Barefoot therapists: Barriers and facilitators to delivering maternal mental health care through peer volunteers in Pakistan: A qualitative study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Atif, Najia ^a,b   Lovell, Karina ^b   Husain, Nusrat ^c   Sikander, Siham ^a   Patel, Vikram ^d,e   Rahman, Atif ^a,f  

^a Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Sangath Centre   (India)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries; Peer volunteers; Perinatal depression; Psychosocial intervention; Task shifting; Thinking Healthy Programme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; PEER VOLUNTEER; PERINATAL DEPRESSION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; STIGMA;

EID: 84960910110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13033-016-0055-9     Document Type: Article

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