Natalie Johnson

Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E., Osborn, Tom L., Rusch, Thomas, Ochuku, Brenda Kemuma, Johnson, Natalie E., van der Markt, Afra, Wasanga, Christine M., & Weisz, John R. (2025). Testing the Shamiri Intervention and Its Components With Kenyan Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Outcomes of a Universal, 5-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial [Journal-article]. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 64(7), 786–798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.04.015

Yoon, Grace H., Johnson, Natalie E., Mokebe, Moleboheng, Mahlatsi, Palesa, Lerotholi, Malebanye, Labhardt, Niklaus D., Tschumi, Nadine, van Heerden, Alastair, Belus, Jennifer M., & Falgas-Bague, Irene. (2025). Face-to-face, confidential and health worker-led: Understanding the preferences for behavioral health services among people with HIV in Lesotho. Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.10017

Johnson, Natalie E, Malimabe, Makamohelo, Yoon, Grace H, Osborn, Tom L, Falgas-Bague, Irene, & Swahn, Monica H. (2025). Integration of local realities to address mental health in Africa. Lancet Psychiatry, 12, 399–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00005-7

Yoon, Grace H., Johnson, Natalie E., Falgas-Bague, Irene, Palesa, Mahlatsi, Mokebe, Moleboheng, Tschumi, Nadine, Lerotholi, Malebanye, van Heerden, Alastair, Labhardt, Niklaus D., & Belus, Jennifer M. (2025). Drivers of chronic depressive and harmful alcohol use symptoms among adults living with HIV in Lesotho: pathways for integrated interventions. Ssm Mental Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100462

Johnson, Natalie E., Belus, Jennifer M., Gerber, Felix, Lee, Tristan T., Ayakaka, Irene, Letsoela, Pearl, Molulela, Manthabiseng, Chammartin, Frédérique, Amstutz, Alain, & Labhardt, Niklaus D. (2025). Prevalence and factors associated with dementia in Lesotho: A cross-sectional, population-based study. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14614

Belus, Jennifer M., Johnson, Natalie E., Yoon, Grace H., Tschumi, Nadine, Lerotholi, Malebanye, Falgas-Bague, Irene, Lee, Tristan T., Letsoela, Pearl, Magidson, Jessica F., Amstutz, Alain, & Labhardt, Niklaus D. (2024). SMSs as an alternative to provider-delivered care for unhealthy alcohol use: study protocol for Leseli, an open-label randomised controlled trial of mhGAP-Remote vs mhGAP-Standard in Lesotho [Journal-article]. Trials, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08411-3

Ndetei, D. M., Mutiso, V., Shanley, J. R., Musyimi, C., Nyamai, P., Munyua, T., Osborn, T. L., Johnson, N. E., Gilbert, S., Abio, A., Javed, A., & Sourander, A. (2024). Face-to-face bullying in and outside of schools and cyberbullying are associated with suicidality in Kenyan high school students: a public health issue. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05739-7

Ndetei, D. M., Wasserman, D., Mutiso, V., Shanley, J. R., Musyimi, C., Nyamai, P., Munyua, T., Swahn, M. H., Weisz, J. R., Osborn, T. L., Bhui, K., Johnson, N. E., Pihkala, P., Memiah, P., Gilbert, S., Javed, A., & Sourander, A. (2024). The perceived impact of climate change on mental health and suicidality in Kenyan high school students. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05568-8

Swahn, Monica H., Gittner, Kevin B., Lyons, Matthew J., Nielsen, Karen, Mobley, Kate, Culbreth, Rachel, Palmier, Jane, Johnson, Natalie E., Matte, Michael, & Nabulya, Anna. (2024). Advancing mHealth Research in Low-Resource Settings: Young Women’s Insights and Implementation Challenges with Wearable Smartwatch Devices in Uganda [Journal-article]. Sensors, 24(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175591

Ndetei, David M., Wasserman, Danuta, Mutiso, Victoria, Shanley, Jenelle R., Musyimi, Christine, Nyamai, Pascalyne, Munyua, Timothy, Swahn, Monica H., Osborn, Tom L., Johnson, Natalie E., Memiah, Peter, Bhui, Kamaldeep, Gilbert, Sonja, Weisz, John R., Javed, Afzal, & Sourander, Andre. (2024). Methods and associations of suicidality in Kenyan high school students: Clinical and public health implications [Journal-article]. BJPsych Open, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.56

Johnson, Natalie E., Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E., & Rusch, Thomas. (2023). Using wearable activity trackers for research in the global south: Lessons learned from adolescent psychotherapy research in Kenya [Journal-article]. Global Mental Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.85

Kacmarek, C. N., Johnson, N. E., Osborn, T. L., Wasanga, C., Weisz, J. R., & Yates, B. T. (2023). Costs and cost-effectiveness of Shamiri, a brief, layperson-delivered intervention for Kenyan adolescents: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09856-z

Johnson, N. E., Musonye, W. M., & Osborn, T. L. (2023). A dataset of the mental health and wellbeing of Kenyan adolescents. Data in Brief, 48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109082

Johnson, Natalie E., Nerima, Daisy, Kahura, Ngina, & Osborn, Tom L. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II among Kenyan adolescents [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Sociology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1189915

Venturo-Conerly, K. E., Johnson, N. E., Osborn, T. L., Puffer, E. S., Rusch, T., Ndetei, D. M., Wasanga, C. M., Mutiso, V., Musyimi, C., & Weisz, J. R. (2022). Long-term health outcomes of adolescent character strength interventions: 3- to 4-year outcomes of three randomized controlled trials of the Shamiri program. Trials, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06394-7

Ochuku, B. K., Johnson, N. E., Osborn, T. L., Wasanga, C. M., & Ndetei, D. M. (2022). Centering decriminalization of suicide in low – and middle – income countries on effective suicide prevention strategies. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1034206

Kaiser, R., Johnson, N., Jalloh, M. F., Dafae, F., Redd, J. T., Hersey, S., & Jambai, A. (2017). The WHO global reference list of 100 core health indicators: The example of Sierra Leone. Pan African Medical Journal, 27. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.246.11647

Johnson, N. E., Falgas‐Bague, I., Chammartin, F., Gerber, F., Lee, T. T., Gupta, R., Mjadu, R., Nthunya, J., Mokebe, M., Makabateng, R., Sematle, M. P., Letsoela, P., Labhardt, N. D., Amstutz, A., & Belus, J. M. (2025). Mental health and substance use problems among adolescents in Lesotho: Prevalence, access to care, and association with lifestyle factors [Journal-article]. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70062

Natalie E. Johnson. (2025). Navigating mental health across the lifespan in Southern Africa: identifying sources of risk and resilience to inform community-driven strategies [Doctoral Thesis]. University of Basel.

Jakobsson, C. E., Johnson, N. E., Ochuku, B., Baseke, R., Wong, E., Musyimi, C. W., Ndetei, D. M., & Venturo-Conerly, K. E. (2024). Meta-Analysis: Prevalence of Youth Mental Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa [Journal-article]. Global Mental Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2024.82

Wangari, R., Brenda, Baseke, R., Wong, E., Johnson, N. E., Osborn, T. L., & Wasanga, C. (2022). Mental Health Interventions in the Juvenile Justice System: A Scoping Review [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rv9mb

Osborn, T. L., Brenda, Johnson, N. E., Venturo-Conerly, K. E., Rusch, T., Weisz, J. R., & Wasanga, C. (2022). Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Kenyan adolescents: Prevalence Rates and Associations with Socio-demographic and Psycho-social Factors During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Posted-content]. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tvbpy