Yu Bai

Journal Article Child: care, health and development · November 2025 BackgroundExecutive function (EF), a multimodal construct that captures one's control over cognition and behaviour, is associated with academic achievement and social-emotional competence. Prior research suggests that early childhood experiences a ... Full text Cite

Promoting Long-Term Parent and Caregiver Mental Health Through Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting: Intervention Effects and Mechanisms of Action.

Journal Article Prev Sci · August 2025 Poor mental health affects millions of parents and caregivers each year. In the absence of intervention, the duration and magnitude of mental health symptoms can have an adverse impact on parent and caregiver well-being, parenting practices, and subsequent ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Unique Profiles of Postpartum Family Needs and Evidence of Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Insights from Community Implementation of Family Connects.

Journal Article Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · June 2025 ObjectivesTo delineate specific family needs during the postpartum period using data from Family Connects (FC), a universal home-visiting initiative, and to scrutinize potential racial and ethnic disparities in these needs.MethodFC implem ... Full text Open Access Cite

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Yu Bai

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Recent Publications

Harsh Parenting, Maternal Depression, and Executive Function in Early Childhood.

Promoting Long-Term Parent and Caregiver Mental Health Through Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting: Intervention Effects and Mechanisms of Action.

Unique Profiles of Postpartum Family Needs and Evidence of Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Insights from Community Implementation of Family Connects.

Recent Grants

Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts

Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment

The Duke Endowment-FCI