Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress and associated risk factors among out-of-school girls in western Kenya
Out-of-school girls constitute a vulnerable group with high levels of PTSD and suicide risk. Multi-level and multi-sector interventions are needed to help these girls cope with their mental health problems and to address mutable risk factors such as gender-based partner and non-partner sexual and physical violence, poor menstrual hygiene, and poverty.
Authors
- Elizabeth Nyothach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0904-9081)
- Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1018-116X)
- David Obor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-6368)
- Garazi Zulaika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-6225)
- Philip Spinhoven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-335X)
- Linda Mason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-9261)
- Daniel Kwaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0929-8072)
- Anna Maria van Eijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-1289)
- Susan Nungo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1154-2289)
Institutions
- Leiden University (NL)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323362
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Medical Research Council