Implementation of child mental health service improvement plans in four low- and middle-income countries: stakeholders’ perspectives
Open Access
- 17 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Interprofessional Care
Abstract
Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) have high levels of unmet mental health needs, especially in disadvantaged communities. To address this gap, we developed a child mental health service improvement programme. This was co-facilitated using interprofessional principles and values in four countries, South Africa, Kenya, Turkey and Brazil. Eighteen stakeholders from different professions were interviewed after six months on their perspectives on enabling factors and challenges they faced in implementing service plans. Participants valued the holistic case management approach and scaled service model that underpinned the service plans. Emerging themes on participants’ priorities related to service user participation, integrated care, and different levels of capacity-building. We propose that an integrated care model in LMIC contexts can maximize available resources, engage families and mobilize communities. Implementation requires concurrent actions at micro-, meso- and macro-level.Funding Information
- the Grand Challenges Research Fund
- Grand Challenges Research Fund, Globall Impact Acceleration Rapid Response
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