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Monica H. Swahn

  • Dean, School of Public Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kampala
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Dean School of Public Health @VCU. Epidemiologist & Global Health Researcher, Fulbright Scholar - www.drswahn.com
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A photovoice examination of community strengths and challenges in mental health and wellbeing of young women in three urban communities in Kampala, Uganda - Shannon McMorrow, Monica H. Swahn, Jane Palmier, Anna Nabulya, Jacqueline Nassaka, Oluwasomidoyin

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By Shannon L. McMorrow, Monica H. Swahn, Jane Palmier, Anna Nabulya
| SAGE Publishing
Abstract Uganda has a rapidly urbanizing population and the world’s second youngest population. Further, gender inequities contribute to young women in urban Uganda experiencing multiple unmet health and wellbeing needs. However, their perspectives are rarely included in health research or decision making and their lives rarely examined to capture community strengths. We conducted a qualitative study using Photovoice with 15 women aged 18–24 years across three urban sites within Kampala, Uganda.
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Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

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By Monica H. Swahn
| Arizona Daily Star Verified
Paramedics and firefighters in Cincinnati respond to a possible opioid overdose at a hotel on Nov. 2, 2017. John Minchillo/AP Photo Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased nearly 30 percent in less than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported June 7.
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Feasibility, Challenges and Lessons Learned: Photovoice Implementation Among Young Women in the Urban Slums in Kampala, Uganda

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By Monica H. Swahn, Anna Nabulya, Jacqueline Nassaka, Jane Palmier
| SAGE Publishing
Photovoice is a participatory visual research method that has been widely used to empower and give voices to vulnerable populations (Dassah et al., 2017). It has been shown to be effective in promoting individual and community change (Dassah et al., 2017) and to be particularly suitable for engaging participants with lived experience (Heinz et al., 2023). Photovoice allows participants to use photography as a means of self-expression and to highlight community issues (Dassah et al., 2017).
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