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Harnessing Wearable Technology for Mental Health and Well-being: Innovations from the TOPOWA Study
In recent years, wearable technology and mobile health (mHealth) innovations have reshaped health research worldwide, offering new ways...
mswahn
Feb 164 min read
Measuring What Matters: Evaluating and Enhancing Your Research Impact with ChatGPT
Assessing the impact of your research can feel intimidating. With countless metrics, indicators, and variables to consider, understanding...
mswahn
Jan 1113 min read
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty—The Power of Vocational Training in Urban Slums
Vocational training in hairdressing by UYDEL in Kampala, Uganda Today, as we observe the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty...
mswahn
Oct 17, 20244 min read
World Mental Health Day 2024: Spotlight on Young Women’s Mental Health in Uganda’s Urban Slums
Every year, World Mental Health Day on October 10, serves as a crucial reminder of the need for awareness, support, and action to...
mswahn
Oct 6, 20245 min read
Happy International Women's Day: TOPOWA Project Celebrates 2 Years!
Happy International Women's Day! I know that here in the U.S. we aren't very big on celebrating Women's Day. But, in Uganda and many...
mswahn
Mar 8, 20244 min read
TOPOWA Project: 2023 Highlights
This year was very exciting for our TOPOWA project. It will also likely be the busiest of this 5 year project. As we are completing our...
mswahn
Jan 1, 20248 min read
Knowledge Translation Through Community Engagement
Today, I gave a presentation on knowledge translation in a webinar with colleagues who are primarily based in Nigeria (see poster below)....
mswahn
Jul 27, 20234 min read
Community Voices: Update from our TOPOWA Youth Advisory Board Meeting
We had our second Youth Advisory Board Meeting last Friday. Photo: Meet Anita, the Chair Woman for our TOPOWA Youth Advisory Board. As...
mswahn
Jul 2, 20233 min read
It's World Health Day! Health for All - Making Research Accessible - Papers Published in 2022.
Today, April 7th is World Health Day! This year marks the 75th anniversary of the launch of the World Health Organization. And, the theme...
Nagaba Phionah
Apr 7, 20235 min read
Place and Mental Health: What Young Women Think in Kampala
On the World Mental Health Day (Oct 10) we published our first TOPOWA project paper. This was a qualitative analyses to better understand...
mswahn
Oct 13, 20221 min read
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day: We Need more Research in Africa
Today is world suicide prevention day and in many parts of the world we share resources and numbers to hotlines for people to get help...
mswahn
Sep 10, 20224 min read
What is the Research Capacity for Addressing Alcohol Harm in West Africa?
That is the question we asked the West African Alcohol Policy Association. Research shows that the burden of alcohol-related harm is very...
mswahn
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Assessing Alcohol Marketing in Kampala -New Publication
We have a new paper published that examines features of alcohol advertisements in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. We pilot tested the...
mswahn
Jun 11, 20221 min read
The PRACT Study Protocol Has Been Published!
Very excited to publish this protocol for the innovative study we are doing in Moshi, Tanzania. This team is led by Dr. Staton at Duke...
mswahn
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Our TOPOWA study has been funded!
We are thrilled to share that our large, 5-year project to assess the link between poverty and mental illness has been funded by the NIH....
mswahn
Jan 29, 20221 min read
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