Ronald Asiimwe
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4440019 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ronald Asiimwe |
| PRENOMES | Ronald |
| SOBRENOME | Asiimwe |
| ASSINATURA | ASIIMWE R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0530-2687 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Training and supervision of lay mental health workers in community-based interventions in East Africa
Lay mental health workers play a central role in implementing and sustaining mental health interventions across East Africa. However, limited research exists on how these workers are trained and supervised, an important gap given their role in addressing the region's severe treatment shortage, where up to 85% of individuals with mental disorders receive little or no evidence-based care. Task-sharing, which involves training non-specialist workers…
Impact of Father Involvement and Positive Parenting on Child Mental Health
The influence of father positive parenting and involvement on children's mental health outcomes is underexplored in many sub-Saharan African countries, such as Uganda, despite research showing that fathers play a critical role in shaping their children's mental and emotional health outcomes. Most research on father involvement in parenting has been conducted in high-income countries in Western countries, and most research from Africa relies on mo…
Culturally Informed Adaptation of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and Training for a Ugandan Population
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) practitioner training is ongoing in diverse cultures around the world. Uganda is one of the latest additions to the list of growing countries with its first ever EFCT externship and core skills training held in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Yet, applicability of EFCT to non- Western cultures is still in question. Establishing cultural and contextual fit is a necessary first step to evaluating the efficacy …
Culturally Informed Parenting Assessment
While parenting practices significantly influence children's developmental outcomes on a global scale, there has been limited comprehensive assessment of the cultural appropriateness of global parenting questionnaires in diverse cultural contexts by researchers. This study examined the cultural relevance of the widely used measure of parenting, the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) among the Runyankole‐speaking community in Uganda. Using a se…
Counselling and depressive symptoms in older adults with HIV/Aids in mbarara, Uganda
Regular home visits and counselling are associated with significant reductions in depressive symptoms among older adults living with HIV/AIDS. Incorporating home-based counselling services and regular home visits can enhance the well-being of this population
Ugandan Practitioner Perspectives on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Adapting the comprehensive assessment of acceptance and commitment therapy processes (CompACT) questionnaire for contextual relevance in Uganda
The global utility of acceptance and commitment therapy highlights the need for adapting measures that can effectively capture the richness of psychological flexibility. One such instrument is the Comprehensive Assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes (CompACT). We translated the CompACT into Luganda and adapted it for use in Uganda. The original CompACT was translated into the Luganda language and reviewed through a series of ev…
Exploratory Analysis of Pursue-Withdraw Patterns, Attachment, and Gender among Couples in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported treatment for couples experiencing relationship distress. EFT therapists use the pursue-withdraw cycle to track and attend to couples’ patterns of interaction and attachment behaviors. However, the relationships between pursue-withdraw categorization and gender and attachment in clinical couples are underexplored. We examined the theoretical mechanisms associated with these relationshi…
Training of interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures
There has been an increase in the implementation of evidence‐based parenting programs from high‐income countries to several African countries. In this review, we systematically evaluated intervention studies of culturally adapted parenting programs in nine African countries with the objective of examining the quality of training for interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures. A total of 18 studies, obtained from an electronic search of 6…
Sociocultural considerations of mental health care and help-seeking in Uganda
Sociocultural factors largely shape how communities conceptualize, express, and respond to mental and relational health problems. This paper reviews and summarizes literature on mental health in Uganda, with specific attention to Uganda's mental health policy, relevant sociocultural idioms of distress, and considerations. We include a discussion on stigma, as one key response to mental and relational health problems in Uganda. Further, we use cli…
Association of pregnancy‐related stigma and intimate partner violence with anxiety and depression among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: We explored the association between pregnancy-related stigma and intimate partner violence (IPV) with depression and anxiety among adolescents in Uganda. METHODS: We interviewed a convenience sample of 100 adolescents (>18 years) who were pregnant (>3 months) or recently gave birth (<3 months) at Tororo District Hospital, Uganda. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25), physica…
Marriage and Family Therapy Masters Students’ Diversity Course Experiences
In 2017, the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education implemented updated accreditation standards requiring course credits educating students on issues related to diversity, power, privilege, and oppression. This qualitative study explored students’ required diversity curricula experiences from accredited C/MFT master’s programs. Semi-structured interviews with master’s students (n = 20) from programs across 11 US sta…
Marriage and Family Therapy Masters Students’ Diversity Course Experiences
In 2017, the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education implemented updated accreditation standards requiring course credits educating students on issues related to diversity, power, privilege, and oppression. This qualitative study explored students’ required diversity curricula experiences from accredited C/MFT master’s programs. Semi-structured interviews with master’s students (n = 20) from programs across 11 US sta…
Association of pregnancy‐related stigma and intimate partner violence with anxiety and depression among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: We explored the association between pregnancy-related stigma and intimate partner violence (IPV) with depression and anxiety among adolescents in Uganda. METHODS: We interviewed a convenience sample of 100 adolescents (>18 years) who were pregnant (>3 months) or recently gave birth (<3 months) at Tororo District Hospital, Uganda. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25), physica…
Marriage and Family Therapy Masters Students’ Diversity Course Experiences
In 2017, the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education implemented updated accreditation standards requiring course credits educating students on issues related to diversity, power, privilege, and oppression. This qualitative study explored students’ required diversity curricula experiences from accredited C/MFT master’s programs. Semi-structured interviews with master’s students (n = 20) from programs across 11 US sta…
Exploratory Analysis of Pursue-Withdraw Patterns, Attachment, and Gender among Couples in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported treatment for couples experiencing relationship distress. EFT therapists use the pursue-withdraw cycle to track and attend to couples’ patterns of interaction and attachment behaviors. However, the relationships between pursue-withdraw categorization and gender and attachment in clinical couples are underexplored. We examined the theoretical mechanisms associated with these relationshi…
Training of interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures
There has been an increase in the implementation of evidence‐based parenting programs from high‐income countries to several African countries. In this review, we systematically evaluated intervention studies of culturally adapted parenting programs in nine African countries with the objective of examining the quality of training for interventionists and cultural adaptation procedures. A total of 18 studies, obtained from an electronic search of 6…
Sociocultural considerations of mental health care and help-seeking in Uganda
Sociocultural factors largely shape how communities conceptualize, express, and respond to mental and relational health problems. This paper reviews and summarizes literature on mental health in Uganda, with specific attention to Uganda's mental health policy, relevant sociocultural idioms of distress, and considerations. We include a discussion on stigma, as one key response to mental and relational health problems in Uganda. Further, we use cli…
Culturally Informed Parenting Assessment
While parenting practices significantly influence children's developmental outcomes on a global scale, there has been limited comprehensive assessment of the cultural appropriateness of global parenting questionnaires in diverse cultural contexts by researchers. This study examined the cultural relevance of the widely used measure of parenting, the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) among the Runyankole‐speaking community in Uganda. Using a se…
Counselling and depressive symptoms in older adults with HIV/Aids in mbarara, Uganda
Regular home visits and counselling are associated with significant reductions in depressive symptoms among older adults living with HIV/AIDS. Incorporating home-based counselling services and regular home visits can enhance the well-being of this population
Ugandan Practitioner Perspectives on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Adapting the comprehensive assessment of acceptance and commitment therapy processes (CompACT) questionnaire for contextual relevance in Uganda
The global utility of acceptance and commitment therapy highlights the need for adapting measures that can effectively capture the richness of psychological flexibility. One such instrument is the Comprehensive Assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes (CompACT). We translated the CompACT into Luganda and adapted it for use in Uganda. The original CompACT was translated into the Luganda language and reviewed through a series of ev…
Training and supervision of lay mental health workers in community-based interventions in East Africa
Lay mental health workers play a central role in implementing and sustaining mental health interventions across East Africa. However, limited research exists on how these workers are trained and supervised, an important gap given their role in addressing the region's severe treatment shortage, where up to 85% of individuals with mental disorders receive little or no evidence-based care. Task-sharing, which involves training non-specialist workers…
Impact of Father Involvement and Positive Parenting on Child Mental Health
The influence of father positive parenting and involvement on children's mental health outcomes is underexplored in many sub-Saharan African countries, such as Uganda, despite research showing that fathers play a critical role in shaping their children's mental and emotional health outcomes. Most research on father involvement in parenting has been conducted in high-income countries in Western countries, and most research from Africa relies on mo…
Culturally Informed Adaptation of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and Training for a Ugandan Population
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) practitioner training is ongoing in diverse cultures around the world. Uganda is one of the latest additions to the list of growing countries with its first ever EFCT externship and core skills training held in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Yet, applicability of EFCT to non- Western cultures is still in question. Establishing cultural and contextual fit is a necessary first step to evaluating the efficacy …
Psychology (7 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 obras) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (4 obras) · Psychiatry (4 obras) · Anxiety (3 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 obras) · Medicine (3 obras) · Mental health (3 obras) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (3 obras)