Strengthening integrated depression services within routine primary health care using the RE-AIM framework in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Integration of mental health into routine primary health care (PHC) services in low-and middle-income countries is globally accepted to improve health outcomes of other conditions and narrow the mental health treatment gap. Yet implementation remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to identify implementation strategies that improve implementation outcomes of an evidence-based depression care collaborative implementation model integrated with routine PHC clinic services in South Africa. An iterative, quasi-experimental, observational implementation research design, incorporating the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, was applied to evaluate implementation outcomes of a strengthened package of implementation strategies (stage two) compar

SUBMITTER: Petersen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10642780 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature