Julius Barasa
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Recent Articles
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Jaguga F, Aalsma M, Enane L, Turissini M, Kwobah E, Apondi E, et al.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
. 2025 Feb;
20(1):6.
PMID: 39934864
Background: Substance use disorders are prevalent among youth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), yet treatment resources are scarce. Peer provider delivered brief interventions (BIs) represent an affordable and potentially scalable strategy...
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Patel N, Turissini M, Jaguga F, Barasa J, Okeyo L, Kimaiyo M, et al.
Front Psychiatry
. 2025 Jan;
15:1386249.
PMID: 39876997
Data collection systems are vital in implementation of interventions within patient care as they allow us to better understand and improve the care given. This is equally true in the...
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Turissini M, Rollins A, Kimaina A, Jaguga F, Barasa J, Okeyo L, et al.
Psychiatr Rehabil J
. 2024 Dec;
PMID: 39666481
Objective: People living with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) in Kenya lack access to recovery-based services. In this study, we assessed changes in recovery in people living with SPMI...
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Kisiangani I, Aden M, Mwangi H, Akena D, Alemayehu M, Barasa J, et al.
Psychiatry Res
. 2024 Nov;
342:116253.
PMID: 39514937
Psychotic symptoms are of increasing interest in mental health due to their predictive value for future psychotic disorders. While these symptoms are prevalent in the general population, their occurrence varies...
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Jaguga F, Ott M, Kwobah E, Apondi E, Giusto A, Barasa J, et al.
SSM Ment Health
. 2023 Dec;
4.
PMID: 38047062
Background: Substance use is a major problem among youth in sub-Saharan Africa, yet interventions that address this problem are scarce within the region. Screening and brief intervention is a cost-effective,...
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Jaguga F, Kwobah E, Giusto A, Apondi E, Barasa J, Korir M, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2023 Nov;
23(1):2254.
PMID: 37974158
Background: Youth in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of substance use yet lack access to substance use interventions. The goal of this project was to evaluate the feasibility and...
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Kwobah E, Turissini M, Barasa J, Kimaiyo M, Okeyo L, Araka J, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2023 May;
23(1):543.
PMID: 37231439
Background: The government of Kenya has made progressive efforts towards improving mental health services in the country. However there is little documentation of mental health services in the counties that...
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Giusto A, Vander Missen M, Kosgei G, Njiriri F, Puffer E, Kwobah E, et al.
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol
. 2023 May;
51(9):1243-1256.
PMID: 37219680
Peer-delivered interventions for adolescent mental health can help address poor access to mental health interventions. Questions remain about how interventions can be adapted for peer delivery and whether peers can...
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Jaguga F, Kiburi S, Temet E, Barasa J, Karanja S, Kinyua L, et al.
PLoS One
. 2022 Jun;
17(6):e0269340.
PMID: 35679248
Objectives: The burden of substance use in Kenya is significant. The objective of this study was to systematically summarize existing literature on substance use in Kenya, identify research gaps, and...
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Jaguga F, Turissini M, Barasa J, Kimaiyo M, Araka J, Okeyo L, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2022 May;
22(1):645.
PMID: 35568902
Background: Substance use disorders are a major problem in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to describe the existing resources within substance use treatment facilities in...