Dr. Barbara Mutedzi (PhD). Conscious Leadership, Wellbeing and Neuroscience Based Coach

ABSTRACT
CONTEXT: Despite high mortality rates from both communicable and non-communicable diseases, bereavement is under-researched in African countries. The 9-cell bereavement tool was designed to assist individuals to reflect on their feelings about bereavement and identify resources in families and communities to manage bereavement. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of implementing the 9-cell bereavement tool and recruitment to experimental… Lihat selengkapnya

ABSTRACT
CONTEXT: Despite high mortality rates from both communicable and non-communicable diseases, bereavement is under-researched in African countries. The 9-cell bereavement tool was designed to assist individuals to reflect on their feelings about bereavement and identify resources in families and communities to manage bereavement. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of implementing the 9-cell bereavement tool and recruitment to experimental evaluation.

RESULTS
Implementation of the nine-cell bereavement tool and recruitment to experimental evaluation were successful. Implementation of the tool and the recruitment of study participants were conducted within the intended timeframe of 3 weeks. In line with the suggested sample size, the study was able to recruit and retain at least 75% of the trial participants for the total duration of the study.

CONCLUSION
The feasibility cluster trial was successfully implemented and assessed. Through the published protocol, the literature review and the results of this study, it has been noted that there is an urgent need to carry out a full trial in this subject matter, not only as a contribution to the currently sparse literature in this regard, but for the enormous potential public health benefit in supporting and saving lives in many more under-resourced and under-supported countries. Lihat lebih sedikit

✨LINK: https://rdcu.be/b6g90

✨This study highlights the importance of developing research infrastructure alongside capacity-building efforts. International funders should invest in grant management at African universities which would place them at the centre of research initiatives. African universities should prioritise the creation of a research culture by developing and promoting well-defined research tracks for both clinicians and academics, investing in grant management, and raising… Lihat selengkapnya

✨LINK: https://rdcu.be/b6g90

✨This study highlights the importance of developing research infrastructure alongside capacity-building efforts. International funders should invest in grant management at African universities which would place them at the centre of research initiatives. African universities should prioritise the creation of a research culture by developing and promoting well-defined research tracks for both clinicians and academics, investing in grant management, and raising the profile of research within their institutions.

Keywords: Global mental health, Africa, Research Policy, Research funding, Research capacity strengthening Lihat lebih sedikit

✨ABSTRACT
✨BACKGROUND
The high burden of bereavement in sub-Saharan Africa is largely attributable to HIV, cancer, and other non-communicable diseases. However, interventions to improve grief and bereavement are rare. Given high rates of mortality in the context of weak health systems, community lay members are well placed to provide peer bereavement support. The 9-cell bereavement tool was developed in Zimbabwe to improve community members’ capacity to support the bereaved. This study… Lihat selengkapnya

✨ABSTRACT
✨BACKGROUND
The high burden of bereavement in sub-Saharan Africa is largely attributable to HIV, cancer, and other non-communicable diseases. However, interventions to improve grief and bereavement are rare. Given high rates of mortality in the context of weak health systems, community lay members are well placed to provide peer bereavement support. The 9-cell bereavement tool was developed in Zimbabwe to improve community members’ capacity to support the bereaved. This study aims to determine the feasibility of implementing the 9-cell bereavement tool and recruitment to experimental evaluation.

✨METHODS / DESIGN
This feasibility cluster randomized trial with embedded qualitative interviews will be conducted in two comparable neighborhoods in Zimbabwe. Community leaders from each neighborhood will identify 25 potential community lay bereavement supporters, each of whom will recruit 2–3 bereaved community members into the trial. The intervention will be randomly allocated to one community, and the second community will form a wait-list control (n ≥ 75 in each community cluster). Recruitment is estimated to take place over 3 weeks. Measures at T0 (baseline, i.e., week 0), T1 (midline, i.e., week 14 or 3 months post-baseline) and T2 (endline, i.e., week 27 or 3 months post-midline) will address mental health, social support, and levels of grief per individual. Qualitative data will describe lay supporters’ views of intervention training and delivery, and participants’ experience of bereavement support.

✨DISCUSSION
This is the first documented trial evaluating a bereavement intervention in sub-Saharan Africa. Recruitment, retention, and measurement data will determine the feasibility of a full trial. Lihat lebih sedikit

✨HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care amongst adolescents is low and inadequate when compared to other groups within African national populations (WHO 2013). There are high morbidity and mortality rates in this age group, specifically due to 'poor prioritising of adolescents in national HIV/AIDS plans, inadequate provision of accessible and acceptable HIV/AIDS testing and counselling and treatment services, and lack of support for adolescents to remain in care and adhere to anti-retroviral… Lihat selengkapnya

✨HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care amongst adolescents is low and inadequate when compared to other groups within African national populations (WHO 2013). There are high morbidity and mortality rates in this age group, specifically due to 'poor prioritising of adolescents in national HIV/AIDS plans, inadequate provision of accessible and acceptable HIV/AIDS testing and counselling and treatment services, and lack of support for adolescents to remain in care and adhere to anti-retroviral therapy' (WHO 2013). The political ecology framework used to inform this book was useful in revealing the webs of causation and human relationships within the healthcare and sociocultural structures that children and adolescents living with HIV engage with. Medical Anthropology, largely lacking in prior HIV-related research in Zimbabwe, is an important platform to engage genuine ethnographic research and comprehensive theoretical frameworks with an emphasis on implementing and advising on the feasibility of child-centred interventions. Children and adolescents should be engaged at all stages, determining the feasibility of HIV healthcare interventions they themselves are engaged in formulating.

LINK to purchase on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advocating-children-adolescents-living-Harare/dp/3659896748/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=advocating+for+children+and+adolescents+living+with+HIV+in+harare&qid=1617533753&sr=8-1 Lihat lebih sedikit

✨The theory of social norms helps us to answer a basic and important question: Why do people do what they do? Here’s a list of the responses to that question we produced on our first day of training:
WHY DO PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO?

1 Because society expects them to
2 In order to make progress, learn, solve problems, achieve goals to become better people
(increasing the value in oneself)
3 Self fulfillment; fun; peace (but everyone isn’t the same in where they find these)
4… Lihat selengkapnya

✨The theory of social norms helps us to answer a basic and important question: Why do people do what they do? Here’s a list of the responses to that question we produced on our first day of training:
WHY DO PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO?

1 Because society expects them to
2 In order to make progress, learn, solve problems, achieve goals to become better people
(increasing the value in oneself)
3 Self fulfillment; fun; peace (but everyone isn’t the same in where they find these)
4 To defy and challenge social norms
5 To fulfill their responsibilities
6 As a spontaneous act
7 Because everyone does what they see with their own eyes
8 Because it interests them; or they have an interest
9 Because they believe in what they’re doing
10 Because they were raised that way
11 To survive!
12 Because they’re scared of the police

All the answers above are great, but we’ve highlighted four especially because they preview the four types of collective behaviour that social norms theory distinguishes. Can you remember each?

The first answer (“Because society expects them to”) roughly describes our behaviour when we are following a social norm: “I do it because other people expect me to do it.”

The seventh answer (“because everyone does what they see with their own eyes”) roughly corresponds to our motivation for following a descriptive norm: “I do it because other people do it.”

The eighth answer (“because they have an interest”) roughly corresponds to our motivation for engaging in a custom: “I do it because it meets my needs.”

The ninth (“because they believe in what they’re doing”) roughly corresponds to our motivation for following a moral norm: “I do it because it’s right.”

But these are just helpful slogans! The theory of social norms is most powerful when we understand its terms precisely. To build our way up to precise definitions of each of these kinds of behaviour, we need to review the basic concepts. Lihat lebih sedikit

✨PERSONAL BOOK PUBLICATION
This book is about my personal experiences of the insanity of everyday living and my experiences as a black person and a woman. I wrote the book it in a way that is meant to be engaging, as I open up and invite you, reader to experience the early years of my life through prose, narration and poetry. In inviting you, into conversation with me, I hope to create and encourage dialogue on many fronts.

✨44 articles ranging from Conscious Leadership, Leading Remote Teams Efficiently and Organizational Transformation, to Coaching and Self Leadership

✨ TOPICS I have written above, spoken about and been interviewed for:

1. The Importance of Self-Leadership
Higher Level Self Leadership ⚘ Higher Level Leadership as the Precursor to Leading Others Better ⚘ Growth Mindset ⚘ Mind-Body-Spirit Connection ⚘ Steps to Starting and Maintaining the Journey to Higher Level Self-Leadership ⚘ Meditation

2. Conscious Leadership in the Workplace, Community and Nation:
Consciously Leading from Within ⚘ Becoming a Conscious leader ⚘ The… Lihat selengkapnya

✨ TOPICS I have written above, spoken about and been interviewed for:

1. The Importance of Self-Leadership
Higher Level Self Leadership ⚘ Higher Level Leadership as the Precursor to Leading Others Better ⚘ Growth Mindset ⚘ Mind-Body-Spirit Connection ⚘ Steps to Starting and Maintaining the Journey to Higher Level Self-Leadership ⚘ Meditation

2. Conscious Leadership in the Workplace, Community and Nation:
Consciously Leading from Within ⚘ Becoming a Conscious leader ⚘ The main elements and steps to Conscious Leadership ⚘ Why Conscious Leadership is important for business ⚘ Self-Awareness & Emotional Intelligence in Business ⚘ Leading Remote Teams ⚘ Becoming Learning & Development Advisors ⚘ Actionable and Implementable Strategies

3. Living a Life of & on Purpose
Purpose ⚘ The importance of, and how to figure out your life and leadership purpose ⚘ Embracing your global role as a black person / as a woman / as a human being ⚘ The importance of a Deep sense of belonging

I am a multi-faceted professional with a wide-ranging skill set allowing me to take in large amounts of data from many varying disciplines, as shown by my own extensive educational journey (official and unofficial), and be able to consolidate them into actionable and implementable strategies that are sustainable, flexible and agile programs and projects as needed.

I am multi-passionate and curious human, whose professional path has seen me working in varying and different industries, within NGOs, Community Based Organizations, Public Health Organizations, Private and individual organizations in low, middle and high income countries.

Companies I have worked for across Africa, USA, Asia and UK have ranged in size from a few people to over 100 people head count. I have worked in positions ranging to Director, Advisor and Board member level.

I bring all this wisdom to all my Thought Leadership Work. Lihat lebih sedikit