ArticleBJPsych open2019
Evaluation of capacity-building strategies for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, policymakers and planners, and researchers.
Article in BJPsych open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Capacity-building strategy for next-generation mental health research: embedding a national network infrastructure to grow mental health researcher capabilities and mental health lived-experience research leaders.BMJ mental health · 2025Article
- Stakeholders' perspectives on the development of an Africa-focused postgraduate diploma to address public mental health training needs in Africa: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Empowerment training to support service user involvement in mental health system strengthening in rural Ethiopia: a mixed-methods pilot study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Evidence-based approaches for promoting gender equity in global mental health research: Study protocol for social network analysis of researchers in Nepal.SSM. Mental health · 2021Article
- Article
- An analysis of policy and funding priorities of global actors regarding noncommunicable disease in low- and middle-income countries.Globalization and health · 2021Article
- Health research capacity building of health workers in fragile and conflict-affected settings: a scoping review of challenges, strengths, and recommendations.Health research policy and systems · 2021Article
- A systematic review of research on neuropsychological measures in psychotic disorders from low and middle-income countries: The question of clinical utility.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2020Review
- Fifty years of capacity building in the search for new marine natural products.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Article
- "We need more big trees as well as the grass roots": going beyond research capacity building to develop sustainable careers in mental health research in African countries.International journal of mental health systems · 2020Article
- Meeting the mental health needs of low- and middle-income countries: the start of a long journey.BJPsych open · 2019Article
- Strengthening mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: recommendations from the Emerald programme.BJPsych open · 2019Article
- Health system strengthening for mental health in low- and middle-income countries: introduction to the Emerald programme.BJPsych open · 2019Article
- Effective methods for knowledge transfer to strengthen mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries.BJPsych open · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
14 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundStrengthening of mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires the involvement of appropriately skilled and committed individuals from a range of stakeholder groups. Currently, few evidence-based capacity-building activities and materials are available to enable and sustain comprehensive improvements.
aimsWithin the Emerald project, the goal of this study was to evaluate capacity-building activities for three target groups: (a) service users with mental health conditions and their caregivers; (b) policymakers and planners; and (c) mental health researchers.
methodWe developed and tailored three short courses (between 1 and 5 days long). We then implemented and evaluated these short courses on 24 different occasions. We assessed satisfaction among 527 course participants as well as pre-post changes in knowledge in six LMICs (Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda). Changes in research capacity of partner Emerald institutions was also assessed through monitoring of academic outputs of participating researchers and students and via anonymous surveys.
resultsShort courses were associated with high levels of satisfaction and led to improvements in knowledge across target groups. In relation to institutional capacity building, all partner institutions reported improvements in research capacity for most aspects of mental health system strengthening and global mental health, and many of these positive changes were attributed to the Emerald programme. In terms of outputs, eight PhD students submitted a total of 10 papers relating to their PhD work (range 0-4) and were involved in 14 grant applications, of which 43% (n = 6) were successful.
conclusionsThe Emerald project has shown that building capacity of key stakeholders in mental health system strengthening is possible. However, the starting point and appropriate strategies for this may vary across different countries, depending on the local context, needs and resources. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: S.E.L. received consulting fees from Lundbeck.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.