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• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Lehigh University 2015
• Recognition
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  • MAR 26, 2021

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  Subject Headings

  • Allied mental health personnel
  • Community Mental Health Services
  • Community mental health personnel
  • Global Mental Health
  • Home-based mental health services
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Health System
  • Mental health consultation
  • Mental health counseling
  • Mental health counselors
  • Mental health education
  • Mental health personnel
  • Mental health promotion
  • Rural mental health services
  • School mental health services
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United Republic of Tanzania (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sauti ya Vijana (The Voice of Youth), a Mental Health and Life Skills Intervention to Improve HIV Outcomes Among Young People Living with HIV in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
  • Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Telehealth Hub to Reduce Suicidality and Improve HIV Care Engagement in a Tanzanian Health System awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2025
  • Formative Research to Assess Needs, Examine Outcomes, and Inform Future Training Interventions for Community-Based HIV Services in Moshi, Tanzania awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2019 - 2020
  • Cancer Treatment Disparities in the HIV Population: Exploring the Impact of HIV on Physician and Patient Decision-Making awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2019
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Kisigo, Godfrey A., James S. Ngocho, Rimel N. Mwamba, Brandon A. Knettel, Michael V. Relf, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “HIV Stigmatizing Attitudes Among Men Accompanying Their Partners to Antenatal Care in Tanzania: A Mixed-Method Study.” Aids and Behavior, April 21, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03264-2.
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    • Watt, Melissa H., Linda Minja, Brandon A. Knettel, Rimel N. Mwamba, Haika Osaki, James S. Ngocho, Godfrey A. Kisigo, et al. “Pilot Outcomes of Maisha: An HIV Stigma Reduction Intervention Developed for Antenatal Care in Tanzania.” Aids and Behavior 25, no. 4 (April 2021): 1171–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-03093-9.
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    • Mwamba, Rimel N., Saumya S. Sao, Brandon A. Knettel, Linda M. Minja, Haika Osaki, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “The Disclosure Dilemma: Willingness to Disclose a Positive HIV Status Among Individuals Preparing for HIV Testing During Antenatal Care in Tanzania.” Aids and Behavior 25, no. 3 (March 2021): 908–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-03058-y.
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    • Knettel, Brandon, Kelsey Corrigan, Emily Cherenack, Noelani Ho, Stuart Carr, Joan Cahill, Junzo Chino, Peter Ubel, Melissa Watt, and Gita Suneja. “HIV, cancer, and coping: The cumulative burden of a cancer diagnosis among people living with HIV.” J Psychosoc Oncol, January 6, 2021, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2020.1867691.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Emily M. Cherenack, and Elsa A. Friis. “Examining causal attributions for depression, alcohol use disorder, and schizophrenia in a diverse sample of international students at U.S. universities.” Journal of American College Health : J of Ach, January 5, 2021, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1846046.
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    • Oshosen, Martha, Brandon A. Knettel, Elizabeth Knippler, Michael Relf, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “"She Just Told Me Not To Cry": A Qualitative Study of Experiences of HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) Among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Tanzania.” Aids and Behavior 25, no. 1 (January 2021): 104–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02946-7.
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    • Watt, Melissa H., Brandon A. Knettel, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Godfrey Kisigo, James S. Ngocho, Jenny Renju, Jane Rogathi, et al. “The development of Maisha, a video-assisted counseling intervention to address HIV stigma at entry into antenatal care in Tanzania.” Evaluation and Program Planning 83 (December 2020): 101859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101859.
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    • Hunter, Kelly, Brandon Knettel, Deborah Reisinger, Pranav Ganapathy, Tyler Lian, Jake Wong, Danielle Mayorga-Young, et al. “Examining Health Care Access for Refugee Children and Families in the North Carolina Triangle Area.” North Carolina Medical Journal 81, no. 6 (November 2020): 348–54. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.81.6.348.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Rimel N. Mwamba, Linda Minja, David B. Goldston, Judith Boshe, Melissa H. Watt, and Melissa H. KCMC Option B+ study team. “Exploring patterns and predictors of suicidal ideation among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.” Aids 34, no. 11 (September 1, 2020): 1657–64. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002594.
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    • Corrigan, Kelsey L., Brandon A. Knettel, and Gita Suneja. “Inclusive Cancer Care: Rethinking Patients Living with HIV and Cancer.” The Oncologist 25, no. 5 (May 2020): 361–63. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0853.
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    • Knettel, B. A., M. M. Luke, J. M. Kiweewa, H. Nsubuga, J. T. Darkis, O. Afriyie, and D. Ojiambo. “Stakeholder Perspectives on School-Based Guidance and Counseling in Uganda: Emerging Priorities for Student Support and Teacher Training.” International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 42, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 81–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09390-w.
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    • Corrigan, Kelsey L., Brandon A. Knettel, Noelani Ho, Stuart Carr, Bijal Shah, Joan Cahill, Junzo Chino, Melissa H. Watt, and Gita Suneja. “Improving Access to Cancer Care in the HIV Population: Qualitative Research to Identify Barriers to Care.” Health Equity 4, no. 1 (2020): 468–75. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2020.0001.
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    • Kisigo, Godfrey A., James S. Ngocho, Brandon A. Knettel, Martha Oshosen, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “"At home, no one knows": A qualitative study of retention challenges among women living with HIV in Tanzania.” Plos One 15, no. 8 (January 2020): e0238232. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238232.
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    • Muiruri, Charles, Shelley A. Jazowski, Seleman K. Semvua, Francis P. Karia, Brandon A. Knettel, Leah L. Zullig, Habib O. Ramadhani, Blandina T. Mmbaga, John A. Bartlett, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Does Antiretroviral Therapy Packaging Matter? Perceptions and Preferences of Antiretroviral Therapy Packaging for People Living with HIV in Northern Tanzania.” Patient Prefer Adherence 14 (2020): 153–61. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S238759.
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    • Watt, Melissa H., Elizabeth T. Knippler, Linda Minja, Godfrey Kisigo, Brandon A. Knettel, James S. Ngocho, Jenny Renju, et al. “A counseling intervention to address HIV stigma at entry into antenatal care in Tanzania (Maisha): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.” Trials 20, no. 1 (December 30, 2019): 807. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3933-z.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Corné Robertson, Nonceba Ciya, Jessica N. Coleman, Shannon A. Elliott, John A. Joska, and Kathleen J. Sikkema. “"I cannot change what happened to me, but I can learn to change how I feel": A case study from ImpACT, an intervention for women with a history of sexual trauma who are living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa.” Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.), December 19, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000263.
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    • Muiruri, Charles, Scholastica J. Swai, Habib O. Ramadhani, Brandon A. Knettel, Michael J. Mahande, Sia E. Msuya, and John A. Bartlett. “Individual and partner characteristics associated with HIV testing and counseling uptake among individuals 50 years or older in Tanzania.” Int J Std Aids 30, no. 14 (December 2019): 1425–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462419874990.
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    • Yu, X., A. Pendse, S. Slifko, A. G. Inman, P. Kong, and B. A. Knettel. “Healthy People, Healthy Community: Evaluation of a train-the-trainers programme for community health workers on water, sanitation and hygiene in rural Haiti.” Health Education Journal 78, no. 8 (December 1, 2019): 931–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919853850.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Marta I. Mulawa, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Nonceba Ciya, Corné Robertson, John A. Joska, and Kathleen J. Sikkema. “Women's perspectives on ImpACT: a coping intervention to address sexual trauma and improve HIV care engagement in Cape Town, South Africa.” Aids Care 31, no. 11 (November 2019): 1389–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1587368.
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    • Kisigo, G. A., P. Manavalan, C. Cichowitz, B. A. Knettel, B. T. Mmbaga, and M. H. Watt. “Experiences of Fetal or Infant Loss Among Tanzanian Women in HIV Care.” Journal of Loss and Trauma 24, no. 7 (October 3, 2019): 625–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2019.1600850.
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    • Minja, Linda, Cody Cichowitz, Brandon A. Knettel, Michael J. Mahande, Godfrey Kisigo, Elizabeth T. Knippler, James S. Ngocho, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “Attitudes Toward Long-Term Use of Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Pregnant Women in Moshi, Tanzania: A Longitudinal Study.” Aids and Behavior 23, no. 9 (September 2019): 2610–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02622-5.
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    • Muiruri, Charles, Preeti Manavalan, Shelley A. Jazowski, Brandon A. Knettel, Helene Vilme, and Leah L. Zullig. “Opportunities to Leverage Telehealth Approaches Along the Hypertension Control Cascade in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Curr Hypertens Rep 21, no. 10 (August 26, 2019): 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-019-0983-2.
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    • Cichowitz, Cody, Festo Mazuguni, Linda Minja, Prosper Njau, Gretchen Antelman, James Ngocho, Brandon A. Knettel, Melissa H. Watt, and Blandina T. Mmbaga. “Vulnerable at Each Step in the PMTCT Care Cascade: High Loss to Follow Up During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in Tanzania.” Aids and Behavior 23, no. 7 (July 2019): 1824–32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2298-8.
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    • Watt, Melissa H., Cody Cichowitz, Godfrey Kisigo, Linda Minja, Brandon A. Knettel, Elizabeth T. Knippler, James Ngocho, Preeti Manavalan, and Blandina T. Mmbaga. “Predictors of postpartum HIV care engagement for women enrolled in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs in Tanzania.” Aids Care 31, no. 6 (June 2019): 687–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1550248.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Linda Minja, Lilian N. Chumba, Martha Oshosen, Cody Cichowitz, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “Serostatus disclosure among a cohort of HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in HIV care in Moshi, Tanzania: A mixed-methods study.” Ssm  Population Health 7 (April 2019): 7–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.11.007.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A. “Attribution Through the Layperson's Lens: Development and Preliminary Validation of an Inclusive, International Measure of Beliefs About the Causes of Mental Illness.” Journal of Personality Assessment 101, no. 1 (January 2019): 32–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2017.1329738.
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    • Ngocho, James Samwel, Melissa H. Watt, Linda Minja, Brandon A. Knettel, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Petal P. Williams, and Katherine Sorsdahl. “Depression and anxiety among pregnant women living with HIV in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania.” Plos One 14, no. 10 (January 2019): e0224515. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224515.
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    • Watt, Melissa H., Elizabeth T. Knippler, Brandon A. Knettel, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Nonceba Ciya, Landon Myer, and John A. Joska. “HIV Disclosure Among Pregnant Women Initiating ART in Cape Town, South Africa: Qualitative Perspectives During the Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods.” Aids and Behavior 22, no. 12 (December 2018): 3945–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2272-5.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Janvier Rugira, and Joseph A. Cornett. “Mental Health Diagnostic Frameworks, Imputed Causes of Mental Illness, and Alternative Treatments in Northern Tanzania: Exploring Mental Health Providers' Perspectives.” Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 42, no. 3 (September 2018): 483–503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-018-9565-z.
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    • Koech, M., G. T. K. Ngeno, B. A. Knettel, E. Jung, and G. S. Bloomfield. “A profile of demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic risk factors among children with congenital and rheumatic heart disease in Western Kenya.” East African Medical Journal 95, no. 8 (August 1, 2018): 1858–64.
    • Kiweewa, J. M., B. A. Knettel, and M. M. Luke. “Incorporating Comprehensive Counselling and Guidance Models into School Curricula in Sub-Saharan Africa.” International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling 40, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 133–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-017-9316-9.
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    • Sikkema, Kathleen J., Karmel W. Choi, Corne Robertson, Brandon A. Knettel, Nonceba Ciya, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Melissa H. Watt, and John A. Joska. “Development of a coping intervention to improve traumatic stress and HIV care engagement among South African women with sexual trauma histories.” Evaluation and Program Planning 68 (June 2018): 148–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.02.007.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Cody Cichowitz, James Samwel Ngocho, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Lilian N. Chumba, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “Retention in HIV Care During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in the Option B+ Era: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies in Africa.” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 77, no. 5 (April 2018): 427–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000001616.
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    • Knettel, B. A., J. Rugira, and F. Tesha. “"they Will Start Believing in Counseling": Provider perceptions of the presentation and treatment of mental illness in Northern Tanzania.” International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 4–18. https://doi.org/10.1037/ipp0000078.
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    • Watt, Melissa H., Brandon A. Knettel, Karmel W. Choi, Elizabeth T. Knippler, Philip A. May, and Soraya Seedat. “Risk for Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies Among Women at Drinking Venues in Cape Town, South Africa.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 78, no. 5 (September 2017): 795–800. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2017.78.795.
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    • Knettel, B. A., S. E. Slifko, A. G. Inman, and I. Silova. “Training community health workers: an evaluation of effectiveness, sustainable continuity, and cultural humility in an educational program in rural Haiti.” International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 55, no. 4 (July 4, 2017): 177–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2017.1284014.
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  • Book Sections

    • Plumb, E. J., B. A. Knettel, M. Fogg, E. M. Owens, S. Walinsky, R. Brawer, and J. D. Plumb. “Envisioning home: The philadelphia refugee mental health photovoice project as a story of effective relationship building.” In Creating Social Change Through Creativity: Anti-Oppressive Arts-Based Research Methodologies, 331–52, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52129-9_18.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Watt, M., L. Minja, S. Sao, H. Osaki, R. Mwamba, G. Kisigo, B. Knettel, J. Ngocho, J. Renju, and B. Mmbaga. “A counselling intervention to address HIV stigma at entry into antenatal care in Tanzania: Results from a parallel randomized controlled pilot study.” In Journal of the International Aids Society, 23:54–55, 2020.
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    • Corrigan, Kelsey L., Brandon A. Knettel, Noelani Ho, Stuart Carr, Bijal Shah, Joan Cahill, Melissa Watt, and Gita Suneja. “Abstract A043: Cancer care in people with HIV: Identifying adherence challenges to improve outcomes.” In Poster Presentations  Proffered Abstracts. American Association for Cancer Research, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7755.disp19-a043.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A. “DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL MEASURE OF BELIEFS ABOUT CAUSES OF MENTAL ILLNESS: THE MENTAL ILLNESS ATTRIBUTION QUESTIONNAIRE.” In Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51:S1028–S1028, 2017.
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    • Knettel, Brandon A., Janvier Rugira, and Florence Tesha. “THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IN NORTHERN TANZANIA: PROVIDER PERCEPTIONS OF THE PRESENTATION AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS.” In Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51:S1186–87, 2017.
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    • Knettel, Brandon, and Janvier Rugira. “Cultural influences on attitudes toward treatment and presentation of mental illness in Tanzania.” In International Journal of Psychology, 47:206–206, 2012.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • CULANTH 611: Global Mental Health 2021
  • GLHLTH 660: Global Mental Health 2021
  • NURSING 574: Directed Scholarship 2021
  • NURSING 575: Independent Study 2021
  • PSY 611: Global Mental Health 2021
  • RIGHTS 660: Global Mental Health 2021

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