Roles and effectiveness of lay community health workers in the prevention of mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mutamba, Byamah Brian ^a   Van Ginneken, Nadja ^b   Smith Paintain, Lucy ^b   Wandiembe, Simon ^b   Schellenberg, David ^b  

^a Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Lay community health workers; Mental; Neurological and substance use disorders; Prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885333717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-412     Document Type: Review

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