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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

Mental health orientation among ASHAs: A study from Karnataka State, India.

Aruna Rose Mary Kapanee, K S Meena, Prasanthi Nattala, Paulomi M Sudhir

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Aruna Rose Mary KapaneeDepartment of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
K S MeenaDepartment of Mental Health Education, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Prasanthi NattalaDepartment of Nursing, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Paulomi M SudhirDepartment of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

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introductionThe high mental health treatment gap in India, necessitates mental health service delivery through the primary health care system. Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) as frontline community health workers are a key member of the primary health care team. The ASHAs training needs related to mental health, require to be determined in order to accordingly tailor capacity-building programs. In this context, the present study aims to examine the ASHAs mental health orientation utilizing a factorially validated Indian tool.

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 91 ASHAs from a taluk of Bengaluru Urban District, responded to the self-administered Orientation towards Mental Illness (OMI) scale. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics viz. frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations.

resultsThe ASHAs reported an overall unfavourable mental health orientation and the specific OMI factors on which unfavourable orientation was observed were Psychosocial stress, Non-restrained behaviour, Weak cognitive control, Fidgety behaviour, Bizarre behaviour, Psychosocial manipulation, and Hypo-functioning.

conclusionThe findings of the study suggest that capacity-building programs for ASHAs will need to first examine their orientation to mental health and collaboratively address an unfavourable orientation when present, as it would have a bearing on ASHAs mental health service delivery in the community.

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Accredited social health activistcommunity health workersmental health capacity-buildingmental health orientationprimary health care

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PMCPMC8653458

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