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ArticlePloS one2020

Attitude and help-seeking behavior of the community towards mental health problems.

Yonas Tesfaye, Liyew Agenagnew, Gudina Terefe Tucho, Susan Anand, Zewdie Birhanu, Gutema Ahmed, Masrie Getenet, Kiddus Yitbarek

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yonas TesfayeDepartment of Psychiatry, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-6707-9900
Liyew AgenagnewDepartment of Psychiatry, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Gudina Terefe TuchoDepartment of Environmental health sciences and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Susan AnandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Zewdie BirhanuDepartment of Health, Behavior, and Society, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Gutema AhmedDepartment of Psychiatry, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Masrie GetenetDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Kiddus YitbarekDepartment of health policy and management, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCommunity attitude towards mental health problems and help-seeking behavior plays a major role in designing effective community based mental health interventions. This study aimed to assess the attitude, help-seeking behavior, and associated factors of the Jimma zone community towards mental health and mental health problems.

methodsA community-based cross-sectional study design was employed. A respondent from each of the 423 systematically selected households was interviewed using a pretested, structured, and interviewer-administered questionnaire. Accordingly, a community's attitude towards mental health problems was measured by the adapted version of the "Community Attitude towards Mentally Ill questionnaire (CAMI)" and help-seeking behavior was measured by a general help-seeking questionnaire. Data were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23.0 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to determine the independent predictors of the outcome variable.

resultsAmong the total 420 study participants (197,46.9%) of them had an overall unfavorable attitude towards mental illness. The majority (153,36.4%) of the study participants agreed on avoidance of anyone who has mental health problems and (150,35.7%) participants described marrying a person with a mental health problem or recovered from the problem is foolishness. Moreover, regression analysis showed family monthly income (AOR = 0.24, 95%CI:0.06-0.91) and occupational status (AOR = 0.57, 95%CI:0.34-0.96) were found to be the predictors of community attitude towards mental health problems. The study finding also revealed a significant number of the respondents preferred non- medical treatment approaches.

conclusionAlmost half of the respondents had an unfavorable attitude towards mental health problems and the traditional and religious help-seeking intention was high. This suggests the need for designing effective community based mental health interventions to improve the general public attitude and help-seeking behavior towards mental health problems.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHelp-Seeking BehaviorAdultAgedEthiopiaFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedSocial StigmaSocioeconomic Factors

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