Jessica Spagnolo

Datos Biográficos

ID5413182
NOMBREJessica Spagnolo
NOMBRESJessica
APELLIDOSpagnolo
FIRMASPAGNOLO J
AFILIACIONESUniversité de Sherbrooke
ORCID0000-0002-1125-3121
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS1
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2018
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Exploring family physicians’ mental health referrals via centralized referral systems in Quebec, Canada

    Open AccessJessica Spagnolo, Marie Beauséjour et al.ARTICLESSM - Mental Health2025

    Background Centralized referral mechanisms anchored in primary care have been implemented to facilitate timely and appropriate access to health care in Quebec, Canada, like via Centre de répartition des demandes de services (CRDS), a regionally centralized referral system used by family physicians (FPs) for new requests to specialty care, including psychiatric services. CRDS for psychiatry was implemented in 2019, where local centralized referral…

  • Factors associated with mental health service use during the pandemic

    Open AccessHelen‐Maria Vasiliadis, Jessica Spagnolo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2024

    Background: Scarce are the studies focusing on initiation of new mental health service use (MHSU) and distinguishing individuals who have sought services but have been unsuccessful in accessing these. Aims: Assessing the factors associated with initiating new MHSU as compared to no MHSU due to self-reported no need, no MHSU due to health system and personal barriers and MHSU using resources already in place. Methods: The sample included participa…

  • Factors associated with change in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-living adults and older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessHelen‐Maria Vasiliadis, Jessica Spagnolo et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2023Referencias: 32

    Health and socio-economic factors were associated with changes in symptoms of anxiety and depression during the pandemic, further increasing inequities in mental health needs. Public health campaigns on the importance of healthy behaviours should continue and health policies should reduce economic and social barriers to integrated substance use and mental health care

  • Implementation and use of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG)

    Open AccessJessica Spagnolo, Shalini LalARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)-Intervention Guide (IG) aims to integrate mental health into primary care/community-based settings by equipping non-specialists with tools, training, and support to deliver evidence-based interventions. With the growing popularity of the mhGAP-IG, a systematic review was conducted by Keynejad and colleagues (2018) to identify articles reporting on evidenc…

  • Re-thinking global and public health projects during the Covid-19 pandemic context

    Open AccessJessica Spagnolo, Lara Gautier et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2020

    This commentary aims to provide a glimpse into some of the early and continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global and public health projects: research in low-resourced settings; research with vulnerable populations, such as asylum seekers, Indigenous communities, children, and mental health service users; and research with healthcare professionals, frontline workers, and health planners. In the early context of restrictions caused by…

  • Comment favoriser la communication thérapeutique avec une population vulnérable

    Lara Gautier, Jessica Spagnolo et al.ARTICLEMigrations Société2020

    En France, les mineurs non accompagnés ( mna ) rencontrent de multiples obstacles qui peuvent avoir des effets négatifs sur leur santé mentale. Les professionnels de la santé et du social qui participent à leur prise en charge doivent développer et mettre en œuvre des approches et outils adaptés aux réalités des mna et qui leur offrent un espace d’interactions le plus ouvert possible. À partir d’une revue de littérature, nous proposons dans cet a…

  • Building capacity in mental health care in low- and middle-income countries by training primary care physicians using the mhGAP

    Open AccessJessica Spagnolo, François Champagne et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020Citada por: 1Referencias: 48

    To address the rise in mental health conditions in Tunisia, a training based on the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide (IG) was offered to primary care physicians (PCPs) working in the Greater Tunis area. Non-specialists (such as PCPs)’ training is an internationally supported way to target untreated mental health symptoms. We aimed to evaluate the programme’s impact on PCPs’ mental health knowledge, attitudes, self-eff…

  • Tailoring a training based on the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide (IG) to Tunisia

    Open AccessJessica Spagnolo, François Champagne et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2018

    Targeting these barriers in addition to implementing a training programme may help reduce the mental health treatment gap, and promote implementation that is successful and sustainable

  • We find what we look for, and we look for what we know”

    Open AccessJessica Spagnolo, François Champagne et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Findings highlight the complexity of implementing a mhGAP-based training given its interaction with contextual factors to influence the attainment of expected outcomes. Results may be used to tailor structural, organizational, provider, patient, and innovation factors prior to future implementations of the mhGAP-based training in Tunisia. Findings may also be used by decision-makers interested in implementing the mhGAP-IG training in other LMICs