Manasi Kumar (M Kumar)

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2018-2024
Publications (10 Years): 58

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University of Nairobi

University College London (PHD)

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Affiliation History

University of Nairobi Jun 30 2011

Kenya

Senior Lecturer :: Psychiatry

Education History

University College London Sep 15 2005 - Sep 20 2010

United Kingdom

PHD :: Psychology

Publications

Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana, Dorcas Khasowa, Irene Muthoni, Oliver Charo, Alfred Muli, Manasi Kumar
Integrating Mental Health Management into Empowerment Group Sessions for Out-of-School Adolescents in Kenyan Informal Settlements: A Process Paper. International journal of environmental research and public health 21 (2) (2024)
Beth Kangwana, Joan Mutahi, Manasi Kumar
Experiences of integrating a psychological intervention into a youth-led empowerment program targeting out-of-school adolescents, in urban informal settlements in Kenya: A qualitative study. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Shillah Mwaniga, Georgina Obonyo, Obadia Yator, Maryann Wambugu, Joy Banerjee, Erica Breuer, Malia Duffy, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Simon Njuguna, Manasi Kumar
Adolescent perspectives on peripartum mental health prevention and promotion from Kenya: Findings from a design thinking approach. PloS one 19 (1) (2024)
Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Shillah Mwaniga, Georgina Obonyo, Obadia Yator, Maryann Wambugu, Joy Banerjee, Erica Breuer, Malia Duffy, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Simon Njuguna, Manasi Kumar
Adolescent perspectives on peripartum mental health prevention and promotion from Kenya: Findings from a design thinking approach. PloS one 19 (1) (2024)
Philip J Landrigan, Michael Britt, Samantha Fisher, Amelia Holmes, Manasi Kumar, Jenna Mu, Isabella Rizzo, Anna Sather, Aroub K Yousuf, Pushpam Kumar
Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation. Annals of global health 90 (1) (2024)
Manasi Kumar, Pim Cuijpers, Pushpam Kumar
Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Least Understood and Embraced in Policy Decisions. Annals of global health 90 (1) (2024)
Manasi Kumar, Pim Cuijpers, Pushpam Kumar
Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Least Understood and Embraced in Policy Decisions. Annals of global health 90 (1) (2024)
Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Shillah Mwaniga, Georgina Obonyo, Obadia Yator, Maryann Wambugu, Joy Banerjee, Erica Breuer, Malia Duffy, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Simon Njuguna, Manasi Kumar
Adolescent perspectives on peripartum mental health prevention and promotion from Kenya: Findings from a design thinking approach. PloS one 19 (1) (2024)
Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana, Dorcas Khasowa, Irene Muthoni, Oliver Charo, Alfred Muli, Manasi Kumar
Integrating Mental Health Management into Empowerment Group Sessions for Out-of-School Adolescents in Kenyan Informal Settlements: A Process Paper. International journal of environmental research and public health 21 (2) (2024)
Manasi Kumar, Pim Cuijpers, Pushpam Kumar
Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Least Understood and Embraced in Policy Decisions. Annals of global health 90 (1) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Philip J Landrigan, Michael Britt, Samantha Fisher, Amelia Holmes, Manasi Kumar, Jenna Mu, Isabella Rizzo, Anna Sather, Aroub K Yousuf, Pushpam Kumar
Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation. Annals of global health 90 (1) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Shillah Mwaniga, Georgina Obonyo, Obadia Yator, Maryann Wambugu, Joy Banerjee, Erica Breuer, Malia Duffy, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Simon Njuguna, Manasi Kumar
Adolescent perspectives on peripartum mental health prevention and promotion from Kenya: Findings from a design thinking approach. PloS one 19 (1) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Philip J Landrigan, Michael Britt, Samantha Fisher, Amelia Holmes, Manasi Kumar, Jenna Mu, Isabella Rizzo, Anna Sather, Aroub K Yousuf, Pushpam Kumar
Assessing the Human Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation, Pollution Prevention, and Biodiversity Preservation. Annals of global health 90 (1) (2024)
Beth Kangwana, Joan Mutahi, Manasi Kumar
Experiences of integrating a psychological intervention into a youth-led empowerment program targeting out-of-school adolescents, in urban informal settlements in Kenya: A qualitative study. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Beth Kangwana, Joan Mutahi, Manasi Kumar
Experiences of integrating a psychological intervention into a youth-led empowerment program targeting out-of-school adolescents, in urban informal settlements in Kenya: A qualitative study. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Beth Kangwana, Joan Mutahi, Manasi Kumar
Experiences of integrating a psychological intervention into a youth-led empowerment program targeting out-of-school adolescents, in urban informal settlements in Kenya: A qualitative study. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Cecilia Jakobsson, Rhea Sanghavi, Joseph Nyamiobo, Caitlin Maloy, Arnold Mwanzu, Katherine E Venturo-Conerly, Cyprian Mostert, Stefan Swartling Peterson, Manasi Kumar
Adolescent and youth-friendly health interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMJ global health 9 (9) (2024)
Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana, Dorcas Khasowa, Irene Muthoni, Oliver Charo, Alfred Muli, Manasi Kumar
Integrating Mental Health Management into Empowerment Group Sessions for Out-of-School Adolescents in Kenyan Informal Settlements: A Process Paper. International journal of environmental research and public health 21 (2) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana, Dorcas Khasowa, Irene Muthoni, Oliver Charo, Alfred Muli, Manasi Kumar
Integrating Mental Health Management into Empowerment Group Sessions for Out-of-School Adolescents in Kenyan Informal Settlements: A Process Paper. International journal of environmental research and public health 21 (2) (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature (2024)
Pamela Y Collins, Moitreyee Sinha, Tessa Concepcion, George C Patton, Thaisa Way, Layla McCay, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Helen Herrman, Evelyne de Leeuw, Nalini Anand, Lukoye Atwoli, Nicole Bardikoff, Chantelle Booysen, Inés Bustamante, Yajun Chen, Kelly Davis, Tarun Dua, Nathaniel Foote, Matthew Hughsam, Damian Juma, Shisir Khanal, Manasi Kumar, Bina Lefkowitz, Peter McDermott, Modhurima Moitra, Yvonne A Ochieng, Olayinka Omigbodun, Emily Queen, Jürgen Unützer, José Miguel Uribe-Restrepo, Miranda Wolpert, Lian Zeitz
Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults. Nature 627 (8002) (2024)
Keshet Ronen, Cyrus Mugo, Anne Kaggiah, David Seeh, Manasi Kumar, Brandon L Guthrie, Megan Andreas Moreno, Grace C John-Stewart, Irene Inwani
Facilitated WhatsApp Support Groups for Youth Living With HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: Single-Arm Pilot Intervention Study. JMIR formative research 7 (2023)
Manasi Kumar, Albert Tele, Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Obadia Yator, Shillah Mwaniga, Keng Yen Huang, Mary McKay, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Pim Cuijpers, Matthew Quaife, Jurgen Unutzer
Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment. PloS one 18 (3) (2023)
Georgina Obonyo, Vincent Nyongesa, Malia Duffy, Joseph Kathono, Darius Nyamai, Shillah Mwaniga, Obadia Yator, Marcy Levy, Joanna Lai, Manasi Kumar
Diverse policy maker perspectives on the mental health of pregnant and parenting adolescent girls in Kenya: Considerations for comprehensive, adolescent-centered policies and programs. PLOS global public health 3 (6) (2023)
Manasi Kumar, Albert Tele, Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Obadia Yator, Shillah Mwaniga, Keng Yen Huang, Mary McKay, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Pim Cuijpers, Matthew Quaife, Jurgen Unutzer
Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment. PloS one 18 (3) (2023)
Manasi Kumar, Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana
Leave no one behind: integrated sexual and reproductive, mental health and psychosocial programming for not in employment, education or training (NEET) adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ global health 8 (8) (2023)
Pushpam Kumar, Luke Brander, Manasi Kumar, Pim Cuijpers
Planetary Health and Mental Health Nexus: Benefit of Environmental Management. Annals of global health 89 (1) (2023)
Manasi Kumar, Albert Tele, Joseph Kathono, Vincent Nyongesa, Obadia Yator, Shillah Mwaniga, Keng Yen Huang, Mary McKay, Joanna Lai, Marcy Levy, Pim Cuijpers, Matthew Quaife, Jurgen Unutzer
Understanding depression treatment and perinatal service preferences of Kenyan pregnant adolescents: A discrete choice experiment. PloS one 18 (3) (2023)
Vincent Nyongesa, Joseph Kathono, Shillah Mwaniga, Obadia Yator, Beatrice Madeghe, Sarah Kanana Kiburi, Beatrice Amugune, Naomi Anyango, Darius Nyamai, Grace Nduku Wambua, Bruce F Chorpita, Brandon A Kohrt, Jill W Åhs, Priscilla Idele, Liliana Carvajal, Manasi Kumar
Cultural and contextual adaptation of mental health measures in Kenya: An adolescent-centered transcultural adaptation of measures study. PloS one 17 (12) (2022)
Vincent Nyongesa, Joseph Kathono, Shillah Mwaniga, Obadia Yator, Beatrice Madeghe, Sarah Kanana Kiburi, Beatrice Amugune, Naomi Anyango, Darius Nyamai, Grace Nduku Wambua, Bruce F Chorpita, Brandon A Kohrt, Jill W Åhs, Priscilla Idele, Liliana Carvajal, Manasi Kumar
Cultural and contextual adaptation of mental health measures in Kenya: An adolescent-centered transcultural adaptation of measures study. PloS one 17 (12) (2022)
Hossein Akbarialiabad, Rahul Shidhaye, Pallavi Shidhaye, Pim Cuijpers, Marcia R Weaver, Mina Bahrololoom, Sarah Kiburi, Irene N Njuguna, Mohammad Hossein Taghrir, Manasi Kumar
Impact of major disease outbreaks in the third millennium on adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights in low and/or middle-income countries: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ open 12 (3) (2022)
Vincent Nyongesa, Joseph Kathono, Shillah Mwaniga, Obadia Yator, Beatrice Madeghe, Sarah Kanana Kiburi, Beatrice Amugune, Naomi Anyango, Darius Nyamai, Grace Nduku Wambua, Bruce F Chorpita, Brandon A Kohrt, Jill W Åhs, Priscilla Idele, Liliana Carvajal, Manasi Kumar
Cultural and contextual adaptation of mental health measures in Kenya: An adolescent-centered transcultural adaptation of measures study. PloS one 17 (12) (2022)
Manasi Kumar, Paul Macharia, Vincent Nyongesa, Joseph Kathono, Obadia Yator, Shillah Mwaniga, Mary McKay, Keng Yen Huang, Rahul Shidhaye, Simon Njuguna, Shekhar Saxena
Human-centered design exploration with Kenyan health workers on proposed digital mental health screening and intervention training development: Thematic analysis of user preferences and needs. Digital health 8 (2022)
Vincent Nyongesa, Joseph Kathono, Shillah Mwaniga, Obadia Yator, Beatrice Madeghe, Sarah Kanana Kiburi, Beatrice Amugune, Naomi Anyango, Darius Nyamai, Grace Nduku Wambua, Bruce F Chorpita, Brandon A Kohrt, Jill W Åhs, Priscilla Idele, Liliana Carvajal, Manasi Kumar
Cultural and contextual adaptation of mental health measures in Kenya: An adolescent-centered transcultural adaptation of measures study. PloS one 17 (12) (2022)
Manasi Kumar, Vincent Nyongesa, Martha Kagoya, Byamah B Mutamba, Beatrice Amugune, Neha S Krishnam, Grace Nduku Wambua, Inge Petersen, Onesmus Gachuno, Shekhar Saxena
Mapping services at two Nairobi County primary health facilities: identifying challenges and opportunities in integrated mental health care as a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) priority. Annals of general psychiatry 20 (1) (2021)
Manasi Kumar, Keng Yen Huang
Impact of being an adolescent mother on subsequent maternal health, parenting, and child development in Kenyan low-income and high adversity informal settlement context. PloS one 16 (4) (2021)
Manasi Kumar, Keng-Yen Huang, Caleb Othieno, Dalton Wamalwa, Kimberly Hoagwood, Jurgen Unutzer, Shekhar Saxena, Inge Petersen, Simon Njuguna, Beatrice Amugune, Onesmus Gachuno, Fred Ssewamala, Mary McKay
Implementing combined WHO mhGAP and adapted group interpersonal psychotherapy to address depression and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenyan primary health care settings (INSPIRE): a study protocol for pilot feasibility trial of the integrated intervention in LMIC settings. Pilot and feasibility studies 6 (2020)
Obadia Yator, Martha Kagoya, Lincoln Khasakhala, Grace John-Stewart, Manasi Kumar
Task-sharing and piloting WHO group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) for adolescent mothers living with HIV in Nairobi primary health care centers: a process paper. AIDS care 33 (7) (2020)
Manasi Kumar, Pushpam Kumar
Impact of pandemic on mental health in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Global mental health (Cambridge, England) 7 (2020)
Judith Osok, Pius Kigamwa, Keng-Yen Huang, Nancy Grote, Manasi Kumar
Adversities and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenya: identifying interpersonal, practical, and cultural barriers to care. BMC women's health 18 (1) (2018)
Eric Kimbui, Mary Kuria, Obadia Yator, Manasi Kumar
A cross-sectional study of depression with comorbid substance use dependency in pregnant adolescents from an informal settlement of Nairobi: drawing implications for treatment and prevention work. Annals of general psychiatry 17 (2018)
Grace Nduku Wambua, Anne Obondo, Antonia Bifulco, Manasi Kumar
The role of attachment relationship in adolescents' problem behavior development: a cross-sectional study of Kenyan adolescents in Nairobi city. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health 12 (2018)
Manasi Kumar, Beatrice Amugune, Beatrice Madeghe, Grace Nduku Wambua, Judith Osok, Anastasia Polkonikova-Wamoto, David Bukusi, Fred Were, Keng-Yen Huang
Mechanisms associated with maternal adverse childhood experiences on offspring's mental health in Nairobi informal settlements: a mediational model testing approach. BMC psychiatry 18 (1) (2018)
Judith Osok, Pius Kigamwa, Ann Vander Stoep, Keng-Yen Huang, Manasi Kumar
Depression and its psychosocial risk factors in pregnant Kenyan adolescents: a cross-sectional study in a community health Centre of Nairobi. BMC psychiatry 18 (1) (2018)
Fredrick Falkenström, Mary Kuria, Caleb Othieno, Manasi Kumar
Working alliance predicts symptomatic improvement in public hospital-delivered psychotherapy in Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 87 (1) (2018)
Kingi Mochache, Muthoni Mathai, Onesmus Gachuno, Ann Vander Stoep, Manasi Kumar
Correction to: Depression during pregnancy and preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study among women attending antenatal clinic at Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Annals of general psychiatry 17 (2018)
S Haithar, M W Kuria, A Sheikh, Manasi Kumar, A Vander Stoep
Maternal depression and child severe acute malnutrition: a case-control study from Kenya. BMC pediatrics 18 (1) (2018)
Manasi Kumar, Beatrice Madeghe, Judith Osok-Waudo, Grace Nduku Wambua, Beatrice Kagai Amugune
Shifting parental roles, caregiving practices and the face of child development in low resource informal settlements of Nairobi: experiences of community health workers and school teachers. Annals of general psychiatry 17 (2018)
Judy Wanjiru Mbuthia, Manasi Kumar, Fredrik Falkenström, Mary Wangari Kuria, Caleb Joseph Othieno
Attributions and private theories of mental illness among young adults seeking psychiatric treatment in Nairobi: an interpretive phenomenological analysis. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health 12 (2018)
Manasi Kumar, Mary Wangari Kuria, Caleb Joseph Othieno, Fredrik Falkenström
Improving psychotherapies offered in public hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya: extending practice-based research model for LMICs. International journal of mental health systems 12 (2018)
Douglas Gaitho, Manasi Kumar, Dalton Wamalwa, Grace Nduku Wambua, Ruth Nduati
Understanding mental health difficulties and associated psychosocial outcomes in adolescents in the HIV clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya. Annals of general psychiatry 17 (2018)
Kingi Mochache, Muthoni Mathai, Onesmus Gachuno, Ann Vander Stoep, Manasi Kumar
Depression during pregnancy and preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study among women attending antenatal clinic at Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Annals of general psychiatry 17 (2018)

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