Adaptation of the World Health Organization Electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide App for Mobile Devices in Nepal and Nigeria: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing global need for scalable approaches to training and supervising primary care workers (PCWs) to deliver mental health services. Over the past decade, the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) and associated training and implementation guidance have been disseminated to more than 100 countries. On the basis of the opportunities provided by mobile technology, an updated electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (e-mhGAP-IG) is now being developed along with a clinical dashboard and guidance for the use of mobile technology in supervision.

Objective

This study aims to assess the feasibility, acceptability, adoption, and other implementation parameters of the e-mhGAP-IG for d

SUBMITTER: Taylor Salisbury T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8277329 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature