Amina Abubakar

Research interests

Publications

• Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden

  eCommons - AKU (Aga Khan University) · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.60692/5xnbp-5qx59

• Annual Research Review: Achieving universal health coverage for young children with autism spectrum disorder in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a review of reviews

  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13404

• Supporting Child Development Through Parenting Interventions in Low- to Middle-Income Countries: An Updated Systematic Review

  Frontiers in Public Health · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.671988

• Prevalence and factors associated with common mental disorders in young people living with HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review

  Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25705

• Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments

  PEDIATRICS · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-2623

• The reliability, validity and factorial structure of the Swahili version of the 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) among adults living with HIV from Kilifi, Kenya

  Annals of General Psychiatry · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-020-00312-4

• Assessing Executive Function in Adolescence: A Scoping Review of Existing Measures and Their Psychometric Robustness

  Frontiers in Psychology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00311

• Autism Spectrum Disorders in Africa: Current Challenges in Identification, Assessment, and Treatment

  Journal of Child Neurology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073816635748

• Challenges and coping strategies of parents of children with autism on the Kenyan coast

  Rural and Remote Health · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh3517

• ‘Everyone has a secret they keep close to their hearts’: challenges faced by adolescents living with HIV infection at the Kenyan coast

  BMC Public Health · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2854-y

• A Systematic Review of Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Behavioural Neurology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3501910

• Parents’ and Professionals’ Perceptions on Causes and Treatment Options for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a Multicultural Context on the Kenyan Coast

  PLoS ONE · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132729

• Developmental inventories using illiterate parents as informants: Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) adaptation for two Kenyan languages

  Journal of Child Language · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000914000403

• The INTERGROWTH-21st Project Neurodevelopment Package: A Novel Method for the Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Neurodevelopment in Pre-School Age Children

  PLoS ONE · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113360

• Music listening in families and peer groups: benefits for young people's social cohesion and emotional well-being across four cultures

  Frontiers in Psychology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00392

• Socio-Cultural Determinants of Health-Seeking Behaviour on the Kenyan Coast: A Qualitative Study

  PLoS ONE · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071998

• Young people's topography of musical functions: Personal, social and cultural experiences with music across genders and six societies

  International Journal of Psychology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1080/00207594.2012.656128

• Paediatric HIV and neurodevelopment in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review

  Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02079.x

• Monitoring psychomotor development in a resourcelimited setting: an evaluation of the Kilifi Developmental Inventory

  Annals of Tropical Paediatrics · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1179/146532808x335679

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