Preventive Pros - May 7, 2024

With gender disparities becoming more pronounced in adolescence, inequities have resulted in substantial barriers to women's health in low and middle-income countries, including Kenya. This community-based participatory research study consisted of a mixed methods, cross-sectional community health assessment of households and schools in Kibera, Kenya. 50 households and 8 schools will be identified through community leaders and interviewed in local languages by a Women Public H

The Kibera Women's Public Health Ambassadors program is a partnership between Project Elimu, Energy in Action, and the GRIT Lab. The program aims to support young women, mostly teen moms, in Kibera, to develop the skills needed to support their community in confronting persistent health challenges and successfully drive positive change.

The Youth Public Health Ambassadors program is a partnership between Children’s Chance International, Energy in Action, and the GRIT Lab. The program aims to support youth in vulnerable communities develop the skills needed to support their communities in confronting persistent health challenges and successfully drive positive change. Started in 2000 at the height of the CODIV-19 pandemic, the YPHA program has resulted in several outputs, including multiple peer-reviewed pub

Nicole Tang, Association of Pacific Rim Universities, Bangkok, November 2024 LINK to Poster

Unintended pregnancies and HIV/AIDS prevention and response remain significant health challenges throughout Uganda, especially among adolescents who have limited access to comprehensive sexual health education. This community-based participatory research study aimed to evaluate youth attitudes towards and knowledge of safe sex practices, pregnancy intentions, and prevention of HIV amongst students in the Lango region of northern Uganda. The project was carried out as part of

This community-based participatory research study evaluated adolescents' mental health their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about mental health conditions, and their access to critical mental health services in Lira District, northern Uganda. The political history of the region, the epicenter of the decades-long conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Ugandan government, makes for an interesting case study of the political and social determinants of mental heal

Riya Shah, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington DC, April 2023 LINK to Poster

Kim AJ, Guy K, Tumuhimbise P, Odur K, Wipfli H, et al. (2023) Community- Based Participatory Research: A Cross-Sectional Study Understanding Malaria in Rural Northern Uganda. J Community Med Health Educ 12:794. Doi: 10.4172/2168-9717.1000794 LINK TO TEXT Abstract Objective: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is founded on the principle of recognizing community members as equal research partners in order to best understand and address their health needs. Recognizing

Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is founded on the principle of recognizing community members as equal research partners in order to best understand and address their health needs. Recognizing the scarcity of CBPR in global malaria elimination efforts, this study trained youth in Lira, Uganda to collect data on self-reported malaria prevalence, access to prevention tools, and perceptions around behaviors to prevent malaria in their local communities. LINK to Publ