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Publications (7024)

Mental health and psychological well-being of Kenyan adolescents from Nairobi and the Coast regions in the context of COVID-19.

Journal: Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Mbithi Mabrouk Sarki Odhiambo Namuguzi Dzombo Atukwatse Kabue Mwangi Abubakar

Factors associated with caregiver compliance to an HIV disclosure intervention and its effect on HIV and mental health outcomes among children living with HIV: instrumental variable-based analysis of a cluster randomized trial in Eldoret, Kenya.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Magill Nyandiko Baum Aluoch Chory Ashimoshi Lidweye Njoroge Sang Nyagaya

Global rural health disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: State of the science.

Journal: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Wiese Gibson Guest Nelson Weaver Gupta Carmichael Lewis Lindauer Loi

Peer-delivered Problem-solving Therapy for Adolescent Mental Health in Kenya: Adaptation for Context and Training of Peer-counselors.

Journal: Research on child and adolescent psychopathology

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Giusto Vander Missen Kosgei Njiriri Puffer Kamaru Kwobah Barasa Turissini Rasmussen Ott

Mental healthcare services in Kenyan counties: a descriptive survey of four counties in Western Kenya.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Kwobah Turissini Barasa Kimaiyo Okeyo Araka Njiriri Matundura Jaguga

Sleep and Happiness in Urban-Dwelling Older Adults in Ghana: A Serial Multiple Mediation Model of Generalized Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms.

Journal: The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors:  Gyasi Hajek Owusu James Boampong Accam Abass Owusu-Dabo Phillips

Conducting Violence and Mental Health Research with Female Sex Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethical Considerations, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from the Maisha Fiti Study in Nairobi, Kenya.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Kung'u Kabuti Babu On Behalf Of The Maisha Fiti Study Champions Nyamweya Okumu Mahero Jama Ngurukiri Nyariki

Effect of 6-Month HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Dispensing With Interim Self-testing on Preexposure Prophylaxis Continuation at 12 Months: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial.

Journal: JAMA network open

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Ortblad Bardon Mogere Kiptinness Gakuo Mbaire Thomas Mugo Baeten Ngure

Psychometric evaluation of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 among community health volunteers and nurses/midwives in Kenya following a nation-wide telephonic survey.

Journal: Frontiers in psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors:  Odero Mwangi Odhiambo Nzioka Shumba Ndirangu-Mugo Abubakar

Optimising engagement in a digital parenting intervention to prevent violence against adolescents in Tanzania: protocol for a cluster randomised factorial trial.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Janowski Green Shenderovich Stern Clements Wamoyi Wambura Lachman Melendez-Torres Gardner

Development and validation of a prediction tool to support engagement in HIV care among young people ages 10-24 years in Kenya.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Wilson Agot Dyer Badia Kibugi Bosire Neary Inwani Beima-Sofie Shah

Navigating Life With HIV as an Older Adult on the Kenyan Coast: Perceived Health Challenges Seen Through the Biopsychosocial Model.

Journal: International journal of public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Mwangala Wagner Newton Abubakar

Strategies for improving mental health and wellbeing used by adults ageing with HIV from the Kenyan coast: a qualitative exploration.

Journal: Wellcome open research

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Authors & Co-authors:  Mwangala Wagner Newton Abubakar

A qualitative inquiry of experiences of HIV-related stigma and its effects among people living with HIV on treatment in rural Kilifi, Kenya.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Wanjala Nyongesa Mapenzi Luchters Abubakar

"Association between Traumatic Life Events and Psychosis: A case-control study in western Kenya".

Journal: Heliyon

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Authors & Co-authors:  Hillow Atwoli Kwobah

Cross-country analysis of national mental health investment case studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Central, South and South-East Asia.

Journal: Frontiers in health services

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Authors & Co-authors:  Chisholm Lee Baral Bhagwat Dombrovskiy Grafton Kontsevaya Huque Kalani Okware Kulikov

Availability of screening and treatment for common mental disorders in HIV clinic settings: data from the global International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Consortium, 2016-2017 and 2020.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Parcesepe Stockton Remch Wester Bernard Ross Haas Ajeh Althoff Enane

Exploring the influence of postnatal depression on neonatal care practices among mothers in Western Kenya: A qualitative study.

Journal: Women's health (London, England)

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Gribbin Achieng K'Oloo Barsosio Kwobah Kariuki Nabwera

Heavy episodic drinking and self-reported increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a spotlight on frontline and essential workers in Canada.

Journal: Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Varin Venugopal Li MacEachern Weeks Baker Lowe

A positive consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: how the counterfactual experience of school closures is accelerating a multisectoral response to the treatment of neglected tropical diseases.

Journal: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Bundy Schultz Antoninis Barry Burbano Croke Drake Gyapong Karutu Kihara

The Multidimensional, Intersecting Impacts of COVID-19 on Young People's Lives: Evidence From Cross-Sectional Surveys in Mexico, India, and Kenya.

Journal: The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Gottert Vieitez Nevárez Austrian Muluve Patel Saggurti Bajracharya DeMulder Soler

The significance of feeling safe for resilience of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: Frontiers in psychology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Bandeira Graham Ebersöhn

Education, policy and clinical care in mental health: an update on the activities of WPA Collaborating Centres.

Journal: World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Fiorillo Javed Azeem Basu Lam Murthy Ndetei Okasha Stein Bhui

The lived experience of depression: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics.

Journal: World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Fusar-Poli Estradé Stanghellini Esposito Rosfort Mancini Norman Cullen Adesina Jimenez

Neurocognitive outcomes of children exposed to and living with HIV aged 3-5 years in Kilifi, Kenya.

Journal: Frontiers in reproductive health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Chongwo Wedderburn Nyongesa Sigilai Mwangi Thoya Odhiambo Ngombo Kabunda Newton

Use of mobile technology to identify behavioral mechanisms linked to mental health outcomes in Kenya: protocol for development and validation of a predictive model.

Journal: BMC research notes

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Njoroge Maina Frank Atwoli Wu Ngugi Sen Wang Wong Baker

Group-based psychoeducational workshop for parents in Kenya: findings from a pilot study.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Alemu Nyatete Baseke Ngatia Osborn Wasanga

Why cities matter for adolescent mental health and wellbeing.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Sinha Wanjiru Gonsalves Melendez-Torres Ospina-Pinillos Bulc Germann Bardikoff Hannon Anselimus

Parenting-related positive childhood experiences, adverse childhood experiences, and mental health-Four sub-Saharan African countries.

Journal: Child abuse & neglect

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Low Kambona Nobah Coomer Manuel Kamagate McOwen Augusto Annor Chiang

Expanding mental health services in low- and middle-income countries: A task-shifting framework for delivery of comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Raviola Upadhaya Eustache Koyiet Wondimu El Chammay Contreras Petersen Silove Ugo

Effective training practices for non-specialist providers to promote high-quality mental health intervention delivery: A narrative review with four case studies from Kenya, Ethiopia, and the United States.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Ng Jaguga Puffer Barnett

Objectively Quantifying Pediatric Psychiatric Severity Using Artificial Intelligence, Voice Recognition Technology, and Universal Emotions: Pilot Study for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Innovation to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis.

Journal: JMIR research protocols

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Authors & Co-authors:  Sezgin Cheungvivatpant Aeschbach Kottmyer Cárdenas Bautista Abebe Tadesse Alemu Burson Caulley

Understanding ART Adherence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Western Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study of Barriers and Facilitators.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Sarnquist Altamirano Odero Omollo Awuonda Ondeng'e Kang Behl Ndivo Baiocchi

Promoting childbirth in a rural health facility: A quasi-experimental study in western Kenya.

Journal: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Mwanzia Baliddawa Biederman Perkins Champion

Exploring user experiences of a text message-delivered intervention among individuals on opioid use disorder treatment in Kenya: A qualitative study.

Journal: PLOS digital health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Chiliza Paruk Kwobah Kiburi

Effectiveness of conditional cash transfers, subsidized child care and life skills training on adolescent mothers' schooling, sexual and reproductive health, and mental health outcomes in Burkina Faso and Malawi: the PROMOTE Project pilot randomized controlled trial protocol.

Journal: Reproductive health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Alfonso Tapsoba Thakwalakwa Wanambwa Ouedraogo Mbuthia Mangwana Kimemia Maina Khisa

Effectiveness of participatory video in lowering stigma against people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Kenya.

Journal: BJPsych open

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Authors & Co-authors:  Newton Lennox Kariuki Grassi Bitta Baariu

Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda.

Journal: Infectious diseases of poverty

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Abubakar Fillinger Krücken Nasambu Mutebi Feldmeier Katana Chongwo Riithi Elson

Feasibility and acceptability of a peer provider delivered substance use screening and brief intervention program for youth in Kenya.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Ott Puffer Kosgei Rono Barasa Korir Apondi Giusto Kwobah Jaguga

Adapting a substance use screening and brief intervention for peer-delivery and for youth in Kenya.

Journal: SSM. Mental health

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Authors & Co-authors:  Puffer Korir Rono Kosgei Barasa Giusto Apondi Kwobah Ott Jaguga