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Publications (545)

Mental health problems among children in Sierra Leone: Assessing cultural concepts of distress.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Thulin McLean Sevalie Akinsulure-Smith Betancourt

Classifying childhood war trauma exposure: latent profile analyses of Sierra Leone's former child soldiers.

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

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Su Frounfelker Desrosiers Brennan Farrar Betancourt

The intergenerational impact of war on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing: lessons from the longitudinal study of war-affected youth in Sierra Leone.

Journal: Conflict and health

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Authors & Co-authors: Betancourt Keegan Farrar Brennan

Youth Functioning and Organizational Success for West African Regional Development (Youth FORWARD): Study Protocol.

Journal: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Betancourt Hansen Farrar Borg Callands Desrosiers Antonaccio Williams Bangura Brennan

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among College Students in Sierra Leone: A Life Course Ecological Analysis.

Journal: Sexuality & culture

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Authors & Co-authors: Small Kim Yu

mHealth-Supported Delivery of an Evidence-Based Family Home-Visiting Intervention in Sierra Leone: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: JMIR research protocols

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Authors & Co-authors: Desrosiers Schafer Esliker Jambai Betancourt

Fear, distress, and perceived risk shape stigma toward Ebola survivors: a prospective longitudinal study.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Antonaccio Pham Vinck Collet Brennan Betancourt

Alternate delivery platforms and implementation models for bringing evidence-based behavioral interventions to scale for youth facing adversity: a case study in West Africa.

Journal: Implementation science communications

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Authors & Co-authors: Bond Farrar Borg Keegan Journeay Hansen Mac-Boima Rassin Betancourt

A post-outbreak assessment of exposure proximity and Ebola virus disease-related stigma among community members in Kono District, Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study.

Journal: SSM. Mental health

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Authors & Co-authors: Davidson Lu Barrie Freeman Mbayoh Kamara Tsai Crea Rutherford Weiser

Alternative Delivery Platforms for Expanding Evidence-based Mental Health Interventions for Youth in Sierra Leone: A Pilot Study.

Journal: Vulnerable children and youth studies

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Authors & Co-authors: Desrosiers Freeman Mitra Bond Santo Farrar Borg Jambai Betancourt

Exploring Naturalistic Diffusion of an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention across Peer Networks of Youth in Sierra Leone.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Desrosiers Bond Hoffman Kumar Schafer Metzger Vandi Hinton Betancourt

The adaptation of a youth mental health intervention to a peer-delivery model utilizing CBPR methods and the ADAPT-ITT framework in Sierra Leone.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Freeman Desrosiers Schafer Kamara Farrar Akinsulure-Smith Betancourt

Exploring potential mental health spillover effects among caregivers and partners of youth in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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Authors & Co-authors: Desrosiers Schafer Bond Akinsulure-Smith Hinton Vandi Betancourt

Advancing sustainable implementation of an evidence-based mental health intervention in Sierra Leone's schools: protocol for a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness trial.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Desrosiers Carrol Ritsema Higgins Momoh Betancourt

The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak.

Journal: Current psychiatry reports

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Shultz Cooper Baingana Oquendo Espinel Althouse Marcelin Towers Espinola McCoy

Fear-related behaviors in situations of mass threat.

Journal: Disaster health

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Authors & Co-authors: Espinola Shultz Espinel Althouse Cooper Baingana Marcelin Cela Towers Mazurik

Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017: Findings From the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2017 Study.

Journal: JAMA pediatrics

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Reiner Olsen Ikeda Echko Ballestreros Manguerra Martopullo Millear Shields

Examining the Influence of Trauma Exposure on HIV Sexual Risk Between Men and Women in Post-Conflict Liberia.

Journal: AIDS and behavior

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Callands Gilliam Sileo Taylor Hunter-Jones Hansen

Self-reported injuries and correlates among school-going adolescents in three countries in Western sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Oppong Asante Onyeaka Kugbey Quarshie

The feasibility and acceptability of Project POWER: a mindfulness-infused, cognitive-behavioral group intervention to address mental and sexual health needs of young pregnant women in Liberia.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Callands Hylick Desrosiers Gilliam Taylor Hunter Hansen

Cannabis and amphetamine use among school-going adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis of prevalence and associated factors.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Asante Atorkey

A Power Conundrum: Black Women and Their Sexual Partners in the Midwest.

Journal: Issues in mental health nursing

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Gary Yarandi Hassan Killion Ncube Still Hopps

Nurses at the frontline of public health emergency preparedness and response: lessons learned from the HIV/AIDS pandemic and emerging infectious disease outbreaks.

Journal: The Lancet. Infectious diseases

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Guilamo-Ramos Thimm-Kaiser Benzekri Hidalgo Lanier Tlou de Lourdes Rosas López Soletti Hagan

Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and "What Matters Most" Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017.

Journal: American journal of public health

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Yang Poku Misra Mehta Rampa Eisenberg Yang Dai Cao Blank Becker

HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children: A Systematic Review on Psychological Well-Being and Association with School Performances in Africa.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors: Mensi Ahishakiye Journeay Baiocco Betancourt Paganotti

Indigenous medicine and biomedical health care in fragile settings: insights from Burundi.

Journal: Health policy and planning

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Falisse Masino Ngenzebuhoro

Ethical dilemmas: principles and practice in research with African refugees.

Journal: Monash bioethics review

Publication Year: 2006

Authors & Co-authors: Tilbury

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder in intergenerational trauma transmission among Eritrean asylum-seeking mother-child dyads.

Journal: European journal of psychotraumatology

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Bachem Levin Yuval Langer Solomon Bernstein

Cross-culturally adapting the GHQ-12 for use with refugee populations: Opportunities, dilemmas, and challenges.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Fennig

The effect of cognitive therapy on structural social capital: results from a randomized controlled trial among sexual violence survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Journal: American journal of public health

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors: Hall Bolton Annan Kaysen Robinette Cetinoglu Wachter Bass

Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study.

Journal: JAMA pediatrics

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Kyu Pinho Wagner Brown Bertozzi-Villa Charlson Coffeng Dandona Erskine

Stigma modifies the association between social support and mental health among sexual violence survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo: implications for practice.

Journal: Anxiety, stress, and coping

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Wachter Murray Hall Annan Bolton Bass

Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers.

Journal: Nature communications

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Jiang Finucane Schumacher Schmit Tyrer Han Michailidou Lesseur Kuchenbaecker Dennis

Increased experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, emotional distress and changes in perceived physical and mental health: A structural equation model.

Journal: Nursing open

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Jabbari Roll McQueen Ridenour

"Maybe No One Knows We Need Help": Understanding the Experiences of Autistic Working Mothers in Australia.

Journal: Autism in adulthood : challenges and management

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Authors & Co-authors: Gore Hayward Flower Gilbert Barbaro

Navigating whiteness: affective relational intensities of non-clinical psychosocial support by and for culturally and linguistically diverse people.

Journal: Frontiers in sociology

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Authors & Co-authors: Mescouto Olson Plage Zulfiqar Setchell Dune Suleman Cummins Prasad-Ildes Costa

Study protocol of the 'HEAL-HOA' dual randomized controlled trial: Testing the effects of volunteering on loneliness, social, and mental health in older adults.

Journal: Contemporary clinical trials communications

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Authors & Co-authors: Warner Jiang Yeung Choi Ho Kwok Song Chou

Layperson-Supported, Web-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Xiang Kayser Turner Ash Himle

Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators.

Journal: Child maltreatment

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Authors & Co-authors: Zhang Liu Jonson-Reid

Supporting social emotional learning and wellbeing of displaced adolescents from the middle east: a pilot evaluation of the 'forward with peers' intervention.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors: Seff Stark Ali Sarraf Hassan Allaf