What’s an intervention?
It has taken 7 months for my 1-year observational pilot study – Maternal Mental Health and Early Childhood Development in Kawempe (MMH4ECD) – to get through the triple-layer ethical review gauntlet. Although most of the work of obtaining ethical clearance is done prior to and during the local review, for an American researcher anyway, unanticipated […]
How can we reimagine school based mental health service delivery in low-resources settings globally?
My project- A Community Engaged Approach to Investigating the Transferability of Youth Readiness Intervention (YRI) for Adolescents facing Adversity in Post conflict School-Based Settings in Northern Uganda- is situated in predominantly rural low resource public schools. Prior to my Fogarty year, I was working largely in school-based settings, first in Uganda and in more recently […]
Mapping the landscape: sexual violence, impunity, and holistic care for survivors
For my ACHIEVE fellowship, I am exploring domestic-level barriers to individual accountability for sexual violence in low- and middle- income countries. Sexual violence is an international public health concern, given it takes place in every nation and often results in severe physical and mental health consequences for survivors and their communities1,2. Accountability is generally considered […]
My Journey to the United States
In October, I embarked on an exciting journey preparing to travel to the United States as a visiting scholar and applying for my J-1 visa. While working to get my travel documents in order, I had to ensure that my ACHIEVE research project, ‘Implementation and Effectiveness of PROACT Delivered by Social Workers to Children and […]
Research involving alcohol-serving personnel across various venues is feasible; however, it necessitates careful and detailed planning
My project seeks to test the feasibility of using social media-based edutainment videos to enhance the access and utilization of HIV/AIDS preventive services among young single mothers working in alcohol-serving venues in Rwanda. The first round of phase one of my project corrected data about the challenges young single mothers must navigate through as they […]