Challenges to the provision of home care and support for people with severe mental illness: Experiences and perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT: A balance between hospital-based and community-based services is needed to effectively provide mental health services for people with mental illness. As an essential part of community mental health services, home-based care plays an important role in meeting patients' needs, and should, therefore, be appropriately provided. To achieve this, there is a need to understand the challenges faced and take relevant actions to address them. This study aimed to explore challenges to home care and support for people with mental illness in Temeke district, Dar es Salaam. We used a descriptive qualitative study approach to explore challenges to home care and support for people with mental illness among patients, their caregivers, and healthcare providers. The purposeful sampling method was used to rec

SUBMITTER: Ambikile JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021743 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature