Reducing stigma toward mental illness and substance use issues in primary health care in Chile: Protocol of a cluster controlled trial study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chile is implementing a Community Mental Health Model with a strong role of primary health care (PHC). PHC has great potential to early detection and provision of accessible and coordinated services to people who present mental illness and/or substance use issues (MISUI). However, stigma toward people with MISUI among PHC professionals is a significant barrier to accessing good quality of care. A wealth of literature supports the importance of reducing stigma for this population. The main goal of this research project is to determine the effectiveness of a comprehensive anti-stigma intervention in reducing stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors among PHC providers toward individuals with MISUI in the Chilean context, using Centros de Salud Familiar (CESFAMs) as the point o

SUBMITTER: Sapag JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808783 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature