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Description
1070 students from five tertiary institutions in Harare, Zimbabwe, participated in a descriptive cross-sectional study. The dataset, authored by Omega Mukubvu and last updated in May 2026, contains questionnaire responses evaluating awareness, utilization, preferences, and barriers to accessing campus-based mental health services. The mean participant age was 21.7 years.
Use Cases
Analyze factors associated with awareness of campus mental health services based on familial and personal mental health history.
Model predictors of service utilization based on variables like substance use and availability of psychologists or workshops.
Identify key barriers to mental health service access based on institutional provider availability and personal/friend history.
Study student preferences for mental health support modalities, such as self-help services and individual therapy.
Strengths
Contains data from 1070 participants, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
Includes specific statistical findings, such as a 76.5% awareness rate and a 16.5% utilization rate for services.
Clear temporal and geographic scope: data collected from five institutions in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to the specific study sample.
Provenance
Source
Omega Mukubvu via figshare.
Collection Method
Descriptive cross-sectional study using participant questionnaires.
Time Range
Study period not specified; dataset reflects a single cross-sectional snapshot.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-06 17:36:47; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Harare, Zimbabwe.
Dataset is very small (9.5 KB), indicating limited scope and likely a single table of summary or participant characteristics.