Health system governance to support scale up of mental health care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethiopia is embarking upon a ground-breaking plan to address the high levels of unmet need for mental health care by scaling up mental health care integrated within primary care. Health system governance is expected to impact critically upon the success or otherwise of this important initiative. The objective of the study was to explore the barriers, facilitators and potential strategies to promote good health system governance in relation to scale-up of mental health care in Ethiopia.

Methods

A qualitative study was conducted using in-depth interviews. Key informants were selected purposively from national and regional level policy-makers, planners and service developers (n = 7) and district health office administrators and facility heads (n = 10) from a district

SUBMITTER: Hanlon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5465569 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature