Maaike L Seekles

Biographic Data

ID9067016
NAMEMaaike L Seekles
GIVEN NAMESMaaike L
FAMILY NAMESeekles
SIGNATURESEEKLES M L
AFFILIATIONSLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine
ORCID0000-0002-7000-3624
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Prevalence of mental health conditions in post-conflict Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Open AccessMaaike L Seekles, Jacob K Kadima et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Globally, one in five people in post-conflict areas are estimated to be living with a mental health condition. As a key public health issue, these conditions negatively affect individuals, communities, and societies to function after a conflict. Documenting the prevalence of mental health conditions amongst these populations is crucial to prioritise and guide future mental health interventions. This study was the first to use a repeated cross-sec…

  • “Alcohol will never run out”

    Open AccessMaaike L Seekles, Winfrida C Mwita et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Heavy alcohol use amongst adolescent boys is a major public health concern in many countries. It is associated with a range of negative physical and mental health outcomes and predicts alcohol-related problems in adulthood. In Kilimanjaro Region, adolescent boys’ alcohol use is widespread, and higher than other regions in Tanzania. An understanding of causal and contextual factors that influence the use of alcohol is needed to inform the developm…

  • The landscape and level of alcohol policy enforcement in Tanzania

    Open AccessKim Madundo, Aliza Hudda et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Harmful use of alcohol causes more deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region. In Tanzania, where alcohol use disorders rates are twice the overall African average, harmful alcohol consumption is a public health concern. Given the lack of a contemporary overview of the alcohol policy landscape, we conducted a mixed-methods review of key alcohol-related policies, implementers, and initiatives in Tanzania. We conducted a desk-based revie…

  • Task-shifting for point-of-care cervical cancer prevention in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessJudith Auma, Allan Ndawula et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Cervical cancer remains the leading cause of female cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. This is despite cervical cancer being both preventable and curable if detected early and treated adequately. This paper reports on a series of action-research ‘cycles’ designed to progressively integrate a comprehensive, task-shifted, point-of-care, prevention program in a community-based public health facility in Uganda. The work has been undertaken through …

  • Measuring alcohol use among adolescents in Africa

    Open AccessMaaike L Seekles, Eleanor Briegal et al.ARTICLEDrug and Alcohol Review2023

  • Equity in global health research

    Open AccessSepeedeh Saleh, Refiloe Masekela et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022