Heather Prime, York University

Research

Child Mental Health Couples' Relationships Family Systems Parent Mental Health Pilot Rct

Latest papers

Why Family Assessments Are Key to Child Mental Health.
JAMA pediatrics · 2026 · senior author
Targeted Child Mental Health Prevention and Parenting Support Within a Canadian Context: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the U.S.-Developed Family Check-Up®
Prevention Science · 2025
Correction to: Targeted Child Mental Health Prevention and Parenting Support Within a Canadian Context: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the U.S.-Developed Family Check-Up®
Prevention Science · 2025

All 30 publications

Latest funding

From Development to Practice: Validating an Efficient In-Vivo Measure of Coparenting in Brief Family Therapy
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Daily Stress for Whom? Development of a Daily Stress Scale for Diverse Parent Populations
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,309
Toward equitable supports: A cultural adaptation of a brief couple intervention to promote relationship quality and mental health for low-SES and racialized families
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 5 grants and awards

30 publications.

01

Why Family Assessments Are Key to Child Mental Health.

Koven M, Shoychet G, Prime H

JAMA pediatrics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5949 PMID: 41627820

02

Targeted Child Mental Health Prevention and Parenting Support Within a Canadian Context: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the U.S.-Developed Family Check-Up®

Bennett T, Georgiades K, Gonzalez A, Janus M, Lipman E, Pires P, Prime H, Duku E, Jambon M, McLennan JD

Prevention Science20256 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11121-024-01741-3

03

Correction to: Targeted Child Mental Health Prevention and Parenting Support Within a Canadian Context: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the U.S.-Developed Family Check-Up®

Bennett T, Georgiades K, Gonzalez A, Janus M, Lipman E, Pires P, Prime H, Duku E, Jambon M, McLennan JD

Prevention Science20253 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11121-024-01764-w

04

Family functioning in the context of current and historical stressors: Exploring the buffering role of social support.

Sloss IM, Smith J, Sebben S, Wade M, Prime H, Browne DT

Child abuse & neglect2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106711 PMID: 38388324

05

Parental mental health trajectories over the COVID-19 pandemic and links with childhood adversity and pandemic stress.

Johnson D, Browne DT, Prime H, Heron J, Wade M

Child abuse & neglect2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106554 PMID: 37993365

06

Culturally Relevant Coparenting Interventions for Diverse Families: A Scoping Review.

Dua I, Grant P, Demy J, Prime H

Clinical child and family psychology review2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10567-025-00536-4 PMID: 40663297

07

The Indirect Effect of a Brief Couple Intervention on Child Mental Health Challenges via the Interparental Relationship.

Koven M, Demy J, Zhang J, Wade M, Prime H

Child: care, health and development2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/cch.70178 PMID: 41258348

08

A call for mixed-methods research on climate change, family systems and child mental health.

Markwell A, De Luca P, Prime H

BMJ paediatrics open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-003116 PMID: 40409758

09

"It fostered a greater appreciation for my little corner of the world": A feasibility study of a therapeutic photography intervention for the well-being of autistic youth.

Charalampopoulou M, Ibrahim A, Prime H, Eddy N, Panetta L, Brown H, Desai S, Gray K, Lai MC, Langdon PE, Lunsky Y, McMorris C, Ritvo P, Tilleczek K, Tint A, Weiss JA

Autism : the international journal of research and practice2025

DOI: 10.1177/13623613251359196 PMID: 40762099

10

Secondary benefits of a brief couples intervention on coparenting through relationship quality and partner conflict.

Demy J, Jambon M, Wade M, Muise A, Prime H

Infant mental health journal2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/imhj.70027 PMID: 40490848

From Development to Practice: Validating an Efficient In-Vivo Measure of Coparenting in Brief Family Therapy

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Koven, Maya R

Keywords: Clinical Utility; Coparenting Intervention; Intervention Research; Scale Development

$120,000

Daily Stress for Whom? Development of a Daily Stress Scale for Diverse Parent Populations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Prime, Heather

Keywords: Daily Stress; Daily Diary Paradigm; Scale Development; Scale Evaluation; Diversity

$34,309

Toward equitable supports: A cultural adaptation of a brief couple intervention to promote relationship quality and mental health for low-SES and racialized families

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Demy, Jazzmin

Keywords: Acceptability; Child Mental Health; Co-Design; Community-Based Research; Couple Intervention; Feasibility; Health Inequities; Intervention Adaptation; Parents; Race

$105,000

Peace? For Whom ! Negotiating International Communications at UNESCO : 1945 - 1984

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Oehmsen-Clark, Anton

Keywords: diplomacy; media history; cultural policy

$35,318

Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): A pilot RCT of a brief couples' intervention for parents of young children amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Nominated PICIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Prime, Heather; Abbott, Colette; Muise, Amy; Wade, Mark

Keywords: Child Mental Health; Couples' Relationships; Family Systems; Parent Mental Health; Pilot Rct

$75,888

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Eric Duku and Teresa Bennett: 95 shared papers
Eric Duku and Magdalena Janus: 77 shared papers
Mark Wade and Mark Wade: 68 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Michael Boyle: 60 shared papers
Ellen Louise Lipman and Michael Boyle: 43 shared papers
Eric Duku and Kathy Georgiades: 39 shared papers
Charles E Cunningham and Michael Boyle: 35 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Magdalena Janus: 32 shared papers
Teresa Bennett and Andrea Gonzalez: 29 shared papers
Ellen Louise Lipman and Kathy Georgiades: 28 shared papers
Melissa Kimber and Andrea Gonzalez: 26 shared papers
Teresa Bennett and Magdalena Janus: 25 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Andrea Gonzalez: 23 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Melissa Kimber: 19 shared papers
Ellen Louise Lipman and Andrea Gonzalez: 18 shared papers
Eric Duku and Charles E Cunningham: 17 shared papers
Jonathan Weiss and Jonathan Weiss: 17 shared papers
Melissa Kimber and Michael Boyle: 15 shared papers
Mark Wade and Heather Prime: 14 shared papers
Heather Prime and Mark Wade: 14 shared papers
Ellen Louise Lipman and Charles E Cunningham: 11 shared papers
Eric Duku and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
Andrea Gonzalez and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
Andrea Gonzalez and Heather Prime: 7 shared papers
Teresa Bennett and Heather Prime: 6 shared papers
Magdalena Janus and Heather Prime: 6 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Charles E Cunningham: 5 shared papers
Eric Duku and Mackenzie Salt: 4 shared papers
Eric Duku and Heather Prime: 4 shared papers
Teresa Bennett and Mackenzie Salt: 4 shared papers
Jennifer Jenkins and Sheri Madigan: 4 shared papers
Sheri Madigan and Mark Wade: 4 shared papers
Sheri Madigan and Mark Wade: 4 shared papers
Ellen Louise Lipman and Heather Prime: 3 shared papers
Eric Duku and Meng-Chuan Lai: 3 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Jennifer Jenkins: 3 shared papers
Melissa Kimber and Heather Prime: 3 shared papers
Eric Duku and Lehana Thabane: 2 shared papers
Eric Duku and Julia Frei: 2 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Mackenzie Salt: 2 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Heather Prime: 2 shared papers
Teresa Bennett and Julia Frei: 2 shared papers
Teresa Bennett and Meng-Chuan Lai: 2 shared papers
Melissa Kimber and Nick Kates: 2 shared papers
Andrea Gonzalez and Nick Kates: 2 shared papers
Nick Kates and Michael Boyle: 2 shared papers
Julia Frei and Mackenzie Salt: 2 shared papers
Jonathan Weiss and Meng-Chuan Lai: 2 shared papers
Carly Mcmorris and Sheri Madigan: 2 shared papers
Sheri Madigan and Heather Prime: 2 shared papers
Mark Wade and Amy Muise: 2 shared papers
Heather Prime and Amy Muise: 2 shared papers
Amy Muise and Mark Wade: 2 shared papers
Lehana Thabane and Kathy Georgiades: 1 shared paper
Lehana Thabane and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Melissa Kimber and Jonathan Weiss: 1 shared paper
Melissa Kimber and Jonathan Weiss: 1 shared paper
Jim Dunn and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Nick Kates and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Julia Frei and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Charles E Cunningham and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Michael Boyle and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Mackenzie Salt and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Weiss and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Jenkins and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Meng-Chuan Lai and Carly Mcmorris: 1 shared paper
Meng-Chuan Lai and Paul Ritvo: 1 shared paper
Meng-Chuan Lai and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Meng-Chuan Lai and Jonathan Weiss: 1 shared paper
Carly Mcmorris and Paul Ritvo: 1 shared paper
Carly Mcmorris and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Paul Ritvo and Heather Prime: 1 shared paper
Heather Prime and Jonathan Weiss: 1 shared paper

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Psychology
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
School and Applied Child Psychology
Health, Aging & Society
Pediatrics
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Other

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