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September 2021 | ICHAD & SMART Africa Monthly Monitor

 

Greetings from the ICHAD and SMART Africa Teams!

 

With the fall semester officially underway, so is the ICHAD/SMART Africa speaker series. This month we hosted Carolyn Lesorogol, a Professor at the Brown School who spoke about her experiences evaluating the impacts of community-based wildlife conservancies in rural Kenya. You can watch her full presentation here

 

September also brought the good news of additional NIH funding. ICHAD was recently awarded a $3.2 million R01 that seeks to address HIV-associated stigma among adolescents in boarding schools in Uganda. You can find more details about this study below. Also see details about an opportunity to contribute to an education fund in honor of ICHAD’s close friend and longtime collaborator, the Rt. Rev. Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa, who sadly passed away earlier this year.

 

The ICHAD and SMART Africa Teams

 

ICHAD Team Awarded $3.2 million from the NIH to Address HIV Stigma in Boarding Schools in Southwestern Uganda

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Students gather in front of a school in the Masaka region of Uganda

ICHAD Director Fred Ssewamala has teamed up with Massy Mutumba from the University of Michigan (a former LEAD Global Training Program Trainee) to address the negative impact that HIV stigma has among adolescents in Uganda, including low rates of medication adherence and viral suppression as well as high attrition from HIV treatment services. These issues are even more pronounced for adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in boarding schools in low-resource communities. 


M-Suubi: A Multi-level integrated intervention to reduce the impact of HIV stigma on HIV treatment outcomes among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda” is a five-year $3.2 million study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health that examines the impact of a multilevel intervention combining group-based HIV stigma reduction training for educators, including school directors, nurses and teachers (n=210), with a multiple family group intervention for HIV stigma reduction and a family economic empowerment intervention on HIV treatment adherence and engagement in care among ALHIV attending boarding schools in Uganda. The study will enroll 840 girls and boys along with their caregivers from 42 schools located in eight districts in Southern Uganda a region heavily affected by HIV.  The intervention will be provided for 20 months, with assessments at baseline, 12, 24 and 36 months. In addition to measuring adherence to medication and HIV stigma, the study will also gather rich data on program implementation and costs, so that if results are promising, they can quickly and effectively be disseminated to inform practice and policy, and the intervention can be scaled to other boarding schools in the region.

 

You can read more about the study here.

 

The Bishop Kaggwa Education Fund has been Launched!

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From Left: Dr. Fred Ssewamala, Dean Mary McKay, and the late Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa at the 4th Annual SMART Africa Conference on Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, July 2019

The late Rt. Rev. Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka, Uganda, was a longtime collaborator and supporter of ICHAD and SMART Africa. Since our founding in 2004, Bishop Kaggwa generously provided his guidance and assistance with our programs and research in the Greater Masaka Region. He was a social justice advocate, leader, and beloved mentor.  In his honor, ICHAD, in collaboration with the Masaka Catholic Diocese, has opened the Bishop Kaggwa Education Fund to support students in the greater Masaka region and pass on his legacy.  With the goal of raising USD $25,000 in the first year, informal fundraising efforts are underway among collaborators.  Individuals wishing to make a contribution to the fund can do so easily by sending money on Sendwave, a trusted app on Apple and Android devices. Enter the recipient information as follows:

 

Name: Bishop Kaggwa Education Fund - Masaka Diocese

Bank Name: Centenary

Account number: 3203039818

 

Direct wire transfer payments through your bank can also be made to the same account above (Swift Code: CERBUGKA; City and Country: Masaka, Uganda).  The deadline for making the first round of investment into the fund is the first week of October so a contribution by October 1st will help maximize the return on investment. Learn more about Bishop Kaggwa and the Masaka Catholic Diocese.

 

Upcoming Poster Presentations

 

“Engaging vulnerable women engaged in commercial sex in the implementation of an HIV risk reduction intervention in Southern Uganda” The 16th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, November 7-9, 2021, Orlando, Florida

 

“Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among women engaged in commercial sex work in Southern Uganda” The 16th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, November 7-9, 2021, Orlando, Florida

 

 

Social Corner

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The ICHAD-U.S. Team recently gathered to celebrate ICHAD Co-Director Proscovia Nabunya’s recent engagement as well as ICHAD Director Fred Ssewamala’s birthday!

Research Studies

 

ANZANSI Family Program

SMART Africa Studies

Kyaterekera Project

mHealth Pilot

M-Suubi

Say No to Stigma

Suubi+Adherence-R2

Suubi4Cancer

Suubi4Her

Suubi4STEM

Suubi4Stigma

 

Training Programs

 

CHILD Global Research Fellowship

LEAD Global Training Program

Researcher Resilience Training

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Upcoming Events

 

October 13, 2021 | 12:30 CST

ICHAD/SMART Africa Speaker Series

Leyla Ismayilova, PhD

Improving Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Multi-level Culturally Congruent Preventive Interventions

Register here

 

October 14, 2021 | 9:30 CST

CHILD GRF Info Session for the 2022 Application Cycle

Register here

 

November 10, 2021 | 12:30 CST

ICHAD/SMART Africa Speaker Series

Keng-Yen Huang, PhD and Janet Nakigudde, PhD

Advancing Scalability and Impacts of a Teacher Training Program for Promoting Child Mental Health in Ugandan Primary Schools

Register here

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Other Events, Funding & Training Opportunities

 

Capacity Building Connection

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Call for Papers

 

Global Social Welfare

IJERPH Special Issue

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                   NOTABLES

 

Congratulations to the following trainees for their recent accomplishments!

 

Lesleigh Lee (LEAD 2020) completed her Doctorate of Public Health (DrPH) in Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences at Texas A&M in August. Congratulations, Dr. Lee!

 

Dr. Saltanat Childress (LEAD 2020) presented “Maternal Stress and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Mixed-methods Study” at the National Science Foundation/University of Texas, Arlington Conference “Build and Broaden: Conference on Social Connections to Promote Individual and Community Resilience in Post-COVID-19 Society.”

 

Dr. Husain Lateef (RRT 2020) and Dr. Tyriesa Howard Howell (LEAD 2020) collaborated on the recently published manuscript, “Exploring the Impact of Skin Tone Perception on Race-Related Outcomes and Familial Functioning among African American Youth: Implications for African-Centered Interventions” in Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

 

 

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