Child behavioral health in sub-Saharan Africa : towards evidence generation and policy development / Fred M. Ssewamala, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Mary M. McKay, editors.

This book highlights the emerging research and policy development efforts to address child and adolescent behavioral health in Sub-Saharan Africa, where mental health policy is at an early stage and in need of context-specific attention to its successes and shortcomings. A diverse range of researche...

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Other Authors: Ssewamala, Fred Melch (Editor), Bahar, Ozge Sensoy (Editor), McKay, Mary M. (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
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520 |a This book highlights the emerging research and policy development efforts to address child and adolescent behavioral health in Sub-Saharan Africa, where mental health policy is at an early stage and in need of context-specific attention to its successes and shortcomings. A diverse range of researchers, with expertise on relevant policy in both the region as a whole and country-specific contexts, including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda, outline theoretically informed, culturally appropriate, evidence-based, and youth- and family-focused service models. The first work of its kind with an exclusive focus on the understudied region of Sub-Saharan Africa, this text: Provides an overview of the current state of child and adolescent behavioral health in the region Evaluates empirical work on risk and protective factors influencing behavioral outcomes Highlights emerging intervention research and dialogue on what works to improve child and adolescent behavioral health Offers insight and strategies on how to advance child and adolescent behavioral health in policy, research, and practice Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards Evidence Generation and Policy Development is a unique reference that offers guidance for current and future policy-makers, researchers, practitioners, and students as they seek to invest and engage in the healthy development of a future generation. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Understanding Child Behavioral Health within the Kenyan Context: Current Efforts in Policy, Research, and Practice -- Understanding Child Behavioral Health within the Ghanaian Context: Current Efforts in Policy, Research, and Practice -- Understanding Child Behavioral Health within the Ugandan Context: Current Efforts in Policy, Research, and Practice -- HIV/AIDS and Child Behavioral Health -- Non-Kin Support Networks and Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Child Behavioral Health in Emergency Settings -- Working with Children Affected by Conflict and Displacement -- Scaling-up Child Behavioral Health Interventions -- Measuring Child Behavioral Health in SSA: Current Practice and Way Forward -- Making Child Behavioral Health a Policy Priority: Comparative Analysis of Policy Frameworks from Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya -- Training a new Cadre of Child Behavioral Health Scientists. Current Gaps and Promise -- Integrating Research and Practice: A Practitioners Perspective -- Engaging with the US Government on Issues of Child Behavioral Health in SSA -- Conclusion. 
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