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Description: Introduction Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) is a global priority, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where there is a lack of access to CAMH care services. Despite the high burden, there is a gap in health services provision for CAMH problems. To bridge this gap, healthcare workers need knowledge of CAMH, the right attitude towards children and adolescents with mental health problems, and health practices geared towards improving CAMH. This scoping review examines Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) on CAMH among healthcare workers in SSA. Methods We will include any original empirical work published on KAP of CAMH among healthcare professionals in SSA. Articles screening will consider concepts such as healthcare professionals (population), conducted in the sub-Saharan African region (context), on KAP on CAMH (concept). The search will be restricted between January 2010, the year when mhGAP intervention guide was released and implemented to present date. The review will follow the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley for conducting scoping reviews. Databases to be searched include CINHAL, PubMed, Web of Science, and PsycINFO. Additional articles will be identified through cited references of included studies and in gray literature databases. An initial basic search will be conducted to identify search terms to build the search strategy for the extensive search to identify key concepts of the review question. A data extraction template will be used to retrieve relevant text. A narrative synthesis approach will be adopted to explore the relationships within and between the included studies and the robustness of the evidence.