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Mental Health Support Intervention for Ethiopian and Eritrean Youth: Protocol for Development and Pilot Testing of the Weyera Project

Mental Health Support Intervention for Ethiopian and Eritrean Youth: Protocol for Development and Pilot Testing of the Weyera Project

Mental Health Support Intervention for Ethiopian and Eritrean Youth: Protocol for Development and Pilot Testing of the Weyera Project

Tigest Fisseha Mekonnen   1 , BS, MPH ;   Tsedenia Tewodros   1 , BA, MPH ;   Feaven Gebrezgi   1 , BS ;   Rebbeca Tesfai   2 , MA, MPH, PhD ;   Janeria A Easley   3 , PhD ;   Nioud Mulugeta Gebru   4 , PhD ;   Antonio Newman Jr   1 , BBA, MBA ;   Helen Fessahaye   5 , LMSW ;   Senait Kebede   1 , MPH, MD ;   Sophia Ahmed Hussen   1, 6 , MPH, MD

1 Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

2 Department of Sociology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

3 Department of African American Studies, College of Art and Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

4 Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

5 Emory Counseling and Psychological Services, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

6 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Tigest Fisseha Mekonnen, BS, MPH
  • Hubert Department of Global Health
  • Emory University
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  • Atlanta, GA 30322
  • United States
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  • Email: tigest.mekonnen@emory.edu