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    Primary Health Care Providers Perceived Challenges in Detecting Psychiatric Disorders Among Adolescents in a Primary Health Care Facility in Kenya

    The objective of the study was to determine perceived health care provider factors that lead to undetected psychiatric diagnosis among adolescents.

    Mercy Wanjiru Chege, Muthoni Mathai, Anne Mbwayo, Catherine Gitau in Global Social Welfare (2022)

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    Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience high rates of mental health problems, and the region has limited access to mental health resources and research capacity to address the needs. Despite the succes...

    Anne Mbwayo, Manasi Kumar, Muthoni Mathai, Teresia Mutavi… in Global Social Welfare (2022)

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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)

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    Efficacy of a group tobacco cessation behavioral intervention among tobacco users with concomitant mental illness in Kenya: protocol for a controlled clinical trial

    The rate of tobacco use among people with mental illness is nearly twice that of the general population. Psychotropic medications for tobacco cessation are relatively expensive for most Kenyans. Behavioral cou...

    Yvonne Olando, Mary Kuria, Muthoni Mathai, Mark D. Huffman in BMC Public Health (2019)

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    Building Mental Health Research Capacity in Kenya: a South-North Collaboration

    This paper describes a mental health capacity-building partnership between the University of Nairobi (UON) and the University of Washington (UW) that was built upon a foundational 30-year HIV/AIDS research tra...

    Muthoni Mathai, Ann Vander Stoep, Manasi Kumar, Mary Kuria… in Global Social Welfare (2019)

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    Incidence of Self-Esteem Among Children Exposed to Sexual Abuse in Kenya

    It has been established that sexual abuse against children is a global problem and quite widespread. Sexual abuse against children is a public health concern given that its outcomes are not only detrimental to...

    Teresia Mutavi, Anne Obondo, Muthoni Mathai, Donald Kokonya… in Global Social Welfare (2018)

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    Economic Context and HIV Vulnerability in Adolescents and Young Adults Living in Urban Slums in Kenya: A Qualitative Analysis Based on Scarcity Theory

    Urban slum adolescents and young adults have disproportionately high rates of HIV compared to rural and non-slum urban youth. Yet, few studies have examined youth’s perceptions of the economic drivers of HIV. ...

    Larissa Jennings, Muthoni Mathai, Sebastian Linnemayr… in AIDS and Behavior (2017)