Patrick Onyango Mangen
8 Papers
3 Citations
Patrick Onyango Mangen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychosocial. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications.
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Pathways and access to mental health care services by persons living with severe mental disorders and epilepsy in Uganda, Liberia and Nepal: a qualitative study
Rose Kisa,Florence Baingana,Rehema Kajungu,Patrick Onyango Mangen,Mangesh Angdembe,Wilfred Gwaikolo,Janice Cooper +6 more
TL;DR: Access to mental health care services by persons living with severe mental disorders and epilepsy remains low in these three post conflict countries and it is imperative that policies and programming address negative attitudes and stigma from health care workers and community, regular provision of medicines and other supplies.
Protection and well-being of adolescent refugees in the context of a humanitarian crisis: Perceptions from South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
TL;DR: Policy implications of findings include the need to understand conflict and divisions within refugee populations and provide support for community-based protection mechanisms to ensure that changes in humanitarian support do not adversely impact adolescent protection needs.
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Scaling up of mental health and trauma support among war affected communities in northern Uganda: lessons learned
TL;DR: The project provided assistance to ‘patient support groups’ that then provided support to patients with mental disorders, and the capacities of health workers and Village Health Teams to provide mental health services were strengthened.
Protocol for a caregiver psychosocial support intervention for populations affected by displacement in Uganda
Flora Cohen,Sabrina Hermosilla,Justin Knox,Gary Samuel Agaba,Grace Obalim,Rehema Kajungu,Patrick Onyango Mangen,Lindsay Stark +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effectiveness and implementation of the Journey of Life (JoL) intervention to improve caregiver mental health in a refugee camp in Western Uganda, where a waitlist-control quasi-experimental design is being implemented in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement.
Refugee caregivers: Associations between psychosocial wellbeing and parenting in Uganda.
Melissa Meinhart,Patrick Onyango Mangen,Sabrina Hermosilla,Flora Cohen,Gary Samuel Agaba,Rehema Kajungu,Justin Knox,Grace Obalim,Lindsay Stark +8 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the linkage between psychosocial wellbeing and parenting behaviors among caregivers in Kiryandongo Settlement, Uganda, and found that increased social support (coef. 0.11; 95% CIs: 0.08 - 0.15) and positive attitudes (positive attitudes 0.21; 95%) were significantly associated with more desirable parental warmth/affection.
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