Formative research on a teacher accompaniment model to promote youth mental health in Haiti: Relevance to mental health task-sharing in low-resource school settings

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 314-324

  Eustache, Eddy ^a   Gerbasi, Margaret E ^b   Severe, Jennifer ^b,c   Fils Aimé, J Reginald ^a   Smith Fawzi, Mary C ^b   Raviola, Giuseppe J ^b,d,e   Darghouth, Sarah ^f   Boyd, Kate ^g   Thérosmé, Tatiana ^a   Legha, Rupinder ^h   Pierre, Ermaze L ^a   Affricot, Emmeline ^a   Alcindor, Yoldie ^a   Grelotti, David J ⁱ   Becker, Anne E ^b,f  

^a Zanmi Lasante   (Haïti)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; mental health; school based; Task sharing; teachers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TEACHING; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019491938     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764017700173     Document Type: Article

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