scholarly journals Training of Community health workers for mental health care in primary care - empowering people to take care of peaple

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Denize Bouttelet Munari ◽  
Terezinha Silvério de Melo ◽  
Marina Barbosa de Oliveira ◽  
Camila Cândida Barbosa ◽  
Ana Carolina de Castro Mendonça Queiroz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
School Of Nursing

Public health practice in Brazil calls for an ongoing search for qualified health providers for implementation of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). In this context, mental health care is a major challenge due to its particularities. It requires establishing a channel of communication between its specific attributes and the Family Health Strategy for bringing together the community and specialized outpatient care. The objective of the present study was to report the experience of a training workshop on mental health for community health agents (CHA) organized by faculty and graduate students in nursing at Universidade Federal e Católica de Goiás School of Nursing, State of Goiás, Brazil. This initiative was developed due to a demand by CHA who reported lack of knowledge to meet the needs identified in families and their own mental health needs. The workshop was held biweekly in the second half of 2008 applying the Laboratory Education model, which enables the integration of theory and experiences based on the focus of interest of the subjects. The program was based on the needs of the group then worked through the experiential learning cycle, a key element of this approach. We conclude that involvement, attendance, interest and application of knowledge by CHA proved the efficacy of this model as a strategy capable of developing them as people and professionals.

scholarly journals Mental health in primary care: experience of matrix strategy in the rural area

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Cardoso dos Santos ◽  
Thiago da Silva Domingos ◽  
Eliana Mara Braga ◽  
Wilza Carla Spiri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT Objective: to report the development of Mental Health actions shared between the Family Health Strategy located in a rural area and the Matrix Support Team by showing the communication resulting from this singular configuration. Method: report of experience about the implementation of actions of the Family Health Support Center (Portuguese acronym: NASF) in mental health care for a rural population. Results: the following health needs were identified: psychoactive drugs consumption, lack of activities for collective care and difficulty with access to service. The expansion of actions and intersectoral involvement of actors were demonstrated as the educational attitudes were implemented. Final considerations: the articulation between family health workers, matrix support and community was key for the implementation of mental health care aligned with the psychosocial approach.

scholarly journals Mental health assistance in Primary Care: the perspective of professionals from the Family Health Strategy

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luana Cristina Bellini Cardoso ◽  
Sonia Silva Marcon ◽  
Thamires Fernandes Cardoso da Silva Rodrigues ◽  
Marcelle Paiano ◽  
Hellen Emília Peruzzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT Objective: To learn about the perceptions of the professionals who work in Primary Health Care about mental health care. Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study, carried out with 29 health workers through open and individual interviews. The IRaMuTeQ® software was used to organize the data which, then, was submitted to a content analysis process in the thematic modality. Results: Three classes emerged from the content analysis: “Perceptions about the mental health care provided in the city”, “The biomedical paradigm in mental healthcare”, and “Elements for the construction of a new way for professionals to act in mental health”. Final considerations: It was found that, despite the good infrastructure of the services and the elements pointed at by the professionals to create a new way to act, they do not do so, and the responsibility falls, mostly, on the psychologist to carry out these activities.

scholarly journals A Pilot Survey of Clergy Regarding Mental Health Care for Children

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Leigh Blalock ◽  
Rachel E. Dew
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Childhood Conditions ◽  
Childhood Mental Health ◽  
Clergy Support ◽  
Past Experiences

Collaborations between healthcare and faith-based organizations have emerged in the drive to improve access to care. Little research has examined clergy views on collaborations in the provision of mental healthcare, particularly to children. The current paper reports survey responses of 25 clergy from diverse religious traditions concerning mental health care in children. Subjects queried include clergy referral habits, specific knowledge of childhood conditions such as depression and anxiety, past experiences with behavioral health workers, and resources available through their home institutions. Overall, surveyed clergy support collaborations to improve childhood mental health. However, they vary considerably in their confidence with recognizing mental illness in children and perceive significant barriers to collaborating with mental health providers.

Mental health care delivery in poor settings through trained female community health workers: A five-year intervention program in Somaliland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakoub Aden Abdi ◽  
Nasir Ibrahim Said ◽  
Yusuf Abdi Hared ◽  
Ismail Ayeh ◽  
Said Ahmed Walhad
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Female Community

Background: The situation of mental health globally is alarming particularly in developing countries. In Somaliland/Somalia, every third person may be suffering from some sort of mental illness according to the World Health Organization. Major barriers to improve mental health include stigma and lack of skilled human resources. Objectives: The aim was to explore the feasibility of organizing integrated community-based mental, epilepsy and mother and child health services delivered by trained female community health workers (FCHWs) in three urban sites (Borama, Baki and Dila) in the Awdal Region, Somaliland. Methods: After selection of the 3 project sites and recruitment and training of project staff, a baseline survey was carried out. First, the sites were properly mapped based on existing geographical administrative sectors and sub-sectors of the sites. Then a representative sample of 2,722 households was randomly selected from all the 3 sites. The female head of each of those households were then interviewed using a questionnaire containing 22 questions on the target groups. The questionnaire responses were coded, and data analysed using Statistical software program, SPSS. After the baseline survey, the FCHWs were deployed in the sites assigning a specified area to each female worker. The FCHWs worked 6 hours per day 6 days per week and were required to visit 6 families each day including follow-ups. Their activities included identification of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) or with epilepsy, counselling, distribution of medications, follow-up of patients already on medication, referral, stigma reduction and documentation of their daily activities in logbooks. Results: The baseline study showed that 12% of the households were taking care of at least one person with SMI each, while 7% had one person with epilepsy each. Of the patients with SMI, 18% were on chains. During the project period (2015-2019), the number of people with SMI or with epilepsy who benefited from the project was 2.225 and 738 respectively and their families empowered through increased mental health awareness. Among the patients with SMI, 237 were on chains before intervention and 85% of them were successfully released from their shackles. Conclusions: This project has shown that deployment of trained and supported FCHWs can be used to reduce the mental health care gap in Somaliland. It is suggested as a model project which could, hopefully, be replicated and tested in other similar settings.

scholarly journals Mental health care situation in family health units: perceptions of community health agents

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline de Souza ◽  
Francine Baltazar Assad ◽  
Sara Pinto Barbosa ◽  
Heloisa França Badagnan ◽  
Letícia Yamawaka de Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
Region Data ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Health Demands

This was a qualitative, descriptive study, performed with 17 Community Health Agents. The aim was to analyze the perception of these professionals regarding the most frequent mental health cases in the region. Data was collected through observation of the region and two focus groups. We used the structuralist perspective for the analysis. The results showed that these professionals perceived mental health demands from an expanded concept of health, in which the resources fit together between the various sectors. They deal with difficulties, develop actions based on soft technologies and do not necessarily focus on the disease. It was concluded that these elements reinforce the power of the Community Health Agents as performers of mental health care practices and as an important link between the healthcare service and the community.

Telepsychiatry for the Rohingya refugees (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanjir Rashid Soron
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Need

UNSTRUCTURED Though health and shelter are two basic human rights, millions of refugees around the world are deprived of these basic needs. Moreover, the mental health need is one of least priority issues for the refugees. Bangladesh a developing country in the Southeast Asia where the health system is fragile and the sudden influx of thousands of Rohingya put the system in a more critical situation. It is beyond the capacity of the country to provide the minimum mental health care using existing resource. However, the refuges need immediate and extensive mental health care as the trauma, torture and being uprooted from homeland makes them vulnerable for various mental. Telepsychiatry (using technology for mental health service) opened a new window to provide mental health service for them. Mobile phone opened several options to reach to the refugees, screen them with mobile apps, connect them with self-help apps and system, track their symptoms, provide distance intervention and train the frontline health workers about the primary psychological supports. The social networking sites give the opportunity to connect the refugees with experts, create peer support group and provide interventions. Bangladesh can explore and can use the telepsychiatry to provide mental health service to the rohingya people.

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