ArticleCommunity mental health journal2022
Building a Community Based Mental Health Program for Adolescents in Botswana: Stakeholder Feedback.
Article in Community mental health journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05664490 (Youth Friendship Bench SA), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Youth Friendship Bench SA: Optimization of the Friendship Bench Mental Health Intervention for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South African PrEP Delivery Settings
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Perceptions of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses Regarding the Needs of Family Members Caring for People Living With Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study in Lobatse, Botswana.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Piloting a Near-Peer Lay Counselor Based Problem Solving Therapy Intervention for Youth With and Without HIV in Botswana: An Adaptation of the Friendship Bench.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring the needs of family caregivers of people living with mental illness: a qualitative study in Lobatse, Botswana.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Evaluating implementation research outcomes for a task-sharing mental health intervention: A systematic review of the Friendship Bench.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Where you live, what you do: depression differences among diverse Chinese nongmin through cognitive openness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing a task-sharing mental health intervention for Sickle Cell Disease populations in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Implementation Determinants of Problem-Solving Therapy Delivered by Near-Peer Lay Counselors for Youth Living with HIV in Botswana: Lay Counsellor Perspectives.Global implementation research and applications · 2024Article
- Integrating a mental health intervention into PrEP services for South African young women: a human-centred implementation research approach to intervention development.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
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- Youth perspectives of working with near peer youth lay counsellors: The Safe Haven Pilot.Journal of community psychology · 2023Article
- Future Directions for Community-Engaged Research in Clinical Psychological Science with Youth.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhen planning interventions for adolescents, adult interventions should not be used 'as is' in youth settings. Stakeholder engagement can help understand the overall adolescent mental health ecosystem and adapt existing evidence-based interventions for the youth.
objectiveTo understand the overall mental health needs of adolescents in Botswana and the necessary adaptations required for an adolescent lay counselor based intervention in the country.
methodsWe used the theory of change model and the nominal group technique in five stakeholder meetings. Meetings were held to discuss the mental health needs of youth in Botswana and identify priorities for a lay counsellor based intervention modelled after the Friendship Bench intervention, an existing mental health intervention for adults.
resultsThe root causes of mental health problems among Botswana's youth identified by stakeholders included limited mental health knowledge among the youth and the community, family problems, poor communication, low self-esteem, the rapid growth of technology, and biological/genetic predisposition. Structurally barriers included: mental illness-related stigma, lack of psychosocial support, incomplete follow up for health services, cultural beliefs about mental illness, and fragmented mental health services. The stakeholders envisage a program that could empower adolescents and youth counselors to address mental health concerns for a healthier community. The group identified and prioritized several key elements of an effective lay counselor intervention.
conclusionsA diverse group of community stakeholders can illustrate critical mental health needs and elements that countries could use to adapt and contextualize a lay counsellor based mental health intervention for new populations such as the youth.
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