{"title":"Violence to resilience: structural change to protect adolescent girls","authors":"Jiayu Wang , Abigail M Hatcher , Nora E Rosenberg","doi":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00177-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00177-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54238,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","volume":"8 9","pages":"Pages 613-614"},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141877117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A community-based approach to young people's health and wellbeing: reflections from peer researchers","authors":"Dean Leake, Grace Ward","doi":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00200-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00200-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54238,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","volume":"8 10","pages":"Pages 719-720"},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental health help-seeking by children and adolescents in Uganda's refugee settlements","authors":"Adesola Olumide","doi":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00166-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00166-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54238,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","volume":"8 8","pages":"Pages 546-547"},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141637771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Syed Usman Hamdani PhD , Zill-e Huma PhD , Aiysha Malik DPhil DClinPsych , Asad Tamizuddin-Nizami FCPS , Hashim Javed MSc , Prof Fareed Aslam Minhas FRCPsych , Prof Mark J D Jordans PhD , Prof Marit Sijbrandij PhD , Nadia Suleman MPhil , Um-ul Baneen MPhil , Prof Richard Allan Bryant PhD , Mark van Ommeren PhD , Prof Atif Rahman PhD , Prof Duolao Wang PhD
{"title":"Effectiveness of a group psychological intervention to reduce psychosocial distress in adolescents in Pakistan: a single-blind, cluster randomised controlled trial","authors":"Syed Usman Hamdani PhD , Zill-e Huma PhD , Aiysha Malik DPhil DClinPsych , Asad Tamizuddin-Nizami FCPS , Hashim Javed MSc , Prof Fareed Aslam Minhas FRCPsych , Prof Mark J D Jordans PhD , Prof Marit Sijbrandij PhD , Nadia Suleman MPhil , Um-ul Baneen MPhil , Prof Richard Allan Bryant PhD , Mark van Ommeren PhD , Prof Atif Rahman PhD , Prof Duolao Wang PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00101-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00101-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Emotional problems in adolescents living in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain largely unaddressed; key reasons include a scarcity of trained mental health professionals and unavailability of evidence-based, scalable psychological interventions. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a non-specialist-delivered, group psychological intervention to reduce psychosocial distress in school-going adolescents in Pakistan.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In a two-arm, single-blind, cluster randomised controlled trial, eligible public school clusters from a rural subdistrict of Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, were randomised (1:1, stratified by sex) using permuted block randomisation into intervention (n=20) and wait-list control (n=20) groups. Adolescents aged 13–15 years who provided informed assent and caregivers’ consent were screened for psychosocial distress using the youth-reported Pediatric Symptoms Checklist (PSC; total psychosocial distress scores from 0 to 70), and those scoring 28 or more and their caregivers were enrolled into the trial. Adolescents in the intervention group received seven weekly group sessions and their caregivers received three biweekly group sessions in school settings from trained non-specialists. The primary outcome was change from baseline in the total PSC scores at 3 months post-intervention. The trial was registered prospectively with the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number registry, ISRCTN17755448.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>From the 40 school clusters that were included, 282 adolescents in the intervention group and 284 adolescents in the wait-list control group were enrolled between Nov 2 and Nov 30, 2021. At 3 months, adolescents in the intervention group had significantly lower mean total score on the PSC compared with adolescents in the control group (mean difference in change from baseline 3·48 [95% CI 1·66–5·29], p=0·0002, effect size 0·38 [95% CI 0·18–0·57]; adjusted mean difference 3·26 (95% CI 1·46–5·06], p=0·0004, effect size 0·35 (0·16–0·55). No adverse events were reported in either group.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>The group psychological intervention most likely represents a feasible and effective option for adolescents with psychosocial distress in school settings.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Funding</h3><p>UK Medical Research Council, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Department of Health and Social Care.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Translation</h3><p>For the Urdu translation of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54238,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","volume":"8 8","pages":"Pages 559-570"},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352464224001019/pdfft?md5=ef3d36b55fe95a91682c033cf56ff658&pid=1-s2.0-S2352464224001019-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141637772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Out of sync: antimicrobial drug development for children","authors":"The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","doi":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00175-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00175-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54238,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","volume":"8 8","pages":"Page 545"},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141637770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Myrthe van den Broek MSc , Sandra Agondeze MSc , M Claire Greene PhD , Rosco Kasujja PhD , Anthony F Guevara MSc , Racheal Kisakye Tukahiirwa MSc , Prof Brandon A Kohrt MD , Prof Mark J D Jordans PhD
{"title":"A community case detection tool to promote help-seeking for mental health care among children and adolescents in Ugandan refugee settlements: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial","authors":"Myrthe van den Broek MSc , Sandra Agondeze MSc , M Claire Greene PhD , Rosco Kasujja PhD , Anthony F Guevara MSc , Racheal Kisakye Tukahiirwa MSc , Prof Brandon A Kohrt MD , Prof Mark J D Jordans PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00130-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00130-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Strategies to promote mental health care help-seeking among children are needed, especially in low-income and middle-income countries and in complex settings. The aim of this trial was to compare a vignette-based, community-level, proactive case detection tool (CCDT) against standard awareness raising for promoting mental health help-seeking among children and adolescents.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This stepped wedge cluster randomised trial was conducted in the Bidi Bidi, Kyaka II, Kyangwali, Omugo, and Rhino refugee settlements in Uganda. Community gatekeepers received a 2-day training session on using the CCDT to proactively detect children with mental health concerns and encourage children (or their caregivers) to use the mental health-care service run by Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Uganda. At baseline, organisations implemented routine detection or mental health awareness-raising activities. At cross-over to CCDT implementation, gatekeepers used the tool in their daily activities. The primary outcome was mental health-care service use by children and adolescents. Child population size estimates at the zone level were not available. Therefore, service use was calculated using total population size. We report the effect of CCDT implementation as an incidence rate ratio (IRR), which we produced from a model that accounts for calendar time, exposure time, and person-time. IRRs were estimated for the analysis of effect over time in the per-protocol and intention-to-treat populations. The trial is registered with the ISRCTN registry, number ISRCTN19056780.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>28 administrative zones were selected for trial participation by October, 2021. Between Jan 1, and Nov 8, 2022, seven clusters of four zones sequentially crossed over from routine care to CCDT implementation in 1-month intervals. The CCDT was implemented by 177 trained community gatekeepers. In 9 months, 2385 children visited a mental health-care service; of these, 1118 (47%) were girls and 1267 (53%) were boys (mean age 12·18 years [SD 4.03]). 1998 children made a first or re-entry visit to a service; of these, 937 (47%) were girls and 1061 (53%) were boys (mean age 12·08 years [SD 4·06]). Compared to standard awareness-raising activities, CCDT implementation was associated with an increase in mental health-care service use in the first month after implementation (20·91-fold change [95% CI 12·87–33·99]). Despite a slight decline in service use over time in both the CCDT and pre-CCDT zones, CCDT zones maintained a time-average 16·89-fold increase (95% CI 8·15–34·99) in mental health service use.\u0000</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>The CCDT enabled community gatekeepers to increase mental health-care service use by children and adolescents. Vignette-based strategies rooted in the community could become a valuable contribution towards reducing the mental health-care gap among children, especially when accompanie","PeriodicalId":54238,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Child & Adolescent Health","volume":"8 8","pages":"Pages 571-579"},"PeriodicalIF":19.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141637773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}