Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis

dc.contributor.authorMugisha, James
dc.contributor.authorAbdulmalik, Jibril
dc.contributor.authorHanlon, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Inge
dc.contributor.authorLund, Crick
dc.contributor.authorUpadhaya, Nawaraj
dc.contributor.authorAhuja, Shalini
dc.contributor.authorShidhaye, Rahul
dc.contributor.authorMntambo, Ntokozo
dc.contributor.authorAlem, Atalay
dc.contributor.authorGureje, Oye
dc.contributor.authorKigozi, Fred
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-24T12:02:23Z
dc.date.available2017-03-24T12:02:23Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-05
dc.date.updated2017-01-05T19:03:12Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mental, neurological and substance use disorders contribute to a significant proportion of the world’s disease burden, including in low and middle income countries (LMICs). In this study, we focused on the health systems required to support integration of mental health into primary health care (PHC) in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. Methods: A checklist guided by the World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) was developed and was used for data collection in each of the six countries participating in the Emerging mental health systems in low and middle-income countries (Emerald) research consortium. The documents reviewed were from the following domains: mental health legislation, health policies/plans and relevant country health programs. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: Three of the study countries (Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, and Uganda) were working towards developing mental health legislation. South Africa and India were ahead of other countries, having enacted recent Mental Health Care Act in 2004 and 2016, respectively. Among all the 6 study countries, only Nepal, Nigeria and South Africa had a standalone mental health policy. However, other countries had related health policies where mental health was mentioned. The lack of fully fledged policies is likely to limit opportunities for resource mobilization for the mental health sector and efforts to integrate mental health into PHC. Most countries were found to be allocating inadequate budgets from the health budget for mental health, with South Africa (5%) and Nepal (0.17%) were the countries with the highest and lowest proportions of health budgets spent on mental health, respectively. Other vital resources that support integration such as human resources and health facilities for mental health services were found to be in adequate in all the study countries. Monitoring and evaluation systems to support the integration of mental health into PHC in all the study countries were also inadequate. Conclusion: Integration of mental health into PHC will require addressing the resource limitations that have been identified in this study. There is a need for up to date mental health legislation and policies to engender commitment in allocating resources to mental health services.
dc.identifier.apacitationMugisha, J., Abdulmalik, J., Hanlon, C., Petersen, I., Lund, C., Upadhaya, N., ... Kigozi, F. (2017). Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis. <i>Internatinal Journal of Mental Health Systems</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24087en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMugisha, James, Jibril Abdulmalik, Charlotte Hanlon, Inge Petersen, Crick Lund, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Shalini Ahuja, et al "Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis." <i>Internatinal Journal of Mental Health Systems</i> (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24087en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMugisha, J., Abdulmalik, J., Hanlon, C., Petersen, I., Lund, C., Upadhaya, N., ... & Gureje, O. (2017). Health systems context (s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11(1), 7.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Mugisha, James AU - Abdulmalik, Jibril AU - Hanlon, Charlotte AU - Petersen, Inge AU - Lund, Crick AU - Upadhaya, Nawaraj AU - Ahuja, Shalini AU - Shidhaye, Rahul AU - Mntambo, Ntokozo AU - Alem, Atalay AU - Gureje, Oye AU - Kigozi, Fred AB - Background: Mental, neurological and substance use disorders contribute to a significant proportion of the world’s disease burden, including in low and middle income countries (LMICs). In this study, we focused on the health systems required to support integration of mental health into primary health care (PHC) in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. Methods: A checklist guided by the World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) was developed and was used for data collection in each of the six countries participating in the Emerging mental health systems in low and middle-income countries (Emerald) research consortium. The documents reviewed were from the following domains: mental health legislation, health policies/plans and relevant country health programs. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results: Three of the study countries (Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, and Uganda) were working towards developing mental health legislation. South Africa and India were ahead of other countries, having enacted recent Mental Health Care Act in 2004 and 2016, respectively. Among all the 6 study countries, only Nepal, Nigeria and South Africa had a standalone mental health policy. However, other countries had related health policies where mental health was mentioned. The lack of fully fledged policies is likely to limit opportunities for resource mobilization for the mental health sector and efforts to integrate mental health into PHC. Most countries were found to be allocating inadequate budgets from the health budget for mental health, with South Africa (5%) and Nepal (0.17%) were the countries with the highest and lowest proportions of health budgets spent on mental health, respectively. Other vital resources that support integration such as human resources and health facilities for mental health services were found to be in adequate in all the study countries. Monitoring and evaluation systems to support the integration of mental health into PHC in all the study countries were also inadequate. Conclusion: Integration of mental health into PHC will require addressing the resource limitations that have been identified in this study. There is a need for up to date mental health legislation and policies to engender commitment in allocating resources to mental health services. DA - 2017-01-05 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/s13033-016-0114-2 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Internatinal Journal of Mental Health Systems LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis TI - Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24087 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-016-0114-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24087
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMugisha J, Abdulmalik J, Hanlon C, Petersen I, Lund C, Upadhaya N, et al. Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis. Internatinal Journal of Mental Health Systems. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24087.en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
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dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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