Inside SMART Africa

SMART Africa-Ghana is a pilot study that tests the effectiveness of the Multiple Family Group (MFG) Intervention amongst approximately 180 children and their caregivers in northern Ghana. Our SMART Africa Ghana team is currently busy in the field, delivering MFG sessions in one of the two treatment arm schools. To date, they have delivered up […]

SMART Africa-Kenya is a pilot study that tests the effectiveness of the Multiple Family Group (MFG) intervention amongst approximately 180 children and their caregivers in Kiambu County, Kenya. The team is currently in the field delivering MFG sessions to families in two treatment arm schools. To date, the team has delivered up to session four […]

SMART Africa-Uganda is a scale-up study in Uganda that utilizes an adapted version of the evidence-based Multiple Family Group (MFG) intervention. This intervention has 16 sessions that aim to address behavioral health challenges in children and adolescents. In October, the team completed MFG intervention delivery in four schools. Intervention delivery is now complete in eight […]

Congratulations to SMART Africa Global Fellow and Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Policy Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr. Ernestina Korleki Dankyi for being awarded a grant by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). This grant explores the harsh conditions experienced by street children in Ghana and examines the existing […]

Dr. William Powderly, Director of the Institute for Public Health, launched ICHAD and SMART Africa’s joint speaker series for a new academic year with his presentation entitled, “Linking Discovery Science and Public Health.” On September 4, Dr. Powderly spoke to a crowd of students, faculty, and staff at Washington University in St. Louis about how […]

Congratulations to ICHAD Co-Director Ozge Sensoy Bahar who was recently awarded an R21. The grant, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, seeks to address the urgent need for evidence-based interventions that prevent poor female youth’s rural-to-urban migration for child labor in low and middle-income countries. Specifically, the […]

Please join us in welcoming our new masters students Phionah Namatovu, Rashida Namirembe, Lexa Stoppel, and Lily Zmachinski to the ICHAD and SMART Africa teams and congratulations to Wilberforce Tumwesige, a recent Brown School MSW-graduate who was recently hired to provide administrative support to SMART Africa and coordinate our Suubi4Her study. Phionah Namatovu joins the […]

SMART Africa-Ghana is a pilot study that tests the effectiveness of the Multiple Family Group (MFG) Intervention amongst approximately 180 children and their caregivers in northern Ghana. The Ghana team continues to progress with the study implementation. In September, the team continued with the delivery of the MFG session in treatment schools, with a participation […]

SMART Africa-Kenya is a pilot study that tests the effectiveness of the Multiple Family Group (MFG) intervention amongst approximately 180 children and their caregivers in Kiambu County, Kenya. In September, the Kenya team conducted baseline assessments with all study participants and delivered the MFG sessions in three schools. Participants continue to express enthusiasm about the […]

SMART Africa-Uganda is a scale-up study in Uganda that utilizes an adapted version of the evidence-based Multiple Family Group (MFG) intervention. This intervention has 16 sessions that aim to address behavioral health challenges in children and adolescents. This month, the team completed qualitative interviews for six facilitators and two head teachers across the four schools […]

In collaboration with our partners, the ICHAD team continues to bring in new funding. First, the team is pleased to announce that we were recently awarded the “Training LEADers to Accelerate Global Mental Health Disparities Research” (LEAD) T37. LEAD is a NIMHD-funded training grant that is designed for pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees from underrepresented groups in […]

SMART Africa-Ghana is a pilot study that tests the effectiveness of the Multiple Family Group (MFG) Intervention amongst approximately 180 children and their caregivers in northern Ghana. This year, the team finalized the 16-week assessments within the control schools and plan to complete the six month assessments by October. In addition, the team has screened […]