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ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2025

Efficacy of a school-based mental health intervention among Zambian youth: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Sherinah Saasa, Kaitlin P Ward, Cleopas G Sambo, Paula Barrett, Cheuk Yan Lau

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Article in Global mental health (Cambridge, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Sherinah SaasaSchool of Social Work, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-0438
Kaitlin P WardDepartment of Psychology, School of Social Work, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Cleopas G SamboDepartment of Social Work & Sociology, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Paula BarrettFriends Resilience Programs, Brisbane, Australia.
Cheuk Yan LauSchool of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While many children in Africa face notable psychological problems, the majority do not receive needed mental health services. The My FRIENDS Youth Program, a universal cognitive-behavioral intervention for anxiety prevention and resilience enhancement, has demonstrated effectiveness across cultures in children and adolescents. This study explores whether the program's effectiveness extends to Zambian children. Participants were 75 children and adolescents (53% female, ages 10-15) attending low-income schools in Zambia. Four schools were randomly assigned to an intervention (

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anxietychild mental healthdepressiongroup interventionschools

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PMID40303957
PMCPMC12037358

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