Felix Kauye
Biographic Data
| ID | 7986263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felix Kauye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felix |
| FAMILY NAME | Kauye |
| SIGNATURE | KAUYE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clinical Psychiatry Department, Zomba Mental Hospital, Zomba, Malawi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8409-0629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pathway to care for psychiatric patients in a developing country
BACKGROUND: Paramedics dominate primary health care in Malawi where native healers also play a major role in the provision of health care and psychiatric nurses are the backbone of district mental health services. AIM: The aim is to improve understanding of prior care-seeking and treatment of new patients seen at mental health services in a developing country like Malawi. METHOD: For one calendar month, 128 newly referred patients to the mental h…
Health service utilization by patients with common mental disorder identified by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire in a primary care setting in Zomba, Malawi
BACKGROUND: There has been no study carried out to assess health service utilization by people with common mental disorder (CMD) in Malawi. AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate health service utilization patterns of patients with CMD in primary health care (PHC) clinics. METHODS: The study was conducted in two PHC clinics in one of the 28 districts in Malawi. Face-to-face interviews with the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) were conduct…
Integrating community mental health within primary care in southern Malawi
BACKGROUND: In response to the significant contribution of mental health problems to the global burden of disease, the World Health Organization (WHO, 2008) renewed its call for the integration of mental health services within primary care. The operationalization of this within resource-constrained settings such as rural Malawi, however, presents a challenge, not least the cultural acceptance of approaches to responding to psychological distress.…
Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth – a cross‐sectional study from Malawi
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal common mental disorder (CMD) and infant growth in rural Malawi. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a district hospital child health clinic. Participants were consecutive infants due for measles vaccination, and their mothers. Mean infant weight-for-age and length-for-age z-scores were compared between infants of mothers with and without CMD as measured using the …
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Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth – a cross‐sectional study from Malawi
The objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal common mental disorder (CMD) and infant growth in rural Malawi. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a district hospital child health clinic. Participants were consecutive infants due for measles vaccination, and their mothers. Mean infant weight-for-age and length-for-age z-scores were compared between infants of mothers with and without CMD as measured using the …
Health service utilization by patients with common mental disorder identified by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire in a primary care setting in Zomba, Malawi
BACKGROUND: There has been no study carried out to assess health service utilization by people with common mental disorder (CMD) in Malawi. AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate health service utilization patterns of patients with CMD in primary health care (PHC) clinics. METHODS: The study was conducted in two PHC clinics in one of the 28 districts in Malawi. Face-to-face interviews with the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) were conduct…
Integrating community mental health within primary care in southern Malawi
BACKGROUND: In response to the significant contribution of mental health problems to the global burden of disease, the World Health Organization (WHO, 2008) renewed its call for the integration of mental health services within primary care. The operationalization of this within resource-constrained settings such as rural Malawi, however, presents a challenge, not least the cultural acceptance of approaches to responding to psychological distress.…
Pathway to care for psychiatric patients in a developing country
BACKGROUND: Paramedics dominate primary health care in Malawi where native healers also play a major role in the provision of health care and psychiatric nurses are the backbone of district mental health services. AIM: The aim is to improve understanding of prior care-seeking and treatment of new patients seen at mental health services in a developing country like Malawi. METHOD: For one calendar month, 128 newly referred patients to the mental h…
Medicine (4 works) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (3 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Attendance (1 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 works) · Cross-sectional study (1 works) · Demography (1 works)