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ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2023

Enhancing the Capacity of Providers in Mental Health Integration (ECaP-MHI) in Rural Uganda: The Adaptation Process.

Edith K Wakida, Celestino Obua, Jessica E Haberer, Stephen J Bartels

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Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Edith K WakidaDepartment of Psychiatry, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-6949-8474
Celestino ObuaOffice of Research Administration, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-6949-3059
Jessica E HabererHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5845-3190
Stephen J BartelsMongan Institute, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USMbarara University of Science and Technology · UG

Funding

Optimizing mHealth for adherence monitoring and interventionK24MH114732 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HABERER, JESSICA ELIZABETH · 2017 to 2021
$800k
NIMH NIH HHS K24 MH114732
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Uganda adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) model of creating district health management teams (DHMT) comprised of public health officials and administrators to supervise health service delivery at the community level. The purpose of this study was to characterize the perspectives of the DMHT in providing support supervision to primary health-care providers implementing mental health integration using the pre-recorded material. Our aim was to identify barriers to individual uptake and contextual fit, and to solicit solutions for co-designed improvements. Methods: We conducted a qualitative exploratory study using one-on-one interviews informed by the Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model. Results: Members of the DHMT identified a systemic gap in supporting mental health integration into primary care, and reported limited knowledge in how to supervise mental health integration and lacked data on mental health delivery and outcomes. They recommended training of the DHMT in supervising mental health integration supported by standard outcome reports, pre-recorded instructional material by psychiatrists, checklists to help guide and standardize the process, and use of visual aids illustrating mental disorders and treatments for low-health literacy populations. Conclusion: Implementing integrated mental health care using the WHO model of DHMTs as external facilitators and supervisors of primary health-care providers is potentially feasible and scalable, provided that substantial reforms occur such as training in how to provide supervision, standard collection of outcome reports, and practical tools to help guide and facilitate the process.

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district health management teamintegration of mental health servicesPractical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Modelprimary healthcare

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PMID36816613
PMCPMC9930675
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