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The Jakpa Series

20 September 2024

Towards Advocacy: Traditional and Religious Healing – A Mental Health Study

This BanStopPrevent mental health advocacy study explores local perceptions of mental health and attitudes towards harmful practices while identifying factors that promote or hinder change.
20 September 2024

Kicking Off Field Research in Ubakala: A Journey into Community Engagement

The insights gained from the first days of fieldwork have laid a solid foundation for the next steps in the BanStopPrevent Advocacy Project's journey toward understanding and addressing harmful practices.
7 September 2024

Analysing the Impact of Immigration on the United Kingdom

The "Jakpanese" community, comprising individuals from Nigeria, encounters a myriad of hurdles when seeking healthcare services in the UK. These challenges encompass undiagnosed medical conditions, misconceptions about healthcare, and substance abuse issues.
7 September 2024

Navigating the Intersection of Alcohol, Drugs, and Mental Health: Insights from the Jakpanese Perspective

The "Jakpanese" community, comprising individuals from Nigeria, encounters a myriad of hurdles when seeking healthcare services in the UK. These challenges encompass undiagnosed medical conditions, misconceptions about healthcare, and substance abuse issues.
7 September 2024

Understanding the Impact of Drugs and Alcohol on Crime and Character

The "Jakpanese" community, comprising individuals from Nigeria, encounters a myriad of hurdles when seeking healthcare services in the UK. These challenges encompass undiagnosed medical conditions, misconceptions about healthcare, and substance abuse issues.
7 September 2024

Challenges Faced by the “Jakpanese” Population in Accessing Healthcare

The "Jakpanese" community, comprising individuals from Nigeria, encounters a myriad of hurdles when seeking healthcare services in the UK. These challenges encompass undiagnosed medical conditions, misconceptions about healthcare, and substance abuse issues.
24 August 2020

Ban Chaining! Stop Torture! Prevent Destitution!

Misconceptions, stigma and discrimination sustain attitudes to mental health illness that cause chaining, torture and destitution of mentally ill people. The BanStopPrevent Campaign is purposed to challenge the attitudes underpinning the chaining, torture and destitution that mentally ill people are susceptible to in Nigeria.
22 July 2020

Bedford 20.4 Kms, The Pilgrims Progress and Making A Positive Impact Like Nkechi Colwill

So we must appreciate greatly, the empyrean excellence of the humanistic value of Amaudo in providing a second life for those suffering from the terrible destitution and homelessness caused by unavailable and inaccessible mental health services in Nigeria.
9 July 2018

The London 2 Brighton Ultra Challenge: Supporting the Walking Team.

The logistics of supporting a closely-knit team of walkers in this formidable test of endurance and fortitude is, itself, an exercise in meticulous planning, coordinated effort and anticipation for 48 plus hours.
7 September 2024

Navigating the Intersection of Alcohol, Drugs, and Mental Health: Insights from the Jakpanese Perspective

The "Jakpanese" community, comprising individuals from Nigeria, encounters a myriad of hurdles when seeking healthcare services in the UK. These challenges encompass undiagnosed medical conditions, misconceptions about healthcare, and substance abuse issues.
24 August 2020

Ban Chaining! Stop Torture! Prevent Destitution!

Misconceptions, stigma and discrimination sustain attitudes to mental health illness that cause chaining, torture and destitution of mentally ill people. The BanStopPrevent Campaign is purposed to challenge the attitudes underpinning the chaining, torture and destitution that mentally ill people are susceptible to in Nigeria.