Integrating mental health into primary care in Nigeria: Implementation outcomes and clinical impact of the HAPPINESS intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Health Action for Psychiatric Problems In Nigeria including Epilepsy and SubstanceS (HAPPINESS) intervention is a multicomponent, community-based, mobile technology-supported intervention that integrates mental health into primary health care centers in Nigeria using the World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Programme-Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG). This study evaluates its implementation and patient-level clinical impact using a quasi-experimental design (single cohort with pre- and post-measures).

Findings

The HAPPINESS intervention implementation demonstrated high feasibility with 84% adoption rate (% of participating primary health centers that completed its roll out) and 81% fidelity (% of clinicians who completed required interventio

SUBMITTER: Iheanacho T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882178 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature