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Dean Medical College, EA

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Present	Dean Medical College, EA, Aga Khan University ‐ Aga Khan University
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Child Abuse and Neglect in Charitable Children’s Institutions in ...

Child Maltreatment in Residential Care (2017)

Braitstein Paula, Samuel Ayaya, David Ayuku, Allison DeLong, et al.

This chapter describes findings from a longitudinal cohort of orphaned and separated children and adolescents in western Kenya, comparing those ...

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Developing Ethical and Sustainable Global Health Educational Exchanges for Clinical ...

Annals of Global Health (2020)

Matthew Turissini, Tim Mercer, Jenny Baenziger, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Background: There is strong interest among healthcare trainees and academic institutions in global health rotations. There are a number of ...

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Low-coverage sequencing cost-effectively detects known and novel variation in underrepresented ...

bioRxiv (2020)

Alicia R. Martin, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Sinéad B. Chapman, Anne Stevenson, et al.

Background: Genetic studies of biomedical phenotypes in underrepresented populations identify disproportionate numbers of novel associations. However, current genomics infrastructure--including most ...

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Building comprehensive and sustainable health informatics institutions in developing countries ...

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (2015)

Martin C Were, Abraham Siika, Paul O Ayuo, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Current approaches for capacity building in Health Informatics (HI) in developing countries mostly focus on training, and often rely on ...

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Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health ...

BMC Public Health (2013)

Allan Kamanda, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach to research that involves the equitable participation of those affected by ...

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Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health ...

BMC public health (2013)

Allan Kamanda, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach to research that involves the equitable participation of those affected by ...

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Community perspectives on research consent involving vulnerable children in Western ...

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (2012)

Rachel Vreeman, Eunice Kamaara, Allan Kamanda, David Ayuku, et al.

Involving vulnerable pediatric populations in international research requires culturally appropriate ethical protections. We sought to use mabaraza, traditional East African ...

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A qualitative study using traditional community assemblies to investigate community ...

BMC Medical Ethics (2012)

Rachel Vreeman, Eunice Kamaara, Allan Kamanda, David Ayuku, et al.

Background: International collaborators face challenges in the design and implementation of ethical biomedical research. Evaluating community understanding of research and ...

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Community Perspectives on Research Consent Involving Vulnerable Children in Western ...

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (2012)

Rachel Vreeman, Eunice Kamaara, Allan Kamanda, David Ayuku, et al.

Involving vulnerable pediatric populations in international research requires culturally appropriate ethical protections. We sought to use mabaraza, traditional East African ...

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Reliability and validity of the RS14 in orphaned and separated ...

PLoS ONE (2020)

Sarah C. Sutherland, Harry S. Shannon, David Ayuku, David L. Streiner, et al.

Purpose: The 14-item Resilience Scale (RS14) is a tool designed to measure psychological resilience. It has been used effectively in ...

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Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19

Cities & Health (2020)

Moitreyee Sinha, Manasi Kumar, Lian Zeitze, Pamela Y Collins, et al.

COVID-19 and the resultant stringent control measures have increased social isolation, loneliness, and domestic violence, and generated feelings of uncertainty, ...

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Pre-marital predictors of marital violence in the WHO World Mental ...

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)

Cara M. Stokes, Jordi Alonso, Laura Helena Andrade, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem. Existing research has focused on reports from victims and ...

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Neuropsychiatric Genetics of African Populations-Psychosis (NeuroGAP-Psychosis): a case-control study protocol ...

BMJ open (2019)

Anne Stevenson, Dickens Akena, Rocky E. Stroud, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Introduction:Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder account for a large proportion of the global burden of disease. Despite their enormous impact, little ...

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PREVALENCE of psychiatric morbidity in a community sample in Western ...

BMC psychiatry (2017)

Edith Kwobah, Steve Epstein, Ann Mwangi, Debra Litzelman, et al.

Background:About 25% of the worldwide population suffers from mental, neurological and substance use disorders but unfortunately, up to 75% of ...

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Unconditional government cash transfers in support of orphaned and vulnerable ...

PloS one (2017)

Sylvia Shangani, Don Operario, Becky Genberg, Kipruto Kirwa, et al.

Background: Orphaned and vulnerable adolescents (OVA) in sub-Saharan Africa are at greater risk for adverse psychological outcomes compared with their ...

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Sexual behavior among orphaned adolescents in western Kenya: a comparison ...

Journal of Adolescent Health (2017)

Lonnie Embleton, Joram Nyandat, David Ayuku, Edwin Sang, et al.

Purpose: This study sought to assess whether risky sexual behaviors and sexual exploitation of orphaned adolescents differed between family-based and ...

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Clinical care of incarcerated people with HIV, viral hepatitis, or ...

The Lancet (2016)

Josiah D Rich, Curt G Beckwith, Alexandria Macmadu, Brandon D L Marshall, et al.

The burden of HIV/AIDS and other transmissible diseases is higher in prison and jail settings than in the non-incarcerated communities ...

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Large scale genetic research on neuropsychiatric disorders in african populations ...

EBioMedicine (2015)

Shareefa Dalvie, Nastassja Koen, Laramie Duncan, Catherine Abbo, et al.

In recent years there have been significant insights into the complex aetiologies of neurodevelopmental brain disorders. For example, neuropsychiatric genetics ...

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The government of Kenya cash transfer for orphaned and vulnerable ...

BMC International Health and Human Rights (2014)

Lukoye Atwoli, Lonnie Embleton, Julius Koech, Paula Braitstein, et al.

Background: The ‘Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children’ (CT-OVC) in Kenya is a government-supported program intended to provide regular ...

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Association between parental psychopathology and suicidal behavior among adult offspring ...

BMC psychiatry (2014)

Lukoye Atwoli, Matthew K Nock, David R Williams and Dan J Stein

Background: Prior studies have demonstrated a link between parental psychopathology and offspring suicidal behavior. However, it remains unclear what aspects ...

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Models of care for orphaned and separated children and upholding ...

BMC International Health and Human Rights (2014)

Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Allan Kamanda, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is home to approximately 55 million orphaned children. The growing orphan crisis has overwhelmed many communities and ...

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Nutritional Status of Orphaned and Separated Children and Adolescents Living ...

PLOS ONE (2013)

Paula Braitstein, Samuel Ayaya, Winstone M. Nyandiko, Allan Kamanda, et al.

Objective: To describe the nutritional status of orphaned and separated children and adolescents (OSCA) living in households in the community ...

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Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor ...

AIDS care (2012)

Judy W Kamau, Wangari Kuria, Muthoni Mathai, Lukoye Atwoli, et al.

The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of ...

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Short-term diagnostic stability among re-admitted psychiatric in-patients in Eldoret, Kenya

African journal of psychiatry (2012)

Lukoye Atwoli, D. Ndambuki, P. OWITI, G. Manguro, et al.

Objective: To determine the prospective and retrospective consistency of diagnoses among readmitted psychiatric in-patients at the Moi Teaching and Referral ...

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptom self-report among medical students in ...

African Journal of Psychiatry (2011)

Lukoye Atwoli, P. Owiti, G. Manguro and D. NDAMBUKI

Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-reported attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms among medical students in Eldoret,Kenya. Method:A cross-sectional ...

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Child Abuse (1)

Health Informatics (8)

Psychiatric Epidemiology (18)