Child mental illness and the help-seeking process: a qualitative study among parents in a Ugandan community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child mental illness contributes significantly to the burden of disease worldwide, and many are left untreated due to factors on both the provider and user side. Recognising this, the Ugandan Ministry of Health recently released the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Policy Guidelines. However, for implementation to be successful the suggested policy changes must resonate with the service users. To better understand the sociocultural factors influencing parental mental help-seeking, we sought insights from parents in the Mbale district of eastern Uganda.

Method

In this qualitative study, eight focus group discussions were conducted with mothers and fathers in urban and rural communities. Parents of children younger than 10 years were purposively selected to

SUBMITTER: Skylstad V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329129 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature