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College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.

Publications (69)

Scaling up home-visiting to promote early childhood development and prevent violence in Rwanda: a hybrid type-2 effectiveness-implementation trial.

Journal: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines

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Authors & Co-authors: Black Candace J CJ Placencio-Castro Matias M Phend Gabriela G Havugimana Jean Marie Vianney JMV Umulisa Grace G Uwamahoro Pacifique P Nyirahabimana Marie Gaudence MG Bond Laura L Hernandez Kayla K Jensen Sarah Kg SK

Transgenerational effects of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: A post-traumatic stress disorder symptom domain analysis.

Journal: AAS open research

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Authors & Co-authors: Rudahindwa Susan S Mutesa Leon L Rutembesa Eugene E Mutabaruka Jean J Qu Annie A Wildman Derek E DE Jansen Stefan S Uddin Monica M

Individuals' positive gains from the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study across 30 countries.

Journal: Journal of global health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors: Li Jiaying J Davidson Patricia M PM Fong Daniel Yee Tak DYT Li Yaqin Y Lok Kris Yuet Wan KYW Wong Janet Yuen Ha JYH Man Ho Mandy M Choi Edmond Pui Hang EPH Pandian Vinciya V Duan Wenjie W

Country-specific key lifestyle factors and health outcomes for resource allocation in the general population: a network analysis across 29 countries.

Journal: Journal of global health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors: Li Jiaying J Fong Daniel Yee Tak DYT Lok Kris Yuet Wan KYW Wong Janet Yuen Ha JYH Ho Mandy Man MM Choi Edmond Pui Hang EPH Pandian Vinciya V Davidson Patricia M PM Duan Wenjie W Tarrant Marie M

Epigenome-wide association studies identify novel DNA methylation sites associated with PTSD: a meta-analysis of 23 military and civilian cohorts.

Journal: Genome medicine

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Katrinli Seyma S Wani Agaz H AH Maihofer Adam X AX Ratanatharathorn Andrew A Daskalakis Nikolaos P NP Montalvo-Ortiz Janitza J Núñez-Ríos Diana L DL Zannas Anthony S AS Zhao Xiang X Aiello Allison E AE

Caregiver burden among informal caregivers of stroke survivors in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Journal: The South African journal of physiotherapy

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Authors & Co-authors: Kaseke Farayi F Gwanzura Lovemore L Kaseke Timothy T Musarurwa Cuthbert C Gori Elizabeth E Nyengerai Tawanda T Stewart Aimee A

Mpox as an emerging health threat for survivors of sex trafficking.

Journal: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH

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Authors & Co-authors: Ekerin Olabode O Shomuyiwa Deborah Oluwaseun DO Ogunkola Isaac Olushola IO Adebisi Yusuff Adebayo YA Manirambona Emery E

Innovative technologies to address neglected tropical diseases in African settings with persistent sociopolitical instability.

Journal: Nature communications

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Manyazewal Tsegahun T Davey Gail G Hanlon Charlotte C Newport Melanie J MJ Hopkins Michael M Wilburn Jenni J Bakhiet Sahar S Mutesa Leon L Semahegn Agumasie A Assefa Esubalew E

Evaluating effects of community-based social healing model on Ubuntu, mental health and psychosocial functioning in post-genocide Rwanda: protocol for cluster randomized control trial.

Journal: Trials

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Jansen Stefan S Niyonzima Jean Bosco JB Gerbarg Patricia P Brown Richard P RP Nsengiyumva Alice A Niyonsenga Japhet J Nsabimana Epaphrodite E

Perinatal intimate partner violence among teen mothers and children's attachment disorders in Rwanda: potential mediating factors.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Nshimyumukiza Martin M Niyonsenga Japhet J Kanazayire Clementine C Sebatukura Simeon Gitimbwa SG Mutabaruka Jean J

Restrictive migration policies and their impact on HIV prevention, care and treatment services.

Journal: Health research policy and systems

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Ekerin Olabode O Shomuyiwa Deborah Oluwaseun DO Lucero-Prisno Don Eliseo DE Agboola Oluwafemi Oluwaseun OO Damilola Ayelawa Samuel AS Onoja Silvia Ojonoka SO Chikwendu Chisom Favour CF Manirambona Emery E

Factors affecting the prevention of unwanted pregnancies among young adolescents in secondary schools in the Eastern Province of Rwanda: An explorative qualitative study.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Uhawenimana Thierry Claudien TC Muganwa Kellen K Uwimana Marie Chantal MC Musabwasoni Marie Grace Sandra MGS Tengera Olive O Bahumura Joy J Mukashyaka Joella J Mukakamanzi Jackline J Habyarimana Emmanuel E Ngerageze Innocent I

Integrating trauma- and violence-informed care for adolescent mothers in Rwanda: a qualitative study with community health workers.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Nkurunziza Aimable A Smye Victoria L VL Wathen C Nadine CN Jackson Kimberley T KT Cechetto David F DF Tryphonopoulos Panagiota P Gishoma Darius D

Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress and their risk and protective factors among secondary students in Rwanda during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Mukantwali Marie Bienvenue MB Niyonsenga Japhet J Uwingeneye Liliane L Kanyamanza Claudine Uwera CU Mutabaruka Jean J

Mental health outcomes of offspring exposed to parental intimate partner violence in Rwanda.

Journal: BMC pediatrics

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Bahati Claire C Nyiranteziryayo Amina A Izabayo Josias J Atete Pauline P Sezibera Vincent V Mutesa Leon L

A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of narrative therapy on resilience of orphaned and abandoned children fostered in SOS children's village.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

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Authors & Co-authors: Karibwende Francoise F Niyonsenga Japhet J Nyirinkwaya Serge S Hitayezu Innocent I Sebuhoro Celestin C Simeon Sebatukura Gitimbwa G Marie Ntete Jeanne J Mutabaruka Jean J

Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Young Mania Rating Scale to measure the severity of a manic or hypomanic episode.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Musoni-Rwililiza E E Arnbjerg C J CJ Rurangwa N U NU Bendtsen M G MG Carlsson J J Kallestrup P P Vindbjerg E E Gishoma D D

Depression symptoms and suicidal ideation among HIV infected Rwandans: the mediating and moderating effects of complicated grief and substance abuse.

Journal: AIDS research and therapy

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Authors & Co-authors: Uwiringiyimana Anualitha A Niyonsenga Japhet J Lisette Kethina Gaju KG Bugenimana Athanasie A Mutabaruka Jean J Nshimiyimana Augustin A

Fear in general populations: A cross-sectional study on perceived fear of common diseases, COVID-19, life events, and environmental threats in 30 countries.

Journal: Journal of global health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Li Jiaying J Pandian Vinciya V Fong Daniel Yee Tak DYT Lok Kris Yuet Wan KYW Wong Janet Yuen Ha JYH Man Ho Mandy M Choi Edmond Pui Hang EPH Davidson Patricia M PM Duan Wenjie W Tarrant Marie M

The mental health prognosis of offspring born of genocidal rape is influenced by family members, the community and their perceptions toward them.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Nyirandamutsa Fortunée F Niyonsenga Japhet J Lisette Gaju Kethina GK Izabayo Josias J Kambibi Emilienne E Munderere Samuel S Sebuhoro Célestin C Muhayisa Assoumpta A Vincent Sezibera S

Key lifestyles and health outcomes across 16 prevalent chronic diseases: A network analysis of an international observational study.

Journal: Journal of global health

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Authors & Co-authors: Li Jiaying J Fong Daniel Yee Tak DYT Lok Kris Yuet Wan KYW Wong Janet Yuen Ha JYH Man Ho Mandy M Choi Edmond Pui Hang EPH Pandian Vinciya V Davidson Patricia M PM Duan Wenjie W Tarrant Marie M

Prevalence of psychoactive substance use among youth in Rwanda.

Journal: BMC research notes

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Kanyoni Maurice M Gishoma Darius D Ndahindwa Vedaste V

Traumatic episodes and mental health effects in young men and women in Rwanda, 17 years after the genocide.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Rugema Lawrence L Mogren Ingrid I Ntaganira Joseph J Krantz Gunilla G

Help-seeking behaviours, barriers to care and self-efficacy for seeking mental health care: a population-based study in Rwanda.

Journal: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Umubyeyi Aline A Mogren Ingrid I Ntaganira Joseph J Krantz Gunilla G

The "treatment gap" in global mental health reconsidered: sociotherapy for collective trauma in Rwanda.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors: Jansen Stefan S White Ross R Hogwood Jemma J Jansen Angela A Gishoma Darius D Mukamana Donatilla D Richters Annemiek A

"A constant struggle to receive mental health care": health care professionals' acquired experience of barriers to mental health care services in Rwanda.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Rugema Lawrence L Krantz Gunilla G Mogren Ingrid I Ntaganira Joseph J Persson Margareta M

Gender Inequality Prevents Abused Women from Seeking Care Despite Protection Given in Gender-Based Violence Legislation: A Qualitative Study from Rwanda.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Umubyeyi Aline A Persson Margareta M Mogren Ingrid I Krantz Gunilla G

Adolescent depression linked to socioeconomic status? Molecular approaches for revealing premorbid risk factors.

Journal: BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Uddin Monica M Jansen Stefan S Telzer Eva H EH

Twenty years later, the cognitive portrait of openness to reconciliation in Rwanda.

Journal: British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953)

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Caparos Serge S Giroux Sara-Valérie SV Rutembesa Eugène E Habimana Emmanuel E Blanchette Isabelle I

Association between patient outcomes and key performance indicators of stroke care quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: European stroke journal

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Authors & Co-authors: Urimubenshi Gerard G Langhorne Peter P Cadilhac Dominique A DA Kagwiza Jeanne N JN Wu Olivia O

Stroke care in Africa: A systematic review of the literature.

Journal: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Urimubenshi Gerard G Cadilhac Dominique A DA Kagwiza Jeanne N JN Wu Olivia O Langhorne Peter P

Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda.

Journal: International journal of health policy and management

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Cancedda Corrado C Cotton Phil P Shema Joseph J Rulisa Stephen S Riviello Robert R Adams Lisa V LV Farmer Paul E PE Kagwiza Jeanne N JN Kyamanywa Patrick P Mukamana Donatilla D

Reduction of PTSD in South African University Students Using Transcendental Meditation Practice.

Journal: Psychological reports

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Bandy Carole L CL Dillbeck Michael C MC Sezibera Vincent V Taljaard Lian L Wilks Mirah M Shapiro David D de Reuck Jody J Peycke Richard R

A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' perceptions of men and women's mental healthcare seeking in Rwanda.

Journal: Journal of community psychology

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Rugema Lawrence L Persson Margareta M Mogren Ingrid I Ntaganira Joseph J Krantz Gunilla G

National and regional prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: PLoS medicine

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Ng Lauren C LC Stevenson Anne A Kalapurakkel Sreeja S SS Hanlon Charlotte C Seedat Soraya S Harerimana Boniface B Chiliza Bonginkosi B Koenen Karestan C KC

Burden of post-traumatic stress disorder in postgenocide Rwandan population following exposure to 1994 genocide against the Tutsi: A meta-analysis.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Musanabaganwa Clarisse C Jansen Stefan S Fatumo Segun S Rutembesa Eugene E Mutabaruka Jean J Gishoma Darius D Uwineza Annette A Kayiteshonga Yvonne Y Alachkar Amal A Wildman Derek D

Improved quality of life following direct-acting antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection in Rwanda: Results from a clinical trial in sub-Saharan Africa (the SHARED study).

Journal: Journal of viral hepatitis

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Van Nuil Jennifer Ilo JI Umutesi Grace G Shumbusho Fabienne F Kateera Frederick F Dushimimana Jean de Dieu JD Muvunyi Claude Mambo CM Musabeyezu Emmanuel E Mukabatsinda Constance C Ntirenganya Cyprien C Kabahizi Jules J

Stroke rehabilitation in low-income and middle-income countries: a call to action.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Bernhardt Julie J Urimubenshi Gerard G Gandhi Dorcas B C DBC Eng Janice J JJ

Exploring the mental health and psychosocial problems of Congolese refugees living in refugee settings in Rwanda and Uganda: a rapid qualitative study.

Journal: Conflict and health

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Authors & Co-authors: Chiumento Anna A Rutayisire Theoneste T Sarabwe Emmanuel E Hasan M Tasdik MT Kasujja Rosco R Nabirinde Rachel R Mugarura Joseph J Kagabo Daniel M DM Bangirana Paul P Jansen Stefan S

Improving mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings: reflections on research funded through R2HC.

Journal: Conflict and health

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Authors & Co-authors: Tol Wietse A WA Ager Alastair A Bizouerne Cecile C Bryant Richard R El Chammay Rabih R Colebunders Robert R García-Moreno Claudia C Hamdani Syed Usman SU James Leah E LE Jansen Stefan C J SCJ