Stakeholder perspectives of Community Mental Health Forums: a qualitative study in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health is the leading cause of disability worldwide. In the wake of both a civil war and an Ebola outbreak, Sierra Leone ranks as one of the lowest ranked countries on the Human Development Index (UNDP. Human Development Report 2015, Work for Human Development. The United Nations Development Programme; 2015). The WHO identified Sierra Leone among its priority countries for the piloting of its Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP). Aligned to these efforts, CBM and their affiliated partners employed the use of Community Mental Health Forums (CMHFs), facilitated by Mental Health Nurses (MHNs), as a sensitive and practical way of engaging key community stakeholders to discuss and address issues of mental health. This study sought firstly, to identify factors tha

SUBMITTER: Adams B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7350667 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature