Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Award Grant from SAMHSA: $2.75 Million to Improve Service Delivery for Co-Occurring Disorders

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Improve Service Delivery

Descriptive study of the first consultations in a mental health unit

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S700-S700
Author(s):  
E. Bobadilla ◽  
C. Quiroga
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Psychiatric History ◽  
Health Unit ◽  
Patient Profile ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Mental Health Unit ◽  
Improve Service Delivery

The profile of patients cared for in a mental health unit is diverse. However, there are recurring features. In this study, a total of 100 patients were evaluated for 2 months. This study describes the socio-demographic aspects, the reason for the consultation, the psychiatric history, the diagnoses, the previous treatments and the presence of previous admissions in a psychiatric hospitalization unit. Knowledge of the patient profile will improve service delivery.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Rural realities in service provision for substance abuse: a qualitative study in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
D M Mpanza ◽  
P Govender
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

Background: Substance abuse is recognised as a worldwide concern, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality in South Africa. There is minimal research that has considered influences in mental health care service delivery in rural and disadvantaged communities in South Africa. Methods: A qualitative study with substance abuse service providers in uMkhanyakude rural district of KwaZulu-Natal was undertaken to gain insight into the experiences and challenges in service delivery. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with various stakeholders (n = 29) in the rural district. Results: The findings of the study suggest that service providers experience challenges in service delivery in this rural area. The effects of culture (amarula festival and ancestral worship) exacerbate the use of substances; the high rate of unemployment and poverty lead to the produce of home-brewed substances for sustainable living; a lack of resources poses threats to service delivery; the poor prioritisation of mental health care services and a lack of monitoring and evaluation of services in the district were highlighted. Conclusions: Despite this being a single district study, findings reflect the need for a district, provincial and national standard for substance abuse rehabilitation services in addition to the improvement of monitoring and evaluation for quality improvement. There is also a need to respond to the gaps that exist in after-care and community-based or decentralised substance abuse services that are essential in such areas, which are under-resourced despite the high prevalence of substance users. (Full text of the research articles are available online at www.medpharm.tandfonline.com/ojfp) S Afr Fam Pract 2017; DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2016.1272232

Dimensions of Multiskilling

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Support Personnel ◽  
Educational Personnel ◽  
Educational Audiology ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Improve Service Delivery

Educational audiologists often must delegate certain tasks to other educational personnel who function as support personnel and need training in order to perform assigned tasks. Support personnel are people who, after appropriate training, perform tasks that are prescribed, directed, and supervised by a professional such as a certified and licensed audiologist. The training of support personnel to perform tasks that are typically performed by those in other disciplines is calledmultiskilling. This article discusses multiskilling and the use of support personnel in educational audiology in reference to the following principles: guidelines, models of multiskilling, components of successful multiskilling, and "dos and don’ts" for multiskilling. These principles are illustrated through the use of multiskilling in the establishment of a hearing aid monitoring program. Successful multiskilling and the use of support personnel by educational audiologists can improve service delivery to school-age children with hearing loss.

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