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    Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Kenya: Do We Need a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy?

    In this chapter we examine how Kenya, through policies and regulations, influences the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. Although mental well-being of children is recognized and extensi...

    Muthoni Mathai, Anne Wanjiru Mbwayo in Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Afr… (2022)

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    Parents’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting Learning in Kenya

    Studies have shown that a child’s learning in school is affected by several factors, some related to the school environment, others to the home and community while others are as a result of the individual char...

    Anne Wanjiru Mbwayo, Muthoni Mathai, Mary Wangari Kuria in Global Social Welfare (2020)

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    Mental Health in Kenyan Schools: Teachers’ Perspectives

    This qualitative study, conducted in public primary and secondary schools, sought teachers’ perceptions of mental health concerns that are relevant in school settings. Based on the phenomenological theory, the...

    Anne Wanjiru Mbwayo, Muthoni Mathai, Lincoln. I Khasakhala in Global Social Welfare (2020)

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    Trauma among Kenyan School Children in Urban and Rural Settings: PTSD Prevalence and Correlates

    This study estimated the prevalence and correlates of PTSD in Kenyan school children during a period of widespread post-election violence. The UCLA PTSD Reaction Index was administered to 2482 primary and seco...

    Anne Wanjiru Mbwayo, Muthoni Mathai in Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma (2020)