Mental health in primary care: Integration through in-service training in a South African rural clinic

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Maconick, Lucy ^a   Jenkins, Louis S ^b,c   Fisher, Henriette ^d   Petrie, Anthony ^c   Boon, Lynnie ^c   Reuter, Hermann ^e  

^a NHS Thames Valley and Wessex Leadership Academy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c Provincial Hospital   (South Africa)

^d WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; EVALUATION STUDY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85048953413     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1660     Document Type: Article

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