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| Title |
Addition of mental health to the lady health worker curriculum in Pakistan: now or never
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, April 2023
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12960-023-00814-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fauziah Rabbani, Samina Akhtar, Javeria Nafis, Shahid Khan, Sameen Siddiqi, Zul Merali |
| Abstract |
The technical advisory group of the World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland) has suggested person-centered and community-based mental health services in response to the long-term and far-reaching mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Task shifting is a pragmatic approach to tackle the mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries. Pakistan is dismally resourced to address the mental health challenges. Pakistan's government has established a lady health worker's program (LHW-P) which can be effectively utilized to provide some basic mental health services at community doorsteps. However, lady health workers' current curriculum does not include mental health as a subject. WHO's Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) Version 2.0 for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in non-specialist health settings can be adapted and utilized to be included as part of the LHW-P curriculum in Pakistan. Thus, the historical lack of access to mental health support workers, counsellors, and specialists can be addressed. Additionally, this will also help to reduce the stigma associated with seeking mental health care outside the boundaries of home, mostly at a huge cost. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 11 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 3 | 27% |
| Researcher | 1 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 2 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 June 2023.
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#2,961,964
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from Human Resources for Health
#350
of 1,261 outputs
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#56,044
of 413,390 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Human Resources for Health
#6
of 25 outputs
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