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Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Fred M. Ssewamala
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030837076
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Fred M. Ssewamala

Download or read book Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Fred M. Ssewamala and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Omigbodun, Olayinka
Publisher : Book Builders
ISBN 13 : 9789211597
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa by : Omigbodun, Olayinka

Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa written by Omigbodun, Olayinka and published by Book Builders. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy percent of the global burden of mental disorders is located in low and middle income countries (LMIC),including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, in Africa,only 0.62% of the national health budget is allocated to mental health compared to a global median of 2.8% and 5% in Europe. The government is the source of funding in 62%of patients with severe mental disorder in the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Region, the lowest of all the WHO regions, and lower compared to a global median of 79%. This is compounded by poor resources, with mental health outpatient facilities in WHO Africa Region being less that 10% of the global median. To address these problems, the WHO launched its Mental Health Action Gap Programme (mhGAP) in 2008, to scale-up mental health services in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The book is directed to all policy makers in sub-Saharan Africa to aid decision making about the urgent need for sustainable and relevant mental health care strategies, and the important areas that need priority. The book should be helpful to local and international researchers in formulating research questions relevant to the African continent and it will be of interest to medical practitioners and students in the region as adjunct to standard text books.

Child and Adolescent Development

Author : Anne Stevenson
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1919895515
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (198 download)

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Book Synopsis Child and Adolescent Development by : Anne Stevenson

Download or read book Child and Adolescent Development written by Anne Stevenson and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global public health has improved vastly during the past 25 years, and especially in the survival of infants and young children. However, many of these children, particularly in Africa, continue to live in poverty and in unhealthy, unsupportive environments, and will not be able to meet their developmental potential. In other words, they will survive but not thrive. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stress sustainable development, not just survival and disease reduction, and the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health proposes a Survive (end preventable deaths), Thrive (ensure health and wellbeing) and Transform (expand enabling environments) agenda. For children to thrive they must make good developmental progress from birth until the end of adolescence. Addressing the social determinants of developmental problems, this volume offers a broad, contextualised understanding of the factors that impact on children and adolescents in Africa. Unlike other works on the subject it is Africa-wide in its scope, with case studies in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa. Covering mental health as well as physical and social development, it looks at policies and practice, culture and priorities for research, identifying challenges and proposing solutions.

Mental Health and Well-Being among African Children: Implications of Western Approaches to Counseling and Treatment

Author : Lynne Sanford Koester
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889712508
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health and Well-Being among African Children: Implications of Western Approaches to Counseling and Treatment written by Lynne Sanford Koester and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa

Author : Emmanuel Akyeampong
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253013046
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa by : Emmanuel Akyeampong

Download or read book The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa written by Emmanuel Akyeampong and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and other chronic illness on mental health. While problems are rampant and carry real and devastating consequences, this volume promotes an understanding of the African mental health landscape in service of reform.

Child Development in Africa

Author : Robert Serpell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119039924
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Child Development in Africa by : Robert Serpell

Download or read book Child Development in Africa written by Robert Serpell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, African scholars engaged in research on the continent reflect on their recent and ongoing empirical studies. They discuss the strengths and limitations of research methods, theories, and interventions designed outside Africa to spur innovative research on the continent. And they explore how insights from African philosophical, theoretical, and empirical work can be combined with exogenous forms of knowledge to generate understanding of the processes of African children's development in ways that are responsive to local contexts and meaningful for indigenous stakeholders. A new field of African child development research is emerging in African societies, focusing on children as valued and vulnerable members of society and potential civic leaders of the future. Systematic inquiries are now designed to enhance our understanding of how African children think, to discover effective ways of communicating with them, and to inform successful strategies of promoting their health, education, and preparation for adult responsibilities in society. This is the 146th volume in this Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. Its mission is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in this subject area. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic and is edited by experts from that field.

Child Development in Africa: Views From Inside

Author : Robert Serpell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119039940
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Child Development in Africa: Views From Inside by : Robert Serpell

Download or read book Child Development in Africa: Views From Inside written by Robert Serpell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, African scholars engaged in research on the continent reflect on their recent and ongoing empirical studies. They discuss the strengths and limitations of research methods, theories, and interventions designed outside Africa to spur innovative research on the continent. And they explore how insights from African philosophical, theoretical, and empirical work can be combined with exogenous forms of knowledge to generate understanding of the processes of African children’s development in ways that are responsive to local contexts and meaningful for indigenous stakeholders. A new field of African child development research is emerging in African societies, focusing on children as valued and vulnerable members of society and potential civic leaders of the future. Systematic inquiries are now designed to enhance our understanding of how African children think, to discover effective ways of communicating with them, and to inform successful strategies of promoting their health, education, and preparation for adult responsibilities in society. This is the 146th volume in this Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. Its mission is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in this subject area. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic and is edited by experts from that field.

The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents

Author : Helmut Remschmidt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470512562
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (125 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents by : Helmut Remschmidt

Download or read book The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents written by Helmut Remschmidt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the world, a vast number of children and adolescents suffer from mental and neurological disorders and only a small proportion of them receive adequate care. This is so in both developing and developed countries. The need to raise awareness about this problem and provide specific advice regarding their prevention and treatment was identified as a priority for the World Psychiatric Association by Professor Ahmed Okasha during his Presidency of the Association and resulted in the creation of his Presidential Programme on Child Mental Health. This book presents some of the fruits of this programme and constitutes a global call to action for mental health workers and policy makers. The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: An area of global neglect brings together information on the burden of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence with methods of raising public awareness of these problems. The book also describes therapeutic and preventive interventions that could diminish them. It then presents the results of field studies in Brazil, Egypt and Russia documenting the effectiveness of interventions to prevent school dropout in those three very different countries. With its emphasis on practical guidance for the development of interventions to prevent or treat child and adolescent mental health, The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: An area of global neglect provides much-needed information of direct interest to health professionals and the many others involved in the provision of health care to children and adolescents in both the developing and the developed countries.

Handbook of Applied Developmental Science in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Amina Abubakar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1493973282
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Applied Developmental Science in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Amina Abubakar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook collates research evidence and presents the most up-to-date findings on child development in Sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses complex risk factors and medical conditions affecting childhood outcomes, and spotlights emerging programs for enhancing literacy and cognitive development. The panel of expert contributors offer needed context and knowledge to the discussion of previously understudied topics. Chapters present proven intervention strategies currently in use across the diverse region. In addition, this handbook provides guidelines for culturally sensitive and ethical research that will inform practice and help shape policy goals and initiatives. Topics featured in the Handbook include: · Fatherhood in the African context. · Sibling care-giving and its implications in Sub-Saharan Africa. · Nutritional status, infections, and child development · Diabetes in Sub-Saharan African children. · How to adapt tests for Sub-Saharan Africa. · Interventions aimed at children and caregivers. · A culturally sensitive approach to conducting research and promoting initial literacy development in Africa The Handbook of Applied Developmental Science in Sub-Saharan Africa is a must-have resource for researchers, professionals/scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child, school, and developmental psychology, as well as pediatrics, social work, public health, and education.

The Social Problems of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Jerry Hollingsworth
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443845132
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Social Problems of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Jerry Hollingsworth and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, in Sub-Saharan Africa, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is creating millions of AIDS orphans who languish away in orphanages that lack the resources to take care of them. Millions of other children are living on the streets, trying to survive on their own, leaving them vulnerable to unscrupulous individuals who are exploiting them for the sex tourism business, or recruiting them into hazardous labor situations that injure or maim them. Other vulnerable children are abducted into the military as child soldiers and forced to commit horrific crimes that will haunt them forever. The educational system in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to decline as resources dwindle along with education expenditures, and governments spend more money on ammunition than books. As the AIDS epidemic spreads across the continent of Africa, the numbers of professionals such as doctors, nurses, and teachers are dwindling, leaving the educational and medical communities weakened. Meanwhile, the growth and development of Africa continues to stagnate. More and more failed social polices surface from the Western world such as forced austerity measures from the IMF and the World Bank, along with the Structural Adjustment Programs that hinder further growth and prosperity on the continent. The Social Problems of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa identifies and describes the numerous problems that children in Sub-Saharan Africa are facing today. The author has lived in Ghana, West Africa, and has used an ethnographic approach in order to better understand some of the most critical problems concerning children in the poorest region on earth: Sub-Saharan Africa.

Neuropsychology of Children in Africa

Author : Michael J. Boivin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461468345
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis Neuropsychology of Children in Africa by : Michael J. Boivin

Download or read book Neuropsychology of Children in Africa written by Michael J. Boivin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, global humanitarian efforts are focusing on improving the lives of children. And among the developing world, the African nations are particularly affected by extreme weather conditions, devastating pandemics, and armed conflict. Neurocognitive science offers significant avenues toward bringing needed aid to the continent while creating a template for helping children worldwide. The studies in Neuropsychology of Children in Africa clearly illustrate how the brain develops and adjusts in the face of adversity. Contributors span assessment approaches and public health risk factors, and represent established topics and emerging lines of research, including biocultural constructs and genomic technologies. Together, these chapters argue for methodology that is culturally sensitive, scientifically rigorous, consistent, and sustainable. And although the focus is pediatric, the book takes a lifespan approach to prevention and intervention, modeling a universal framework for understanding neurocognitive development. Included in the coverage: Assessment of very young children in Africa in the context of HIV. Psychosocial aspects of malnutrition among African children. Assessment of neuropsychological outcomes in pediatric severe malaria. Neurodisability screening using the Ten Questions questionnaire. The neuropsychology of sickle cell disease in West African children. Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Thera py for African children. As a guide to current findings or a springboard for new studies, Neuropsychology of Children in Africa is a necessary reference for researchers, policymakers, and diverse professionals in global aid organizations, and across the discipline.

Foundations of Behavioral Health

Author : Bruce Lubotsky Levin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030184358
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Behavioral Health written by Bruce Lubotsky Levin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book examines the organization, financing, delivery, and outcomes of behavioral health (i.e., alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health) services from both U.S. and global perspectives. Addressing the need for more integrative and collaborative approaches in public health and behavioral health initiatives, the book covers the fundamental issues in behavioral health, including epidemiology, insurance and financing, health inequities, implementation sciences, lifespan issues, cultural responsiveness, and policy. Featuring insightful research from scholars in an interdisciplinary range of academic and professional fields, chapters fall into three distinct sections: Overview: Outlines the defining characteristics of behavioral health services and identifies significant challenges in the field At-Risk Populations: Explores critical issues for at-risk populations in need of behavioral health services, including children in school environments, youth in juvenile justice systems, and persons with developmental disabilities, among others Services Delivery: Presents a rationale for greater integration of health and behavioral health services, and contextualizes this explanation within global trends in behavioral health policy, systems, and services An in-depth textbook for graduate students studying public health, behavioral health, social work policy, and medical sociology, as well as a useful reference for behavioral health professionals and policy makers, Foundations of Behavioral Health provides a global perspective for practice and policy in behavioral health. It promotes better understanding of the importance of integrating population health and behavioral health services, with an eye towards improving and sustaining public health and behavioral health from national, regional, and global perspectives.

Social and Physical Ecologies for Child Resilience: Wisdom from Asia and Africa

Author : Haibin Li
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832538940
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Social and Physical Ecologies for Child Resilience: Wisdom from Asia and Africa written by Haibin Li and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Emmy Werner and her team discovered on the Hawaiian island of Kauai the “invincible” children who fared well despite exposure to significant household risks, there has been proliferating research on child resilience as a positive response to adverse conditions. The past five decades have seen significant advancements in, and diverse approaches to understanding challenges, facilitative factors, and positive outcomes in the resilience process that involve children. Despite existing and continuously emerging modelings and framings, there appears a common understanding that child resilience unfolds through the interactions between individuals and the environments surrounding them. This Research Topic, therefore, takes an ecological approach to child resilience. While ecologies constitute social spaces that nurture child resilience, they can also refer to the “physical” environments surrounding children. There has been robust empirical evidence suggesting resilience is a shared capacity of the individual and the social ecology (e.g., families, schools, and communities), and more recently of the individual and the physical ecology (e.g., the built or natural environment).

Strengthening Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Services and Systems in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Author : Manasi Kumar
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889665879
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Strengthening Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Services and Systems in Lower-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) written by Manasi Kumar and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essentials of Global Mental Health

Author : Samuel O. Okpaku
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107022320
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Global Mental Health written by Samuel O. Okpaku and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines an approach to mental healthcare focused on achieving international equity in coverage, options and outcomes.

The State of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of Children and Youth in the United States

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309675073
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The State of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of Children and Youth in the United States written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, providers, policy makers, and stakeholders across a range of disciplines have taken various approaches to addressing the rising incidence of mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health concerns in children and adults. With the recent opioid crisis affecting young people and families across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic level, and thus adding to the national concern, new efforts and interventions have emerged. However, an overarching system is lacking for the collection of data on these efforts and their efficacy. A strong system for evaluating programs and distributing information could create more opportunities to improve efforts and reduce inefficiencies across programs. Additionally, through engagement of an array of stakeholders from all sectors involved with youth and families, more possibilities for solutions can be realized. To bring together some of these relevant stakeholders and to highlight some of these potential solutions, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop in October 2019. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

International Perspectives on Children and Mental Health

Author : Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313382999
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book International Perspectives on Children and Mental Health written by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented set examines the most prominent factors that harm or support healthy development in children outside the United States, from abuse and economics to social injustice and poor public policy. In International Perspectives on Children and Mental Health, expert contributors from around the world examine the forces affecting the psychological well-being of children in regions worldwide. They consider such factors as family conditions and economic status, including single parents, poverty, disease, war, child abuse, substance abuse in the home, and a loss of community stability. And they look at political, religious, national, and global matters, including racism and class inequality. Since education is key to children's success, the essays consider these factors largely in the context of how they affect educational readiness and academic adjustment. Volume 1 of the set considers development and context, while volume 2 focuses on prevention and treatment. Specific examples enable readers to better understand the often-horrific challenges to child development and mental health across nations. But the work is not limited to exploring problems. It also looks at various programs and actions that mitigate risks, helping children to be mentally healthy despite the odds.