Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1st ed. 2022 Towards Evidence Generation and Policy Development

Preface

Part I. Child Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Children at the Intersection of HIV, Poverty and Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ssewamala & Sensoy Bahar)

2. Poverty and Children's Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (Nyoni, Ahmed, & Dvalishvili)

3. Improving Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Africa: A Review of the Economic Evidence (Tozan & Capasso)

4. Child Maltreatment and Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (Bauta & Huang)

Part II. Current Efforts in Policy, Research, and Practice in Child Behavioral Health: Case Examples

5. Child Behavioural Health in Ghana: Current Efforts in Policy, Research and Practice (Asampong & Ibrahim)

6. Children and Child Behavioral Health in Nigeria: Current Efforts in Policy, Research, and Practice (Madu & Osuji)

7. Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Kenya: Do We Need a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy? (Muthoni, Mbwayo, Mutavi, & Bukusi)

8. Towards Entrapment: An Escalating Reality for Children and Adolescents Living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda (Mugisha & Byansi) 

Part III. Violence and Child Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Examples

9. The Role of Social Norms: A Case Study of Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent Girls in Nigeria (Seff & Stark)

10. Current State of Child Behavioral Health: Focus on Violence Against Children in Uganda (Kafuko, et al.)

11. Determinants of Intergenerational Trauma Transmission: A Case of the Survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda (Mutuyimana, Sezibera, & Cassady)

Part IV. Poverty and Child Mental Health: Case Examples

12. Food Insecurity, Malnutrition, and Child Developmental and Behavioral Outcomes in Ghana (Aryee, Gyimah, Chapnick, & Iannotti)

13. Child Labor in Ghana: Current Policy, Research and Practice Efforts (Boateng & Dako-Gyeke)

14. Children Living on the Street: Current Efforts in Policy Research and Practices in Ghana (Dankyi) 

Part V. Interventions Focused on Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Examples

15. Caregiver-Child Communication: The Case for Engaging South African Caregivers in Family-Based Interventions (Parchment, Small, & Bhana)

16. Social Enterprises for Child and Adolescent Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Realist Evaluation (Iwelunmor, et al.)

Fred M. Ssewamala, PhD is William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Ssewamala leads innovative, interdisciplinary research that informs, develops and tests economic empowerment and social protection interventions aimed at improving life chances and long-term developmental impacts for children and adolescent youth impacted by poverty and health disparities in low-resource communities. He holds a joint appointment in the Washington University School of Medicine, and directs the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) and SMART Africa Center.

Currently, Dr. Ssewamala is conducting five large-scale longitudinal randomized control trials across sub-Saharan Africa funded by the National Institutes of Health: Kyaterekera Project, Suubi+Adherence-R2, Suubi4Her, SMART Africa and Suubi4Stigma. Another project, Suubi4Cancer, explores care for children living with HIV with suspected cancers. In addition, he is a co-principal investigator on several NIH-funded training projects that focus on training early-career researchers committed to careers in child behavioral health.

Dr. Ssewamala has over 100 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals on family economic empowerment and related health and mental health outcomes as well as HIV prevention. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Adolescent Health and co-edits the Global Social Welfare journal. He is a member of the Society for Social Work and Research, American Public Health Association, and the Siteman Cancer Center. Ssewamala is also a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Ozge Sensoy Bahar, PhD is Research Assistant Professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.Sensoy Bahar’s research focuses on child and family well-being in

Examines evidence-based, culturally appropriate child and adolescent behavioral health research from the region

Highlights intervention research and dialogue on what works to improve child and adolescent behavioral health

Offers insight on how to advance child and adolescent behavioral health in policy, research, and practice