Conducting global mental health research: lessons learned from Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWasil, Akash R.
dc.contributor.authorOsborn, Tom L.
dc.contributor.authorVenturo-Conerly, Katherine E.
dc.contributor.authorWasanga, Christine
dc.contributor.authorWeisz, John R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-23T08:10:19Z
dc.date.available2022-02-23T08:10:19Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-08
dc.descriptionResearch paper in Global Mental Health 8, e8, 1 –4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ gmh.2021.7en_US
dc.description.abstractMental health disorders are prevalent among youth and adolescents in low- and middleincome countries, and access to evidence-based treatments is poor. Although there is a great need for high-quality research to serve young people in low- and middle-income countries, there is limited guidance available for researchers who wish to conduct such work. Here, we describe our process of conducting school-based youth mental health work in Kenya over the last several years. We focus on five key lessons we learned that could guide future global mental health work with youth: (a) reducing stigma with strengths-focused interventions, (b) expanding access by working in schools, (c) generating buy-in from local stakeholders, (d) adapting the intervention via multicultural collaboration, and (e) applying insights from low- and middle-income countries to serve young people in high-income countries. We conclude by discussing how these lessons, and those shared by other teams, can be applied to help reduce the treatment gap for young people around the world.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWasil AR, Osborn TL, VenturoConerly KE, Wasanga C, Weisz JR (2021). Conducting global mental health research: lessons learned from Kenya. Global Mental Health 8, e8, 1 –4. https://doi.org/10.1017/ gmh.2021.7en_US
dc.identifier.other. https://doi.org/10.1017/ gmh.2021.7
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23172
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectimplementation scienceen_US
dc.subjectmulticultural collaborationen_US
dc.subjectschool-based mental healthen_US
dc.subjectschool-based mental healthen_US
dc.titleConducting global mental health research: lessons learned from Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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