Health and Wellbeing: Recent submissions
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Highlights From the First-Ever Violence Against Children and Youth Survey Conducted Exclusively in a Humanitarian Setting. Child Abuse & Neglect
(Science Direct, 2024)Violence against children (VAC) has garnered attention as a priority issue, in part, due to the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS). Although children are disproportionately represented among forcibly displaced ... -
Potential Effectiveness of Integrating Human Milk Banking and Lactation Support on Neonatal Outcomes at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya
(ResearchGateWiley Online Library, 2024)We assessed the potential effectiveness of human milk banking and lactation support on provision of human milk to neonates admitted in the newborn unit (NBU) at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya. This pre-post intervention ... -
Prevalence of Adolescent Mental Disorders in Kenya, Indonesia, and Viet Nam Measured by the National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS): A Multi-national Cross-Sectional Study.
(The Lancet, 2024)Mental disorders are the leading global cause of health burden among adolescents. However, prevalence data for mental disorders among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries are scarce with often limited ... -
Food Insecurity and Sleep Quality Among Older Adults: Findings From a Population-Based Study in Ghana.
(National Library of Medicine, 2022)Objective: Sleep architecture in older age is an important public health concern. However, little is known about the effect of food insecurity on sleep quality among older people. We provide the first representative study ... -
DREAMS Impact on HIV Status Knowledge and Sexual Risk Among Cohorts of Young Women in Kenya and South Africa
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Objectives: We sought evidence of DREAMS' impact on uptake of services and sexual risk among adolescent-girls-and-young-women (AGYW). Design: Cohorts of AGYW aged 13-22 years were randomly selected in 2017-2018 and ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Kidogo Model in Empowering Women and Strengthening Their Capacities to Engage in Paid Labor Opportunities Through the Provision of Quality Childcare: A Study Protocol for an Exploratory Study in Nakuru County, Kenya
(National Library of MedicineNature, 2022)Worldwide, there is a wide gap between what women can contribute to the economy and what they actually contribute. One of the main barriers to women's engagement in the labor market and productivity at work is the societal ... -
Exposure to Violence, Adverse Life Events and the Mental Health of Adolescent Girls in Nairobi Slums
(National Library of MedicineBMC Public Health, 2022)Introduction: Mental health problems rank among the leading causes of disability among young people globally. Young people growing up in urban slums are exposed to adverse childhood experiences, violence, and other ... -
A Two-Mediator Serial Mediation Chain of the Association Between Social Isolation and Sleep Quality in Old Age.
(National Library of MedicineScientific reports, 2022)Poor sleep is a long-term public health issue that has become increasingly prevalent among socially isolated older adults. However, research on the mechanisms explaining the link between social isolation and impaired sleep ... -
Associations of Financial Inclusion With Physical Activity Participation in Later Life
(National Library of MedicineCell Press, 2022)Background: Physical activity (PA) is a vital modifiable psychosocial intervention for promoting healthy longevity but problematically decreases with age. Innovative community-based strategies are recommended by the World ... -
Co-created Research Agenda to Support Advocacy Toward Social Inclusion for Sexual and Gender Minorities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Taylor & FrancisResearchGate, 2022)Advocacy actors play a unique role in promoting changes in policy, legal, and social environments for sexual and gender minorities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, their efforts may be hampered by limited incorporation ...
