Inside SMART Africa Updates from the Field

SMART Africa Kenya- updates from the field

The Kenya team has been hard at work preparing for and initiating the study implementation! Having already recruited research assistants, the Kenya team has trained their new colleagues in ethics and on participant consenting, assenting, and screening procedures. This allowed the newly hired research assistants the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained from previous experiences at the Kenyatta Hospital and the Child Pediatric Mental Health Hospital, where they practiced screening participants. The team officially initiated their recruitment and consenting activities across all three participating schools during the week of May 20. Finally, the Kenya team’s implementing partner, BasicNeeds-Kenya has been trained in the Multiple Family Group intervention up to Session 10 (out of 16 sessions). Congratulations, Kenya Team, for all the progress you have made!