dc.contributor.author | Marangu, Elijah | |
dc.contributor.author | Sands, Natisha | |
dc.contributor.author | Rolley, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Ndetei, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Mansouri, Fethi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-07T14:28:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-07T14:28:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-19 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Marangu E, Sands N , Rolley J, Ndetei D, Mansouri F. Mental healthcare in Kenya: Exploring optimal conditions for capacity building. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2014;6(1), Art. #682, 5 pages | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/phcfm/v6n1/46.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/86634 | |
dc.description.abstract | The global burden of disease related to mental disorders is on the increase, with the World
Health Organization (WHO) estimating that over 450 million people are affected worldwide.
The Mental Health Global Action Program (mhGAP) was launched by the WHO in 2002 in
order to address the widening gap in access to mental healthcare in low-income countries.
Despite these efforts, access to mental healthcare in low-income countries remains poor and
is often described as inadequate, inefficient and inequitable, with an 85
%
estimated treatment
gap in low-income countries, as compared with 35
%
to 50
%
in high-income countries.In this
article, the authors argue that integrating mental health services into primary healthcare
settings through capacity building is vital with regard to achieving mhGAP goals. The
article explores the challenges to and potential enablers for the improvement of the delivery
of broad-based mental healthcare services in Kenya. The authors propose the integration
of the conceptual dimensions of both the cosmopolitanism and capabilities approaches as
a combined strategy for dealing with capacity building in heterogeneous settings such as
Kenya | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Mental healthcare in Kenya: Exploring optimal conditions for capacity building | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |