Strengthening mental health and research training in Sub-Saharan Africa (SMART Africa): Uganda study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) comprise half of the total regional population, yet existing mental health services are severely under-equipped to meet their needs. Although effective interventions for the treatment of disruptive behavioral disorders (DBDs) in youth have been tested in high-poverty and high-stress communities in developed countries, and are relevant for widespread dissemination in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), most of these evidence-based practices (EBPs) have not been utilized in SSA, a region heavily impacted by poverty, diseases including HIV/AIDS, and violence. Thus, this paper presents a protocol for a scale-up longitudinal experimental study that uses a mixed-methods, hybrid type II, effectiveness implementation design to test the

SUBMITTER: Ssewamala FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6080393 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature