Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of implementation outcomes in an integrated mental healthcare trial in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrating mental health services into primary healthcare platforms is an established health systems strategy in low-to-middle-income countries. In South Africa, this was pursued through the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME), a multi-country initiative that relied on task-sharing as a principle implementation strategy. Towards better describing the implementation processes, qualitative comparative analysis was adopted to explore causal pathways in the intervention.

Objective

This study aimed to explore factors that could have influenced key outcomes of an integrated mental healthcare intervention in South Africa.

Methods

Drawing from an embedded multiple case study design, the analysis used qualitative comparative analysis. Focusing on nin

SUBMITTER: Janse van Rensburg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature