Dr. Leyla Karimli (ICHAD Faculty Affiliate), together with Dr. Fred Ssewamala and SMART Africa Global Fellow Laura Gauer Bermudez among others, co-published an article in the Social Science & Medicine. The article, entitled, “Poverty, economic strengthening, and mental health among AIDS orphaned children in Uganda: Mediation model in a randomized clinical trial” examines the findings from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded ICHAD Bridges study, which was based on a cluster-randomized experimental design. The article seeks to examine the reason why and how asset accumulation programs have such a positive impact on mental health of orphaned children with AIDS living in low-resource settings. The article focused on determining the strength of three mediators: 1) household wealth, 2) child poverty and 3) child work. The findings found that anti-poverty programs that aim to solely improve household income may be less advantageous to children’s mental health compared to programs that are specifically targeting the impact of poverty on children. You can find it here.