Publications

Publications

Peer reviewed Journals

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta (2017). The Psychosocial Wellbeing of Orphans and Youth in Rwanda:  Analysis of Predictors, Vulnerability, Factors and Buffers. Dissertation, Publication of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Research, University Helsinki, Finland;

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta, Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman and Raija-Leena Punamäki (2016). The association between psychosocial well-being and living environments: a case of orphans in Rwanda. Child and Family Social Work, doi:10.1111/cfs.12308;

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta, Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman & Raija-Leena Punamäki (2016). Stigma, marginalization, and psychosocial well-being of orphans in Rwanda: exploring the mediation role of social support, AIDS Care, 28:6, 736-744, DOI:10.1080/09540121.2016.1147012;

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta, Raija-Leena  Punamäki and Anna-Maija Pirttilä- Backman (2016). The Buffering Role of Social Support on the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Orphans in Rwanda. Social Development. doi: 10.1111/sode. doi: 10.1111/sode.12188;

 

Upcoming publication. 

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta . Aging, Social Protection, and Covid-19 in Africa, (2021); United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta.The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing, coping strategies and lessons learned in Africa, (2021) ;

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta. Gender violence: The unintended consequences of COVID-19 induced lockdowns in poor countries (2020);

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta. Community psychology: Experience drawn from Rwandan Adult orphans. (Work in progress);

  • Tehetna Alemu Caserta  and Raija-Leena Punamäki . Traumatic events and psychological adjustment 25 years after genocide, the case of Rwandan orphans (Work in progress).

 

Other publications

  • Doing business in Africa: identifying progress and challenges, African Development Bank, 2011, Tunis, Tunisia;

  • The Link between Governance and Human Development: The African perspective (2003), research project submitted to International Development Studies, University of Helsinki