{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Verhey R"],"funding":["GACD MRC"],"pagination":["1392"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9682765"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["22(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to evaluate the real-world implementation of the Friendship Bench (FB) - an evidence-based brief psychological intervention delivered by community health workers (CHWs) - three years after its implementation in three city health departments in Zimbabwe. Implementation sites were evaluated according to their current performance using the RE-AIM framework making this one of the first evaluations of a scaled-up evidence-based psychological intervention in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).<h4>Methods</h4>Using the RE-AIM guide ( www.re-aim.org ), the authors designed quantitative indicators based on existing FB implementation data. Thirty-six primary health care clinics (PHC) in Harare (n=28), Chitungwiza (n=4) and Gweru (n=4) were included. Among these clinics 20 w"],"journal":["BMC health services research"],"pubmed_title":["Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the implementation of scaling-up the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe - a quantitative observational study."],"pmcid":["PMC9682765"],"funding_grant_id":["MRC UKRI MR/S004270/1."],"pubmed_authors":["Wagenaar BH","Murombo G","Turner J","Chitiyo C","Araya R","Verhey R","Mboweni S","Chibanda D","Healey A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the implementation of scaling-up the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe - a quantitative observational study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to evaluate the real-world implementation of the Friendship Bench (FB) - an evidence-based brief psychological intervention delivered by community health workers (CHWs) - three years after its implementation in three city health departments in Zimbabwe. Implementation sites were evaluated according to their current performance using the RE-AIM framework making this one of the first evaluations of a scaled-up evidence-based psychological intervention in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).<h4>Methods</h4>Using the RE-AIM guide ( www.re-aim.org ), the authors designed quantitative indicators based on existing FB implementation data. Thirty-six primary health care clinics (PHC) in Harare (n=28), Chitungwiza (n=4) and Gweru (n=4) were included. Among these clinics 20 w","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-26T05:16:34.501Z","creation":"2025-04-06T11:27:12.488Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9682765","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36419089"],"doi":["10.1186/s12913-022-08767-9"]}}