AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Nyongesa

Publications (31)

Prevalence and correlates of depressive and anxiety symptoms among pregnant women from an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Mulupi Stephen S Abubakar Amina A Nyongesa Moses Kachama MK Angwenyi Vibian V Kabue Margaret M Mwangi Paul Murimi PM Odhiambo Rachel R Marangu Joyce J Njoroge Eunice E Mokaya Mercy Moraa MM

Centring youth mental health discourse on low-income and middle-income countries.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Rose-Clarke Kelly K Bitta Mary M Evans-Lacko Sara S Jokinen Tahir T Jordans Mark M Nyongesa Moses K MK Nadkarni Abhijit A Patalay Praveetha P Pradhan Indira I Rahman Atif A

Psychosocial and mental health challenges facing perinatally HIV-infected adolescents along the Kenyan coast: a qualitative inquiry using the socioecological model.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Wanjala Stanley W SW Nyongesa Moses K MK Luchters Stanley S Abubakar Amina A

A scoping review of the literature on the application and usefulness of the Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention around the world.

Journal: BJPsych open

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Mwangala Patrick N PN Makandi Millicent M Kerubo Anita A Nyongesa Moses K MK Abubakar Amina A

A mixed methods approach to adapting and evaluating the functional assessment of HIV infection (FAHI), Swahili version, for use with low literacy populations.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Sigilai Hassan Thoya Odhiambo Van de Vijver Newton Abubakar

Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Blood by Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Young Children From Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Morpeth Deloria Knoll Scott Park Watson Baggett Brooks Feikin Hammitt Howie

Cumulative Psychosocial Risk is a Salient Predictor of Depressive Symptoms among Vertically HIV-Infected and HIV-Affected Adolescents at the Kenyan Coast.

Journal: Annals of global health

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Abubakar Van de Vijver Hassan Fischer Nyongesa Kabunda Berkley Stein Newton

Cognition, mood and quality-of-life outcomes among low literacy adults living with epilepsy in rural Kenya: A preliminary study.

Journal: Epilepsy & behavior : E&B

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Mwangala Kariuki Nyongesa Mwangi Chongwo Newton Abubakar

Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes and association with quality of life among adults living with HIV: a cross-sectional focus on a low-literacy population from coastal Kenya.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Mwangala Mwangi Kombe Newton Abubakar

Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among adults living with HIV in rural Kilifi, Kenya.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Mwangi Wanjala Mutua Newton Abubakar

Economic burden and mental health of primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected adolescents from Kilifi, Kenya.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Katana Abubakar Nyongesa Ssewanyana Mwangi Newton Jemutai

The reliability, validity and factorial structure of the Swahili version of the 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) among adults living with HIV from Kilifi, Kenya.

Journal: Annals of general psychiatry

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

Validation of a Swahili version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to a community sample from Kilifi, Kenya.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders reports

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

Prevalence, risk and protective indicators of common mental disorders among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Mwangi Kinuthia Hassan Koot Cuijpers Newton Abubakar

Prevalence and factors associated with common mental disorders in young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Too Abubakar Nasambu Koot Cuijpers Newton Nyongesa

Mapping services at two Nairobi County primary health facilities: identifying challenges and opportunities in integrated mental health care as a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) priority.

Journal: Annals of general psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors:  Kumar Nyongesa Kagoya Mutamba Amugune Krishnam Wambua Petersen Gachuno Saxena

Psychosocial and mental health challenges faced by emerging adults living with HIV and support systems aiding their positive coping: a qualitative study from the Kenyan coast.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Nasambu Mapenzi Koot Cuijpers Newton Abubakar

Human-centered design exploration with Kenyan health workers on proposed digital mental health screening and intervention training development: Thematic analysis of user preferences and needs.

Journal: Digital health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kumar Macharia Nyongesa Kathono Yator Mwaniga McKay Huang Shidhaye Njuguna

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

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

Validation of the English and Swahili Adaptation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for Use Among Adolescents in Kenya.

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

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Tele Carvajal-Velez Nyongesa Ahs Mwaniga Kathono Yator Njuguna Kanyanya Amin

Cultural and contextual adaptation of mental health measures in Kenya: An adolescent-centered transcultural adaptation of measures study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Nyongesa Kathono Mwaniga Yator Madeghe Kanana Amugune Anyango Nyamai Wambua

Interpersonal Psychotherapy's problem areas as an organizing framework to understand depression and sexual and reproductive health needs of Kenyan pregnant and parenting adolescents: a qualitative study.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kumar Yator Nyongesa Kagoya Mwaniga Kathono Gitonga Grote Verdeli Huang

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

Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Kumar Tele Kathono Nyongesa Yator Mwaniga Huang McKay Lai Levy

Prevalence and risk factors associated with depression in pregnant adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders reports

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Tele Kathono Mwaniga Nyongesa Yator Gachuno Wamalwa Amugune Cuijpers Saxena

Diverse policy maker perspectives on the mental health of pregnant and parenting adolescent girls in Kenya: Considerations for comprehensive, adolescent-centered policies and programs.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Obonyo Nyongesa Duffy Kathono Nyamai Mwaniga Yator Levy Lai Kumar

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

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

Journal: Frontiers in reproductive health

Publication Year: 

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

Adolescent perspectives on peripartum mental health prevention and promotion from Kenya: Findings from a design thinking approach.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Kumar Njuguna Levy Lai Duffy Breuer Wambugu Banerjee Yator Mwaniga

Correction: 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: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Merali Abubakar Waljee Shah Orwa Nyongesa Aballa Khakali Weinheimer-Haus Baker