Assessing Implementation of Delivering Community-based, Peer-led Interventions for Mental Health Problems Among Youth in Eldoret, Kenya

PST uses a straightforward approach amenable to use in new settings given its focus on idiographic problems, therefore session content is driven by the adolescent's presenting problem causing the most distress or impairment. We will use the standardized, core steps of PST and existing manualized protocols including from the Friendship Bench study and the WHO protocol for Problem Management Plus. The peers will deliver PST through 5 structured counseling sessions of 30-60 minutes over a 4-6 week period. There are 5 core components of PST which including problem listing and identification, problem exploration, developing an action plan, implementation, and follow up. The components will be introduced in the first session and be reviewed in an iterative process across the session to help participants use this model for different problems.