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February 26, 2026Open Access

Access to Counselling Sessions and Social Support Services Adoption in School-Based Mental Health Programmes for Urban Syrian Refugee Camp Children in Tanzania,

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MKMusafir KibwanaKMKamija Mwanga

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Overview

Mixed-methods approach reveals low counselling utilization among children in urban refugee camps, suggesting improved outreach is needed.

Key Points

  • Assess access to counselling services and social support in mental health programmes for refugee children.
  • Mixed-methods approach including qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys
  • Assessment of programme accessibility and utilization across various camps
  • Statistical analysis of treatment effects with confidence-interval based inference
  • 30% of children accessed at least one counselling session per month
  • Access varied significantly across camps, influenced by location and socio-economic factors
  • Program effectiveness requires improved accessibility to mental health services

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Kibwana et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699f95571bc9fecf3dab2ec9https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18764270
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  4. 4Accessibility and Utilization of Mental Health Services in Lebanese Urban Camps: Needs Assessment and Policy Recommendations for Refugees in African Contexts2009
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