Integration of stepped care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among women attending maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Overview
This protocol outlines a cluster randomized controlled trial evaluating a stepped-care model for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in Kenyan maternal health clinics. The study involves screening pregnant women, delivering Problem Management Plus counseling by lay providers, and offering telepsychiatry for severe cases, compared to standard care. It aims to assess clinical outcomes, service delivery metrics, and implementation factors among 2,970 participants.
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- Agnes Karingo Karume (Kenyatta National Hospital), Nancy Ngumbau (Kenyatta National Hospital), Linnet Ongeri (Kenya Medical Research Institute), Asterico Neema (Kenyatta National Hospital), Anne Kaggiah (Kenyatta National Hospital), David Owaga (Kenyatta National Hospital), Catherine Maina (Kenyatta National Hospital), Clinton Ndambuki (Kenyatta National Hospital), Yuwei Wang (University of Washington), Lincoln Pothan (University of Washington), Alexandra Rose (University of Washington), Anna Larsen (University of Washington), Sarah Masyuko (University of Washington), Barbra A. Richardson (University of Washington), Anjuli Wagner (University of Washington), Amritha Bhat (University of Washington), Keshet Ronen (University of Washington), John Kinuthia (Kenyatta National Hospital)
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- 2026-05-08
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- green
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- 10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574
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@article{allodium:07106b0d9162488a,
title = {Integration of stepped care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among women attending maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial},
author = {Agnes Karingo Karume and Nancy Ngumbau and Linnet Ongeri and Asterico Neema and Anne Kaggiah and David Owaga and Catherine Maina and Clinton Ndambuki and Yuwei Wang and Lincoln Pothan and Alexandra Rose and Anna Larsen and Sarah Masyuko and Barbra A. Richardson and Anjuli Wagner and Amritha Bhat and Keshet Ronen and John Kinuthia},
year = {2026},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574},
url = {https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Integration of stepped care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among women attending maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial AU - Karume, Agnes Karingo AU - Ngumbau, Nancy AU - Ongeri, Linnet AU - Neema, Asterico AU - Kaggiah, Anne AU - Owaga, David AU - Maina, Catherine AU - Ndambuki, Clinton AU - Wang, Yuwei AU - Pothan, Lincoln AU - Rose, Alexandra AU - Larsen, Anna AU - Masyuko, Sarah AU - Richardson, Barbra A. AU - Wagner, Anjuli AU - Bhat, Amritha AU - Ronen, Keshet AU - Kinuthia, John PY - 2026 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574 UR - https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574 ER -
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Karume, A. K., Ngumbau, N., Ongeri, L., Neema, A., Kaggiah, A., Owaga, D., Maina, C., Ndambuki, C., Wang, Y., Pothan, L., Rose, A., Larsen, A., Masyuko, S., Richardson, B. A., Wagner, A., Bhat, A., Ronen, K., & Kinuthia, J. (2026). Integration of stepped care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among women attending maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574
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