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Benedict Weobong
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 38
Citations - 1723
Benedict Weobong is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 33 publications receiving 1297 citations. Previous affiliations of Benedict Weobong include College of Health Sciences, Bahrain & University of Ghana.
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The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial
Vikram Patel,Benedict Weobong,Helen A. Weiss,Arpita Anand,Bhargav Bhat,Basavraj Katti,Sona Dimidjian,Ricardo Araya,Steve D. Hollon,Michael King,Lakshmi Vijayakumar,A-La Park,David McDaid,Terry Wilson,Richard Velleman,Betty R. Kirkwood,Christopher G. Fairburn +16 more
TL;DR: The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a brief psychological treatment (Healthy Activity Program) for delivery by lay counsellors to patients with moderately severe to severe depression in primary health-care settings in Goa, India is assessed.
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Effect of the Newhints home-visits intervention on neonatal mortality rate and care practices in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Betty R. Kirkwood,Alexander Manu,Augustinus H. A. ten Asbroek,Seyi Soremekun,Benedict Weobong,Thomas Gyan,Samuel Danso,Seeba Amenga-Etego,Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Zelee Hill +10 more
TL;DR: The Newhints intervention significantly increased coverage of key essential newborn-care behaviours, except for four or more antenatal-care visits, and this coverage increased substantially from June, 2009, after the introduction of new implementation strategies.
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Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial
Abhijit Nadkarni,Benedict Weobong,Helen A. Weiss,Jim McCambridge,Bhargav Bhat,Basavaraj Katti,Pratima Murthy,Michael King,David McDaid,A-La Park,G. Terence Wilson,Betty R. Kirkwood,Christopher G. Fairburn,Richard Velleman,Vikram Patel +14 more
TL;DR: The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a brief psychological treatment delivered by lay counsellors to patients with harmful drinking attending routine primary health-care settings, was assessed.
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The Healthy Activity Program lay counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression in India: systematic development and randomised evaluation.
Neerja Chowdhary,Arpita Anand,Sona Dimidjian,Sachin Shinde,Benedict Weobong,Madhumitha Balaji,Steven D. Hollon,Atif Rahman,G. Terence Wilson,Helena Verdeli,Ricardo Araya,Michael King,Mark J. D. Jordans,Christopher G. Fairburn,Betty R. Kirkwood,Vikram Patel +15 more
TL;DR: The Healthy Activity Program is an acceptable and effective brief psychological treatment for patients with severe depression delivered by lay counsellors in primary care and could be extended to other mental disorders.
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The comparative validity of screening scales for postnatal common mental disorder in Kintampo, Ghana
Benedict Weobong,Bright Akpalu,Victor Doku,Seth Owusu-Agyei,Lisa Hurt,Betty R. Kirkwood,Martin Prince +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence for the validity, reliability, and superiority of the PHQ-9 over other screening assessments has been extended and a mixture of somatic and cognitive symptoms best discriminated between cases and non-cases for all three scales.