ESSENCE: An Implementation Research Program to Scale Up Depression Care in Rural Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Task sharing may involve training nonspecialist health workers (NSHWs) to deliver brief mental health interventions. This approach is promising for reducing the global mental health treatment gap. However, capacity is limited for training large cadres of frontline workers in low- and middle-income countries, hindering uptake of these interventions at scale.

Methods

The ESSENCE (enabling translation of science to service to enhance depression care) project in Madhya Pradesh, India, aims to address these challenges through two sequential randomized controlled trials. First, a training trial will evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of digital training, compared with conventional face-to-face training, in achieving clinical competency of NSHWs in deliver

SUBMITTER: Tugnawat D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812433 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature