Mount Sinai
Submitted by: David Plater
AMPATH Kenya
The Arnhold Institute for Global Health (AIGH) at Mount Sinai, along with its partners at Moi University, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), and MTRH Rafiki Centre for Excellence in Adolescent Health announced 8 projects for funding as part of a new pilot funding program to advance youth programs and collaborative, youth-focused, care, education, and research projects as part of the AMPATH Kenya partnership.
In this inaugural funding opportunity, AIGH released two funding opportunities. The first focused on building collaborative faculty-led care, education, or research projects and provides awardees with four US$20,000 awards.
The second opportunity focused on engaging Kenyan youth in a novel process to develop and implement small projects with big impact on youth health. These proposals are designed and led by Kenyan youth with support from faculty mentors. These Kenyan youth-led proposals will each receive US$5,000 awards.
The following projects have been selected for funding:
Faculty-Led Projects:
- Adolescent Chamas+: Piloting a Transformative Health and Economic Strengthening Intervention for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents. Principle Investigators: Drs. Wan-Ju Wu and Julia Songok
- Building Capacity for Adolescent Mental Health through Empowering Community Health Volunteers (CHVS). Principle Investigators: Drs. Scholastic Adeli and Mathew Turissini
- Expansion and Capacity Development of the Adolescent and Youth Advisory Board. Principle Investigators: Drs. Edith Apondi and Leslie Enane
- Adaptation of the Pediatric Traumatic Stress Screening Tool and a Care Process Model for Pediatric Traumatic Stress for Primary Care Settings Serving Adolescents in Western Kenya. Principle Investigators: Drs. Brittany McCoy and Eunice Chepkoech Temet
Youth-Led Projects:
- Expanding the Capacity of AMPATH Young Adult Peer Mentors: Training Peers to Identify Youth Mental Health Problems. Youth Applicant: Hilda Cheserek. Faculty Mentor: Brittany McCoy
- Leveraging Social Media for Improved Sexual and Reproductive Health in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Youth Applicant: Catherine Wanjiku. Faculty Mentor: Wan-Ju Wu
- Enhancing Peer Navigation and Mentorship Programs Through Capacity Building and Support Supervision Initiatives within USAID AMPATH Uzima Program. Youth Applicant: Victor Ngeno. Faculty Mentor: Douglas Kinuthia Gaitho
- Rafiki’s Nurture and Engagement Talk for Sexual and Reproductive Health Among Young Mothers and Fathers “Rafiki’s NET kwa SRH ya Mama na Baba wadogo” Youth Applicant: Susan Rono. Faculty Mentors: Dr. Edith Apondi and Ishmail Sillah