Child Neglect. Child Indicators Research, 13(2), 363-571.
Collins, T. M., Grover, S., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Tisdall, E. K. M. (2017). Special Issue: Facilitating Child Participation in International Child Protection. International Journal of Human Rights, 21(1).
Musiwa, A. S.& Ruiz-Casares, M. (2024) Child Neglect and Inadequate Supervision in Policies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Routledge Handbook of Child and Family Social Work Research: Knowledge-Building, Application, and Impact. Elizabeth Fernandez, Bethany Lee, Penelope Welbourne and Joyce Ma (Eds.).
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2024). Children without parental care in armed conflict settings: the right to family life and alternative care arrangements. In Denov, M. & Fennig, M. (Eds), Research Handbook of Children and Conflict, p. 232-252. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 83910 480 0
Lacharité, C., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Martin, F. (2022). Indicateurs de qualité de l’accompagnement des familles dans les situations de négligence envers l’enfant. In Séraphin, G. (Ed), Qualité de l’accompagnement en protection de l’enfance : Établir des indicateurs, p. 101-118. Paris : L’Harmattan. ISBN : 978-2-14-030096-7
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). The Participatory Photography Assessment Tool (P-PAT). In Jamieson, L., Feinstein, C., Kapell, A., & Dulieu, N. (2021). Working together: Including children in research on violence against children. A resource pack for research practitioners. Edinburgh: End Violence Partnership Knowledge Network, End Violence Lab and Save the Children. p 97-98.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). Child-Headed Households. SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies, 1, 296-298. Daniel Thomas Cook (Ed.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications. ISBN: 9781473942929
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Oates, J. (2018). Informed Consent. The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Marc H. Bornstein (Ed.) ISBN: 9781506307657.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Gentz, S., & Beatson, J. (2018). Children as Providers and Recipients of Support: Redefining Parenting Among Child-Headed Households in Namibia. In Maria Rosario T. de Guzman, Jill Brown, Carolyn Pope Edwards (Eds.) “Parenting From Afar: The Reconfiguration of the Family Across Distance.” Oxford University Press.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018). Children On The Move: Facilitating and Valuing Children’s Contributions through Research. In CRAN 9th Annual Meeting [Report]. Ottawa, ON: Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights, Carleton University.
Gentz, S. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2016). Gender and HIV in Namibia. The Contribution of Social and Economic Factors in Women’s HIV Prevalence (pp. 247 – 256). In James S. Etim (Ed.) Introduction to Gender Studies in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Reader. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2015). Standing up for Children’s Right to Play: Reflections on Shaking the Movers VII and Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In CRAN 6th Annual Meeting [Report]. Ottawa, ON: Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2014). Young People’s Views on Mental Health and Access to Healthcare: Reflections on Shaking the Movers VI and Articles 23 and 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Standing Up for Children’s Mental Health. In CRAN 5th Annual Meeting [Report]. Ottawa, ON: Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights, Carleton University.
Oral presentations
Ruiz-Casares, M. Mansouri, S., Feng, R.Y., Zamani, N., Iwo, R., Janus, M., Twum-Danso Imoh, A., & Nazif-Muñoz, J.I. Children as Caregivers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Children’s Lives: International Conference on Children and Their Families Using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). University of Bristol, Bristol, 2-3 September, 2024.
Iwo, R., Nazif-Muñoz, J.I., Janus, M, Zamani, N., & Ruiz-Casares, M. A case for harmonizing parental education attainment variables in Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). Children’s Lives: International Conference on Children and Their Families Using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). University of Bristol, Bristol, 2-3 September, 2024.
Tisdall, K., Cuevas-Parra, P., Kustatscher, M., Lafantaisie, V., McMellon, C., Robinson, C., Ruiz-Casares, M., Di Santo, A., D'souza, N., & Wright, L. Ethical Tensions When Undertaking Co-produced Research With Children: Questions Of Intergenerational, Epistemic Justice?. European Sociology Association, Porto, Portugal, 26-29 August, 2024.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Keagan, T., Zamani, N., Mohammed, A-R., Douangphachanh, M., Vongphachanh, S., & Twum-Danso Imoh, A. Developing Visual Informed Consent (VIC) Forms to Enhance Children's Understanding and Engagement in Research. 9th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Bhubaneswar, India, 14-16 February 2024.
Tisdall, K.E., D’souza, N., Battaglia, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Reciprocity in Co-Production: dilemmas in cross-national research with children and young people. 9th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Bhubaneswar, India, 14-16 February 2024.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Ying Feng, R., Zamani, N., Iwo, R., Janus, M., Twum-Danso Imoh, A., & Nazif-Muñoz, J.I. Children as Caregivers: Measuring Child-to-Child Care in the Majority World. 9th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Bhubaneswar, India, 14-16 February 2024.
Iwo, R., Ruiz-Casares, M., Twum-Danso Imoh, A., Mohammed, A., & Nazif-Muñoz, J.I. Exploring Factors and Regional Disparities in Unsupervised Children at Home: A Study in Ghana. 9th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Bhubaneswar, India, 14-16 February 2024.
Nazif-Muñoz, J.I., Mansouri, S., Correa Pereira, C., Sultana, T., & Janus, M., Twum-Danso Imoh, A., & Ruiz-Casares, M. The importance of selecting the right policies and countries to understand variations in child supervision practices. 9th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Bhubaneswar, India, 14-16 February 2024.
Papazian-Zohrabian, G., Borri-Anadon, C., Lafortune, G., Charrette, J., & Ruiz- Casares, M. (2023). Post-migration educational trajectories of refugee and asylum seeking youth in Quebec: the results of a mixt study conducted in partnership with 4 school boards. Congrès Metropolis, Calgary, AB, 2 November 2023
Papazian-Zohrabian, G., Borri-Anadon, C., Lafortune, G., Charrette, J., & Ruiz- Casares, M. (2023). Éléments systémiques favorisant ou non le parcours post-migratoire des élèves réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile : résultats préliminaires d’une recherche mixte. Journée d’étude de l’ERIFARDA; Parcours post-migratoires d’immigrants, réfugiés, demandeurs d’asile et mineurs non accompagnés : Regards croisés entre pays et disciplines et implications pour les pratiques. Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, 26 October 2023.
Corrêa Matias Pereira, C.C., Sultana, T., Mansouri, S., Nazif-Munoz, J-I, & Ruiz-Casares, M. Labor market policies: the effect on children home alone in low and middle-income countries. ICPP6 – International Conference on Public Policy, International Public Policy Association, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, 27-29 June 2023.
Musiwa, A., Mansouri, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Definitions, regulation, and prevalence of inadequate supervision in 46 low- and middle-income countries: A policy review. ICPP6 – International Conference on Public Policy, International Public Policy Association, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, 27-29 June 2023.
Bentayeb, N., Patrice, J-S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Entre scientificité et utilité pour les milieux : trouver l’équilibre dans un contexte de crise sanitaire. Canadian Evaluation Society Conference, Quebec, Canada, June 18-22, 2023.
Yamaguchi, S., Iyer, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Towards more inclusive youth participation in mental health policymaking: Scoping review and global stakeholder consultations. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research, Montreal, QC, May 29-31, 2023.
Demmers, T., Gautier, L., Batal, M., Dépatie-Pelletier, E., Cooper, E., Kakinami, L., Paquet, M., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Blanchet, R. #WeFeedYou, et pourtant… : quels sont les facteurs sous-jacents qui façonnent l’alimentation des travailleuses.rs migrant.e.s temporaires dans le système agroalimentaire québécois? ACFAS – 90e congrès, Montreal, Quebec, May 8-12, 2023.
Yamaguchi, S, Iyer, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Youth participation in mental health policymaking: Scoping review and global stakeholder consultations. 6th International Conference on Youth Mental Health (IAYMH). REIMAGINING Youth Mental Health. Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 September - 1 October, 2022.
Ozan, J., Richards-Schuster, K., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Engaging Young People in Evaluation: Critical Exploration of Roles and Outcomes. European Evaluation Society (EES) 14th Biennial Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8-10 June 2022.
Schutz, F., Obeegadoo,I., Gentz, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Time use among children home alone in Khomas region, Namibia, 8th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Gramado, RS, Brazil, 26-28 May 2022.
Schutz, F., Miconi, D., & Ruiz-Casares, M. School relationships: Contribution to the subjective well-being of migrant children, 8th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), Gramado, RS, Brazil, 26-28 May 2022.
Papazian-Zohrabian, G., Borri-Anadon, C., Lafortune, G., Charrette, J., & Ruiz- Casares, M. (2022). Diversités des parcours scolaires des élèves réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile arrivés au Québec entre 2015 et 2018 : cheminement d’inclusion et d’exclusion. Colloque sur l’Inclusion du CRIFPE, 5 May 2022
Schutz, F., Obeegadoo,I., Gentz, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Children’s Views of Family Care and Violence While Home Alone in Namibia, ISPCAN Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Quebec, Canada, 26 – 30 March 2022.
Grégoire-Labrecque, G., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Lacharité, C. Combatting discrimination in supervisory neglect: A study of the perspectives of family-serving professionals in Quebec, ISPCAN Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Quebec, Canada, 26 – 30 March 2022.
Bentayeb, N. & Ruiz-Casares, M. Innovative Practices in Service Provision Through Interpreters During COVID-19: A Survey of Social and Health Service Providers in Quebec, ISPCAN Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Quebec, Canada, 26 – 30 March 2022.
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Musiwa, A. Child Neglect and Lack of Supervision: A Policy Scan in 44 Low- and Middle-Income Countries, ISPCAN Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Quebec, Canada, 26 – 30 March 2022.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Bentayeb, N., Yamaguchi, S., & Tuong, J. Child & Youth Participation in Mental Health Policymaking: Lessons for Evaluators. American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, 8-12 November 2021.
Ruiz-Casares, M. Youth Participation in Evaluation Design, Implementation, & Use. Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, 10-14 May 2021.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). Migrant youth wellbeing and resettlement: An emerging online evaluation of a community-based program for newcomer youth in Montreal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, 10-14 May 2021.
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Shirley, A. (2021). Maximizing Utility in Impact Evaluations: The Case of the Families First Program Evaluation in Indonesia. Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, 10-14 May 2021.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. La contribution des programmes d’accueil communautaire au bien-être psychosocial des jeunes réfugiés à Montréal. ACFAS – 88e congrès. 3-7 May, 2021.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. Agency and protection: Latin-American and Afro-Caribbean migrant families’ views on childcare practices in Montreal. RELAM, 12 March 2021.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. Photo journals with newcomer youth: Reflections on doing research with young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Impacts de la COVID-19 sur la recherche et/ou les études en santé mondiale, et sur les étudiants internationaux / COVID-19: impacts on research and studying in global health, and on international students. A virtual colloquium organized by the QPHRN Global Health Axis and GHR-CAPS program and the Réseau intersectoriel de recherche en santé de l'Université du Québec (RISUQ). 3 December, 2020.
Grégoire-Labrecque, G., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Lacharité, C. « Est-ce qu’on parle en tant que professionnels ou parents ? » Points de vue complémentaires sur la négligence en matière de supervision chez les professionnels travaillant avec des enfants et des familles d’origines culturelles diverses au Québec. Journée de la recherche : l’intervenant et son environnement de travail : pratiques professionnelles sous la LPJ et la LSJPA. Montreal, Quebec, 30 November 2020.
Lacharité, C., Martin, F., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Enjeux actuels dans le domaine des indicateurs de négligence envers l’enfant. Colloque scientifique international Les indicateurs de qualité de l’accompagnement de l’enfant en protection de l’enfance. Rabat (Morocco) – 2-3 November 2020.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Platt, R.W., Thombs, B., Scott, S., Bentayeb, N., Andrina, M., Nazif-Muñoz, J.I., Park, S., Alifia, U., Pramana, R., & Mayo, N. Parenting Education to Prevent Child Abuse: Findings from the Families First Study in Indonesia. ISPCAN International Congress, Doha, Qatar, 14-17 February 2020.
Poster presentations
Zidan, A. & Ruiz-Casares, M. Navigating Ethical Waters: Enhancing Research Ethics Committees Approaches in Child-Centred Research. Global Health Night 2024, McGill University. 21 November 2024.
Zidan, A. & Ruiz-Casares, M. Who is Sitting at the Research Ethics Committee Table of Child-Focused Research? Lalonde@50: How can we move the needle on equitable health promotion? McGill University, May 14-15, 2024.
Wu, Y, Hamamdjian, N.R., Gervais, C., Mahmoudi, L., Pontbriand, A. Morin, G., Bentayeb, N. & Ruiz-Casares, M. A systematic review of the perinatal psychosocial needs of migrant and culturally diverse mothers who have experienced trauma. Joint Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture and Hong Fook Mental Health Association, Toronto, ON, 11-13 April 2024.
Battaglia, S., Collins, T., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Children’s Right of Association in Canada. Cours d’été international relatif aux droits de l’enfant - 11e Édition/ International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child – 11th Edition. Université de Moncton & The New Brunswick Office of the Child and Youth Advocate. 25-30 June 2023
Hardan, T., Wang, A., Kutenski, A., Kaboré, T.P., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Bentayeb, N. Health and social services interpretation intervention for allophone users during times of crisis: A scoping review. Colloquium 2023 on the Health of official language minority communities (OLMCs), Public Health Agency of Canada? June 6-8, 2023.
Stephenson, A., Talbot, K., Ruiz-Casares, M. Knowledge Exchange Through Comics: Evaluating children’s comprehension and the contextual appropriateness of the Namibia Children’s Worlds comic. Global Health Night 2022, McGill University. 9 November 2022.
Schutz, F, Le Gall, J, Lapalme, A, Pontbriand, A., Maynard, S. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). English-speaking migrant men’s use of health and social services in Québec. Dialogue McGill. Better Communication for Better Care/Mieux communiquer pour mieux soigner, McGill University, December 5-6, 2021.
Osbegadoo, I., Gentz, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). Gender Differences in Children’s Experiences Home Alone in Khomas, Namibia. Global Health Night 2021, McGill University. 2 November 2021.
Talbot, K. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). Teenage Pregnancy in Times of COVID-19: A Survey of Students’ Knowledge in Northern Namibia. Global Health Night 2021, McGill University. 2 November 2021.
Tuong, J., Yamaguchi, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). Child and Youth Participation in Mental Health Policymaking: Who is at the Table and Who is Not? Global Health Night 2021, McGill University. 2 November 2021.
Iwo, R., Ruiz-Casares, M., Nazif-Munoz, J.I. Children home alone in Ghana: changes over time. Population Association of America Annual Conference, May 5-8, 2021 [Online]
Gouin, S., Gentz, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). Children’s Subjective Wellbeing: School satisfaction and safety of grade four and six children in Namibia. Global Health Night 2020, McGill University. 2 November 2020.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). Migrant youth and wellbeing: Assessing the effects of young people’s participation in a community-based welcome program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Health Night 2020, McGill University. 2 November 2020.
Gonzalez, E. & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2019). Cross-cultural Perspectives on Child Supervision. 7th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators, Tartu, Estonia, 27-29 August 2019.
Ruiz Casares, M., Alifia, U., Andrina, M.; and Pramana, R.P. (2019) 'Program Keutamaan Disiplin Positif Keluarga dalam Pengasuhan Sehari-hari melalui Program Kunjungan Rumah' [Positive Family Discipline Priority Program in Daily Care through the Home Visit Program]. 2019 Regional Development Forum: The SMERU Research Institute and the West Java Provincial Government, Bandung, 30--31 July 2019.
Nazif-Muñoz, I., Nandi, A., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Impact of Child Restraint Policies on Child ccupant Fatalities and Injuries in Chile and its Regions: An Interrupted Time–Series Study. McGill Global Health Night, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 7 November, 2017.
Benoit, M., Boleira Guimaraes, D., Hanley, J., Robert, E., Ruiz-Casares, M. Undertaking research with and for refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants: lessons from the field. 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-21 July 2017.
Beeman, I., Miconi, D., Beatson, J., Robert, E., & Ruiz-Casares, M. Exploring Child Supervision in Cultural Context: A Scoping Study. 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 28-30 June, 2017.
Ruiz-Casares, M. Oulhote, Y., Bolduc, E., Tran, V.A., & Briand, A-S. Child supervision in low- & middle-income countries: Results from a mixed-methods study. 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 28-30 June, 2017.
Ruiz-Casares, M. Oulhote, Y., Bolduc, E., Tran, V.A., & Briand, A-S. Child supervision in low- & middle-income countries: Results from a mixed-methods study. Demi-journée de réflexion sur la mission universitaire du CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île- de-Montréal, McGill Faculty Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 21 November 2017.
Ruiz-Casares, M. Oulhote, Y., Tran, V.A. Measuring Global Trends in Child Care & Supervision: Evidence from International Household Surveys. 21st ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 28 – 31 August 2016.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Drummond, J.D., Beeman, I., & Lach, L. (2016). Promoting the mental health of ethnoculturally diverse adolescents: A scoping review of the literature. McGill Advanced Study Institute in Cultural Psychiatry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 30 May – 1 June, 2016.
Bolduc, E. and Ruiz-Casares, M. Caring practices of young children in Latin America and the Caribbean Region. Global Summit on Childhood, San José, Costa Rica, 31 March – 3 April, 2016.
Bentayeb, N., Wang, A., A., Leanza, Y., Gagnon, M.M., Hanley, J., Ruiz-Casares, M. (2023). L’intervention avec interprètes auprès de personnes allophones au Québec pendant la première année de la pandémie de la COVID-19. Available in French & English at: https://sherpa-recherche.com/realisations/publications/intervention-interpretes-personnes-allophones-quebec-pandemie-covid19/ (external link)
Bentayeb, N., Wang, A., A., Leanza, Y., Gagnon, M.M., Hanley, J., Ruiz-Casares, M. (2023). Health and social services intervention with interpreters in a crisis context. Results from a Scoping Review. Available in French & English at: https://sherpa-recherche.com/realisations/publications/intervention-interpretes-personnes-allophones-quebec-pandemie-covid19/ (external link)
Le Gall, J., Pontbriand, A., Lapalme, A., Schutz, FF, Leclair-Malette, I-A, Hotom, A., Hernandez, S, Maynard, S., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2022). Portrait de l’utilisation des services de santé et des services sociaux : Perspectives des hommes immigrants. Montreal, QC: Institut Universitaire Sherpa. [also available in English]
Bentayeb, N., Jouego Fotso A. C., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021). Évaluation développementale de la mise en oeuvre du plan d’action COVID-19 à Côte-des-Neiges : bilan de la démarche. Montreal, QC: Institut Universitaire Sherpa.
Bentayeb, N., Leclair Mallette, I-A, Ruiz-Casares, M., Guériton, M., Maltais, C., Briand-Lamarche, M. & Leanza, Y. (2020). Linguistic diversity and interpretation in health and social services interventions: A systematic review of reviews. Montreal, QC: Institut Universitaire Sherpa. Available at: https://sherpa-recherche.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Interpretation_ETMISSS_Produit_04-12-2020_Bentayeb%5E0al.pdf
Ruiz-Casares, M., & Kilinc, D. (2021). Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada. CWRP Information Sheet #213E. Montreal, QC: Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal. Available at: https://cwrp.ca/publications/legal-age-leaving-children-unsupervised-across-canada-0 (external link)
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Gentz, S., with Gouin, S. (2021). Children’s Worlds Survey – Khomas Region 2018. Windhoek, Namibia and Montreal, Canada: McGill University and University of Namibia.
Gouin, S., Porteros, C., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2021) Children's Worlds. Illus. Claudia Porteros. Montreal and Windhoek: Sherpa University Institute, McGill University, and University of Namibia.
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Martin, F. (2020). Introduction: Child Neglect. Better Care Network Newsletter. Available at: https://bettercarenetwork.org/news-updates/newsletter (external link)
International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP). (2020). Recognising Children’s Rights in Responses to COVID-19. Available at: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/cysrg/2020/04/09/recognise-children-rights-covid-19/ (external link)
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2020). The AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators by Mónica Ruiz-Casares. AEA365: A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators, American Evaluation Association. Available at: https://aea365.org/blog/monica-ruiz-casares-on-the-aea-evaluators-ethical-guiding-principles/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aea365+%28AEA365%29 (external link)
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Rousseau, C. (2019). Raconter son histoire : Un apprentissage pour le jeune migrant et pour la société hôte. Chez moi, Chez toi, Chez nous. Montreal, QC : Centre d’Aide aux Familles Latino-Américaines (CAFLA) & Sherpa University Institute.
Ruiz-Casares, M. & Gentz, S. (2019) Subjective Wellbeing Among Children in NAMIBIA: Children’s Worlds Country Report. Montreal, Canada; Windhoek, Namibia: McGill University and University of Namibia.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2018). YFE TIG Week: Establishing and Maintaining Child and Youth Advisory Committees by Mónica Ruiz-Casares. AEA365: A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators, American Evaluation Association. Available at: https://aea365.org/blog/yfe-tig-week-establishing-and-maintaining-child-and-youth-advisory-committees-by-monica-ruiz-casares/ (external link)
Ruiz-Casares, M., & Radic, I. (2015). Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada. CWRP Information Sheet #144E. Montreal, Quebec: Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Clément-Frenzia, M., & Radic, I. (2015). 60 Millions de Filles: Éduquer pour créer un monde equitable. Rapport final d’évaluation. 60 Millions de Filles et Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
Tobis, D., Ruiz-Casares, M., & Alcala Cortes, E. (2015). Evaluación rápida del sistema de asistencia social del Estado de Tabasco, México. Informe Final. Villahermosa, Mexico: Maestral International & Grupo de Economistas y Asociados
Lemieux, G., Ruiz-Casares, M., Rousseau, C., Xenocostas, S., Walsh, S. (2015). Le développement d’une culture et de capacités d’évaluation en contexte de diversité culturelle par l’entremise d’une politique d’évaluation : le cas d’un centre de santé et de services sociaux situé à Montréal. Bulletin SQÉP (Société québecoise d’évaluation de programme), 27(1), p. 3 – 6.
Ruiz-Casares, M. (2015). YFE Week: Mónica Ruiz-Casares on Using Images to Engage Young People in Research & Evaluation Cross-Culturally. AEA365: A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators, American Evaluation Association. Available at: http://aea365.org/blog/category/youth-focused-evaluation/ (external link) .