电子邮件: byansi@pronewport.com
精神健康服务, 太阳城官网方法的创新, 抑郁症, 移动卫生技术, 儿童和青少年, 健康差异
Dr. Byansi joined the School of Social Work in 2022 after completing his NIH-funded postdoctoral training at 华盛顿大学. 路易. 他的太阳城官网项目集中在发展, 适应, and testing interventions focused on child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing, 特别是对那些生活在资源匮乏环境中的人. He examines structural barriers that contribute to and sustain health disparities that impede young people from accessing and using mental health services.
His most recent work explored the effect of combination interventions on depressive symptoms and mental health services engagement among school-going adolescent girls in southern Uganda—a low-resource country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). 太阳城官网结果强调了联合干预(如.g. 经济赋权 and mental health interventions) might enhance adolescents’ access to, 和参与, 基于社区的精神卫生干预措施. These findings are valuable for many adolescents living in low-resource settings and will inform the development of combination interventions that enhance mental health service engagement among female adolescents in particular and adolescents in general in low-resource settings, both in Sub-Saharan Africa 和美国 in areas with limited access to mental health services.
Dr. Byansi has engaged in several studies focused on HIV risk reduction, 艾滋病毒固定性, 药物治疗, 经济赋权, 以及儿童和青少年的心理健康. 在过去的十年里. Byansi has engaged in several children and adolescent-focused NIH-funded longitudinal studies in Uganda, 肯尼亚, 加纳, 和美国. His collaborative research thus far has impacted service organizations, 政策制定者, and community stakeholders by advancing the understanding of the link between individuals, 家庭, 以及社区与外部环境的联系.
With funding from the Fogarty International Center at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Dr. Byansi is currently examining the impact of COVID-19 and its related control measures on the mental health and wellbeing of young adults (18-24 years) as well as access to and use of HIV 药物治疗 in rural Uganda. This is vital because many low-resource settings like Uganda have been proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic leading to tremendous disruptions in the normal life of young people.
Dr. Byansi received a 博士学位 in Social Work from 华盛顿大学. 路易, a Master of Social Work degree from New York University Silver School of Social Work, and a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Makerere University in Uganda.
Byansi W., 加尔文,M.奇维,L.Luvuno, Z.Kim, A.W.R . Sundararajan.蔡,A.C., & Moolla,. (2023). 童年不良经历, 创伤性事件, and mental health among adults at two outpatient psychiatric facilities in Johannesburg, 南非:横断面分析. BMC精神病学 23, 581. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05085-0
Byansi W., Sensoy Bahar, O.玛丽,M.M.荷兰结核病 & Ssewamala F. (2022) The short-term impact of multiple family group and family 经济赋权 on depressive symptoms of adolescent girls in Uganda. Suubi4Her集群随机实验. 青少年健康杂志. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.04.008
小莫特利,R. O., Byansi W., Siddiqi R.比尔,K。. L., & Salas-Wright C. P. (2022). Perceived Racism based Police Use of Force and Cannabis Use among Black Emerging Adults. 成瘾行为报告, 100430. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100430
Byansi W., Nabunya P.穆旺加,J.Mwebembezi, A.达姆利拉,C.穆卡萨,B., ... & Ssewamala F. M. (2021). 生活满意度的关系, 个人健康, 生活质量, and 药物治疗 adherence among adolescents living with HIV in southwestern Uganda. 公共卫生杂志, 1-8.
Cavazos-Rehg P, Byansi W., Doroshenko C, Neilands T, Anako N, Sensoy Bahar. O, Kasson E, Nabunya P, Mellins CA, Ssewamala FM (2021). Evaluating potential mediators for the impact of a family-based economic intervention (Suubi+Adherence) on the mental health of 儿童和青少年 living with HIV in Uganda. 社会科学与医学, 113946.
Byansi W., Brathwaite R.卡尔弗特,M.Nabunya P.Sensoy Bahar, O.达姆利拉,C., ... & 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. 艾滋病与行为, 1-13.
Okumu,米.Nyoni, T., & Byansi W. (2021). Alleviating psychological distress and promoting mental wellbeing among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, 在COVID-19期间和之后. 全球公共卫生, 1-10.
Child 心理健康 in HIV-impacted Low-Resource Settings in Developing Countries: 全球 太阳城官网 Fellowship. Fic 3d43tw011541-02s1 ($76,000)
08/2021-09/2022
This supplement examines the Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health functioning of young adults (18-24 years) living with HIV in Uganda. 角色:补充PI
2019年3月:太阳城官网员弹性训练计划奖学金, National Institute of 心理健康 (R25MH118935; $3,首席太阳城官网员:Mary McKay博士, 肖恩·乔, 博士学位, 弗雷德Ssewamala, 博士学位.
社会工作与太阳城官网学会
2015年12月至今