Using participatory action research to reimagine community mental health services in Colombia: a mixed-method study protocol.

ABSTRACT: Mental healthcare systems are challenged by how they hear and respond to what marginalised communities experience as drivers of mental distress. In Colombia, this challenge intersects with wider challenges facing post-conflict reconstruction. Our pilot study will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a participatory approach to developing community-led participatory interventions for community mental health systems strengthening and mental health improvement, in two sites in Caquetá, Colombia. The project is divided into three distinct phases aligned with community participatory action research cycles: diagnostic, intervention and evaluation. This allows us to use a participatory approach to design a community-led, bottom-up intervention for mental health systems strengthening and t

SUBMITTER: Burgess R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772630 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature