An interventional study of CAMH training in Community Mental Health Services, sponsored by University of Bergen. Completed. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-13.
Sponsored by University of Bergen · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
This randomized controlled trial will compare the effect of a CAMH integration package on yield of CAMH cases compared to non-CAMH integrated sites. It will be conducted among nurses, midwives and clinical officers who provide PHC services to children and adolescents in 42 health centers; and eligible traditional healers.
The overall goal of the study is to increase access to mental health services for children and adolescents in Uganda by improving entry through primary health care workers and traditional healers.
The main objective of the study is to measure the effect of integrating child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) into primary health care (PHC) and into traditional healers' services on CAMH case identification in 2 districts in Eastern Uganda, so as to improve entry into mental health services.
The specific objectives are:
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Intervention clinics will receive a CAMH integration package comprising of: * Training PHC workers (midwives, nurses and/or clinical officers) on how to screen and refer for CAMH, based on WHO mhGAP implementation guide. * Support supervision in the clinics to reinforce training and provide on-job support to PHC staff. * Provision of job aids and training materials
Other: CAMH training
Clinics will continue to provide the standard of care.
Training of PHC workers included in the study for 5 days to screen children and adolescents for CAMH conditions, based in the mhGAP curriculum for non-specialist health providers.
Proportion of clinics which recorded at least one non-epilepsy CAMH diagnosis in the intervention compared to the control group.
Time frame: 3 months
Change in CAMH knowledge pre-and post-training
Time frame: 5 days
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This study is completed, as verified in May 2016. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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