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IJCM_328A: Operational Research on Capacity Building of Community Health Workers in Screening for Depression and Suicide risk
| العنوان: | IJCM_328A: Operational Research on Capacity Building of Community Health Workers in Screening for Depression and Suicide risk |
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| المؤلفون: | Angeline G. Nancy, Paul Jackwin Sam, Hegde Divya, Sudha Sri, Karikalan, Nancy Luciya, Abraham Vinod Joseph |
| المصدر: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 49, Iss 7, Pp 95-95 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | psychological first aid, depression, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Background: The basic training for ASHA workers in Tamil Nadu include a module on Non-Communicable diseases with inadequate focus on Mental Health. As a part of the Community Based Assessment Checklist, ASHAs are trained in administration of Patient Health Questionnaire-2 to screen for depression. However, there is significant gap in the primary prevention of depression in the communities in terms of screening, basic counselling services and knowledge and attitude among community health workers Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of capacity building of Community Health Workers in screening for depression and suicide risk and provision of Psychological First Aid Services Methodology: 117 Community Health Workers including ASHAs, AWWs, ANMs, WHVs, VHNs and UHNs were trained in WHO Psychological First Aid, PHQ-9 administration and WHO MhGAP 10 questions on suicide risk screening in Thiruvannamalai, Vellore and Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu Results: Of the 1371 individuals screened, 13.18% were positive for depression and 38% were positive for atleast one suicide risk. The most common suicide risk observed was chronic pain followed by extreme hopelessness. PHQ-9 and Suicide risk assessment was easy to administer among ANM, VHN and UHNs. However, ASHAs and Women Health Volunteers reported that PHQ-2/WHO Wellbeing Index was an easier tool to use in the field. Psychological First Aid training can be easily delivered by non-medical professionals to health workers. Conclusion: Community Health Workers can provide primary prevention in mental health by provision of Psychological First Aid to their community. Depression screening should be simplified by PHQ-2/WHO Well being index |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0970-0218 1998-3581 |
| Relation: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_abstract328; https://doaj.org/toc/0970-0218; https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3581 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_abstract328 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/920310eb0a4344d095cf399d68cb092e |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.920310eb0a4344d095cf399d68cb092e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 09700218 19983581 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_abstract328 |