Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-cfpbc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-20T02:12:39.266Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Community mental health provision in Pemba Island, Zanzibar: a cross-sectional survey of different stakeholder groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michel Okitapoy On'okoko ,
Ilyas Mirza  and
Rachel Jenkins
Michel Okitapoy On'okoko
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, School of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Psychiatry Department, Chake-Chake Hospital, Pemba, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania
Ilyas Mirza
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Centre and Section for Mental Health Policy, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK, email iqmirza@gmail.com
Rachel Jenkins
Affiliation:
Epidemiology and International Mental Health Policy, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

There is limited information about stakeholder perceptions of health service provision in low- and middle-income countries. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 821 stakeholders of the community mental health services in Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The aim was to obtain systematic information about coverage, barriers, accountability and room for improvement as a baseline before implementation of a new mental health policy to strengthen mental health services.

Type
Original Paper
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 43 - 45
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BYCreative Common License - NCCreative Common License - ND
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits noncommercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010

References

Mirza, I., Okitapoy, M. & Jenkins, R. (2006) Knowledge and practice of help seeking for treatment of mental disorders in Pemba Island, Zanzibar. Tropical Doctor, 36, 140–144.Google Scholar
Muga, F. A. & Jenkins, R. (2008a) Public perceptions, explanatory models and service utilisation regarding mental illness and mental health care in Kenya. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43, 469–476.Google Scholar
Muga, F. A. & Jenkins, R. (2008b) Training, attitudes and practice of district health workers in Kenya. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43, 477–482.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
National Bureau of Statistics Tanzania (2002) Zanzibar in Key Statistics from 2002, Housing and Population Census. Government of Tanzania.Google Scholar
Saraceno, B., van Ommeren, M., Batniji, R., et al (2007) Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet, online DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61263-X.Google Scholar
World Health Organization (2008) mhGAP: Mental Health Gap Action Programme: Scaling Up Care for Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders. WHO.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.