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'We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well': A visual exploration of what promotes successful collaboration between community mental health workers and healers in Ghana.
| العنوان: | 'We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well': A visual exploration of what promotes successful collaboration between community mental health workers and healers in Ghana. |
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| المؤلفون: | Kpobi L; Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana.; Department of Psychology, University of Ghana., Read UM; Centre for Mental Health & Wellbeing Research, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick., Selormey RK; Department of Psychology, University of Ghana., Colucci E; Department of Psychology, Middlesex University London. |
| المصدر: | Transcultural psychiatry [Transcult Psychiatry] 2024 Feb; Vol. 61 (1), pp. 30-46. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 06. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Published by Sage Publications on behalf of McGill University Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9708119 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1461-7471 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13634615 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Transcult Psychiatry Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Published by Sage Publications on behalf of McGill University, c1997- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Mental Health* , Goals*, Humans ; Ghana ; Faith Healing ; Medicine, African Traditional |
| مستخلص: | The practices of traditional and faith-based healers in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and elsewhere have come under intense scrutiny in recent years owing to allegations of human rights abuses. To mitigate these, there have been calls to develop collaborations between healers and formal health services to optimise available mental health interventions in poorly resourced contexts. For various reasons, attempts to establish such partnerships in a sustainable manner in different countries have not always been successful. In this article, we present findings from the Together for Mental Health visual research project to showcase examples of healer-health worker collaborations in Ghana that have been largely successful and discuss the barriers and facilitators to establishing these partnerships. Data reported in this article were collected using visual ethnography and filmed individual interviews with eight community mental health workers, six traditional and faith-based healers and two local philanthropists in the Bono East Region. The findings suggest that successful collaborations were built through mutually respectful interpersonal relationships, support from the health system and access to community resources. Although these facilitated collaboration, resource constraints, distrust and ethical dilemmas had to be overcome to build stronger partnerships. These findings highlight the importance of dedicated institutional and logistic support for ensuring the successful integration of the different health systems in pluralistic settings. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Ghana; collaboration; human rights; mental health; traditional healing; visual ethnography |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20231006 Date Completed: 20240229 Latest Revision: 20240302 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240302 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC10903112 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13634615231197998 |
| PMID: | 37801486 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/13634615231197998 |