Protocol for process evaluation of integration of mental health into primary healthcare in two states in Nigeria: the mhSUN programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current international recommendations to address the large treatment gap for mental healthcare in low- and middle-income countries are to scale up integration of mental health into primary care. There are good outcome studies to support this, but less robust evidence for effectively carrying out integration and scale-up of such services, or for understanding how to address contextual issues that routinely arise.

Aims

This protocol is for a process evaluation of a programme called Mental Health Scale Up Nigeria. The study aims are to determine the extent to which the intervention was carried out according to the plans developed (fidelity), to examine the effect of postulated moderating factors and local context, and the perception of the programme by primary care s

SUBMITTER: Eaton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature