{"id":3045,"date":"2024-10-21T09:49:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/?page_id=3045"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:32:07","slug":"benedict-weobong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/benedict-weobong\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Weobong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Associate Professor of Global Mental Health <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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School of Global Health <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty of Health, York University\u20285022L Dahdaleh Building <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(DB) 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Email: bweobong@yorku.ca<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mob: 437-602-694<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weobong B<\/strong>, 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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banati\u202fP,\u202fRoss\u202fDA,\u202fWeobong\u202f<\/strong>B, et al <\/em>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\u202f<\/em>2024;14:<\/strong>e077533.\u202fdoi:10.1136\/bmjopen-2023-077533 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Ae-Ngibise, K.A., Sakyi, L., Adwan-Kamara, L.\u202fet al.<\/em>\u202fDevelopment and Implementation of Mental Healthcare Plans in Three Districts in Ghana: A Mixed-Method Process Evaluation Using Theory of Change.\u202fCommunity Ment Health J<\/em>\u202f(2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10597-024-01357-5<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Weobong B<\/strong>, 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.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Weobong B<\/strong>, 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Shannon, C., Hurt, C., Soremekun, S., Edmond, K., Newton, S., Amenga-Etego, S., Tawiah-Agyemang, C., Hill, Z., Manu, A., Weobong, B<\/strong>., 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Associate Professor of Global Mental Health  Contact School of Global Health  Faculty of Health, York University\u20285022L 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3045","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"corson","author_link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/author\/corson\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3045"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3294,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3045\/revisions\/3294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}