Frank J. Elgar, PhD

Journal articles

1. GBD 2019 Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x
2. MacNeil, A.H., Farrell-Reeves, A., Elgar, F. J., Dirks, M. (2025). Food and mood: Daily associations between missed meals and affect among early adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 54, 194-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2096045.
3. Pickett, W., King, N., Elgar, F. J., & Michaelson, V. E. (2025). Meaning and purpose in life and relative socio-economic position an intangible cost of social inequalities. SSM Population Health, 30, 101776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101776
4. Canale, N., Elgar, F. J., Pivetta, E., Galeotti, T., Marino, C., Billieux, J., King, D. L., Lenzi, M., Dalmasso, P., Lazzeri, G., Nardone, P., Camporese, A., & Vieno, A. (2015). Problem gaming and adolescents’ health and well-being: Evidence from a large nationally representative sample in Italy. Computers in Human Behavior, 168, 108644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108644
5. Walsh, S., Elgar, F. J., & Pickett, W. (in press). COVID-19 school closures and peer violence in adolescents in 42 countries: Evidence from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. International Journal of Bullying Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-025-00296-3
6. Pagnotta, V. F., Donnelly, P. D., Gobina, I., Elgar, F. J., Ng, K., & Pickett, W. (in press). Sleep difficulties as a consistent risk factor for medically treated injuries among adolescents in 46 countries. European Journal of Public Health https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf032
7. GBD 2021 Europe Life Expectancy Collaborators (2025). Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990-2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. Public health, 10(3), e172-e188. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00009-X
8. Molcho, M., Walsh, S. D., King, N., Pickett, W., Donnelly, P. D., Cosma, A., Elgar, F. J., Kwok, N., Augustine, L., Malinowska-Cieślik, M., Bjereld, Y., & Craig, W. (2025). Trends in indicators of violence among adolescents in Europe and North America 1994-2022. International Journal of Public Health, 70, 1607654. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607654
9. Lounis, L., Jacqdom, L., & Elgar, F. J.. (in press). Food insecurity and youth suicidal behaviours: Evidence from the Canadian Health Survey of Children and Youth. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-025-00998-7.
10. GBD 2021 Autism Spectrum Collaborators. (2025). The global epidemiology and health burden of the autism spectrum: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Psychiatry, 12(2), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00363-8.
11. Torsheim, T., Elgar, F. J., Cosma, A., Residori, C., Samdal, O., & Scnohr, C. (2025). Methodological approaches to comparative trend analyses: the case of adolescent toothbrushing. International Journal of Public Health, 69, 1607669. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1607669
12. De Looze, M. E., Cosma, A., Elgar, F. J. , Schrijvers, K., Inchley, J., Walsh, S. D., & Stevens, G. W. J. (2025). Exploring mechanisms behind increasing gender gaps in adolescent psychological symptoms, 2002-2022: The role of national-level gender equality. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66, 737-751. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14081
13. GBD 2019 Injuries Collaborators (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of injuries, and burden attributable to injuries risk factors, 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019. Public Health, 237, 212-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.06.011
14. Elgar, F. J., Pförtner, T. K., & Rothwell, D. W. (2024). Socioeconomic differences and global trends in youth wellbeing and emotional distress in 165 countries and territories. Health and Place, 89, 103322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103322
15. Brons, M. E, Helbich M., Elgar, F. J., Lenzi, M., Bolt. G., Dierckens, M., Cosma, A., Visser, K., & Stevens, G. W. J. M. (2024). School SES and psychological complaints among adolescents in 44 countries: the mediating role of schoolwork pressure and classmate support and the moderating role of family SES and country-level income inequality. Social Science and Medicine, 354, 117062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117062
16. GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2162–2203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00933-4
17. Kopec, J. A., Pourmalek, F., Adeyinka, D. A., Adibi, A., Agarwal, G., Alam, G., Bhutta, Z. A., Butt, Z. A., Chattu, V. K., Eyawo, O., Fazli, G., Fereshtehnejad, S., Hebert, J. J., Hossain, M., Ilesanmi, M. M., Itiola, A. J., Jahrami, H., Kissoon, N., Defo, B. K., Kurmi, O. P., Mokdad, A. H., Murray, C. J. L., Olagunju, A. T., Pandi-Perumal, S. R., Patten, S. B., Rafiee, A., Rasali, D. P., Sardiwalla, Y., Sathish, T., Solmi, M., Somayaji, R., Stranges, S., Tonelli, M., Wang, Z., Yaya, S., & Elgar, F. J. (2024). Health trends in Canada 1990-2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 115, 259–270. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-024-00851-3
18. GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2100-2132. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2
19. GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 1989-2056 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(24)00476-8
20. GBD 2021 Nervous System Disorders Collaborators (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Neurology, 23(4),344-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00038-3
21. Feizi, S., Knäuper, B., Elgar, F. J. (2024) Perceived stress and well-being in doctoral students: Effects on program satisfaction and intention to quit. Higher Education Research and Development, 43, 1259-1276. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2024.2317276
22. Lenzi, M., Elgar, F. J., Marino, C., Canale, N., Vieno, A., Berchialla, P., Stevens, G. W. J. M., Boniel-Nissim, M., van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M., & Lyyra, N. (2023). Can an equal world reduce problematic social media use? Evidence from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children study in 43 countries, Information, Communication & Society, 26, 2753-2774. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2109981.
23. Mensah, G. A., Fuster, V., Murray, C. J. L., Roth, G. A. & Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators (2023). Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 82(25), 2350-2473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.007.
24. Feizi, S., & Elgar, F. J. (2023). Satisfaction, research productivity, and socialization in doctoral students: Do teaching assistantship, research assistantship and the advisory relationship play a role? Heliyon, e19332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19332
25. Jacqdom, J., Davis, M., Rivest-Beauregard, M., Brunet, A., & Elgar, F. J. (2023). The effects of maternal prenatal depression on child mental health: The moderating role of maternal childhood trauma, (2023), Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.061.
26. Holt, M. K., Parodi, K. B., Elgar, F. J., Vigna, A., Moore, LB, & Koenig, B. (2023). Identifying Protective Factors for Gender Diverse Adolescents’ Mental Health. NPJ Mental Health Research, 2(1), 10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44184-023-00029-8
27. Kinley, J., Feizi, S., & Elgar, F. J. (2023). Adolescent mental health in military families: Evidence from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 114, 651-658. https://link.springer.com/article/10.17269/s41997-023-00758-5
28. Yokoji, K., Hammami, N., & Elgar, F. J. (2023) Socioeconomic differences in the association between bullying behaviours and mental health in Canadian adolescents. Journal of School Health, 93, 420-427. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.13300
29. Selvamani, Y., & Elgar, F. J. (2023). Food insecurity and its association with health and wellbeing in middle-aged and older adults in India. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, 252-257. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2022-219721
30. Maher, A., Cramm, H., King, M., Elgar, F. J., King, N., Craig, W., & Pickett, W. (2023). A cross-sectional study of mental health and wellbeing among youth in military-connected families. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 43(6), 290-298. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.43.6.03.
31. Cramm, L., Elgar, F. J., & Pickett, W. (2023). Corporal punishment bans and adolescent suicide rates: An international ecological study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 137, 106022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106022
32. Butler, A., Sznitman, S., King, N., Battista, K., Pickett, W., Patte, K. A., Elgar, F. J., Craig, W., & Leatherdale, S. T. (2023). Mental health and cannabis use among Canadian youth: integrated findings from cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. International Journal of Drug Policy, 112, 103926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103926
33. Lian, Q., Li, R., Elgar, F. J., Li, X., & Su, Q. (2023). Early physical maturation and subjective health complaints in adolescent girls: A pooled cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 77, 108-114. 10.1136/jech-2022-219547.
34. Erdogan, Y., Hammami, N., & Elgar, F. J. (2022). Bullying, family support, and life satisfaction in adolescents of single-parent households in 42 countries. Child Indicators Research, 16, 739-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-022-09996-4
35. Feizi, S., Elgar, F. J., Brunet, A., Lonergan, M., Eisenberg, K., & Rahmouni, N. (2022). Commentary: Pandemic Exposure, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Conflict Behaviors, and Online Aggressive Behaviors Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining the Moderating Role of Gender. Frontiers in Psychiatry-Public Mental Health, 13, 1006330. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1006330
36. Cosma, A., Elgar, F. J., Vieno, A., Lenzi, M., Canale, N., de Looze, M. E., & Inchley, J. (2022). Structural gender inequality and gender differences in adolescent substance use: a multilevel study from 45 countries. SSM Population Health, 19, 101208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101208"
37. GBD 2020 Alcohol Collaborators (2022). Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020. The Lancet, 400 (10347), 185-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00847-9.
38. Cosma, A., Bjereld, Y., Elgar, F. J., Richardson, C., Bilz, L., Craig, W., Augustine, L., Molcho, M., Malinowska-Cieślik, M., & Walsh, S. D. (2022). Gender differences in bullying reflect societal gender inequality: A multilevel study with adolescents in 46 Countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 71(5), 601-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.05.015 [Distinction: '2022 JAH Distinguished Dozen']
39. Hammami, N., Gobina, I., Lukoševičiūtė, J., Kostičová, M., Lyyra, N., Gariepy, G., Šmigelskas, K., Baban, A., Malinowska-Cieślik., & Elgar, F. J. (in press). Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health complaints: A multilevel latent class analysis in 45 countries. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03038-6
40. Dierckens, M., Moor, I., Elgar, F. J., Clays, E., Deforche, B., & De Clercq, B. (2022) Trends in material and occupational-social class inequalities in adolescent health and health behaviours: a 12-year study in 23 European countries. Preventive Medicine, 157, 107018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107018.
41. Hammami, N., Erdoğan, Y., & Elgar, F. J. (2022). Socioeconomic position mediates the relationship between family social benefits and adolescent life satisfaction in 25 countries. Child Indicators Research, 15, 1761–1775. https://10.1007/s12187-022-09929-1.
42. Stefanik, A., Wohl, M. J. A., & Elgar, F. J. (2022). Commentary on “Different roles of interpersonal trust and institutional trust in COVID-19 pandemic control.” Social Science and Medicine, 299, 113765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114765
43. Ovenell, M., Azevedo Da Silva, M., & Elgar, F. J. (2022). Shielding children from food insecurity and its association with mental health and well-being in Canadian households. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 113, 250-259 https://doi:10.17269/s41997-021-00597-2.
44. Hammami, N., Azevedo Da Silva, M., & Elgar, F. J. (2022). Trends in gender and socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health over 16 years (2002-2018): Findings from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 42(2), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.2.03
45. Pfortner, T. K., Elgar, F. J. , & Pfaff, K. (2022). Dualized labor market and polarized health: A longitudinal perspective on the association between precarious employment and mental and physical health in Germany. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 63, 357-374. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465211066855.
46. Xuereb, S., Wohl, M. J. A., Stefaniak, A., Elgar, F. J. . (2021). Social and economic determinants of support for a strong leader in democracies differ from non-democracies. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9, 334-352. doi:10.5964/jspp.7235
47. McDaniel, M., Sutter, C., Elgar, F. J. , Parker, K., Webb, J., & Nwachu, J. (2021). Breaking the cycle of crime: promoting the positive social spillover potential of entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 16, e00249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00249
48. Elgar, F. J. , Sen, A., Gariepy, G., Pickett, W., Georgiades, K., Hammami, N., Azevedo Da Silva, M., & Gordon, D. (2021). Food insecurity, state fragility and youth mental health: A global perspective. Social Science and Medicine - Population Health, 14, 100764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100764
49. Men, F., Elgar, F. J. , & Tarasuk, V. (2021). Food insecurity is associated with mental health problems among Canadian youth. Journal of Community Health and Epidemiology, 75, 741-748. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-216149
50. Elgar, F. J. , Pickett, W., Pfortner, T. K., Gariepy, G., Gordon, D. Georgiades, K., Davison, C., Hammami, N., MacNeil, A., Azevedo Da Silva, M., & Melgar-Quinonez, H. R. (2021). Relative food insecurity, mental health and wellbeing in 160 countries. Social Science and Medicine, 268, 113556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113556
51. Hammami, N., Leatherdale, S. T., & Elgar, F. J. (2020). Does social support moderate the association between hunger and mental health in youth? A gender-specific investigation from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Nutrition Journal, 19, 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-020-00648-3
52. Elgar, F. J. , Stefaniak, A., & Wohl, M. J. A. (2020). Response to Lindstrom (2020) on "The trouble with trust: Time-series analysis of social capital, income inequality, and COVID-19 deaths in 84 countries." Social Science and Medicine, 263, 113518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113518
53. Elgar, F. J. , Stefaniak, A., & Wohl, M. J. A. (2020). The trouble with trust: Time-series analysis of social capital, income inequality, and COVID-19 deaths in 84 countries. Social Science and Medicine, 263, 113365 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113365
54. Maduro, A., Elgar, F. J. , Demchenko, I., Carboni-Jimenez, A., Mady, N., Tounkara, F., Sapkota, R. P., & Brunet, A. (2020). Methodological restrictions within a birth cohort study examining maternal mood symptoms and postpartum depression. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55, 1547-1548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01925-6
55. Dierckens, M., Weinberg, D., Huang, Y., Elgar, F. J. , Moor, I., Augustine, L., Lyyra, N., Deforche, B., De Clercq, B., Stevens, G. W. J. M., & Currie, C. (2020). National-level wealth inequality and socioeconomic inequality in adolescent mental well-being: A time series analysis of 17 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 66(6), S21-S28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.009
56. Gariepy, G., Danna, S., Gobina, I., Rasmussen, M., Gaspar de Matos, M., Tynjala, J., Janssen, I., Kalman, M., Villerusa, A., Husarova, D., Brooks, F., Elgar, F. J. , Klavina-Makrecka, S., Smigelskas, K., Gaspar, T., & Schnohr, C. (2020). How are adolescents sleeping? Adolescent sleep patterns and sociodemographic differences in 24 European and North American countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 66(6), S81-S88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.013
57. Craig, W., Boniel-Nissim, M., King, N., Walsh, S. D., Boer, M., Donnelly, P. D., Harel-Fisch, Y., Malinowska-Cielik, M., Gastar de Matos, M., Cosma, A., Van den Eijnden, R., Vieno, A., Elgar, F. J. , Molcho, M., Bjereld, Y., & Pickett, P. (2020). Social media use and cyber-bullying: A cross-national analysis of young people in 42 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 66(6), S100-S108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.006
58. Johansson, K., Petersen, S., Hogberg, B., Stevens, G. W.J.M., De Clercq, B., Frasquilho, D., Elgar, F. J. , & Strandh, M. (2019). The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries: analyses of repeated cross-sectional school surveys. BMC Public Health, 19, 1155. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7721-1
59. Elgar, F. J. , Gariepy, G., & Dirks, M. (2019). Remarks on early-life income inequality and bullying in adolescence [Letter]. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(12), 1212-1213. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3974
60. Hendriks, A. M., Bartels, M., Finkenauer, C., Elgar, F. J. , Stevens, G. W. J. M., Walsh, S., Torbjorn, T. (2020). National child and adolescent health policies as indicators of adolescent mental health: A multilevel analysis of 30 European countries. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40, 537-565. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619858413
61. Rothwell, D. W., Gariepy, G., Elgar, F. J. , & Lach, L. H. (2019). Trajectories of poverty and economic hardship among American families supporting a child with a neurodisability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63, 1273-1284. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12666
62. Pfortner, T. K., Pfaff, H., & Elgar, F. J. (2019). The role of welfare state characteristics for health and inequalities in health from a cross-national perspective: A critical research synthesis. Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie - Cologne Journal of Sociology and Social Psychology, 71(Suppl. 1), 465-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465211066855
63. Elgar, F. J. , Gariepy, G., Dirks, M., Walsh, S. D., Molcho, M., Cosma, A., Malinowska-Cieslik, M., Donnelly, P., & Craig, W. (2019). Early-life exposure to income inequality and bullying in adolescence: panel study in 40 countries. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(7), e191181. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1181
64. Gariepy, G., Dore, I., Whitehead, R., & Elgar, F. J. (2019). More than just sleeping in: A late timing of sleep is associated with health problems and unhealthy behaviours in adolescents. Sleep Medicine, 56, 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.10.029
65. de Looze, M. E., Elgar, F. J. , Kolip, P, & Currie, C. (2019). Gender inequality and adolescent gender differences in physical fighting, physical activity, and injury across 36 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64, 657-663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.11.007
66. Reihm, K. E., Latimer, E., Quesnel-Vallee, A., Stevens, G. W. J. M., Gariepy, G., & Elgar, F. J. (2019). Does the density of the health workforce predict adolescent health? A cross-sectional, multilevel study of 38 countries. Journal of Public Health, 41, e35-43. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy096
67. Sentenac, M., Lach, L. M., Gariepy, G., & Elgar, F. J. (2019). Education disparities in youth with neurodisabilities in Canada. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 61, 226-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14014
68. Su, Q., Chen, Z., Li, R., Elgar, F. J. , Liu, Z., & Lian, Q. (2018). Association between early menarche and school bullying. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63, 213-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.02.008
69. Elgar, F. J. , Donnelly, P., Gariepy, G., Riehm, K., & Pickett, W. (2018). Bans against corporal punishment and physical fighting in adolescents in 88 countries and regions. BMJ Open, 8, e021616. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021616
70. Elgar, F. J. , Canale, N., Wohl, M., Lenzi, M., & Vieno, A. (2018). Relative deprivation and disordered gambling in youths. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 72, 589-594. https://jech.bmj.com/content/72/7/589.long
71. Gariepy, G., Riehm, K., Whitehead, R., Doré, I., & Elgar, F. J. (2018). Teenage night owls or early birds? Chronotype and the mental health of adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research, e12723. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12723
72. Vieno, A., Alto, G., Kuntsche, E., & Elgar, F. J. (2018). Do public expenditures on health and families relate to alcohol abstaining in adolescents? Multilevel study of adolescents in 24 countries. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, S120-S128. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12696
73. Gariepy, G., Sentenac, M. Jannsen, I., & Elgar, F. J. (2018). School start time and the healthy weight of adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63, 69-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.01.009
74. Lian, Q., Su, Q., Elgar, F. J. , Liu, Z., & Zheng, D. (2018). The association between chronic bullying victimization with weight status and body self-image: a cross-national study in 39 countries. PeerJ, 6, e4330. http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4330
75. Chzhen, Y., Bruckauf, Z., Toczydlowska, E., Elgar, F. J. , Moreno-Maldonado, C., Stevens, G. W. J. M., Sigmundová, D., & Gariepy, G. (2018). Multidimensional poverty among adolescents in 38 Countries: Evidence from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2013/14 Study. Child Indicators Research, 11, 729-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9489-0
76. Barsties, L., Walsh, S. D., Huijts, T., Bendtsen, P., Molcho, M., Buijs, T., Vieno, A., Elgar, F. J. , & Stevens, G. (2017). Alcohol consumption among first- and second-generation immigrant and native adolescents in 23 countries: Testing the importance of origin and receiving country alcohol prevalence rates. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, 769-778. http:///doi.org/10.1111/dar.12624
77. Sentenac, M., Ehlinger, V., Napoletano, A., Spilka, S., Gariepy, G., Godeau, E., & Elgar, F. J. (2017). Relative deprivation and episodes of drunkenness among French and Canadian adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, 788-796. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12540
78. Rathmann, K., Pfoertner, T. K., Elgar, F. J. , Hurrelmann, K., & Richter, M. (2017). The Great recession, adolescent smoking and smoking inequalities: What role does youth unemployment play in 24 European countries? Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 19, 1284-1291. doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw298
79. Wozney, L., Olthuis, J., Pottie, P., McGrath, P. J., Olthuis, J., Turner, K., Kennedy, J., Elgar, F. J. , Chaplin, W., Cheney, B., & Huguet, A. (2017). A randomized controlled trial of a distance intervention for women with postpartum depression. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 20, 525-537. https://doi:10.1007/s00737-017-0732-y
80. Brownridge, D. A., Taillieu, T., Afifi, T., Chan, K. L., Emery, C., Lavoie, J., & Elgar, F. J. (2017). Child maltreatment and intimate partner violence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. Journal of Family Violence, 32, 607-619. doi:10.1007/s10896-016-9880-5.
81. Gariepy, G., Sentenac, M. Barrington-Leigh, C., & Elgar, F. J. (2017). Early-life family income and subjective well-being in adolescents. PLoS ONE, 12(7), e0179380. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179380.
82. Gariepy, G., Janssen, I., Sentenac, M., & Elgar, F. J. (2017). School start time and sleep in Canadian school-aged children. Journal of Sleep Research, 26, 195-201. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12475
83. Elgar, F. J. , Xie, A., Pfoertner, T. K., White, J., & Pickett, K. (2017). Assessing the view from bottom: How to measure socioeconomic position and relative deprivation in adolescents. SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2. dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526406347
84. Elgar, F. J. , Gariepy, G., Torsheim, T., & Currie, C. (2017). Early-life income inequality and adolescent health and well-being. Social Science and Medicine, 174, 197-208. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.014 .
85. De Clercq, B., Deforche, B., Elgar, F. J. , Abel, T., Lievens, J., Sion, I., Moor, I., & Braeckman, L. (2017). Social inequality in adolescents' healthy food intake: The interplay between economic, social, and cultural capital. European Journal of Public Health, 27(2), 279-286. doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw236 .
86. Gariepy, G., & Elgar, F. J. (2016). Trends in psychological symptoms among Canadian adolescents from 2002 to 2014: Gender and socioeconomic differences. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 61(12), 797-802 doi: 10.1177/0706743716670130 .
87. Sentenac, M., Gariepy, G., McKinnon, B., & Elgar, F. J. (2016). Hunger and overweight in Canadian school-aged children: A propensity score matching analysis. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107(5-6), e447-e452, doi: 10.17269/cjph.107.5526.
88. Napoletano, A., Elgar, F. J. , Saul, G., Dirks, M., & Craig, W. (2016). The view from the bottom: Relative deprivation and bullying victimisation in Canadian adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(20), 3443-3463,doi:10.1177/0886260515585528.
89. Rathmann, K., Pfoertner, T. K., Osorio, A. M., Hurrelmann, K., Elgar, F. J. , Bosakova, L., & Richter, M. (2016). Adolescents' psychological health during the economic recession: Does public spending buffer health inequalities among young people? BMC Public Health, 16(1), 860,doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3551-6.
90. Rathmann, K., Pfoertner, T. K., Hurrelmann, K., Osorio, A. M., Bosakova, L., Elgar, F. J. , & Richter, M. (2016). The great recession, youth unemployment and inequalities in psychological health in adolescents: a multilevel study in 31 countries. International Journal of Public Health, 61(7), 809-819, doi:10.1007/s00038-016-0866-0.
91. Rathmann, K., Moor, I., Kunst, A. E., Dragano, N., Pfoertner, T. K., Elgar, F. J. , Hurrelmann, K., Kannas, L., Baska, T., & Richter, M. (2016). Is educational differentiation associated with smoking and smoking inequalities in adolescence? A multilevel analysis across 27 European and North American countries. Sociology of Health and Illness, 38(7), 1005-1025, doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12420.
92. Gariepy, G., Sentenac, M., McKinnon, B., & Elgar, F. J. (2016). Validity and reliability of a brief symptom checklist to measure psychological health in school-aged children. Child Indicators Research, 9(2), 471-484. doi:10.1007/s12187-015-9326-2.
93. Elgar, F. J. , McKinnon, B., Torbjorn, T., Schnohr C. W., Mazur, J., Cavallo, F., & Currie, C. (2016). Patterns of socioeconomic inequality in adolescent health differ according to the measure of socioeconomic position. Social Indicators Research, 127, 1169-1180. doi:10.1007/s11205-015-0994-6.
94. McKinnon B., Gariepy, G., Sentenac, M., & Elgar, F. J. (2016). Epidemiology of adolescent suicidal behaviours in 32 low- and middle-income countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 94, 340-350F, doi:10.2471/BLT.15.163295.
95. Elgar, F. J. , Xie, A., Pfoertner, T. K., White, J., & Pickett, K. (2016). Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents. Social Science and Medicine, 152, 111-118, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.039
96. Pfoertner, T. K., & Elgar, F. J. (2016). Widening inequalities in self-rated health by material deprivation? A trend analysis between 2001 and 2011 in Germany. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70, 82-89, doi:doi:10.1136/jech-2015-205948.
97. Elgar, F. J. , McKinnon, B., Walsh, S. D., Freeman, J., Donnelly, P., Gaspar de Matos, M. Gariepy, G., Aleman-Diaz, A. Y., Pickett, W., Molcho, M., & Currie, C. (2015). Structural determinants of youth bullying and fighting in 79 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57, 643-650, doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.08.007.
98. Pickett, W., & Elgar, F. J. (2015). Reducing school violence in Africa: learning from Uganda. The Lancet Global Health, 3, e344-345 doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00031-5.
99. Elgar, F. J. , Pfoertner, T. K., Moor, I., De Clercq, B., Stevens, G. W. J. M., & Currie, C. (2015). Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010: A time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. The Lancet, 385(9982), 2088-2095, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61460-4.
100. Moor, I., Richter, M., Ravens-Sieberer U., Ottava-Jordan, V., Elgar, F. J. , & Pfortner, T. K. (2015). Trends in social inequalities in adolescent health complaints from 1994 to 2010 in Europe, North America and Israel: The HBSC study. European Journal of Public Health, 25(Suppl. 2), 57-60, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv028.
101. Rathmann, K., Ottova, V., Hurrelmann, K., de Looze, M., Levin, K., Molcho, M., Elgar, F. J. , Gabhainn, S. N., Van Dijk, J. P., Richter, M. (2015). Macro-level determinants of young people's subjective health and health inequalities: A multilevel analysis in 27 welfare states. Maturitas, 80, 414-420, doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.01.008.
102. De Looze, M., Janssen, I., Elgar, F. J. , Craig, W., & Pickett, W. (2015). Neighbourhood crime and adolescent cannabis use in Canadian adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, 68-74, doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.11.005.
103. Elgar, F. J. , Craig, W., Napoletano, A., Saul, G., Poteat, V. P., Dirks, M. A., & Koenig, B. W. (2014). Cyberbullying victimization and mental health in adolescents and the moderating role of family dinners. JAMA Pediatrics, 168(11), 1015-1022,doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1223.
104. Pfoertner, T., Rathmann, K., Elgar, F. J. , de Looze, M., Hoffmann, F., Ottova, V., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Bosakova, L., Currie, C., & Richter, M. (2014). Adolescents' psychological health complaints and the economic recession in late 2007: a multilevel study in 31 countries. European Journal of Public Health, 24, 961-967,doi:10.1093/eurpub/cku056.
105. White, J., Shelton, K., & Elgar, F. J. (2014). Parental and adolescent perceptions of family: Associations with depressive symptoms, anxiety, disordered eating and global self-worth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 45, 544-554, doi:10.1007/s10578-013-0423-5.
106. De Clercq, B., Pfoertner, T. K., Elgar, F. J. , Hublet, A., & Maes, L. (2014). Social capital and adolescent smoking in schools and communities: A cross-classified multilevel analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 119C, 81-87, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.018.
107. Frank, C., Davis, C. G., & Elgar, F. J. (2014). Financial strain, social capital and perceived health during economic recession: A longitudinal survey in rural Canada. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 27(4), 422-438, doi:10.1080/10615806.2013.864389 .
108. Michaelson, V., Davison, C., Trothen, T., Elgar, F. J. , & Pickett, W. (2014). Eucharistic eating, family meals and the health of adolescent girls: A Canadian study. Practical Theology, 7, 125-143, doi.org/10.1179/1756073X14Z.00000000036 .
109. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Gini, G., Pozzoli, T., Pastore, M., Santinello, M., & Elgar, F. J. (2014). Perceived teacher unfairness, instrumental goals and bullying behavior in early adolescence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(10), 1834-1849, doi:10.1177/0886260513511694.
110. Elgar, F. J. (2014). Equality, social cohesion and wellbeing [Review]. Journal for a Progressive Economy, 1(2), 56-60, ISSN:2295-6301.
111. Elgar, F. J. , Baranek, H., Saul, G., & Napoletano, A. (2013). Relative deprivation and mental health in Canadian adolescents. International Journal of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health, 1, 33-40, doi:10.12970/2310-8231.2013.01.01.4 .
112. Schnohr, C. W., Makransky, G., Kreiner, S., Torsheim, T., Hofmann, F., De Clerq, B., Elgar, F. J. , & Currie, C. (2013). Item response drift in the Family Affluence Scale: A study on three consecutive surveys of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. Measurement, 46, 3119-3126, doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2013.06.016 .
113. Elgar, F. J. , de Clercq, B., Schnohr, C. W., Bird, P., Pickett, K. E., Torsheim, T., Hofmann, F., & Currie, C. (2013). Absolute and relative family affluence and psychosomatic symptoms in adolescents. Social Science and Medicine, 91, 25-31, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.030 .
114. Elgar, F. J. , Pickett, K. E., Pickett, W., Craig, W., Molcho, M., Hurrelmann, K., & Lenzi, M. (2013). School bullying, homicide and income inequality: A cross-national pooled time series analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 58(2), 237-245, doi:10.1007/s00038-012-0380-y .
115. Denny, K. & Elgar, F. J. (2013). Mental health: Population perspectives [Editorial]. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 32(1), 1-7, doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2013-002 .
116. Elgar, F. J. , Craig, W., & Trites, S. (2013). Family dinners and mental health in Canadian adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52(4), 433-438, doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.07.012 .
117. Pickett, W., Molcho, M., Elgar, F. J. , Brooks, F., Rathmann, K., Ter bogt, T., nic Gabhainn, S., Sigmundova, D., Gaspar de Matos, M., Craig, W., Walsh, S., Harel-Fisch, Y., & Currie, C. (2013). Trends and socio-economic correlates of adolescent physical fighting in 30 countries. Pediatrics, 131(1), e18-26, doi:10.1542/peds.2012-1614 .
118. Lenzi, M., Vieno, A., Perkins, D. D., Santinello, M., Elgar, F. J. , Morgan, A., & Mazzardis, S. (2012). Family affluence, school and neighbourhood contexts and adolescents' civic engagement: A cross-national study. American Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 197-210, doi:10.1007/s10464-012-9489-7 .
119. De Clercq, B, Vyncke, V., Hublet, A., Elgar, F. J. Ravens-Sieberer, U., Currie C., Hooghe, M., Ieven, A., & Maes L. (2012). Social capital and social inequality in adolescents' health in 601 Flemish communities: A multilevel analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 74, 202-210, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.025 .
120. Elgar, F. J. , Davis, C. G., Wohl, M. J., Trites, S. J., Zelenski, J. M., & Martin, M. S. (2011). Social capital, health and life satisfaction in 50 countries. Health and Place, 17, 1044-1053, doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.06.010 .
121. Elgar, F. J. , Phillips, N., & Hammond, N. (2011). Trends in alcohol and drug use among Canadian adolescents, 1990-2006. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 56, 243-247, doi:10.1177/070674371105600408
122. Elgar, F. J. , & Aitken, N. (2011). Income inequality, trust, and homicide in 33 countries. European Journal of Public Health, 21, 241-246, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckq068 .
123. Elgar, F. J. , Trites, S. J., & Boyce, W. (2010). Social capital reduces socioeconomic differences in child health: Evidence from the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101, S23-S27, doi:10.17269/cjph.101.2137 .
124. Elgar, F. J. (2010). Income inequality, trust, and population health in 33 countries. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 2311-2315, doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.189134
125. Vella-Zarb, R. A., & Elgar, F. J. (2010). Predicting the 'Freshman 15': Environmental and psychological predictors of weight gain in first year university students. Health Education Journal, 69, 321-332, doi:10.1177/0017896910369416
126. Due, P., Damsgaard, M. T., Rasmussen, M., Halstein, B. E., Sørensen, T. I. A., Wardle, J., Merlo, J., Currie, C., Ahluwalia, N., Lynch, J., HBSC obesity writing group, Borraccino, A., Borup, I., Boyce, W., Elgar, F. J. , Gabhainn, S. N., Krolner, R., Svastisalee, C., Matos, M. C., Nansel, T., Al Sabbah, H., Vereecken, C., & Valimaa, R. (2009). Socioeconomic position, macro-economic environment, and overweight among adolescents in 35 countries. International Journal of Obesity, 33, 1084-1093, doi:10.1038/ijo.2009.128
127. Vella-Zarb, R., & Elgar, F. J. (2009). The 'Freshman 5': A meta-analysis of weight gain in the freshman year of college. American Journal of College Health, 58, 161-166, doi:10.1080/07448480903221392
128. Elgar, F. J. , Craig, W., Boyce, W., Morgan, A., & Vella-Zarb, R. (2009). Income inequality and school bullying: Multilevel study of adolescents in 37 countries. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45, 351-359, doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.004 .
129. Al Sabbah, H., Vereecken, C., Elgar, F. J. , Nansel, T., Aasvee, K., Abdeen, Z., Ojala, K., Ahluwalia, N., & Maes, L. (2009). Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: International cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 9, 52, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-52
130. Elgar, F. J. , & Stewart, J. M. (2008). Validity of screening for overweight and obesity using self-report data: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Canadian Public Health Journal, 99, 423-433 doi:10.17269/cjph.99.1679 .
131. Thomas, R., Worrall, G. J., Elgar, F. J. , & Knight, J. (2007). Can they keep going on their own? A four-year randomised trial of functional assessments of community residents. Canadian Journal on Aging, 26, 379-390, doi:10.3138/cja.26.4.379
132. Elgar, F. J. , Mills, R. S. L., McGrath, P. J., Waschbusch, D. A., & Brownridge, D. A. (2007). Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and child maladjustment: The mediating role of parental behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 943-955, doi:10.1007/s10802-007-9145-0
133. Mills, R. S. L., Freeman, W. S., Clara, I. P., Elgar, F. J. , Walling, B. R., & Mak, L. (2007). Parents' proneness to shame and the use of psychological control. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 359-374, doi:10.1007/s10826-006-9091-4 .
134. Elgar, F. J. , Waschbusch, D. A., Dadds, M. R., & Sigvaldason, N. (2007). Development and validation of a short form of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire. Journal Child and Family Studies, 16, 243-259, doi:10.1007/s10826-006-9082-5
135. Waschbusch, D. A., & Elgar, F. J. (2007). Development and validation of the Conduct Disorder Rating Scale. Assessment, 14, 65-74, doi:10.1177/1073191106289908
136. Elgar, F. J. , Roberts, C., & Moore, L. (2006). On self-reported and measured height and weight in adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38, 334-335, 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.01.007
137. Chalder, M., Elgar, F. J. , & Bennett, P. (2006). Drinking and motivations to drink among adolescent children of parents with alcohol problems. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 41, 107-113, 10.1093/alcalc/agh215
138. Elgar, F. J. , Roberts, C., Tudor-Smith, C., & Moore, L. (2005). Validity of self-reported height and weight and predictors of bias in adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 37, 371-375, doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.07.014
139. Elgar, F. J. , Roberts, C., Parry-Langdon, N., & Boyce, W. (2005). Income inequality and alcohol use: A multilevel analysis of drinking and drunkenness in adolescents in 34 countries. European Journal of Public Health, 15, 245-250,doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki093 .
140. Elgar, F. J. , Roberts, C., Moore, L., & Tudor-Smith, C. (2005). Sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and weight problems in adolescents. Public Health, 119, 519-525, doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2004.10.011 .
141. Glazier, R., Elgar, F. J. , Goel, V., & Holzapfel, S. (2004). Stress, social support and emotional distress in a community sample of pregnant women. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, 25, 247-255 doi:10.1080/01674820400024406 .
142. Elgar, F. J. , & Klein, R. M. (2004). What you don't know: Graduate deans' knowledge of doctoral completion statistics. Higher Education Policy, 17, 325-336, doi:10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300059 .
143. Elgar, F. J. , McGrath, P. J., Waschbusch, D. A., Stewart, S. H., & Curtis, L. J. (2004). Mutual influences on maternal mood and child adjustment problems [Review]. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 441-459, doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2004.02.002 .
144. Elgar, F. J. , Waschbusch, D. A., McGrath, P. J., Stewart, S. H., & Curtis, L. J. (2004). Temporal relations in maternal mood and disruptive child behaviour. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 237-247, doi:10.1023/B:JACP.0000026138.95860.81
145. McGrath, P. J., Elgar, F. J. , Johnston, C., Dozois, D. J. A., & Reyno, S. (2003). Treating maternal depression? British Journal of Psychiatry, 183, 461-462 doi:10.1192/bjp.183.5.461-a
146. Elgar, F. J. , Arlett, C, & Groves, R. (2003). Stress, coping and behavioural problems among rural and urban adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 26, 574-585, doi:10.1016/S0140-1971(03)00057-5
147. Elgar, F. J. , Knight, J., Worrall, G. J., & Sherman, G. (2003). Behavioural and substance use problems in rural and urban delinquent males. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48, 633-636, doi:10.1177/070674370304800911
148. Elgar, F. J. , Curtis, L. J., McGrath, P. J., Waschbusch, D. A., & Stewart, S. H. (2003). Antecedent-consequence conditions in maternal mood and child adjustment: A four-year cross-lagged study. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 362-374, doi:10.1207/S15374424JCCP3203_05
149. Elgar, F. J. , Knight, J., Worrall, G. J., & Sherman, G. (2003). Attachment characteristics and behavioural problems in rural and urban juvenile delinquents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 34, 35-48.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025349908855
150. Elgar, F. J. & McGrath, P. J. (2003). Self-administered psychosocial treatments for children and families [Review]. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 321-339, doi:10.1002/jclp.10132
151. Elgar, F. J. , Worrall, G., & Knight, J. (2002). Functional assessment of elderly clients in a rural community-based long-term care program: A ten-year cohort study. Canadian Journal on Aging, 21, 455-463, doi:10.1017/S0714980800001768 .
152. Elgar, F. J. (2002). Disordered eating behaviour or just poor diet? [letter] Canadian Medical Association Journal, 166, 1396-1397, PMID:12054404 .
153. Elgar, F. J. & Arlett, C. (2002). Perceived social inadequacy and depressed mood in adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 25, 306-310, doi:10.1006/jado.2002.0473
154. Al Marri, S. A., Al Taweel, A. A., & Elgar, F. J. (2002). Factors influencing job satisfaction among primary health care physicians in Qatar. Qatar Medical Journal, 11, 15-18, doi:10.5339/qmj.2002.1.11.
155. Yusuf, S., Gerstein, H., Hoogwerf, B., Pogue, J., Bosch, J., Wolffenbuttel, B. H., Zinman, B., & HOPE Study Investigators (2001). Ramipril and the development of diabetes. Journal of the American Medical Association, 286(15), 1882–1885. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.286.15.1882
156. Worrall, G., Elgar, F. J. , & Knight, J. (2001). Predictive value of support systems in a long-term care program. Home Care Provider, 6, 32-36, doi:10.1067/mhc.2001.113205 .
157. Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) Study Investigators (2000). Effects of Ramipril on cardiovascular and microvascular outcomes in people with diabetes mellitus: Results of the HOPE study and MICRO-HOPE substudy. The Lancet, 355, 253-259, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)12323-7
158. Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investigators (2000). Effects of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, Ramipril, on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. New England Journal of Medicine, 342, 145-153, doi:10.1056/NEJM200001203420301
159. Worrall, G., Elgar, F. J. , & Robbins, M. (2000). Improving management of depression [Letter]. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 162, 316-317, https://www.cmaj.ca/content/162/3/316.1 .
160. Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investigators, Yusuf, S., Dagenais, G., Pogue, J., Bosch, J., & Sleight, P. (2000). Vitamin E supplementation and cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. New England Journal of Medicine. 342(3), 154-160, 0.1056/NEJM200001203420302

Selected chapters and reports

1. Elgar F. J., Hammami, N., Williams, G., & Lang, J. L. (2025). Food insecurity and its association with the health of Canadian adolescents: Findings from the 2022 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada. Cat.: HP15-71/4-2025E-PDF. ISBN: 978-0-660-75891-6
2. Elgar F. J., Lahti H., Lopes Ferreira J., Melkumova M., & Bilz L. (2023). Navigating uncharted territory: school closures and adolescent experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in the WHO European Region. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people's health and well-being from the findings of the HBSC survey round 2021/22. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe. (https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/369723).
3. Hammami, N., Elgar, F. J.,& Azevedo Da Silva, M. (2022). Trends in health inequalities in Canadian adolescents from 2002 to 2018: Findings from the 2018 Health Behaviour of School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada, Cat. HP15-61/2021E-PDF, ISBN 978-0-660-39533-3, Pub 210164
4. Elgar, F. J. (2020). Inequality fuels the spread of COVID-19 [Blog]. Learning from COVID - Perspectives on Health and Social Policy - COVID and Beyond. Montreal, Canada: Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.30548.42884
5. Elgar. F. J. (2020). Scientific conclusions. In J. Inchley et al. (Eds.), Spotlight on adolescent health and well-being: Findings from the 2017/2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in Europe and Canada. International report. Volume 1. Key findings (pp. 44-45). Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.HBSC website
6. Pfoertner, T. K., Elgar, F. J. , Rathmann, K., & Richter, M. (2017). The Great Recession and adolescent health and inequalities in adolescent health in North America, Europe, and Israel. In I. Schoon & J. Bynner (Eds.), Young People's Development and the Great Recession: Uncertain Transitions and Precarious Futures (pp. 401-424). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN:9781107172975.
7. Elgar, F. J. (March, 2017). Inequality and the dark side of politics. Huffington Post, link.
8. Inchley, J., Currie, D., Jewell, J., et al (2017). Adolescent obesity and related behaviours: Trends and inequalities in the WHO European Region 2002-2014: Observations from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) WHO collaborative cross-national study. WHO/EURO: Copenhagen, ISBN 978 92 890 5240 5
9. Elgar, F. J. (2017). Social inequalities. In J. Inchley, D. Currie, J. Jewell, J. Breda, V. Barnekow (Eds.). Adolescent obesity and related behaviours: Trends and inequalities in the WHO European Region 2002-2014: Observations from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) WHO collaborative cross-national study (pp. 37-40). WHO/EURO: Copenhagen, ISBN 978 92 890 5240 5.
10. Gariepy, G., McKinnon, B., Sentenac, M., & Elgar, F. J. (2016). Community. In J. Freeman, M. King., & W. Pickett (Eds.), Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) in Canada: Focus on Relationships (Catalogue no. HP35-65/2016E), pp. 55-64, Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada, ISBN:978-0-660-03890-2 .
11. Elgar, F. J. (2016). Family affluence. In J. Inchley et al. (Eds), Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people's health and well-being: Health Behaviour in School- aged Children (HBSC) study: International report from 2013/2014 survey. Health Policy for Children and Adolescents No. 7. Denmark: WHO European Office for Europe, ISBN:978-92-890-5136 .
12. McGrath, P. J., & Elgar, F. J. (2015). Behavioral problems, effects of socioeconomic status on. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.), pp. 477-480, Philadelphia PA: Elsevier, doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.23052-3 .
13. Elgar, F. J. , & Pickett, W., & King, M. A. (2011). Substance use and risk behavior. In J. G. Freeman, W. Pickett, M. A. King, W., Craig, F. J. Elgar, I. Janssen, & D. Klinger (Eds.), The health of Canada's young people: a mental health focus (pp. 145-164). Cat. No. hP15-13/2011E-PDF. Ottawa, Health Canada, ISBN: 978-1-100-19337-3.
14. Elgar, F. J. (2008). Family Culture. In W. Boyce (Ed.), Healthy settings for young people in Canada (pp. 6-19). Public Health Agency of Canada: Ottawa: Health Canada. ISBN:978-0-662-46968-1 .
15. Elgar, F. J. , & McGrath, P. J. (2008). Self-help interventions for childhood disorders. In P. L. Watkins & G. A. Clum (Eds.), Handbook of self-help therapies (pp. 129-161). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, ISBN: 9780805851717
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