AUTHOR'S PROFILE

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Publications (1745)

Cross-country variations in the reporting of psychotic symptoms among sub-Saharan African adults: A psychometric evaluation of the Psychosis Screening Questionnaire.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Bitta Thungana Kim Denckla Ametaj Yared Kwagala Ongeri Stroud Kwobah

Agents of Change for Mental Health: A Survey of Young People's Aspirations for Participation Across Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

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

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Pavarini Booysen Jain Lai Manku Foster-Estwick Gatera Omari Juma Karorero Philip-Joe

Prevalence and perception of substance abuse and associated economic indicators and mental health disorders in a large cohort of Kenyan students: towards integrated public health approach and clinical management.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Mutiso Ndetei N Muia Musyimi Osborn Kasike Onsinyo Mbijjiwe Karambu Sounders

Predictors of postnatal depression in the slums Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kariuki Kuria Were Ndetei

Sociocultural perspectives on suicidal behaviour at the Coast Region of Kenya: an exploratory qualitative study.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Ongeri Nyawira Kariuki Theuri Bitta Penninx Newton Tijdink

The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Journal: The Lancet regional health. Europe

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Castelpietra Knudsen Agardh Armocida Beghi Iburg Logroscino Ma Starace Steel

A community engagement approach for an integrated early childhood development intervention: a case study of an urban informal settlement with Kenyans and embedded refugees.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kabue Abubakar Ssewanyana Angwenyi Marangu Njoroge Ombech Mokaya Obulemire Mugo

The burden of injury in Central, Eastern, and Western European sub-region: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study.

Journal: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Haagsma Charalampous Ariani Gallay Moesgaard Iburg Nena Ngwa Rommel Zelviene Abegaz

Prognostic indicators and outcomes of hospitalised COVID-19 patients with neurological disease: An individual patient data meta-analysis.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Singh Lant Cividini Cattrall Goodwin Benjamin Michael Khawaja Matos Alkeridy

"I have never talked to anyone to free my mind" - challenges surrounding status disclosure to adolescents contribute to their disengagement from HIV care: a qualitative study in western Kenya.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Toromo Apondi Nyandiko Omollo Bakari Aluoch Kantor Fortenberry Wools-Kaloustian Elul

Increasing diversity in genomics requires investment in equitable partnerships and capacity building.

Journal: Nature genetics

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Martin Stroud Abebe Akena Alemayehu Atwoli Chapman Flowers Gelaye Gichuru

A systematic review of substance use and substance use disorder research in Kenya.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Jaguga Kiburi Temet Barasa Karanja Kinyua Kwobah

What is next in African neuroscience?

Journal: eLife

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Donald Maina Patel Nguemeni Mohammed Abubakar Brown Stoyanova Welchman Walker

Point-of-care HIV viral load and targeted drug resistance mutation testing versus standard care for Kenyan children on antiretroviral therapy (Opt4Kids): an open-label, randomised controlled trial.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Patel Oyaro Thomas Wagude Mukui Brown Hassan Kinywa Oluoch Odhiambo

Adaptation, acceptability and feasibility of Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention to promote the mental health of young people living with HIV in Kenya: formative mixed-methods research.

Journal: BJPsych open

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Mwangome Mwangi Nasambu Mbuthia Koot Cuijpers Newton Abubakar

Factor structure and item response of psychosis symptoms among Kenyan adults.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Jaguga Ametaj Kim Stroud Newton Kariuki Kwobah Atwoli Gelaye Korte

Genetic structure correlates with ethnolinguistic diversity in eastern and southern Africa.

Journal: American journal of human genetics

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Atkinson Dalvie Pichkar Kalungi Majara Stevenson Abebe Akena Alemayehu Ashaba

Mental health interventions for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.

Journal: Frontiers in psychiatry

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Mabrouk Mbithi Chongwo Too Sarki Namuguzi Atukwatse Ssewanyana Abubakar

Positive parenting, adolescent adjustment, and quality of adolescent diet in nine countries.

Journal: Journal of adolescence

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Zietz Cheng Lansford Deater-Deckard Di Giunta Dodge Gurdal Liu Long Oburu

IRP commission: sexual minorities and mental health: global perspectives.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Bhugra Killaspy Kar Levin Chumakov Rogoza Harvey Bagga Owino-Wamari Everall

Prevalence and factors associated with mild depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults living with HIV from the Kenyan coast.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Mwangala Nasambu Wagner Newton Abubakar

Diagnosis and classification of optic neuritis.

Journal: The Lancet. Neurology

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Petzold Fraser Abegg Alroughani Alshowaeir Alvarenga Andris Asgari Barnett Battistella

A Longitudinal Examination of the Family Stress Model of Economic Hardship in Seven Countries.

Journal: Children and youth services review

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Zietz Lansford Liu Long Oburu Pastorelli Sorbring Skinner Steinberg Tapanya

Depressive symptoms among mothers with hospitalized children in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Elshafei Jemutai Tickell Sukhtankar Bhat Molyneux Berkley Walson Collins

Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018.

Journal: BMC medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Haeuser Serfes Cork Yang Abbastabar Abhilash Adabi Adebayo Adekanmbi Adeyinka

Is everyone invited to the discussion table? A bibliometric analysis COVID-19-related mental health literature.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Yalcin Bayraktar Karabulut de Filippis Jaguga Karaliuniene Nagendrappa Noël Ojeahere Ori

Impact of climate events, pollution, and green spaces on mental health: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Cuijpers Miguel Ciharova Kumar Brander Kumar Karyotaki

Validating measures of stigma against those with mental illness among a community sample in Kilifi Kenya.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

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

Co-morbid mental health conditions in people with epilepsy and association with quality of life in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: Health and quality of life outcomes

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Tsigebrhan Derese Kariuki Fekadu Medhin Newton Prince Hanlon

Antenatal care is associated with adherence to iron supplementation among pregnant women in selected low-middle-income-countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America & the Caribbean regions: Insights from Demographic and Health Surveys.

Journal: Maternal & child nutrition

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Karyadi Reddy Dearden Purwanti Mardewi Asri Roquero Juguan Sapitula-Evidente Anand

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: Research square

Publication Year: 

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

Perspectives on reasons for suicidal behaviour and recommendations for suicide prevention in Kenya: qualitative study.

Journal: BJPsych open

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ongeri Nyawira Kariuki Bitta Schubart Penninx Newton Tijdink

Psychometric properties of the mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI) psychosis module: a Sub-Saharan Africa cross country comparison.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Korte Jaguga Kim Stroud Stevenson Akena Atwoli Gichuru James Kwobah

The Nairobi Declaration-Reducing the burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs.

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

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Maestre Carrillo Kalaria Acosta Adams Adoukonou Akinwande Akinyemi Akinyemi Akpa

Risk of suicidality in mental and neurological disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: Comprehensive psychiatry

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Ongeri Theuri Nyawira Penninx Tijdink Kariuki Newton

Health seeking behaviors and childcare patterns in an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya: A cross-sectional study.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ssewanyana Zhang Martin Proulx Malti Abubakar Angwenyi Kabue Marangu Odhiambo

Predicting Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Across Cultures: A Machine Learning Approach.

Journal: Journal of youth and adolescence

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Rothenberg Bizzego Esposito Lansford Al-Hassan Bacchini Bornstein Chang Deater-Deckard Di Giunta

A comprehensive health effects assessment of the use of sanitizers and disinfectants during COVID-19 pandemic: a global survey.

Journal: Environmental science and pollution research international

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Hashemi Hoepner Hamidinejad Haluza Afrashteh Abbasi Omeragić Imamović Rasheed Taher

Cultural contributions to adults' self-rated mental health problems and strengths: 7 culture clusters, 28 societies, 16 906 adults.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Copeland Ivanova Achenbach Turner Tong Ahmeti-Pronaj Au Bellina Caldas Chen

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

Publication Year: 

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