2024
Girma AZ, Brathwaite R, Karamagi Y, Nakabuye F, Nakasujja N, Byansi W, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Ssewamala FM. The impact of COVID-19 changes and disruptions on generalized anxiety disorder among young adults living with HIV (YLHIV) in Uganda. J Health Psychol. 2024 Feb 6:13591053241228205. doi: 10.1177/13591053241228205. Sage
Kizito S, Namuwonge F, Nabayinda J, Nalwanga D, Najjuuko C, Nabunya P, Atwebembere R, Namuyaba OI, Mukasa M, Ssewamala FM. A cluster-randomized controlled trial of an economic strengthening intervention to enhance antiretroviral therapy adherence among Adolescents Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jan 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04268-4. Springer
Kreniske, P., Namuyaba, O. I., Kasumba, R., Namatovu, P., Ssewamala, F., Wingood, G., Wei, Y., Ybarra, M. L., Oloya, C., Tindyebwa, C., Ntulo, C., Mujune, V., Chang, L. W., Mellins, C. A., & Santelli, J. S. (2024). Correction: Mobile Phone Technology for Preventing HIV and Related Youth Health Problems, Sexual Health, Mental Health, and Substance Use Problems in Southwest Uganda (Youth Health SMS)- Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 13, e55725. https://doi.org/10.2196/55725. JMIR Publications
Nabayinda J, Witte SS, Kizito S, Nanteza F, Nsubuga E, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM. The impact of an economic empowerment intervention on intimate partner violence among women engaged in sex work in southern Uganda. A cluster randomized control trial. Social Science & Medicine. 2024 April 3. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116846. Elsevier
Nabunya P, Cavazos-Rehg P, Mugisha J, Kasson E, Namuyaba OI, Najjuuko C, Nsubuga E, Filiatreau LM, Mwebembezi A, Ssewamala FM. An mHealth Intervention to Address Depression and Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Youths Living With HIV in Uganda: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Mar 8;13:e54635. doi: 10.2196/54635. JMIR Publications
Nabunya P, Migadde H, Namuwonge F, Mugisha J, Kirabo W, Ssentumbwe V, Najjuuko C, Atwebembere R, Sensoy Bahar O, Mwebembezi A, McKay MM, Ssewamala FM. Feasibility and Acceptability of Group-Based Stigma Reduction Interventions for Adolescents Living with HIV and their Caregivers: The Suubi4Stigma Randomized Clinical Trial (2020-2022). AIDS Behav. 2024 Feb 03. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04284-4. Springer
Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM, Kizito S, Mugisha J, Brathwaite R, Neilands TB, Migadde H, Namuwonge F, Ssentumbwe V, Najjuuko C, Sensoy Bahar O, Mwebembezi A, McKay MM. Preliminary Impact of Group-Based Interventions on Stigma, Mental Health, and Treatment Adherence Among Adolescents Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Uganda. J Pediatr. 2024 Feb 23;269:113983. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113983. Science Direct
Sensoy Bahar O, Byansi W, Nartey P, Ibrahim A, Boateng A, Kumbelim K, Nabunya P, McKay MM, Ssewamala FM. Self-esteem and self-concept as correlates of life satisfaction and attitudes toward school among Ghanaian girls. J Res Adolesc. 2024 Jan 11. doi: 10.1111/jora.12910. Wiley
Tozan Y, Kiyingi J, Kim S, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabayinda J, Namuwonge F, Nsubuga E, Nakabuye F, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, McKay MM, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Costing of a combination intervention (Kyaterekera) addressing sexual risk-taking behaviors among vulnerable women in southern Uganda. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 2024 April 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0485. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2023
Ansong D, Okumu M, Huang J, Sun S, Huseynli A, Koomson I, Chowa G, Ssewamala F, Sherraden MS, Sherraden M. Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection and development. In Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South 2023 Sep 19 (pp. 308-330). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Baldeh M, Kizito S. Call to action: HIV among adolescents in Sierra Leone. Lancet. 2023 Oct 7;402(10409):1240. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01788-9. The Lancet
Brathwaite R, Magorokosho N, Namuwonge F, Tutlam N, Neilands TB, McKay MM, Ssewamala FM. Typology and correlates of parental stress among caregivers of children with DBDs in low-resourced communities in Uganda. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Aug 23;3(8):e0002306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002306. PLOS Global Public Health
Brathwaite R, Mutumba M, Nanteza J, Filiatreau LM, Migadde H, Namatovu P, Nabisere B, Mugisha J, Mwebembezi A, Ssewamala FM. Assessing the Feasibility of Economic Approaches to Prevent Substance Abuse Among Adolescents: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 14;12:e46486. doi: 10.2196/46486. JMIR Publications
Brathwaite R, Namuwonge F, Magorokosho N, Tutlam N, Neilands TB, Namirembe R, Ssentumbwe V, Ssewamala FM. Impact of Economic and Family Intervention on Adolescent Girls’ Education Performance, School Absenteeism, and Behavior in School: The Suubi4Her Study. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Oct 8:S1054-139X(23)00455-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.043. Science Direct
Brathwaite R, Sensoy Bahar O, Mutumba M, Byansi W, Namatovu P, Namuwonge F, Neilands TB, McKay MM, Hoagwood KE, Ssewamala FM. Short-Term Impact of “Amaka Amasanyufu” Multiple Family Group Intervention on Mental Health Functioning of Children With Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Uganda. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 7:S0890-8567(23)00118-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.12.028. Science Direct
Byansi W, Howell TH, Filiatreau L, Nabunya P, Kaiser N, Kasson E, Ssewamala FM, Cavazos-Rehg P. Sexual and Health Behaviors and Knowledge among Uganda Adolescent Girls: Implications for Advancing Comprehensive Sexual Health Education. Child and Youth Care Forum. 2023 Jan 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-023-09730-3. Springer
Byansi W, Ssewamala FM, Neilands TB, Mwebembezi A, Nakigozi G. Patterns of and Factors Associated With Mental Health Service Utilization Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in Southwestern Uganda: A Latent Class Analysis. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S24-S32. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.09.037. PMID: 37062580. Science Direct
Filiatreau LM, Tutlam NT, Brathwaite R, Byansi W, Namuwonge F, Mwebembezi A, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Neilands TB, Cavazos-Rehg P, McKay MM, Ssewamala FM. Effects of a combination economic empowerment and family strengthening intervention on psychosocial well-being among Ugandan adolescent girls and young women: analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial from the Suubi4Her study. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S33-S40. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.11.250. Science Direct
Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Peterson SK, Kiyingi J, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Yang LS, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Examining Cash Expenditures and Associated HIV-Related Behaviors Using Financial Diaries in Women Employed by Sex Work in Rural Uganda: Findings from the Kyaterekera Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Apr 23;20(9):5612. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20095612. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Karimli L, Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM, Dvalishvili D. Combining Asset Accumulation and Multifamily Group Intervention to Improve Mental Health for Adolescent Girls: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Sep 16:S1054-139X(23)00422-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.012. Science Direct
Karimli L, Ssewamala FM, Neilands TB. The impact of poverty-reduction intervention on child mental health mediated by family relations: Findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Uganda. Soc Sci Med. 2023 Jul 20;332:116102. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116102. Science Direct
Kavuma A, Kibudde S, Schmidt M, Zhao T, Gay H, Li B, Michalski J, Hugo G, Vanchinbazar E, Minjgee M, Nansalmaa E, Ssewamala FM…& Sun B. Remote Global Radiation Oncology Education and Training-a Pathway to Increase Access to High-Quality Radiotherapy Services in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2023 Jan, 8(3) 101180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2023.101180. Science Direct
Kiyingi J, Witte SS, Nabunya P, Nsubuga E, Sensoy Bahar O, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Kizito S, Nattabi J, Nabayinda J, Ssewamala FM. Predictors of mobility among women engaged in commercial sex work in Uganda using generalized estimating equations model. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 2023 Apr 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624231167910. Sage
Kizito S. ChatGPT has the potential to enhance antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Med Educ Online. 2023 Dec;28(1):2246781. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2023.2246781. Taylor & Francis Online
Kizito S. Agent-based Modeling: Exploring Treatment Adherence Among Adolescents with HIV. Arch Med Res. 2023 Jul 5:102844. doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2023.102844. Science Direct
Kizito S, Nabayinda J, Neilands TB, Kiyingi J, Namuwonge F, Damulira C, Nabunya P, Nattabi J, Ssewamala FM. A Structural Equation Model of the Impact of a Family-Based Economic Intervention on ART Adherence Among Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S41-S50. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.012. Science Direct
Kizito S, Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM. Enhancing Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents Living with HIV through Group-Based Therapeutic Approaches in Uganda. Findings from a Pilot Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2023 Nov 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad081. Oxford University Press
Kizito S, Namuwonge F, Nabayinda J, Nabunya P, Nattabi J, Sensoy Bahar O, Kiyingi J, Magorokosho N, Ssewamala FM. Using Hierarchical Regression to Examine the Predictors of Sexual Risk-taking Attitudes among Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Apr 17. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.02.034. Science Direct
Nabayinda J, Namirembe R, Kizito S, Nsubuga E, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Magorokosho N, Kiyingi J, Nattabi J, Tozan Y, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Mwebembezi A, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Southern Uganda. J Interpers Violence. 2023 May 22:8862605231175908. doi: 10.1177/08862605231175908. SAGE
Nabayinda J, Ssentumbwe V, Damulira C, Namatovu P, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Kiyingi J, Kivumbi A, Namuwonge F, McKay MM, Hoagwood K, Ssewamala FM. The relationship between family cohesion and depression among school going children with elevated symptoms of behavioral challenges in Southern Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S11-S17. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.016. Science Direct
Nabunya P, Byansi W, Sensoy Bahar O, Namuwonge F, Atwebembere R. Emotional and Behavior Difficulties and the Mental Health of Caregivers of Adolescents Living with HIV. J Child Fam Stud. 2023 June 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02609-w. Springer
Nabunya P, Kizito S, Ssewamala FM. The Effect of Family Responsibility on Self-Reported Adherence to ART among adolescents Perinatally Infected with HIV in Uganda: A Mediation Analysis. Journal of Adolescence, 2023 Feb 22; 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12157. Wiley
Nabunya P, Namuwonge F, Sensoy Bahar O, Ssentumbwe V, Migadde H, Mugisha J, Ssewamala FM. Stigma by Association, Parenting Stress and the Mental Health of Caregivers of Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S18-S23. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.017. Science Direct
Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Neilands TB, Nakasujja N, Namatovu P, Namuwonge F, Mwebembezi A, Ssewamala FM. Bridges-Round 2: A study protocol to examine the longitudinal HIV risk prevention and care continuum outcomes among orphaned youth transitioning to young adulthood. PLoS One. 2023;18(5):e0284572. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284572. Plos One
Nakalega R, Mukiza N, Menge R, Kizito S,… Mujugira A. Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-testing and PrEP for young women in Kampala, Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 16;23(1):1163. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16081-0. BMC
Namuwonge F, Kizito S, Ssentumbwe V, Kabarambi A, Magorokosho N, Nabunya P, Namuli F, Namirembe R, Ssewamala FM. Peer Pressure and Risk-taking Behaviors among Adolescent Girls in a region impacted by HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Oct 5: doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.006. Science Direct
Sensoy Bahar O, Byansi W, Nabayinda J, Kiyingi J, Namatovu P, Embaye F, McKay MM, Hoagwood K, Ssewamala FM. “I decided to participate….because I saw it as benefiting our community and families”: a qualitative study of lay providers’ experiences with delivering an evidence-based mental health intervention for families in Uganda. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2023 Aug 21;17(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13033-023-00593-8. BMC
Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Nabayinda J, Witte S, Kiyingi J, Nsubuga E, Schriger S, Nattabi J, Mayo-Wilson LJ, Nakigudde J, Tozan Y, Ssewamala FM. “I decided in my heart I have to complete the sessions”: A qualitative study on the acceptability of an evidence-based HIV risk reduction intervention among women engaged in sex work in Uganda. PLoS One. 2023 Jan 12;18(1): e0280138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280138. Plos One
Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Namuwonge F, Samtani S, Ssentumbwe V, Namuli F, Magorokosho N, Ssewamala FM. “It gives you a road map of what to do to solve your problems”: Acceptability of a Combination HIV Prevention Intervention Among Adolescent Girls in Uganda. BMC Public Health23, 249 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15083-2. BMC Public Health
Ssewamala FM, Brathwaite R, Neilands TB. Economic Empowerment, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among School-Going Adolescent Girls in Uganda: Longitudinal Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial, 2017‒2022. Am J Public Health. 2023 Jan 5: e1-e10. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307169. AJPH
Ssewamala FM, Brathwaite R, Sensoy Bahar O, Namatovu P, Neilands TB, Kiyingi J, Huang KY, McKay MM. The Post-intervention Impact of Amaka Amasanyufu on Behavioral and Mental Health Functioning of Children and Adolescents in Low-Resource Communities in Uganda: Analysis of a Cluster-Randomized Trial From the SMART Africa-Uganda Study (2016-2022). J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S3-S10. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.09.035. Science Direct
BMC Public Health. 2023 Apr 20;23(1):717. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15564-4. BMC Public Health
Tutlam NT, Filiatreau LM, Byansi W, Brathwaite R, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Ssewamala FM. The Impact of Family Economic Empowerment Intervention on Psychological Difficulties and Prosocial Behavior among AIDS-orphaned children in southern Uganda. J Adolesc Health. 2023 May;72(5S):S51-S58. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.01.002. Science Direct
Yang LS, Witte SS, Kiyingi J, Nabayinda J, Nsubuga E, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Ssewamala FM. Conducting high-frequency data collection in low-resource settings: Lessons from a financial diary study among women engaged in sex work in Uganda. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 2023 June 30. doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2229404. Taylor & Francis Online
2022
Brathwaite R, Ssewamala FM, Mutumba M, Neilands TB, Byansi W, Namuwonge F, Damulira C, Nabunya P, Nakigozi G, Makumbi F, Mellins CA, McKay MM, Team SAF. The Long-term (5-year) Impact of a Family Economic Empowerment Intervention on Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda: Analysis of Longitudinal Data from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial from the Suubi+Adherence Study (2012-2018). AIDS Behav. 2022 Apr 16. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03637-1. Springer
Brathwaite R, Ssewamala FM, Sensoy Bahar O, McKay MM, Neilands TB, Namatovu P, Kiyingi J, Zmachinski L, Nabayinda J, Huang KY, Kivumbi A, Bhana A, Mwebembezi A, Petersen I, Hoagwood K; SMART Africa – Uganda Field Team. The longitudinal impact of an evidence-based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on oppositional defiant disorder and impaired functioning among children in Uganda: analysis of a cluster randomized trial from the SMART Africa-Uganda scale-up study (2016-2022). J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2022 Nov;63(11):1252-1260. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13566. Wiley
Byansi W, Namatovu P, Bahar OS, Kiyingi J, Nabayinda J, Mwebembezi A, Kivumbi A, Damulira C, Nattabi J, Namuwonge F, McKay MM, Hoagwood K, Ssewamala FM. Family-level correlates of disruptive behavior challenges among children in Southwestern Uganda. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2022 Sep;140:106598. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106598. Science Direct
Byansi W, Ssewamala FM, Neilands TB, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Namuwonge F, McKay MM. The short-term impact of a combination intervention on depressive symptoms among adolescent girls in Uganda: The Suubi4Her cluster randomized trial. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2022 June 1. Science Direct
Dvalishvili D, Ssewamala FM, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Kizito S, Namuwonge F, Namatovu P. Impact of Family-Based Economic Empowerment Intervention, Suubi+Adherence (2012-2018) on Multidimensional Poverty for Adolescents living with HIV (ALWHIV) in Uganda. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14326. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Yen BJ, Nabunya P, Bahar OS, Wright BN, Kiyingi J, Filippone PL, Mwebembezi A, Kagaayi J, Tozan Y, Nabayinda J, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Economic Abuse and Care-seeking Practices for HIV and Financial Support Services in Women Employed by Sex Work: A Cross-Sectional Baseline Assessment of a Clinical Trial Cohort in Uganda. J Interpers Violence. 2022 May 5:8862605221093680. SAGE.
Kiyingi J, Nabunya P, Kizito S, Nabayinda J, Nsubuga E, Sensoy Bahar O, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Tozan Y, Namuwonge F, Nattabi J, Magorokosho N, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among women engaged in commercial sex work in Southern Uganda. AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Sept 06. Springer
Kiyingi J, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Mayo-Wilson LJ, Tozan Y, Nabayinda J, Namuwonge F, Nsubuga E, Kizito S, Nattabi J, Nakabuye F, Kagayi J, Mwebembezi A, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Prevalence and predictors of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among vulnerable women engaged in sex work: Findings from the Kyaterekera Project in Southern Uganda. PLoS One. 2022;17(9):e0273238.PubMed
Kizito S, Nabayinda J, Kiyingi J, Neilands TB, Namuwonge F, Namatovu P, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Ssentumbwe V, Magorokosho N, Ssewamala FM. The Impact of an Economic Strengthening Intervention on Academic Achievement Among Adolescents Living with HIV: Findings from the Suubi+Adherence Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial in Uganda (2012-2018). AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Sep 01. Springer
Kizito S, Namuwonge F, Brathwaite R, Neilands TB, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Damulira C, Mwebembezi A, Mellins C, McKay MM, Ssewamala FM. Monitoring Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Adolescents in Southern Uganda: Comparing Wisepill to Self-Report in predicting viral suppression. Journal of International AIDS Society. 2022 Sept 02. Wiley
Mutumba M, Ssewamala F, Namirembe R, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Neilands T, Tozan Y, Namuwonge F, Nattabi J, Acayo Laker P, Mukasa B, Mwebembezi A. A Multilevel Integrated Intervention to Reduce the Impact of HIV Stigma on HIV Treatment Outcomes Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Uganda: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Oct 5;11(10): e40101. doi: 10.2196/40101. JMIR Publications
Nabayinda J, Kiyingi J, Nsubuga E, Kizito S, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Magorokosho N, Nattabi J, Witte SS, Ssewamala FM. Does asset ownership influence sexual risk-taking behaviors among women engaged in sex work in Southern Uganda? A Mediation Analysis. BMC Women’s Health. Dec 2022, 22, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-02129-7. BMC
Nabayinda J, Kizito S, Witte S, Nabunya P, Kiyingi J, Namuwonge F, Nsubuga E, Sensoy Bahar O, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Yang LS, Nattabi J, Magorokosho N, Ssewamala FM. Factors associated with consistent condom use among women engaged in sex work. Lessons from Kyaterekera study in Southern Uganda. AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Sept 16. Springer
Nabunya P. Social Support Networks for Adolescents Orphaned by HIV: Definitions, Barriers, Challenges and Lessons from Uganda. Vulnerable Child Youth Stud. 2022 Dec 26. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2022.2163330. Taylor & Francis Online
Nabunya P, Byansi W, Damulira C, Ssewamala FM. Self-Efficacy, Academic Performance and School Transition Among Orphaned Adolescents in Southern Uganda. Children and Youth Services Review. 2022 Nov 2; 143: 106707. Science Direct
Nabunya P, Byansi W, Muwanga J, Sensoy Bahar O, Namuwonge F, Ssentumbwe V, Ssewamala FM. Family Factors and Gender Norms as Protective Factors against Sexual Risk-taking Behaviors among Adolescent Girls in Southern Uganda. Global Social Welfare. 2022 Aug 11. Springer
Nabunya P, Namuwonge F. HIV-Related Shame, Stigma and the Mental Health Functioning of Adolescents Living with HIV: Findings from a Pilot Study in Uganda. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Jun 7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35668284. Springer
Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM, Sensoy Bahar O, Michalopoulos LTM, Mugisha J, Neilands T, Trani J-F, McKay M. Suubi4Stigma Study Protocol: A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial to address HIV-associated stigma among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2022 Apr. BMC
Santelli JS, Rosen G, Ssewamala FM. What can academic researchers contribute to advancing adolescent wellbeing? BMJ. 2022 Oct 27. 379: o2543. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2543. BMJ
Sensoy Bahar O, Boateng A, Nartey PB, Ibrahim A, Kumbelim K, Nabunya P, Ssewamala FM, McKay MM. “ANZANSI Program Taught Me Many Things in Life”: Families’ Experiences with a Combination Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Girls’ Unaccompanied Migration for Labor. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph192013168. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Nabayinda J, Witte SS, Kiyingi J, Mayo-Wilson LJ, Filippone P, Yang LS, Nakigudde J, Tozan Y, Ssewamala FM. “I expected little, although I learned a lot”: perceived benefits of participating in HIV risk reduction sessions among women engaged in sex work in Uganda. BMC Womens Health. 2022 May 13;22(1):162. PubMed
Ssewamala FM, McKay MM, Sensoy Bahar O, Nabunya P, Neilands TB, Kiyingi J, Namatovu P, Guo S, Nakasujja N, Mwebembezi A. Suubi4StrongerFamilies: Addressing Child Behavioral Health by Strengthening Financial Stability and Parenting among Families in Uganda. Front. Psychiatry 13:949156. Frontiers
Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., & McKay, M. M. (Eds.). (2022). Child Behavioral Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Springer
Tutlam NT, Chang JJ, Byansi W, Flick LH, Ssewamala FM, Betancourt TS. War-Affected South Sudanese in Settings of Preflight, Flight, and Resettlement: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Trauma-Associated Mental Disorders. Global Social Welfare. 2022 Jul 18:1-8. Springer
Tutlam NT, Flick LH, Xian H, Matsuo H, Tutdeal N, Glowinski A. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Among US-Born Children of South Sudanese Parents Resettled as Refugees. Global Social Welfare. 2022 Jul 6:1-0. Springer
Witte SS, Filippone P, Ssewamala FM, Nabunya P, Sensoy Bahar O, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, Namuwonge F, Damulira C, Tozan Y, Kiyingi J, Nabayinda J, Mwebembezi A, Kagaayi J, McKay MM. PrEP Acceptability and Initiation among Women Engaged in Sex Work in Uganda: Implications for HIV Prevention. eClinicalMedicine. 2022 Feb 1; 44:101278, Science Direct
2021
Asampong, E., Ibrahim, A., Sensoy-Bahar, O., Kumbelim, K., Yaro, P. B., McKay, M. M., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Adaptation and implementation of the multiple-family group intervention in Ghana. Psychiatric Service. Psychiatry Online
Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., Okumu, M., Mutumba, M., Damulira, C., Nabunya, P., Kizito, S., Sensoy Bahar, O., Mellins, C. A., & McKay, M. M. (2021). Predicting the individualized risk of poor adherence to ART medication among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda: the Suubi+Adherence study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(6), e25756. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25756. Wiley
Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., & Damulira, C. (2021). Development and external validation of a risk calculator to predict internalising symptoms among Ugandan youths affected by HIV. Psychiatry Research, 114028. Science Direct
Brathwaite, R., Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M. M.,…& SMART Africa –Uganda Field Team (2021, online first). The longitudinal impact of an evidence-based multiple family group intervention (Amaka Amasanyufu) on Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Impaired functioning among children in Uganda: analysis of a cluster randomized trial from the SMART Africa-Uganda scale-up study (2016- 2022). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Byansi, W., Brathwaite, R., Calvert, M., Nabunya, P., Sensoy Bahar, O., Damulira, C., Namuwonge, F., McKay, M. M., Mellins, C. A., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Relationship between mental health and HIV transmission knowledge and prevention attitudes among adolescents living with HIV: Lessons from Suubi+Adherence cluster randomized study in Southern Uganda. AIDS and Behavior. Springer
Byansi, W., Nabunya, P., Muwanga, J., Mwebembezi, A., Damulira, C., Mukasa, B., Zmachinski, L., Nattabi, J., Brathwaite, R., Namuwonge, F., Bahar, OS., Torsten B. Neilands, TB., Mellins, CA., & Ssewamala, FM. (2021). The relationship between life satisfaction, personal health, quality of life, and medication adherence among adolescents living with HIV in southwestern Uganda. J Public Health (Berl.). Public Health
Cavazos-Rehg, P., Byansi, W., Doroshenko, C., Neilands, T. B., Anako, N., Bahar, O. S., Kasson, E., Nabunya, P., Mellins, C.A., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Evaluating potential mediators for the impact of a family-based economic intervention (Suubi+ Adherence) on the mental health of adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. Social Science & Medicine, 280, 113946 Social Science & Medicine
Johnson KJ, Bahar OS, Nattabi J, Migadde H, Ssentumbwe V, Damulira C, Kivumbi A, Niyonzima N, Ssewamala FM (2021). Pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer in an HIV-infected rural sub-Saharan African population. AIDS Care. PubMed
Mbwayo, A., Kumar, M., Mathai, M., Mutavi, T., Nungari, J., Gathara, R., McKay, M., Ssewamala, F. M., Hoagwood, K., Petersen, I., Bhana, A., & Huang, K-H. (2021). Strengthening system and implementation research capacity for child mental health and family well‑being in Sub‑Saharan Africa. Global Social Welfare. Springer
Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Damulira, C., Sensoy Bahar, O., Jennings Mayo-Wilson, L., Tozan, Y., Kiyingi, J., Nabayinda, J., Brathwaite, R., Witte, S. S., Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Predictors of depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder among women engaged in commercial sex work in southern Uganda. Psychiatry Research. ScienceDirect
Nabunya, P., Curley, J., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Gender norms, beliefs and academic achievement of orphaned adolescent boys and girls in Uganda. The Journal of Genetic Psychology. Taylor & Francis Online
Nabunya ,P., Kiyingi, J., Witte, S. S., Sensoy Bahar, O., Jennings Mayo-Wilson, L., Tozan, Y., Nabayinda, J., Mwebembezi, A., Tumwesige, W., Mukasa, B., Namirembe, R., Kagaayi, J., Nakigudde, J., McKay, M. M., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Working with economically vulnerable women engaged in sex work: Collaborating with community stakeholders in Southern Uganda. Global Public Health 1-7 Global Public Health
Nakalega, R., Mukiza, N., Debem, H., Kiwanuka, G., Kakumba, R.M., Menge, R., Kagimu, I.K., Nakaye, C., Babirye, J.A., Kaganzi, H., Lukyamuzi, Z., Kizito, S., Kuteesa, C.N., Mujugira, A. (2021). Linkage to intensive adherence counseling among HIV-positive persons on ART with detectable viral load in Gomba district, rural Uganda. AIDS Research and Therapy, 18(1):15. PubMed
Naslund, J. A., Kalha, J., Restivo, J. L., Amarreh, I.,…Sensoy Bahar, O., Shields-Zeeman, L., Ssewamala, F. M.,…Pathare, S. (2021). Identifying challenges and recommendations for advancing global mental health implementation research: A key informant study of the National Institute of Mental Health Scale-Up Hubs. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 57. ScienceDirect
Sensoy Bahar, O., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Ssewamala, F. M., Abente, B., Peer, L., Nabunya, P., Soto de Laurido, L. E., Betancourt, T. S., Bhana, A., & Edmond, T. (2021). Training LEADers to Accelerate Global Mental Health Disparities Research (LEAD) Program: A Research Training Program Protocol. Frontiers in public health, 9, 749627. Frontiers
Shato, T., Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Nwaozuru, U., Okumu, M., Mutumba, M., Brathwaite, R., Damulira, C., Namuwonge, F., Sensoy Bahar, O., Neilands, T. B., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Family economic empowerment, social support and sexual risk behaviors among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda: The Suubi+Adherence Study. Journal of Adolescent Health. ScienceDirect
Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nabunya, P., Thames, A. D., Neilands, T. B., Damulira, C., Mukasa, B., Brathwaite, R., Mellins, C., Santelli, J., Brown, D., Guo, S., Namatovu, P., Kiyingi, J., Namuwonge, F., & McKay, M. M. (2021). Suubi+Adherence-Round 2: A study protocol to examine the longitudinal HIV treatment adherence among youth living with HIV transitioning into young adulthood in Southern Uganda. BMC Public Health. Springer
Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nakasujja, N., Abente, B., Nabunya, P., Peer, L., Zmachinski, L., Fragale, S., & McKay, M. M. (2021). Child Mental Health in HIV-impacted Low-resource Settings in Developing Countries- Global Research Fellowship (CHILD-GRF): A Research Training Program Protocol. Frontiers in Public Health. Frontiers
Ssewamala, F. M., Wang, J. S-H., Brathwaite, R., Sun, S., Jennings Mayo-Wilson, L., Neilands, T. B., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2021). Impact of a family economic intervention (Bridges) on health functioning of adolescents orphaned by HIV/AIDS: A 5-year (2012-2017) cluster randomized controlled trial in Uganda. American Journal of Public Health, 111(3), 504–513. AJPH
Tozan, Y., Capasso, A., Sun, S., Neilands, T. B., Damulira, C., Namuwonge, F., Nakigozi, G., Mwebembezi, A., Mukasa, B., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nabunya, P., Mellins, C. A., McKay, M. M., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). The efficacy and cost‐effectiveness of a family‐based economic empowerment intervention (Suubi + Adherence) on suppression of HIV viral loads among adolescents living with HIV: results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in southern Uganda. In Journal of the International AIDS Society (Vol. 24, Issue 6). Wiley.
Tumwesige, W., Namatova, P., Sensoy Bahar, O., Byansi, W., McKay, M., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2021). Engaging community and governmental partners in improving health and mental health outcomes for children and adolescents impacted by HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Pediatric Medicine, 4. Pediactric Medicine
Wang, J. S. H., Malaeb, B., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2021). A Multifaceted Intervention with Savings Incentives to Reduce Multidimensional Child Poverty: Evidence from the Bridges Study (2012–2018) in Rural Uganda. Social Indicators Research, 1-44. Springer
2020
Bermudez, L. G., Bahar, O. S., Dako-Gyeke, M., Boateng, A., Ibrahim, A., Ssewamala, F. M., & McKay, M. (2020). Understanding female migrant child labor within a cumulative risk framework: The case for combined interventions in Ghana. Int Soc Work, 63(2):147-16. Sage
Cavazos-Rehg, P., Byansi, W., Xu, C., Nabunya, P., Sensoy Bahar, O., …Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). The impact of a family-based economic intervention on the mental health of HIV-infected adolescents in Uganda: Results from Suubi+Adherence. Journal of Adolescent Health. Science Direct
Cavazos-Rehg, P., Xu, C., Borodovsky, J., Kasson, E., Byansi, W., Nabunya, P., Bahar, O.S., & Ssewamala, F.M. (2020). The impact of discomfort with HIV status and hopelessness on depressive symptoms among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. AIDS Care. PubMed
Cavazos-Rehg, P., Xu, C., Kasson, E., Byansi, W., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Social and economic equity and family cohesion as potential protective factors from depression among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 24(9), 2546–2554. PubMed
Cohen, F., Seff, I., Ssewamala, F. M., Opobo, T., & Stark, L. (2020). Intimate partner violence and mental health: Sex-disaggregated associations among adolescents and young adults in Uganda. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Sage
Galvin, M. & Byansi, W. (2020). A systematic review of task shifting for mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Mental Health, 49(4) 336-360. Taylor & Francis Online
Jennings Mayo-Wilson, L., Glass, N. E., Labrique, A., Davoust, M., Ssewamala, F. M., Linnemayr, S., & Johnson, M. W. (2020). Feasibility of assessing economic and sexual risk behaviors using text message surveys in African-American young adults experiencing homelessness and unemployment: Single-Group Study. JMIR Form Res, 4(7):e14833. JMIR
Katumba, R., Sensoy Bahar, O., Johnson, K. J., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Cancer in youth living with HIV (YLWHIV): A narrative review of access to oncological services among YLWHIV and the role of economic strengthening in child health. Frontiers Public Health, 8, 409. Frontiers
Mayo-Wilson, L. J, Coleman, J., Timbo, F.; Ssewamala, F. M., Linnemayr, S., Yi, G. T., Kang, B.; Johnson, M. W., Yenokyan, G., Dodge, B., & Glass, N. E. (2020). Microenterprise intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviors and increase employment and HIV preventive practices among economically-vulnerable African-American young adults (EMERGE): a feasibility randomized clinical trial. AIDS and Behavior. Springer
Mayo-Wilson, L. J., Mathai, M., Yi, G., Mak’anyengo, M. O., Davoust, M., Massaquoi, M., Baral, S., Ssewamala, F. M., Glass, N. E., & The NAHEDO Study Group (2020). Lessons learned from using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to assess sexual risk behaviors among Kenyan young adults living in urban slum settlements: A process evaluation. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231248. PLOS ONE
McKay, M. M., Bahar, O. S., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Implementation science in global health settings: Collaborating with governmental & community partners in Uganda. Psychiatry Research, 283, 112585. Science Direct
Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Muwanga, J., Damulira, C., Brathwaite, R., Sensoy Bahar, O., Namuwonge, F., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Gender, HIV knowledge and prevention attitudes among adolescents living with HIV participating in an economic empowerment intervention in Uganda. AIDS Care. Taylor & Francis Online
Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M. M., Ssewamala, F. M., & Damulira, C. (2020). Factors associated with HIV disclosure and HIV-related stigma among adolescents living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda. Frontiers in Psychiatry. eCollection 2020. PubMed
Nabunya, P., Damulira, C., Byansi, W., Muwanga, J., Sensoy Bahar, O., Namuwonge, F., Ighofose, E., Brathwaite, R., Tumwesige, W., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among high school adolescent girls in southern Uganda. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1792. BMC Public Health
Nabunya, P., Sensoy Bahar, O., Chen, B., Dvalishvili, D., Damulira, C., & Ssewamala F. M. (2020). The role of family factors in antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence self-efficacy among HIV-infected adolescents in southern Uganda. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 340. PubMed
Rahman, A., Naslund, J. A., Betancourt, T. S.,…Byansi, W.,…Sensoy Bahar, O.,…Ssewamala, F. M., & Wainberg, M. L. (2020). The NIMH global mental health research community and COVID-19. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(10), 834-836. ScienceDirect
Sensoy Bahar, O., Ssewamala, F. M., Ibrahim, A., Boateng, A., Nabunya, P., Neilands, T. B., Asampong, E., & McKay, M. (2020). Anzansi Family Program: A study protocol for a combination intervention addressing developmental and health outcomes for adolescent girls at risk of unaccompanied migration. Pilot Feasibility Studies, 6, 190. BMC
Sensoy Bahar, O., Byansi, W., Kivumbi, A., Namatovu, P., Kiyingi, J., Ssewamala, F. M., McKay, M., & Nyoni, T. (2020). From “4Rs and 2Ss” to “Amaka Amasanyufu” (Happy Families): Adapting a U.S.-based evidence-based intervention to the Uganda context. Family Process, 59(4), 1928-1945. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Dvalishvili, D., Mellins, C., Geng, E., Makumbi, F., Neilands, T., McKay, M., Damulira, C., Nabunya, P., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nakigozi, G., Kigozi, G., Byansi, W., Mukasa, M., Namuwonge, F. (2020) The long-term effects of a family-based economic empowerment intervention (Suubi+Adherence) on suppression of HIV viral loads among adolescents living with HIV in southern Uganda: Findings from 5-year cluster randomized trial. PLOS ONE, 15(2): p. e0228370. PubMed
Sun, S., Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Sensoy Bahar, O., Damulira, C., Neilands, T., Guo, S., Namuwonge, F., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Access and utilization of financial aervices among poor HIV-impacted children and families in Uganda. Children and Youth Services Review, 109. Science Direct
2019
Damulira, C., Mukasa, M., Byansi, W., Nabunya, P., Kivumbi, A., Namatovu, P., Namuwonge, F., Dvalishvili, D., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Examining the relationship of social support and family cohesion on ART adherence among HIV-positive adolescents in southern Uganda: Baseline findings. Vulnerable Child Youth Studies, 14(2), 181-190. PubMed
Karimli, L., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T., Wells, C. R., & Bermudez, L. G. (2019). Poverty, economic strengthening, and mental health among AIDS orphaned children in Uganda: Mediation model in a randomized clinical trial. Social Science & Medicine, 228, 17-24. PubMed
Kivumbi, A., Byansi, W., Damulira, C., Namatovu, P., Mugisha, J., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M., Hoagwood, K., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Prevalence of behavioral disorders and attention deficit hyperactive disorder among school going children in Southwestern Uganda. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), 105. PubMed
Kivumbi, A., Byansi, W., Ssewamala, F. M., Nabunya, P., Damulira, C., & Namatovu, P. (2019). Utilizing a family-based economic strengthening intervention to improve mental health wellbeing among female adolescent orphans in Uganda. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 13(1), 14. PubMed
Kumar, M. & Sensoy Bahar, O. (2019). Introduction to the issue on equity, collaboration, and empowerment in mental health research partnerships. Global Social Welfare, 6(3), 141-144. Springer
Mayo-Wilson, L. J., Glass, N. E., Ssewamala, F. M., Linnemayr, S., Coleman, J., Timbo, F., Johnson, M. W., Davoust, M., Labrique, A., Yenokyan, G., Dodge, B., & Latkin. C. (2019). Microenterprise intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviors and increase employment and HIV preventive practices in economically-vulnerable African-American young adults (EMERGE): Protocol for a feasibility randomized clinical trial. Trials, 20(1), 439. PubMed
Mayo-Wilson, L. J., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Financial and behavioral economic factors associated with HIV testing in AIDS-affected adolescents in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30(1), 339-357. PubMed
Mukasa, M., Sensoy, Bahar O., Ssewamala, F. M., Kirkbride, G., Kivumbi, A., Namuwonge, F., & Damulira, C. (2019). Examining the organizational factors that affect health workers’ attendance: Findings from southwestern Uganda. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 34(2), 644-656. PubMed
Nabunya, P., Namatovu, P., Damulira, C., Kivumbi, A., Byansi, W., Mukasa, M., Nattabi, J., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Assessing the impact of an asset-based intervention on educational outcomes of orphaned children and adolescents: Findings from a randomised experiment in Uganda. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 29(1), 59-69. PubMed
Nabunya, P., Padgett, D., Ssewamala, F. M., Courtney, M. E., & Neilands, T. (2019). Examining the nonkin support networks of orphaned adolescents participating in a family‐based economic‐strengthening intervention in Uganda. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(3), 579-593. PubMed
Nyoni, T., Nabunya, P., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Perceived social support and psychological wellbeing of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Uganda. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 14(4), 1-13. Taylor & Francis Online
Small, L., Parchment, T. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., Osuji, H., Chomanczuk, A., McKay, M., & Bhana, A. (2019). “South African adult caregivers as “protective shields”: Serving as a buffer between stressful neighborhood conditions, food security, and youth risk behaviors. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(8), 1850-1864. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Byansi, W., Sensoy Bahar, O., Nabunya, P., Neilands, T., Mellins, C., McKay, M., Namuwonge, F., Mukasa, M., Makumbi, F. & Nakigozi, G. (2019). Suubi+Adherence study protocol: A family economic empowerment intervention addressing HIV treatment adherence for perinatally infected adolescents. Contemporary clinical trials communications, 16, 100463. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy, Bahar, O., Johnson, K., & Katumba, R. G. (2019). Suubi4Cancer: A protocol for an innovative combination intervention to improve access to pediatric cancer services and treatment adherence among children living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 100459. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., Tozan, Y., Nabunya, P., Mayo-Wilson, L. J., Kiyingi, J., Kagaayi, J., Bellamy, S., McKay, M., & Witte, S. (2019). A combination intervention addressing sexual risk-taking behaviors among vulnerable women in Uganda: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized clinical trial. BMC Women’s Health, 19(1), 111. PubMed
Tozan, Y., Sun, S., Capasso, A., Shu-Huah Wang, J., Neilands, T. B., Sensoy Bahar, O., S., Damulira, C., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2019). Evaluation of a savings-led family-based economic empowerment intervention for AIDS-affected adolescents in Uganda: A four-year follow-up on efficacy and cost-effectiveness. PLOS ONE, 14(12), e0226809. PubMed
2018
Ali, S., Sensoy Bahar, O., Gopalan, P., Lukasiewicz, K., McKay, M., & Parker, G. (2018). “Feeling less than a second class citizen”: Exploring shame in the context of poverty in New York City. Journal of Family Issues, 39(10), 2781–2805. Sage Publishing
Babanawo, F., Ibrahim, A., Sensoy Bahar, O. Adomah-Afari, A., & Maya, E. (2018). Assessment of knowledge and usage of HIV post exposure prophylaxis among healthcare workers in a regional hospital in Ghana. Journal of Global Health Reports, 2. JOGHR
Bermudez, L. G., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., Lu, L., Jennings, L., Nakigozi, G., … Mukasa, M. (2018). Does economic strengthening improve viral suppression among adolescents living with HIV? Results from a cluster randomized trial in Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 22(11), 3763-3772. doi:10.1007/s10461-018-2173-7 PubMed
Johnson, L., Lee, Y., Njenga, G., Kieyah, J., Osei-Akoto, I., Rodriguez Orgales, C., Ssewamala, F. M., … Zou, L. (2018). School banking as a strategy for strengthening youth economic participation in developing countries: Lessons from YouthSave. Global Social Welfare, 5(4), 265-275. Springer
Kagotho, N., Bowen, N. K., Ssewamala, F. M., Vaughn, M. G., & Kirkbride, G. (2018). Cross-national validity of the Beck Hopelessness Scale for children and adolescents: findings from the YouthSave-Impact Study Kenya. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 1-13. Taylor & Francis Online
Kagotho, N., Patak-Pietrafesa, M., Ssewamala, F. M., & Kirkbride, G. (2018). Assessing the association between depression and savings for Kenyan youth using a validated child depression inventory measure. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(1), S21-S28. PubMed
Kagotho, N., Ssewamala, F. M., Patak-Pietrafesa, M., & Byansi, William (2018). Testing the financial capability framework: Findings from YouthSave-Impact Study Kenya. Social Work, 63(1), 67-74. Oxford Academic
Michalopoulos, L. M., Meinhart, M., Barton, S. M., Kuhn, J., Mukasa, M. N., Namuwonge, F., … Ssewamala, F. M. (2018). Adaptation and validation of the shame questionnaire among Ugandan youth living with HIV. Child Indicators Research, 12(3), 1023-1042. Springer
Osuji, H. L., Nabunya, P., Byansi, W., Parchment, T. M., Ssewamala, F. M., McKay, M. M., & Huang, K. (2018). Social support and school outcomes of adolescents orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS living in South Western Uganda. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 13(3), 228-238. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Bermudez, L. G., Neilands, T. B., Mellins, C. A., McKay, M. M., Garfinkel, I., … Kivumbi, A. (2018). Suubi4Her: A study protocol to examine the impact and cost associated with a combination intervention to prevent HIV risk behavior and improve mental health functioning among adolescent girls in Uganda. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1-11. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Bermudez, L. G., & Santelli, J. (2018). The power of financial inclusion: Reporting on the efficacy of economic strengthening interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(1), S3-S5. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Sensoy Bahar, O., McKay, M., Huang, K. Y., Hoagwood, K., & Pringle, B. (2018). Strengthening mental health and research training in Sub-Saharan Africa (SMART Africa): Uganda study protocol. BMC Trials, 19, 423. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Shu-Huah Wang, J., Neilands, T., Bermudez, L. G., Garfinkel, I., Waldfogel, J., & Kirkbride, G. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of a savings-led economic empowerment intervention for AIDS-affected adolescents in Uganda: Implications for scale-up in low-resource communities. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(1), S29-S36. PubMed
Stark, L., Seff, I., Assezenew, A., Eoomkham, J., Falb, K., & Ssewamala, F. (2018). Effects of social empowerment interventions on economic vulnerability for adolescent refugee girls in Ethiopia. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(S1), 15-20. PubMed
Wang, J. S., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., Bermudez, L. G., Garfinkel, I., Waldfogel, J., Brooks-Gunn, J., & You, J. (2018). Effects of financial incentives on saving outcomes and material well-being: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(3), 602-629. PubMed
2017
Gauer-Bermudez, L., Grilo, S.A., Santelli, J.S., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2017). Informing Health Choices in Low-Resource Settings. Commentary. The Lancet, 390(10092), 336-338. Science Direct
Haberer, J. E., Sabin, L., Amico, K. R., Orrell, C., Galárraga, O., Tsai, A. C., … Ssewamala, F. M., … Blaschke, T. F. (2017). Improving antiretroviral therapy adherence in resource-limited settings at scale: a discussion of interventions and recommendations. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20(1), 1-15. PubMed
Kagotho, J., Nabunya, P., Ssewamala, F. M., Mwangi, E. N., & Njenga, F. (2017). The role of family financial socialization and financial management skills on youth saving behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 59, 134-138. PMID: 28628807 PubMed
Sensoy Bahar, O. (2017). A promising partnership: Uncovering the middle ground between social innovation and social work. Research on Social Work Practice, 27(2), 131-133. Sage Publishing
Sensoy Bahar, O. (2017). “The name says it all, it’s Saraybostan”: Low-income Kurdish migrant women’s experiences with life in a poverty-impacted urban neighborhood. Journal of Poverty, 21(6), 543-571. Taylor & Francis Online
Sensoy Bahar, O. (2017). Twists and turns of field work: Field experiences in a low-income Kurdish migrant community in Turkey. SAGE Research Methods Cases. Sage Publishing
Sheridan-Sperber, E., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Ssewamala, F. (2017). Implications of race, institutionalized inequity, and concentrated poverty for asset development in the urban U.S.: Evidence from Harlem and the Bronx, N.Y. Journal of Race and Policy, 13(1), 20-40. ProQuest
Ssewamala, F. M. & Gauer-Bermudez, L. (2017). Methodologies to Capture the Multidimensional Effects of Economic Strengthening Interventions. UNICEF-Office of Research, Innocenti Research Brief-2017-09. UNICEF
2016
Curley, J., Ssewamala, F. M., Nabunya, P., Ilic, V., & Han, C-K. (2014). Child Development Accounts (CDAs): An asset-building strategy to empower girls in Uganda. International Social Work, 57(2), 1–14. PubMed
Gaur-Bermudez, L., Jennings, L., Ssewamala, F. M., Nabunya, P., Mellins, C. & McKay, M. (2016) Equity in adherence to antiretroviral therapy among economically-vulnerable adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. AIDS Care, 28(S2), 83-91. NIHMS772360 Taylor & Francis Online
Huebner, G., Boothby, N., Aber, J.L., Darmstadt, G.L., Diaz, A., Masten, A.S., Yoshikawa, H., Sachs, J., Redlener, I., Emmel, A., Pitt, M., Arnold, L., Barber, B., Berman, B., Blum, R., Canavera, M., Eckerle, J., Fox, N.A., Gibbons, J.L., Hargarten, S.W., Landers, C., Nelson, C.A. III, Pollak, S.D., Raugh, V., Samson, M., Ssewamala, F., St Clair, N., Stark, L., Waldman, R., Wessells, M., Wilson, S.L., Zeanah, C.H. (2016). Beyond Survival: The case for investing in young children globally. National Academy of Medicine Perspectives. National Academy of Medicine
Ibrahim, A., Hor, S., Sensoy Bahar, O., Dwomoh, D., McKay, M., Esena, R. K., & Agyepong, I. A. (2016). Pathways to psychiatric care for mental disorders: A retrospective study of patients seeking mental health services at a public psychiatric facility in Ghana. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 10, 70. Biomed Central
Jennings, L., Ssewamala, F. M., & Nabunya, P. (2016). Effect of savings-led economic empowerment on HIV preventive practices among orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda: results from the Suubi-Maka randomized experiment. AIDS Care, 28(3), 273-282. Taylor Francis
Jarrett, R. L., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Kersh, R. (2016). “When we do sit down together”: Family mealtimes in low-income African American families with pre-schoolers. Journal of Family Issues, 37(11), 1483-1513. Sage Publishing
Mokdad, A. H., Forouzanfar, M. H., Daoud, F., Mokdad, A. A., El Bcheraoui, C., Moradi-Lakeh, M., … & Kravitz, H. (2016). Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people’s health during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 387(10036), 2383-2401. Science Direct
Patton, G. C., Sawyer, S. M., Santelli, J. S., Ross, D. A., Afifi, R., Allen, N. B., … & Kakuma, R. (2016). Our future: A Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing. The Lancet, 387(10036), 2423-2478. The Lancet
Sensoy Bahar, O. (2016). How do low-income Kurdish migrant families in Turkey negotiate child/adolescent characteristics in child labor decisions? Insights from Kurdish migrant mothers. Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice, 15(1), 11-34. Sage Publishing
Ssewamala, F. M., Karimli, L., Neilands, T.B., Wang, J. S-H., Han, C-K., Ilic, V., & Nabunya, P.(2016). Applying a family-level economic strengthening intervention to improve education and health-related outcomes of orphaned children: Lessons from a randomized experiment in southern Uganda. Prevention Science. 17:134-143. DOI 10.1007/s11121-015-0580-9. [NIHMSID-707803] PMCID: PMC4697878 Springer
2015
Karimli, L., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2015). Do savings mediate changes in adolescents’ future orientation and health-related outcomes? Findings from randomized experiment in Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 57(4), 425-432. Science Direct
Karimli, L., Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., & McKay, M. M. (2015). Matched Children Savings Accounts in low resource communities: Who saves? Global Social Welfare, 2(2), 53-64. DOI: 10.1007/s40609-015-0026-0 PubMed
Nabunya, P., Ssewamala, F. M., Mukasa, M. N. Byansi, & Nattabi, J. (2015). Peer mentorship program and HIV/AIDS knowledge, beliefs and prevention attitudes among AIDS- orphaned adolescents: An evidence based practice. Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies, 10(4), 345-356. Taylor Francis
Ssewamala, F. M., Karimli, L., Wang, J. S-H., Han, C-K., Ilic, V., & Nabunya, P. (2015). Applying a family-level economic strengthening intervention to improve education and health-related outcomes of orphaned children: Lessons from a randomized experiment in southern Uganda. Prevention Science, 17(1), 134-143. PMID:26228480 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M. (2015). Optimizing the demographic dividend in young developing countries: The role of contractual savings and insurance for financing education. International Journal of Social Welfare. 24: 248-262. PMCID: PMC4528970 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., & Ilic, V. (2015). Global perspectives on adolescent health and economic strengthening: Lessions form Sub-Saharan Africa. Global Social Welfare, 2, 39–41. Springer
Ssewamala, F. M., Nabunya, P., Ilic, V., Mukasa, M. N., & Damulira, C. (2015). Relationship between family economic resources, psychosocial well-being, and educational preferences of AIDS-orphaned children in southern Uganda: Baseline findings. Global Social Welfare, 2(2), 75-86. DOI: 10.1007/s40609-015-0027-z PMCID: PMC4486644 PubMed
Witte, S. S., Aira, T., Tsai, L., Riedel, M., Offringa, R., Chang, M., El-Bassel, N., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2015). Efficacy of a savings-led microfinance intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV among women engaged in sex work: A randomized clinical trial. American Journal of Public Health, 105 (3), 95-102. PubMed
2014
Curley, J., Ssewamala, F. M., Nabunya, P., Ilic, V., & Han, C-K. (2014). Child Development Accounts (CDAs): An asset-building strategy to empower girls in Uganda. International Social Work, 57(2), 1-14. [NIHMSID 663652] National Institute of Health
Ismayilova, L., Ssewamala, F. M., & Huseynli, A. (2014). Reforming child institutional care in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: The potential of family economic empowerment interventions. Children and Youth Services Review, 47(2), 136-148. Science Direct
Jarrett, R. L., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Odoms-Young, A. (2014). “You just have to build a bridge and get over it”: Low-income African American caregivers’ strategies to manage food supplies”. Journal of Poverty, 18(2), 188-219. Taylor & Francis Online
Jarrett, R. L., Sensoy Bahar, O., Williams, D. A., & McPherson, E. (2013). No child left inside: The built environment and caregiver strategies to promote child physical activity. Journal of Leisure Research, 45(4), 485-513. Taylor & Francis Online
Karimli, L., Ssewamala, F. M., & Neilands, T. B. (2014). Poor families striving to save for their children: Lessons from a randomized experimental design in Uganda. Social Service Review, 88(4), 658-694. [NIHMSID 632731] PMCID: PMC4267259 PubMed
Nabunya, P. & Ssewamala, F. M. (2014). The effects of parental loss on the psychosocial wellbeing of AIDS-orphaned children living in AIDS-impacted communities: Does gender matter? Children and Youth Services Review, 43, 131-137. [NIHMSID 600407] PMCID: PMC4107308 PubMed
Nabunya, P., Ssewamala, F. M., & Ilic, V. (2014). Family economic strengthening and parenting stress among caregivers of AIDS-orphaned children: Results from a cluster randomized clinical trial in Uganda. Children and Youth Service Review, 44, 417-421. [NIHMSID 618557] PMCID: PMC4133737 PubMed
Sensoy Bahar, O. (2014). An overview of the risk factors that contribute to child labor in Turkey: Implications for research, policy, and practice. International Social Work, 57(6), 688-697. Sage Publishing
Sensoy Bahar, O. (2014). Should they work or should they not? Low-income Kurdish migrant mothers’ beliefs and attitudes about child labor. Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy, & Practice, 1(1), 37-52. Springer
Smith, D., Sensoy Bahar, O., Cleeland, L., & Davis, J. (2014). Self-perceived emerging adult status and substance use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(3), 935-941. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Nabunya, P., Mukasa, M., Ilic, V., & Nattabi, J. (2014). Integrating a mentorship component in programming for care and support of AIDS-orphaned and vulnerable children: Lessons from the Suubi and Bridges Programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Social Welfare, 1, 9-24. [NIHMSID 576786] PMCID: PMC4078881 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Stark, L., Canavera, M., Chaffin, J., & Landis, D. (2014). Economic dimensions of child protection and well-being, Editorial. Children and Youth Services Review, 47, 103-104. Science Direct
Wang, J. S-H., Ssewamala, F. M., & Han, C-K. (2014). Family economic strengthening and mental health functioning of caregivers for AIDS-affected children in rural Uganda. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 9(3), 258-269. [NIHMSID 664001] PubMed
2013
Han, C-K., Ssewamala, F. M., & Wang, J. S-H. (2013). Family economic empowerment and mental health among AIDS-affected children living in AIDS-impacted communities: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in southwestern Uganda. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67(3), 225-230. [NIHMSID 401821] PMCID: PMC3578660 PubMed
Jarrett, R. L., McPherson, E., & Sensoy Bahar, O. (2013). “He’s still a child right now, so he has a long way to go to try to keep his health up there”: Caregiver strategies to promote the nutritional health of low-income African American children. Women, Gender, and Families of Color, 1(1), 1-32. JSTOR
Kagotho, N., Nabunya, P., Ssewamala, F. M., & Ilic, V. (2013). The potential of youth savings accounts in three East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, XL(2), 21-40. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Tsai, L. C., Witte, S. S., Aira, T., Riedel, M., Hwang, H. G., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2013). “There is no other option; we have to feed our families…who else would do it?”: The financial lives of women working in sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Global Journal of Health Science. 5(5), 41-50. [NIHMSID 581005] PMCID: PMC4041103 PubMed
2012
Boothby, N., Wessells, M., Williamson, J., Huebner, G., Canter, K., Rolland E. G., Kutlesic, V., Bader, F., Diaw, L., Levine, M., Malley, A., Michels, K., Patel, S., Rasa, T., Ssewamala, F. M. & Walker, V. (2012). What are the most effective early response strategies and interventions to assess and address the immediate needs of children outside of family care? Child Abuse & Neglect, 36(1), 711-721. PubMed
Ismayilova, L., Ssewamala, F. M., & Karimli, L. (2012). Family support as a mediator of change in sexual risk-taking attitudes among orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50(3), 228-235. [NIHMSID 307603] PMCID: PMC3279703 PubMed
Ismayilova, L., Ssewamala, F. M., Mooers, E., Nabunya, P., & Sheshadri, S. (2012). Imagining the future: Community perceptions of a family-based empowerment intervention for AIDS-orphaned adolescents in Uganda. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(10), 2042–2051. [NIHMSID 393039] PMCID: PMC3611978 PubMed
Jarrett, R. L., Sensoy Bahar, O., Williams, D. A., & McPherson, E. (2012). “The kids need a safe place to play”: Caregivers’ recommendations for promoting child physical activity in an inner-city neighborhood. International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 2(3), 233254. Academia
Kagotho, N. & Ssewamala, F. M. (2012). Correlates of depression among caregivers of children affected by HIV/AIDS in Uganda: Findings from the Suubi-Maka family study. AIDS Care, 24(10), 1226-1232. [NIHMSID 363855] PMCID: PMC3422693 PubMed
Karimli, L., Ssewamala, F. M., & Ismayilova, L. (2012). Extended families and perceived caregiver support to AIDS-orphans in Rakai District of Uganda. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(7), 1351-1358. [NIHMSID 364224] PMCID: PMC3505487 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Neilands, T. B., Waldfogel, J., & Ismayilova, L. (2012). The impact of a comprehensive microfinance intervention on depression levels of AIDS-orphaned children in Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50(4), 346-352. [NIHMSID 335244] PMCID: PMC3314188 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Sperber, E., Blake, C., & Ilic, V. (2012). Increasing opportunities for inner-city youth: The feasibility of an economic empowerment model in East Harlem and the South Bronx, New York. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(1), 218-224. [NIHMSID 336915] PMCID: PMC3347469 PubMed
2011
Jarrett, R. L., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Taylor, M. A. (2011). “Holler, run, be loud:” Neighborhood effects on low- income, African-American children’s physical activity. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(6), 825-836. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Wang, J. S-H., Karimli, L., & Nabunya, P. (2011). Strengthening Universal Primary Education in Uganda: The potential role of an asset-based development policy. International Journal of Educational Development, 31(5), 472-477. Science Direct
2010
Curley, J., Ssewamala, F. M., & Han, C-K. (2010). Assets and educational outcomes: Child Development Accounts (CDAs) for orphaned children in Uganda. Children and Youth Services Review, 32(11), 1585-1590. [NIHMSID 133493] PMCID: PMC2976060 National Institute of Health
Ostler, T., Sensoy Bahar, O., & Jessee, A. (2010). Mentalization in children exposed to parental methamphetamine abuse: Relations to mental health outcomes and symptoms. Attachment and Human Development, 12(3), 193-207. PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Han, C-K., Neilands, T. B., Ismayilova, L., & Sperber, E. (2010). Effect of economic assets on sexual risk-taking intentions among orphaned adolescents in Uganda. American Journal of Public Health, 100(3), 483-488. [NIHMSID 147879] PMCID: PMC2820050 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Ismayilova, L., McKay, M., Sperber, E., Bannon, W., & Alicea, S. (2010). Gender and the effects of an economic empowerment program on attitudes toward sexual risk-taking among AIDS-orphaned adolescent youth in Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 46(4), 372-378. [NIHMSID 144977] PMCID: PMC2844862 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Karimli, L., Han, C-K., & Ismayilova, L. (2010). Social capital, savings, and educational performance of orphaned adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Children and Youth Services Review, 32(12), 1704-1710. [NIHMSID 226111] PMCID: PMC2952632 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M., Sperber, E., Zimmerman, J., & Karimli, L. (2010). The potential of asset-based development strategies for poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(4), 433-443. Wiley
2009
Curley, J., Ssewamala, F. M., & Sherraden, M. (2009). Institutions and savings in low-income households. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 36(3), 9-32. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Ssewamala, F. M., Han, C-K., & Neilands, T. B. (2009). Asset ownership and health and mental health functioning among AIDS-orphaned adolescents: Findings from a randomized clinical trial in rural Uganda. Social Science & Medicine, 69(2), 191-198. [NIHMSID 172769] PMCID: PMC2819297 PubMed
Ssewamala, F. M. & Ismayilova, L. (2009). Integrating children’s savings accounts in the care and support of orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. Social Service Review, 83(3), 453 472. [NIHMSID 172608] PMCID: PMC2863345 PubMed
2008
Ssewamala, F. M., Alicea, S., Bannon, W. M., & Ismayilova, L. (2008). A novel economic intervention to reduce HIV risks among school-going AIDS orphans in rural Uganda. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42(1), 102-104. [NIHMSID 172604] PMCID: PMC2824559 PubMed
2007
Lombe, M. & Ssewamala, F. M. (2007). The role of informal social networks in micro-savings mobilization. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 34(3), 37-51. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
2006
Grinstein-Weiss, M., Wagner, K., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2006). Saving and asset accumulation among low-income families with children in IDAs. Children and Youth Services Review, 28(2), 193-211. Science Direct
Ssewamala, F. M., Lombe, M., & Curley, J. (2006). Using Individual Development Accounts for microenterprise development. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 11(2), 117-131. Semantic Scholar
Ssewamala, F. M. & Curley, J. (2006). School attendance of orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of family assets. Social Development Issues, 28(2), 84-105.
2004
Ssewamala, F. M. (2004). Expanding women’s opportunities: The potential of heifer projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Development in Practice, 14(4), 550-559. JSTOR
Ssewamala, F. M. & Sherraden, M. (2004). Integrating saving into microenterprise programs for the poor: Do institutions matter? Social Service Review, 78(3), 404-428. JSTOR
2003
Sherraden, M. S., Ssewamala, F. M., & Sanders, C. K. (2003). Microenterprise performance: A comparison of experiences in the United States and Uganda. Social Development Issues, 25(1-2), 219-234.