ArticleConflict and health2020
Contextual factors associated with depression among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda: findings from a cross-sectional study.
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Tushirikiane-4-Uthabiti (Supporting Each Other For Resilience)
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and associated factors of depression among refugees in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Psychometrics of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Uganda: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Social Determinants of Mental Health Outcomes Among Refugee Adolescents and Youth Living with HIV in Refugee Settlements in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Enhancing the utility of exploratory 'factors associated with' studies in global mental health: the importance of context in Sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of mental health systems · 2026Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study among refugee children and adolescents living in a Ugandan refugee settlement.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and comorbidity of mental health concerns, alcohol and drug use among young women in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda: findings from the TOPOWA study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated factors among school-going adolescents in poverty and conflict-affected settings in Uganda.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to mental health service utilisation among refugees in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Depressive symptoms and correlations among war-survivor internally displaced persons in two IDP camps in northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Depression symptom severity and behavioral impairment in school-going adolescents in Uganda.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cumulative adverse childhood experiences and their association with depression and anxiety: a cross-sectional study of youth living in informal urban settings in Kenya.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Findings from the Tushirikiane-4-MH (supporting each other for mental health) mobile health-supported virtual reality randomized controlled trial among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Effect of households' members disability and serious illness on public health insurance subscription among urban refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Mental health issues of children and young people displaced by conflict: A scoping review.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- "The peace that I wanted, I got": Qualitative insights from patient experiences of SMART DAPPER interventions for major depression and traumatic stress disorders in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic factors associated with trajectories of depression among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: A longitudinal cohort study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Associations between water insecurity and depression among refugee adolescents and youth in a humanitarian context in Uganda: cross-sectional survey findings.International health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdvancing mental health among refugee and displaced adolescents and youth is critically important, as chronic psychological stress can have lifelong harmful impacts. These groups experience socio-environmental stressors that can harm mental health. Informed by a social contextual framework, this study explored the prevalence of depression among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, Uganda and associations with symbolic (violence), relational (social support), and material (food and community insecurity) contexts.
methodsWe implemented a cross-sectional survey with refugee and displaced adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men aged 16-24 living in Kampala's informal settlements. We conducted peer-driven recruitment, whereby peer navigators shared study information with their networks and in turn participants were invited to recruit their peers. We conducted gender disaggregated analyses, including stepwise multiple regression to examine factors associated with depression. We then conducted structural equation modeling (SEM) using weighted least squares estimation to examine direct paths from violence, food insecurity, and community insecurity to depression, and indirect effects through social support.
resultsAmong participants (
conclusionsFindings reveal widespread depression among urban refugee and displaced youth in Kampala, disproportionately impacting young women. Contextual factors, including food insecurity and violence, increase depression risks. Strategies that reduce gender-based violence and food insecurity, and increase social support networks, have the potential to promote mental health among urban refugee and displaced youth.
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