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Manasi Kumar
Affiliation : University of Nairobi · Aga Khan University Nairobi
- 92Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Manasi Kumar has 92 indexed publications (2013–2024). Their work appears mainly in “Annals of General Psychiatry”, “Frontiers in Psychiatry” and “Global Social Welfare”. Their most cited article, “The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burd” (2022), has been cited 347 times. 39 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland.
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- Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults
- Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation
- Centring youth mental health discourse on low-income and middle-income countries
- Adolescent and youth-friendly health interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review
- Adolescent perspectives on peripartum mental health prevention and promotion from Kenya: Findings from a design thinking approach
- Cohort profile: longitudinal and population comparison of children who are HIV-exposed uninfected and children who are HIV unexposed in Kenya (HOPE study)
- Implementing and evaluating group interpersonal therapy for postnatal depression in Lebanon and Kenya—individually randomised superiority trial
- Impact of climate events, pollution, and green spaces on mental health: an umbrella review of meta-analyses
- Mental and sexual health outcomes associated with FGM/C in Africa: a systematic narrative synthesis
- Mental health and psychosocial interventions integrating sexual and reproductive rights and health, and HIV care and prevention for adolescents and young people (10–24 years) in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review
- Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Benefit of Environmental Management
- Parental role and peer support in adolescent suicidal behavior in eight South-East Asian countries
- Programs to Prevent Violence Against Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
- Facilitated WhatsApp Support Groups for Youth Living With HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: Single-Arm Pilot Intervention Study
- Diverse policy maker perspectives on the mental health of pregnant and parenting adolescent girls in Kenya: Considerations for comprehensive, adolescent-centered policies and programs
- Individual-, Interpersonal- and Institutional-Level Factors Associated with HIV Stigma Among Youth in Kenya
- Who should pay the bill for the mental health crisis in Africa?
- Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment
- The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
- Mental health problems and service gaps experienced by pregnant adolescents and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
- Applying technology to promote sexual and reproductive health and prevent gender based violence for adolescents in low and middle-income countries: digital health strategies synthesis from an umbrella review
- What should equity in global health research look like?
- Measurement of Mental Health Among Adolescents at the Population Level: A Multicountry Protocol for Adaptation and Validation of Mental Health Measures
- The burden of injury in Central, Eastern, and Western European sub-region: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study
- Strengthening public mental health during and after the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Validation of the English and Swahili Adaptation of the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 for Use Among Adolescents in Kenya
- Effect of HIV stigma on depressive symptoms, treatment adherence, and viral suppression among youth with HIV
- Prevalence and risk factors associated with depression in pregnant adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya
- In-school adolescents’ loneliness, social support, and suicidal ideation in sub-Saharan Africa: Leveraging Global School Health data to advance mental health focus in the region
- Association of Major Disease Outbreaks With Adolescent and Youth Mental Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Does social pension buy improved mental health and mortality outcomes for senior citizens? Evidence from South Africa's 2008 pension reform
- Perinatal depression and its impact on infant outcomes and maternal-nurse SMS communication in a cohort of Kenyan women
- A situational analysis of the mental health system of the West Region of Cameroon using the World Health Organization’s assessment instrument for mental health systems (WHO-AIMS)
- Acceptability and impact of group interpersonal therapy (IPT-G) on Kenyan adolescent mothers living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): a qualitative analysis
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy’s problem areas as an organizing framework to understand depression and sexual and reproductive health needs of Kenyan pregnant and parenting adolescents: a qualitative study
- Cultural and contextual adaptation of mental health measures in Kenya: An adolescent-centered transcultural adaptation of measures study
- Neurocognitive deficits and socioeconomic risk factors among children and adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
- “Whenever you need support, you first turn to the group”: motivations and functions of WhatsApp groups for youth living with HIV
- Modifying Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Peripartum Adolescents in Sub-Saharan African Context: Reviewing Differential Contextual and Implementation Considerations
- Long COVID, a comprehensive systematic scoping review
- Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs
- Mental Distress and Human Rights Violations During COVID-19: A Rapid Review of the Evidence Informing Rights, Mental Health Needs, and Public Policy Around Vulnerable Populations
- Mental Health Challenges and Needs among Sexual and Gender Minority People in Western Kenya
- Impact of being an adolescent mother on subsequent maternal health, parenting, and child development in Kenyan low-income and high adversity informal settlement context
- Association of experienced and internalized stigma with self-disclosure of HIV status by youth living with HIV
- Mental health service preferences of patients and providers: a scoping review of conjoint analysis and discrete choice experiments from global public health literature over the last 20 years (1999–2019)
- Preliminary Effectiveness of Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Young Kenyan Mothers With HIV and Depression: A Pilot Trial
- Depression and its associated factors: perceived stress, social support, substance use and related sociodemographic risk factors in medical school residents in Nairobi, Kenya
- Mapping services at two Nairobi County primary health facilities: identifying challenges and opportunities in integrated mental health care as a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) priority
- Burden of HIV-Related Stigma and Post-Partum Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study of Patients Attending Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi
- The path to global equity in mental health care in the context of COVID-19
- Threats to Global Mental Health From Unregulated Digital Phenotyping and Neuromarketing: Recommendations for COVID-19 Era and Beyond
- Testing the EPDS and PHQ-9 Among Peripartum Adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya: a Mixed-Methods Study
- Is there an optimal screening tool for identifying perinatal depression within clinical settings of sub-Saharan Africa?
- Identified needs of peripartum adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2013 to 2021: a mapping of domains for strengthening psychosocial interventions
- A Four-Component Framework Toward Patient-Centered, Integrated Mental Healthcare in Kenya
- Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Nutritional Deficiencies and Maternal Depression: Associations and Interventions in Lower and Middle-Income Countries: a Systematic Review of Literature
- Impact of pandemic on mental health in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
- Implementing combined WHO mhGAP and adapted group interpersonal psychotherapy to address depression and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenyan primary health care settings (INSPIRE): a study protocol for pilot feasibility trial of the integrated intervention in LMIC settings
- Positive and Healthy Living Program Manual Development for Young People Living With HIV at the Comprehensive Care Center at the Kenyatta National Hospital: An Open Pilot Implementation Trial
- A comparative study of postpartum anxiety and depression in mothers with pre-term births in Kenya
- Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19
- An evolutionary complex systems perspective on urban health
- Task-sharing and piloting WHO group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) for adolescent mothers living with HIV in Nairobi primary health care centers: a process paper
- Championing Equity, Empowerment, and Transformational Leadership in (Mental Health) Research Partnerships: Aligning Collaborative Work With the Global Development Agenda
- ‘Know that You are not Alone.’ Influences of Social Support on Youth Newly Diagnosed with HIV in Kibera, Kenya: A Qualitative Study Informing Intervention Development
- Suicide prevention by emergency nurses: perceived self-efficacy in assessment, management and referral at Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya
- Engagement and partnership with peer mentors in the development of the “Positive and Healthy Living Program”: a process paper
- Depression and its psychosocial risk factors in pregnant Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study in a community health Centre of Nairobi
- Adversities and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenya: identifying interpersonal, practical, and cultural barriers to care
- Understanding mental health difficulties and associated psychosocial outcomes in adolescents in the HIV clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
- Maternal depression and child severe acute malnutrition: a case-control study from Kenya
- Mechanisms associated with maternal adverse childhood experiences on offspring’s mental health in Nairobi informal settlements: a mediational model testing approach
- Depression during pregnancy and preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study among women attending antenatal clinic at Pumwani Maternity Hospital
- A cross-sectional study of depression with comorbid substance use dependency in pregnant adolescents from an informal settlement of Nairobi: drawing implications for treatment and prevention work
- The role of attachment relationship in adolescents’ problem behavior development: a cross-sectional study of Kenyan adolescents in Nairobi city
- Working alliance predicts symptomatic improvement in public hospital–delivered psychotherapy in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Undetected psychiatric morbidity among HIV/AIDS patients attending Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) in Nairobi Kenya: towards an integrated mental health care
- Attributions and private theories of mental illness among young adults seeking psychiatric treatment in Nairobi: an interpretive phenomenological analysis
- Intimate Partner Violence, Poverty, and Maternal Health Care-Seeking Among Young Women in Kenya: a Cross-Sectional Analysis Informing the New Sustainable Development Goals
- Improving psychotherapies offered in public hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya: extending practice-based research model for LMICs
- Gaps in Suicide Assessment and Management Among Accident and Emergency Nurses in Kenyatta National Hospital: a Qualitative Study
- Shifting parental roles, caregiving practices and the face of child development in low resource informal settlements of Nairobi: experiences of community health workers and school teachers
- Neurocognitive functioning of HIV positive children attending the comprehensive care clinic at Kenyatta national hospital: exploring neurocognitive deficits and psychosocial risk factors
- Building Mental Health Research Capacity in Kenya: a South-North Collaboration
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Challenges in Kenyan Context: Perspectives from Multiple Community Stakeholders
- Postpartum depression and infant feeding practices in a low income urban settlement in Nairobi-Kenya
- Risk factors for postpartum depression in women living with HIV attending prevention of mother-to-child transmission clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
- Translation of EPDS Questionnaire into iswahili: Understanding the Cross-Cultural and Translation Issues in Mental Health Research
- Behavioural foundation of response policies for ecosystem management: What can we learn from Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
- Differential Effects of Exposure to Social Violence and Natural Disaster on Children's Mental Health
Publication venues
- Annals of General Psychiatry × 7
- Frontiers in Psychiatry × 6
- Global Social Welfare × 6
- PLoS ONE × 5
- AIDS Care × 5
- EClinicalMedicine × 3
Publications per year
- 20247
- 202311
- 202221
- 202119
- 20207
- 20194
- 201817
- 20171
- 20162
- 20151
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Kenyatta National Hospital · University of Washington · Ministry of Health · Impact Research and Development Organization · United Nations Environment Programme
Co-authors’ countries : United States · United Kingdom · Netherlands · Switzerland
Co-authors
- Obadia Yator
- Beatrice A. Madeghe
- Vincent Nyongesa
- Beatrice Kagai Amugune
- Dalton C. Wamalwa
- Cyrus Mugo
- Caleb Joseph Othieno
- Muthoni A. Mathai
- Simon Njuguna
- Joseph Kathono
- Mary Wangari Kuria
- Onesmus Wairumbi Gachuno
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