Associate Professor of Global Mental Health
Contact
School of Global Health
Faculty of Health, York University 5022L Dahdaleh Building
(DB) 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Email: bweobong@yorku.ca
Mob: 437-602-694
Research Interests
social and environmental determinants of mental health; measurement; psychosocial interventions (prevention/treatment) for depression, anxiety, and alcohol use conditions among young people and adults in low- and middle-income settings; innovative use of task-sharing (human interface and digital) to deliver mental health interventions; implementation research; mental health systems; and Indigenous health and wellbeing.
Published Manuscripts (Select Publications)
Weobong B, Glozah FN, Taylor-Abdulai HB, Koka E, Addae N, Alor S, et al. (2024) Reaching adolescents with health services: Systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups and wellbeing programme in Ghana (Y-Check, Ghana). PLoS ONE 19(8): e0304465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304465
Banati P, Ross DA, Weobong B, et al Adolescent health and well-being check-up programme in three African cities (Y-Check): protocol for a multimethod, prospective, hybrid implementation-effectiveness study BMJ Open 2024;14:e077533. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077533
Ae-Ngibise, K.A., Sakyi, L., Adwan-Kamara, L. et al. Development and Implementation of Mental Healthcare Plans in Three Districts in Ghana: A Mixed-Method Process Evaluation Using Theory of Change. Community Ment Health J (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01357-5.
Weobong B, Monk RL, Anyorikeya M, Qureshi AW, Heim D. Factor structure of the alcohol expectancies questionnaire among adolescents in rural Ghana. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2024 Jan 6. doi: 10.1111/dar.13795. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38183346.
Weobong B, Ae-Ngibise KA, Sakyi L, Lund C (2023) Towards implementation of context-specific integrated district mental healthcare plans: A situation analysis of mental health services in five districts in Ghana. PLoS ONE 18(5): e0285324.
Shannon, C., Hurt, C., Soremekun, S., Edmond, K., Newton, S., Amenga-Etego, S., Tawiah-Agyemang, C., Hill, Z., Manu, A., Weobong, B., Kirkwood, B. and Hurt, L. Implementing effective community-based surveillance in research studies of maternal, newborn and infant outcomes in low resource settings. Emerg Themes Epidemiol 2022;19(1):1. DOI: 10.1186/s12982-021-00109-0.