Research & learning
Better questions. More relevant support.
We invite researchers and Ghanaian community partners to co-design studies on how young people express distress, seek help and move from screening toward care.
Explore a research collaborationA proposed community-engaged pilot
What we could learn together.
A mixed-methods study could connect young people’s lived experiences with the practical realities of frontline support.
| Research question | Potential data | Practical value |
|---|---|---|
| Local expressions of distress | Interviews with young people and practitioners; language and context feedback. | Make questions and support more culturally responsive. |
| Barriers to seeking support | Consented surveys about stigma, cost, access and prior help-seeking. | Understand who is not reaching support and why. |
| The pathway after screening | Protocol-defined screening and follow-up records, using privacy-preserving study IDs. | Measure referral acceptance, attendance, time to action and loss to follow-up. |
| Usability and implementation | Task observations, practitioner feedback and delivery-resource logs. | Test feasibility, acceptability and the cost of delivery. |
Proposed data collection—not an existing research-ready dataset or an approved study. Sample, instruments, follow-up intervals and analysis would be agreed with collaborators.
Partnership, not extraction
Ghanaian partners help shape the questions and the benefit.
Co-design the work
Agree the questions, local priorities, roles, authorship and how findings will be returned to participating communities.
Approve before collecting
Establish appropriate ethics review, consent and assent procedures, safeguarding and referral arrangements before recruitment.
Govern the data
Define minimisation, access, retention, transfers and data-sharing terms. Participation does not create open access to personal records.
Existing evidence
Field learning is a starting point—not an effectiveness claim.
Read the Ghana field snapshotThe outreach snapshot was not a representative prevalence survey or a controlled evaluation. Reuse of any underlying personal records would need separate review of consent, permissions and suitability.
Work with Snuggli Health
Have a question we should study together?
Bring your research interest, potential grant opportunity or evaluation expertise. We can shape a feasible proposal together.
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