Mark Edberg

Master of Arts (Political Science/International Relations), UCLA, 1982

Master of Arts (Applied Anthropology), American University, 1989

Doctor of Philosophy (Cultural Anthropology), University of Virginia, 2000

PubH 8528: Advanced Topics: Critical Review of Social/Behavioral Theory and its Application in Public Health. Doctoral Seminar, Department of Prevention and Community Health

PubH 6599: Culture and Health, Department of Prevention and Community Health

PubH 6530: Qualitative Methods in Health Promotion, Department of Prevention and Community Health (and Department of Anthropology)

PubH 6007: Social and Behavioral Approaches to Health, Department of Prevention and Community Health

Professor Edberg participates in the department's Community Advisory Board, and has provided training (qualitative research methods, cultural competency) for the DC Health Department, as well as participating on the DC Health Disparities Committee. Previously, he received a Maryland Governor's Salute to Excellence award for helping to organize music benefits to support local violence prevention programs.

• As director of the Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigration/Refugee Health (NIH and CDC funded), Dr. Edberg is also a member of the Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI), a Prince George's County, MD coalition in the largely immigrant community fo Langley Park
• 2010 - 2012: Lead Consultant, UNICEF Situation Analysis of Children and Families, for UNICEF Belize/Central America. Developed ecological, theoretical model around which the situation analysis was prepared, collected information/data from multiple agencies and NGOs (in Belize), managed two regional consultants, wrote the report. Situation Analysis released to national meeting in San Ignacio, Belize, August, 2011.
   
• 2008 - current: Consultancy to UNICEF Latin America-Caribbean (TACRO) to develop background theoretical justification and proposed set of region-wide, ecological indicators for assessing youth/adolescent well-being. Background report submitted June 2008; proposed indicators presented in Panama City Regional HQ October 2008; draft final indicators with justification submitted December 2008; indicators and framework finalized February 2009; presented to UNICEF World Headquarters September 2009; finalization of framework and indicators for MICS4 and beyond at UNICEF headquarters October 2009. Presented framework in August 2010 at 5th World Youth Congress, Istanbul Turkey, and in September at UNICEF Regional Focal Points meeting, Mexico City.

• Dr. Edberg is Director of the Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refugee Health. The Center is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (at NIH),with additional projects funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is a university-community partnership, addressing the co-occurrence of substance abuse, sex risk and interpersonal violence among youth, and the risks for cardiometabolic disease due to poor nutrition.
• Dr. Edberg also founded and directs the global-oriented Center for Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD). CSWD has current and recent projects for UNICEF in the Latin America-Caribbean regional office, as well as in Belize, Jamaica, South Africa, and Indonesia.

Dr. Edberg is currently principal investigator (PI) for two research grants from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD, an NIH institute): Development, implementation and evaluation of a novel youth firearms violence prevention effort in collaboration with a community in Ward 8 of the District of Columbia, and a qualitative-to-quantitative effort to develop an instrument measuring indigenous historical trauma and its potential effects on health disparities among American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The latter project is a collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Western Carolina University. He also directs the Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refugee Health (Avance Center), an exploratory research center on health disparities that has received funding from NIMHD, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for research efforts focusing on the co-occurrence of substance abuse, youth violence, the prevention of obesity, and most recently on community engagement approaches to address COVID-19 disparities – all in collaboration with DC metro area Latino immigrant communities. He is also founder and director of the Center on Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD), under which there is currently a contract for social/behavior change communications services with the World Food Program (WFP) and a history of projects with UNICEF in Belize, Ghana, Indonesia, South Africa, and Jamaica, as well as research on transnational social determinants of health affecting recent Latino immigrants.

Previously, Dr. Edberg was PI and director of a P-20 Exploratory Research Center on Latino Immigrant/Refugee Health Disparities, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (at NIH), focusing on the co-occurring disparities of substance abuse, youth violence, and sexual risk. This center evolved into what is now the Avance Center (see above), which was subsequently awarded a CDC REACH (Racial/Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) grant to address, through community-based participatory research, the high prevalence of diabetes in the Latino immigrant community. He also served as PI on an effort (with a consulting organization, DSG, Inc.) to develop a theoretical framework and program/evaluation model for all populations served by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (within DHHS), and was PI on a CDC grant to address, through a pilot intervention, community factors related to youth violence in the Washington-area Latino community, Co-PI on a related CDC grant examining gender violence in the same community, Co-PI for a CDC effort to understand connections between macroeconomic factors and youth violence, Co-PI on an evaluation of a project intended to prevent trafficking/sexual exploitation, and was a community assessment evaluator on an HIV/AIDS and TB-related effort. Previously, he served as Co-PI on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant that examined substance use and HIV/AIDS risk among Southeast Asian populations; he was also involved in a related study focusing on domestic violence in the same communities. Before that, Dr. Edberg was Co-PI on other NIDA-funded research assessing HIV/AIDS and substance use among drug users, runaway youth and other high-risk populations. Dr. Edberg also directed an effort to develop an evaluation system for all grant programs funded by the U.S. Office of Minority Health (DHHS), and to implement that system, followed by a project with the same agency to develop a strategic framework for elimination of racial/ethnic health disparities. In addition, he provided, and continues to provide, evaluation consultation for UNICEF Latin America-Caribbean region. Specifically, key recent projects include:

• July 2023-current: RO1 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) for a qualitative-to-quantitative effort to develop an instrument measuring indigenous historical trauma and its potential effects on health disparities among American Indian/Alaska Native communities. This is a collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Western Carolina University.
• September 2022-current: Cooperative agreement grant from NIMHD for the development, implementation and evaluation of a novel youth firearms violence prevention effort in collaboration with a community in Ward 8 of the District of Columbia – called “Changing Youth Narratives on Firearms Violence – A Community Collaborative Intervention.”
• 2021-current: Contract between CSWD and the World Food Programme (WFP) for social/behavioral change communication services.
• 2021-current: Through the Avance Center, funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and NIMHD to conduct research on community engagement strategies to address COVID-19 disparities, specifically in the Latino immigrant community. This national effort is called the Community Engagement Alliance against COVID-19 Disparities (CEAL), and the Avance Center is part of a multi-university, multi-community team headed by Johns Hopkins University focusing on the Washington, DC metro area.
• 2016-2018: With support from the GWU Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund, a qualitative study (life history interviews) of the social determinants of health for recent Central American migrants, across three domains of home country experience, migration experience, and resettlement experience in the U.S.
• 2014-2019: Under a Long Term Agreement between the Center for Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD) and UNICEF headquarters for research and social/behavior change communication services, multiple projects in South Africa, Indonesia, Ghana, Jamaica, and Belize for program assessments, formative research, and development of communications strategies.
• 2014-2018: Principal Investigator, REACH grant to address diabetes and obesity in the immigrant Latino community, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Awarded to the Avance Center.
• 2012-2017: Principal Investigator/Center Director, P20 Exploratory Research Center on Latino Immigrant/Refugee Health Disparities, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH). This center continues as the Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refugee Health.
   
• 2012-2014: Director, SPHHS Center on Social Well-Being in the Latin America-Caribbean Region - includes funding related to Centre of Knowledge relationship with UNICEF-Belize.
  
  For previous projects, see CV.

Articles in Refereed Journals/Publications

• Andrade EL, Abroms LC, González AI, Favetto C, Gomez V, Díaz-Ramírez M, Palacios C, and Edberg MC. (In press) “Assessing Brigada Digital de Salud Audience Reach and Engagement: A Digital Community Health Worker Model to Address COVID-19 Misinformation in Spanish on Social Media.” Vaccines.
• Santillan-Vazquez C, Hernandez L, Reese AC, Burgos-Gil R, Cleary SD, Rivera I, Gittelsohn J, Edberg MC, Monge-Rojas R, Colon-Ramos, U (2022). “How Providing a Low-Cost Water Filter Led Latino Parents to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Increase their Water Intake: Explanatory Qualitative Results from the WaterUP!@Home Intervention Trial.” Public Health Nutrition DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001744 
• McCarley S, Lopez-Rios M, Burgos RG, Turner MM, Cleary SD, Edberg MC, & Colon-Ramos U. (August, 2021). “Using a Community-Based Participatory Mixed Methods Research Approach to Develop, Evaluate, and Refine a Nutrition Intervention to Replace Sugary Drinks with Filtered Tap Water among Predominantly Central-American Immigrant Families with Infants and Toddlers: The Water Up @Home Pilot Evaluation Study.” Nutrients, 13 (9). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13092942
• Andrade EL, Jula M, Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Lapointe L, Edberg MC, Rivera MI, and Santos-Burgoa C. (2021). “The Impact of Natural Hazards on Older Adult Health: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 17(e52): 1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.305.
• Edberg, MC, Cleary SD, Andrade EL, Evans WD, Quinteros-Grady L, Alvayero RD, & Gonzalez A. (2021). “The Adelante Project: Realities, Challenges and Successes in Addressing Health Disparities among Central American Immigrant Youth. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000368
• Andrade EL, Jula M, Rodriguez-Diaz C, Lapointe L, Edberg MC, Rivera MI, and Santos-Burgoa C. (November 2021). “Older Adult Health in Catastrophic Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico”. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.305
• Andrade EL, Barrett, ND, Edberg MC, Seeger MW, Santos-Burgoa, C (November, 2021). “Resilience of Puerto Rican Communities following Hurricane María: Community-based Preparedness and Communication Strategies.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.306
• Park C, Edberg M. (2021). “The Effects of Spiritual Experience and Church Commitment among South Korean Young Adult Immigrants in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Study.” Journal of Global Health Reports 4:e2020096. doi:10.29392/001c.17608
• Park C, Migliaccio G, Edberg M, Frehywot S, and Johnson G. (2021). “Analysis of CEPH-accredited DrPH Programs in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Study.” PLoS ONE 16(2): e0245892. ttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245892
• Reihani AR, Zimmerman HG, Fernando N, Saunders DR, Edberg, M, and Carter E. (2021). “Barriers and Facilitators to Improving Access to Healthcare for Recently Resettled Afghan Refugees: A Transformative Qualitative Study.” Journal of Health and Social Sciences, doi10.19204/2021/brrr5.
• Edberg M, Benavides-Rawson J, Rivera I, Shaikh H, Monge R, and Grinker R. (2020). “Transnational Determinants of Health for Central American Immigrants to the U.S.: Results of a Qualitative Study.” Global Public Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2020.1779329.
• Edberg M, and Krieger L. (2020). “Recontextualizing the Social Norms Construct as Applied to Health Promotion.” Social Science and Medicine – Population Health 10: 100560. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100560.
• Edberg M. (2020). “The Cultural Persona as Nexus between Structural Marginalization and Youth Risk Behavior.” Journal of Community Psychology 48(7): 2138-2155. doi:10.1002/jcop.22368
• Park C, and Edberg M. (2020). “The Effects of Protestant Christian Faith on Successful Living Transition Among South Korean Immigrants in the United States: A Qualitative Study.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01030-5
• Andrade EL, Barrett ND, Edberg MC, Rivera MI, Latinovic L, Seeger M, Goldman-Hawes A, Santos-Burgoa C. (2020) . “Mortality Reporting and Rumor Generation: An Assessment of Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.” Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research 3(1): 15–48. https://doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.3.1.2
• Evans WD, Andrade EL, Barrett ND, Snider J, Cleary S, and Edberg M. (2019). “Outcomes of the Adelante Community Social Marketing Campaign for Latino Youth.” Health Education Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyz016
• Andrade EL, Evans WD and Edberg M. (December 19, 2018). “Exploring Strategies to Increase Latino Immigrant Youth Engagement in Health Promotion Using Social Media.” Journal of Medical Internet Research. 4(4):e71. doi:10.2196/publichealth.9332
• Evans, WD, Cleary SD, Andrade EL, and Edberg M. (2018).  “The Mediating Effect of Adelante Brand Equity on Latino Immigrant Positive Youth Development Outcomes.” Journal of Health Communication 23(7):606-613. DOI:10.1080/10810730.2018.1496205. 
• Sedlander E, Bingenheimer JB, Thiongo M, Gichangi P, Rimal RN, Edberg M, and Munar W. (2018). “They Destroy the Reproductive System:” Exploring the Belief that Modern Contraceptive Use Causes Infertility. Studies in Family Planning 49(4): 345-365.
• Edberg M, Benavides-Rawson J, Rivera I, Shaikh H, and Mattiola R. (October, 2018). “Trauma and Other Health Determinants among Recent Central American Immigrants: Implications for Youth and Young Adults.” NEOS10(2): 16-17.
• Edberg M, Sedlander E, Rimal R, Bingenheimer J, Shaikh H, Munar W, Gebretsadik Abebe L, Abamecha F, Tamirat A, and Morankar S. (2018). “Planned Social Network Change and Modern Contraceptive Use in a Rural Ethiopian Community.” Journal of Global Health Reports Vol 2 • e2018034, doi: 10.29392/joghr.2.e2018034.  
• Sedlander, E, Bingenheimer JB, Edberg MC, Rimal RN, Shaikh H, and Munar W. 2018). Understanding modern contraception uptake in one Ethiopian community: A case study. Reproductive Health 15: 111, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-018-0550-3.
• Andrade EL, Evans WD, Barrett ND, Cleary SD, Edberg MC, Alvayero RD, Kierstead EC and Beltran A.(January, 2018). “Development of the Place-Based Adelante Social Marketing Campaign for the Prevention of Substance Use, Sexual Risk, and Violence among Latino Immigrant Youth.” Health Education Research33(2):125-144.  https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyx076.
• Edberg, M., Shaikh, H., Rimal, R. N., Rassool, R., & Mthembu, M. (December, 2017). “Development of a Communication Strategy to Reduce Violence against Children in South Africa: A Social-Ecological Approach.” The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) 20: 49-76. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/23576
• Cleary SD, Snead R, Dietz-Chavez D, Rivera I, and Edberg MC. (2017). “Brief Report: Immigrant Trauma and Mental Health Outcomes among Latino Youth.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0673-6.
• Colon-Ramos U, Monge-Rojas R, Cremm E, Rivera IM, Andrade EL, and Edberg MC. (2017) “Understanding How Latina Mothers Navigate a ‘Food Swamp’ to Feed Their Children: A Photovoice Approach.” Public Health Nutrition. 20(11):1941-1952.
• Andrade EL, Bingenheimer JB, Edberg M, Zoerhoff KL, and Putzer EM. (July, 2017). “Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Hygiene Promotion Program in a Rural Salvadoran Setting.” Global Health Promotion. doi: 10.1177/1757975917695072.  PMID: 28749247
• Barrett N, Colón-Ramos U, Elkins A, Rivera I, Evans WD, and Edberg, M. (2017). “Formative Research to Design a Promotional Campaign to Increase Drinking Water among Central American Latino Youth in an Urban Area.” Journal of Health Communication/International Perspectives. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2017.1303557
• Colon-Ramos U, Cremm E, Rivera I, Edberg M. (April, 2016). “Barriers, Facilitators and Strategies to Promote Healthy Eating among Recent Hispanic Immigrant Mothers Living in a Food Swamp.” FASEB Journal 30(1s). [Note – this is a published article brief.]
• Cubilla I, Andrade EL, Cleary SD, Edberg MC, Evans WD, Simmons LK, and Sojo-Lara G. (2017). “Picturing Adelante: Latino Youth Participate in CBPR Using Place-Based Photovoice.” Social Marketing Quarterly 23(1): 18-35.
• Edberg, M.C., Cleary, S.D., Andrade, E.L., Evans, W.D., Simmons, L., and Cubilla-Batista, I. (2016). “Applying Ecological Positive Youth Development Theory to Address the Co-Occurrence of Substance Abuse, Sex Risk and Interpersonal Violence among Immigrant Latino Youth. Health Promotion Practice 18(4): 488-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839916638302.
• Evans WD, Andrade E, Villalba R, Cubilla I, Rivera I, Edberg M (2016) “Turning the Corner: Development of the Adelante Program Brand for Latino Youth.” Social Marketing Quarterly 22(1): 19-33.
• Edberg M, Hayes BE, Montgomery-Rice V, Tchounwou PB. (2016) “The 2014 Minority Health Grantees Conference.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13(1): 57-60; doi:10.3390/ijerph13010057.  [Review of Scientific Findings.]
• Andrade E, Cubilla I, Sojo-Lara G, Simmons LB, Cleary SD, Edberg MC (2015). “Where PYD Meets CBPR: A Photovoice Program for Latino Immigrant Youth.” Journal of Youth Development 10(2): 55-71.
• Andrade EL, Evans WD, Edberg MC, Cleary SD, Villalba R, Cubilla-Batista I. (2015). “Victor and Erika Webisodes for the Adelante Brand: An Innovative Audience Engagement Strategy for Prevention.” Journal of Health Communication 20(12): 1465-72.
• Edberg M, Cleary SD, Andrade EL, Cubilla-Batista I, Simmons L, and Gudger G. (2015). “Defining the ‘Community’: An Application of Ethnographic Methods for a Latino Immigrant Health Disparities Intervention.” Human Organization 74(1): 27-41.
• Edberg M, Cohen M, Gies S, May-Slater S. (2014). “Trajectories of Involvement in Commercial Sex Exploitation and Domestic Trafficking of Girls and Young Women: Selected Qualitative Results from an Evaluation Study.” Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research 9(2): 89-110.
• Cleary SD, Simmons L, Cubilla I, Andrade EL, and Edberg M. (2014). “Community Sampling: Sampling in an Immigrant Community.” Methods in Action Case Studies (peer reviewed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978144627305014529519
• Edberg M, Corey K. Cohen M. (2011). “Using a Qualitative Approach to Develop an Evaluation Data Set for Community-Based Health Promotion Programs Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities.”  Health Promotion Practice 12(6): 912-922. doi: 10.1177/1524839910362035. 
• Edberg M, Cleary S, and Vyas A. (2011). “A Trajectory Model for Understanding and Assessing Health Disparities in Immigrant/Refugee Communities.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 13(3): 576-584.PMID: 20306225.  doi: 10.1007/s10903-010-9337-5
• Edberg M, Cleary S, Klevens J, Collins E, Leiva R, Bazurto M, Rivera I, Taylor A, Montero L, Calderon M. (2010). “The SAFER Latinos Project: Addressing a Community Ecology Underlying Latino Youth Violence.” Journal of Primary Prevention 31: 247-257. 
• Edberg M, Cleary S, Andrade E et al. (Fall 2010). “SAFER Latinos: A Community Partnership to Address Contributing Factors for Latino Youth Violence.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships 4(3): 221-233.
• Edberg M, Collins E, Harris M, McLendon H, and Santucci P. (2009). “Patterns of HIV/AIDS, STI, Substance Abuse and Hepatitis Risk Among Selected Samples of Latino and African-American Youth in Washington, DC.” Journal of Youth Studies 12(6): 685-709. 
• Edberg, M. (2008). “Connections Between Violence, Adolescent Identity and Poverty: The Limits of Current Theory in Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence.” International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Vol. 2(5): 91-104.
• Edberg, M. (July, 2007). “Connections Between Violence, Adolescent Identity and Poverty: The Limits of Current Theory in Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence.” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Champaign, IL: Common Ground Research Networks (publisher). Peer-reviewed Proceedings.
• Bravo Alcantara, P, Edberg, M, and Morales RV. (June 2007). “We Call Upon the Congress: An Advocacy Strategy on Behalf of Birth Registration Rights.” Cases in Public Health Communication and Marketing,Vol 1.
• Corey K, Galvin D, Cohen M, Bekelman A, Healy H, and Edberg M.  (2005). “Impact of the September 11 Attack on Flight Attendants: A Study of an Essential First Responder Group.” International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 7(3):227-241.
• Edberg M. (June 2004). “The Narcotrafficker in Representation and Practice: A Cultural Persona from the Mexican Border.” Ethos (Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology) 32(2): 257-277.
• Edberg M, Wong F, Woo V, and Doong T. (2003). “Elimination of Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: Developing Data Indicators to Assess the Progress of Community-Based Efforts.”  Evaluation and Program Planning 26: 11-19.
• Chng CL, Wong FY, Park RJ, Edberg M, Lai DS. (2003). “A Model for Understanding Sexual Health Among Asian American/Pacific Islander Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in the United States.” AIDS Education and Prevention 15 (Supplement A): 21-38.
• Edberg M, Wong F, Park R, Corey K. (July 2002). “Preliminary Qualitative Results from an Ongoing Study of HIV Risk in Three Southeast Asian Communities.” Proceedings of the XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain: World Health Organization, UNAIDS, Centers for Disease Control and other sponsors. Papers submitted for peer review in these published Proceedings separately from original submission/evaluation of conference abstracts.
• Edberg M. (August 2001). “Drug Traffickers as Social Bandits: Culture and Drug Trafficking in Northern Mexico and the Border Region.” Journal of Contemporary Criminology 17(3): 259-277.
• Edberg M. (June 1998)."Street Cuts: Splices from Project Notebooks." Anthropology and Humanism 23(1): 77-82.

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals and Publications

• Edberg, M. (June 3, 2022). “The Lone Wolf/Mental Health Claim about Gun Violence in America is a Dangerous Diversion.” Texas Signal Op-Ed.
• Shaikh H, and Edberg M. (April 29, 2020). “The Right to Health in the Time of COVID-19.” Medium (George Washington University blog).
• Edberg, M, Shaikh H. (February 24, 2015). “The New Terrorists and the Roots they Share With Gangs and Drug Lords.” The Conversation (on-line news and analysis).
• Edberg M, Shaikh H. (2014). “Beyond Band-Aids: Promoting Social Well-Being as a Strategy for Achieving Human Rights-Related Social Development.” Editorial, on Devex Global Development Community newswire, www.devex.com. 
• Edberg M. (September 2012). “Youth Violence: An Issue in Search of Anthropology.” Anthropology News. Washington, DC: American Anthropological Association.
• Edberg M. (2011). Entries for “Community” and “Community Programs.” In S Loue and M Sajatovic (Eds), The Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Heidelberg: Springer Scientific.
• Edberg M, Cleary S, and Vyas A. (2011). Entry for “Ethnic Disparities.” In S Loue and M Sajatovic (Eds), The Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health. Heidelberg: Springer Scientific.
• Numerous in-depth articles for the Development and Foreign Policy Report, published by the Association for Development Policy Research, Washington, DC. Article titles on request.

Chapters in Books

• Edberg M. (2022). “Using the Concept of Social Well-Being to Develop and Implement a Framework for UNICEF Planning and Evaluating Efforts to Achieve Rights and Development Goals for Children and Families.” In Profiles of Anthropological Practice, T. Redding, C. Cheney (Eds). New York, NY: Berghahn Books.
• Edberg M. (2021). “Health Equity in Immigrant and Refugee Populations.”  Book chapter (invited). In Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach, KB Smalley, JC Warren, and MI Fernandez, Eds.  New York, NY: Springer Publications. Peer reviewed.  
• Edberg M, Bourgois P. (2013). “Street Markets, Adolescent Identity and Violence: A Generative Dynamic.” In R Rosenfeld, M Edberg, X Fang and CS Florence (Eds), Economics and Youth Violence: Crime, Disadvantage and Community. New York: New York University Press.  Peer-reviewed.
• Edberg M. (September 2011). “Narcocorridos: Narratives of a Cultural Persona and Power on the Border.” In Transnational Encounters: Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border, AL Madrid (Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [NOTE: This book was awarded the Ruth A. Solie award from the American Musicological Society as Best Edited Volume of 2012.] Peer-reviewed.
• Edberg M, Laszlo AT. (1992). “Adolescents in the United States: A Demographic Perspective.” In AIDS Education for High-Risk Youth: Assessing the Present, Planning for the Future. AT Laszlo and J Johnson, Eds. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Baldwin J, Edberg M, Smith JB, Laszlo AT. (1992). “Risk Factors for HIV Disease Among Adolescents.” In AIDS Education for High-Risk Youth: Assessing the Present, Planning for the Future. AT Laszlo and J Johnson, Eds. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Baldwin J, Edberg M, Laszlo AT. (1992). “HIV/AIDS Educational Efforts for Adolescents.” In AIDS Education for High-Risk Youth: Assessing the Present, Planning for the Future. AT Laszlo and J Johnson, Eds. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Books Edited or Written

• Rosenfeld R, Edberg M, Fang X and Florence CS (Eds). (August, 2013). Economics and Youth Violence: Crime, Disadvantage and Community. New York: New York University Press. 
• Edberg M. (2013). Culture, Health and Diversity: Understanding People, Reducing Disparities. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. 2^nd edition now in process.
• Edberg M. (2007/2014/2018). Essentials of Health Behavior: Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health. Second edition published in late 2013; 3^rd Edition published in late 2018. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
• Edberg M. (2009). Essential Readings in Health Behavior: Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health. Second publication as part of a book series entitled “Essentials of Public Health.” Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
• Edberg M. (2004). El Narcotraficante: Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border.  Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

Book Reviews

• Edberg M. (Winter 2009). “Review of Drugging the Poor: Legal and Illegal Drugs and Social Inequality.” Anthropological Quarterly 82 (1): 337-342.

Scholarly Reports – Peer Reviewed

• Edberg M, Shaw D, and Shaikh H. (2020). Situation Analysis of Children in Belize. Belize City: UNICEF Belize, and the National Committee for Families and Children. Reviewed by extensive network of agency stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Bingenheimer JB, Shaikh H, Rimal R, Edberg M, Vance S, and Asante E, (February, 2018). Social Norms and Behaviors Related to Child Survival in Ghana Project. Final Report, for UNICEF Ghana, prepared by the Center for Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD), George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Peer reviewed by UNICEF content experts and country staff.
• Edberg M, Shaikh H, Keller L, and Chambers C. (August 2016). Situation Analysis of Children in Jamaica. Research report for UNICEF Jamaica, prepared by the Center for Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD), George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Peer reviewed by UNICEF content experts and Jamaican government ministry representatives.
• Edberg M, Shaikh H, Keller L, Martam I, Sammon E, Sitanggang P, Heidy I, and Budiyawati H. (February 2016). Assessment of Effectiveness and Scalability of UNICEF-sponsored Projects to Prevent Violence against Children and Women in Papua, South Sulawesi and Central Java. Final Report for UNICEF Indonesia, prepared by the Center for Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD), George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Peer reviewed by UNICEF content experts.
• Edberg, M, Rimal R, and Shaikh H. (December 2015). UNICEF Communications for Development (C4D) Strategy for the Prevention of Violence against Children in South Africa. Final Report for UNICEF South Africa, prepared by the Center for Social Well-Being and Development (CSWD), George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Peer reviewed by UNICEF content experts.
• Edberg M, et al (with Development Services Group, Inc.) (August 23, 2013). Protective Factors for Populations Served by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families: A Literature Review and Theoretical Framework. Report and Program/Policy/Research Recommendations for the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. Peer reviewed by external field experts as well as within multiple DHHS agencies.).   
• Edberg M, Chambers C, and Shaw D. (August 2011). Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Belize, 2011: An Ecological Overview. (215 page report). Government of Belize/UNICEF Belize. Reviewed by extensive network of agency stakeholders and experts.
• Edberg M, Yeide M, and Rosenfeld R. 2010. Macroeconomic Factors and Youth Violence: A Framework for Understanding the Linkages and Review of Available Literature. Report prepared for the Centers for Disease Control (under contract to Development Services Group, Inc.). Extensive peer review by a national expert panel, as well as internal review by CDC.
• Cohen MI, Edberg M, Gies S. (June 30, 2010). Final Report on the Evaluation of the SAGE Project’s LIFESKILLS and GRACE Programs. Prepared by Development Services Group, Inc. (Bethesda, MD) for the National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC). Peer reviewed – sent out by the funding agency to expert reviewers.
• Edberg M. (December 2008). Development of UNICEF Latin America-Caribbean (LAC) Adolescent Well-Being Indicators: Background and Proposed Indicators. Panama City, Panama: UNICEF LAC. Peer reviewed – sent out for review to UN agency stakeholders and experts. 

Scholarly Reports – Non Peer Reviewed

• Multiple coauthors, George Washington University and the University of Puerto Rico, including Edberg, M. (August, 2018). Ascertainment of the Estimated Excess Mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Washington, DC: George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health.
• Edberg M, Cleary S, Andrade E, Montero L. (2011). Final Report: SAFER Latinos: Primary Prevention Addressing Modifiable Community Factors for Latino Youth Violence. Prepared for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Edberg M, Rosenfeld R, Vischi T, Yeide M, Cohen M, and Bekelman A. (2010).  “The Impact of Recession on Youth Violence: A Brief Summary.” In report for presentation to UN Conference, Brazil 2010. Toronto: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime.
• Edberg M. (2009). Preliminary Set of UNICEF/LAC Core Adolescent Well-Being Indicators for the MICS4 (and Beyond), With Rationale and Sample Module. New York: UNICEF. 
• Edberg M, Bekelman A, Cohen M, Galvin D.  (May 2003). Conducting Substance Abuse Prevention Research in a Workplace Setting: Issues and Barriers. Report to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.
• Edberg M, Cohen M, Bekelman A.  (March 2002). Identifying a Uniform Data Set of Information/Data to Assess the Impacts of Activities Funded by the Office of Minority Health. Final Report. Report for the Division of Policy and Data. US Office of Minority Health, DHHS, Rockville, MD. 
• Edberg M, Ringwalt C, Galvin D, Driscoll D, and Eisenberg M. (2002). Impact of the Transition to Work on Youth Substance Abuse. Research Report. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  
• Edberg M. (May 1999). Interim Report: Research Concerning the Role of the Narcotrafficker Persona on Risk Behavior. (“Image and Action: Narcocorridos, Risk Behavior and the Narcotraficante Persona on the US Mexico Border. Prepared for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, Under Contract 277-98-6017. Rockville, MD.
• Wong F, Edberg M, Cohen M, et al. (1998). Final Report: Study of the Implementation of OMH’s Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Program. Bethesda, MD: Development Services Group, Inc., For the Office of Minority Health/DHHS.
• Edberg M. (1994). "HIV/AIDS Risk Behavior Among Runaways in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area" In Runaways and HIV/AIDS.  Report for National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and for chapter in NIDA-published book. Rockville, MD: NIDA.
• Edberg M. (1990). "Language Diversity in the Hispanic Community of Washington, DC", in Language Diversity in the U.S. Report for the Anthropology Society of Washington.
• Edberg M. (1990). Background on Hard-to-Reach, High Risk Youth: A Review of the Literature.  Report for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.