Understanding Lay Counselor Perspectives on Mobile Phone Supervision in Kenya: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Task shifting is an effective model for increasing access to mental health treatment via lay counselors with less specialized training that deliver care under supervision. Mobile phones may present a low-technology opportunity to replace or decrease reliance on in-person supervision in task shifting, but important technical and contextual limitations must be examined and considered.

Objective

Guided by human-centered design methods, we aimed to understand how mobile phones are currently used when supervising lay counselors, determine the acceptability and feasibility of mobile phone supervision, and generate solutions to improve mobile phone supervision.

Methods

Participants were recruited from a large hybrid effectiveness implementation study in western Ke

SUBMITTER: Triplett NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936369 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature