“If I tell you my problems, how will you perceive me?”: A qualitative study of mental health knowledge, barriers, and opportunities for care among Kenyan adolescents during COVID-19

• Vincent Nyongesa,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Joseph Kathono,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive and Promotive Health, Nairobi County Government, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Shillah Mwavua,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Preventive and Promotive Health, Nairobi County Government, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Clinical Developmental Psychology, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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• Darius Nyamai,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nairobi County Government, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Obadia Yator,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Nairobi Infectious and Tropical Disease (UNITID), University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Ian Kanyanya,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Nabila Amin,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Simon Njuguna,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, Division of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Jill Ahs,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Brandon Kohrt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Center for Global Mental Health Equity, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

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• Bruce Chorpita,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Beatrice Madeghe,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Nairobi Infectious and Tropical Disease (UNITID), University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Priscilla Idele,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Data and Analytics Branch United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, New York, United States of America

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• Liliana Carvajal Velez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Manasi Kumar

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: manasi.kumar@nyulangone.org

  Affiliation Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9773-8014

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