By Mr Amani Kasherwa

Journal articles

Alexandre AB; Kasherwa A; Balegamire JBM; Tunangoya JY; Mukanga LO; Buhendwa FZ; Rusagulira MO; Hilaire MM; Busane PA; Mugisho GM; Mukengere DM, 2025, 'Bouncing back after trauma: music therapy, gender, and mental health in conflict-ridden settings', Discover Mental Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44192-025-00137-1

Kasherwa A; Lenette C; Fernandez E, 2025, 'Adverse childhood experiences, social networks and help-seeking experiences of African-background refugee children: Towards a refugee children's Network-Episode Model', Children and Youth Services Review, 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108146

Kasherwa A; Lenette C; Arop A; Duot A, 2024, '‘I Can’t Even Talk to My Parents About It’: South Sudanese Youth Advocates’ Perspectives on Suicide Through Reflexive Discussions and Collaborative Poetic Inquiry', Social Sciences, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci13120644

Kasherwa A; Fernandez E; Lenette C, 2024, '“This is not why we brought our children here!”: Tensions and challenges in responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences in African-background refugee families', Child Abuse and Neglect, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107101

Rahman FN; Iwuagwu AO; Ngwu CN; Kalu ME; Kasherwa A; Chowdhury MRK; Kader M, 2024, 'Connecting the experiences of persons with disabilities and social workers in Nigerian care institutions regarding COVID-19 vaccine uptake: a qualitative descriptive-interpretive design', Frontiers in Public Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1466313

Rahman FN; Iwuagwu AO; Ngwu CN; Kalu ME; Kasherwa A; Tasnim A; Chowdhury MRK; Rashid M; Kader M, 2024, 'Psychosocial wellbeing and risk perception of older adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: perspectives on the role of social workers', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1505279

Kasherwa AC; Alexandre AB; Mugisho GM; Foussiakda AC; Balegamire JB, 2023, 'The roles and ethics of psychosocial support workers in integrated health services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors', Journal of Social Work, 23, pp. 586 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14680173221144551

Mugisho GM; Maroyi R; Nabami S; Kasherwa AC; Bitenga A; Mukwege D, 2022, 'Sexual and gender-based violence victims’ satisfaction of the support services through the holistic model of care in the Democratic Republic of Congo', Discover Social Science and Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44155-022-00025-x

Foussiakda AC; Kasherwa AC, 2020, 'The challenges affecting foster care in a “failed-state” context: Case of the SEDI child protection network in South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo', Children and Youth Services Review, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105217

Kasherwa AC, 2020, '‘The role of youth organizations in peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region: a rough transition from local and non-governmental to the national and governmental peacebuilding efforts in Burundi and eastern DRC’', Journal of Peace Education, 17, pp. 123 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2019.1688139

Kasherwa AC; Twikirize JM, 2020, 'Interventions addressing ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Reflections on child welfare policy and programming', International Social Work, 63, pp. 193 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818806347

Kasherwa AC; Twikirize JM, 2018, 'Ritualistic child sexual abuse in post-conflict Eastern DRC: Factors associated with the phenomenon and implications for social work', Child Abuse and Neglect, 81, pp. 74 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.04.012

Clovis AK; Twikirize JM, 2018, 'Decentralization and Access to Basic Social Services in Post-Conflict DRC : The Promise and the Disillusion', Oman Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review, 7, pp. 28 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.12816/0046982

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