2024
Trauma exposure among young children in rural Pakistan: Associations with gender, mental health, and cognitive skills
Frost A, Collins A, Chung E, Escobar Carias M, Hagaman A, Gupta S, Bibi A, Sikander S, Maselko J. Trauma exposure among young children in rural Pakistan: Associations with gender, mental health, and cognitive skills. BMC Psychology 2024, 12: 454. PMID: 39183356, PMCID: PMC11346172, DOI: 10.1186/s40359-024-01944-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild mental healthMental healthLow-resource settingsAssociated with increased mental health difficultiesRural PakistanMental health difficultiesTrauma exposureMental health problemsStrength of associationSample of mother-child dyadsIncreased anxiety scoresChildren's lifetime exposureTrauma-informed interventionsMother-child dyadsCognitive healthAssociated with genderHealth difficultiesBackgroundThe burdenAnxiety scoresHealth problemsHealthLifetime exposureExperience traumaChildren's cognitive skillsCognitive skills
2013
Determinants of Care Seeking for Mental Health Problems in Rural Haiti: Culture, Cost, or Competency
Wagenaar BH, Kohrt BA, Hagaman AK, McLean KE, Kaiser BN. Determinants of Care Seeking for Mental Health Problems in Rural Haiti: Culture, Cost, or Competency. Psychiatric Services 2013, 64: 366-372. PMID: 23319081, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health careMental health problemsPercent of respondentsHealth problemsMultivariable logistic regression modelRural HaitiFirst choiceMental distressHealth service useDeterminants of careHealth careHaiti's Central PlateauCommunity-based providersLogistic regression modelsLess frequent useCommunity resourcesProvider typeClinical careDepression severityService useAnticipated efficacyPsychiatric distressHospitalClinicClinical interventions