Publications by authors named "Nassirou Ibrahim"
Adolescent mental health services in West Africa: a comparative analysis of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Adolescent mental health in West Africa is severely impacted by socio-economic challenges, insecurity, and substance abuse, yet little research exists on this issue in the region.
- A study analyzing primary healthcare centers in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger found that less than 30% of these centers provide adolescent mental health services, with significant rural-urban disparities and low outpatient attendance rates.
- The study emphasizes the need for policy reforms, including the establishment of national guidelines for adolescent mental health care, better integration of these services into primary healthcare, and increased training for mental health professionals to reduce stigma and improve service delivery.
Objectives: A quarter of West Africa's population are adolescents 10-19 years. Their mental, sexual, and reproductive health is inter-related. We therefore aimed to examine published evidence on effectiveness of interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to inform development, implementation and de-implementation of policies and programs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Despite numerous interventions to facilitate adolescents' access to family planning (FP) services in West Africa, studies reveal that unmarried adolescents have difficulties accessing these services. This study analyses the supply of the FP services package to unmarried adolescents as well as the profiles of the facilities that provide this package in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger. Also, it examines the determinants of the supply of this package.
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