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Cultural And Contextual Adaptation Of Mental Health Measures In Kenya: An Adolescent-Centered Transcultural Adaptation Of Measures Study, Vincent Nyongesa, Shillah Mwaniga, Joseph Kathono, Obadia Yator, Beatrice Madeghe, Sarah Kanana, Beatrice Amugune, Naomi Anyango, Darius Nyamai, Manasi Kumar
Cultural And Contextual Adaptation Of Mental Health Measures In Kenya: An Adolescent-Centered Transcultural Adaptation Of Measures Study, Vincent Nyongesa, Shillah Mwaniga, Joseph Kathono, Obadia Yator, Beatrice Madeghe, Sarah Kanana, Beatrice Amugune, Naomi Anyango, Darius Nyamai, Manasi Kumar
Brain and Mind Institute
Introduction: There is paucity of culturally adapted tools for assessing depression and anxiety in children and adolescents in low-and middle-income countries. This hinders early detection, provision of appropriate and culturally acceptable interventions. In a partnership with the University of Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenyatta National Hospital, and UNICEF, a rapid cultural adaptation of three adolescent mental health scales was done, i.e., Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and additional scales in the UNICEF mental health module for adolescents.
Materials and methods: Using a qualitative approach, we explored adolescent participants’ views on cultural acceptability, comprehensibility, relevance, and completeness of …
Impact Of Major Disease Outbreaks In The Third Millennium On Adolescent And Youth Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights In Low And/Or Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Rahul Shidhaye, Pallavi Shidhaye, Pim Cuijpers, Marcia R. Weaver, Mina Bahrololoom, Sarah Kiburi, Irene N. Njuguna, Mohammad Hossein Taghrir, Manasi Kumar
Impact Of Major Disease Outbreaks In The Third Millennium On Adolescent And Youth Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights In Low And/Or Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Rahul Shidhaye, Pallavi Shidhaye, Pim Cuijpers, Marcia R. Weaver, Mina Bahrololoom, Sarah Kiburi, Irene N. Njuguna, Mohammad Hossein Taghrir, Manasi Kumar
Brain and Mind Institute
Introduction Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of young people continue to present a high burden and remain underinvested. This is more so in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), where empirical evidence reveals disruption of SRHR maintenance, need for enhancement of programmes, resources and services during pandemics. Despite the importance of the subject, there is no published review yet combining recent disease outbreaks such as (H1N1/09, Zika, Ebola and SARS-COV-2) to assess their impact on adolescents and youth SRHR in LMICs.
Methods and analysis We will adopt a four-step search to reach the maximum possible number of studies. In …