Integrating mental health screening into routine community maternal and child health activity: experience from Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) trial in Nigeria

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 489-495

  Iheanacho, Theddeus ^a   Obiefune, Michael ^b   Ezeanolue, Chinenye O ^c   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^d   Nwanyanwu, Okey C ^e   Ehiri, John E ^f   Ohaeri, Jude ^g   Ezeanolue, Echezona E ^c,h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Prevention Education Treatment Training and Research Global Solutions PeTR GS   (Nigeria)

^c Sunrise Foundation   (Nigeria)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Central Business District   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Nigerians; Community and church based screening; General Health Questionnaire 12; Low and middle income countries (LMIC); Maternal and child health; Mental health screening; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922476333     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0952-7     Document Type: Article

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