Zamasomi Luvuno
Biographic Data
| ID | 8911262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zamasomi Luvuno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zamasomi |
| FAMILY NAME | Luvuno |
| SIGNATURE | LUVUNO Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1188-6949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reconceptualizing integrated people-centred health services
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization's Framework on Integrated, People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) proposes five interdependent strategies to guide health system transformation. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), implementation of IPCHS is often fragmented due to limited understanding of how its strategies interact in practice. Community Health Workers (CHWs), situated between households and formal health systems, offer a uniqu…
A realist perspective on optimizing community health workers’ roles and functions to deliver integrated people-centred care
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role to support health care delivery in underserved communities. Although the value of CHWs’ contributions is widely recognised, there is limited evidence on the mechanisms that enable CHWs to deliver people-centred care. Using a realist evaluation approach guided by WHO’s Integrated People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) framework, the study focused on how different contexts and mechanisms interact …
A learning health systems approach to scaling up an evidence-based intervention for integrated primary mental healthcare case finding and referral in South Africa
Despite progress in the development and evaluation of evidence-based primary mental health interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, implementation and scale-up efforts have had mixed results. Considerable gaps remain in the effective translation of research knowledge into routine health system practices, largely due to real-world contextual constraints on implementation and scale-up efforts. The Southern African Research Consortiu…
The feasibility of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa
Background: Poor mental health literacy, misinformation about treatment and stigma result in low demand for mental health services in low-and middle-income countries. Community-based interventions that raise mental health awareness and facilitate detection of mental health conditions, are instrumental in increasing demand through strengthened mental health literacy, as well as supply of available mental health services through strengthened detect…
Strengthening integrated depression services within routine primary health care using the RE-AIM framework in South Africa
Integration of mental health into routine primary health care (PHC) services in low-and middle-income countries is globally accepted to improve health outcomes of other conditions and narrow the mental health treatment gap. Yet implementation remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to identify implementation strategies that improve implementation outcomes of an evidence-based depression care collaborative implementation model integrated wi…
The development of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa
Background: Low demand for mental health services in sub-Saharan Africa is driven by poor mental health literacy, stigma, and poor service availability. Objective: To develop a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) Tool for adults for use by community health teams in South Africa aligned with their roles of health promotion, screening and linkage to care. Methods: Formative evaluation methods involving four processes: (1) Ongoing…
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The development of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa
Background: Low demand for mental health services in sub-Saharan Africa is driven by poor mental health literacy, stigma, and poor service availability. Objective: To develop a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) Tool for adults for use by community health teams in South Africa aligned with their roles of health promotion, screening and linkage to care. Methods: Formative evaluation methods involving four processes: (1) Ongoing…
The feasibility of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa
Background: Poor mental health literacy, misinformation about treatment and stigma result in low demand for mental health services in low-and middle-income countries. Community-based interventions that raise mental health awareness and facilitate detection of mental health conditions, are instrumental in increasing demand through strengthened mental health literacy, as well as supply of available mental health services through strengthened detect…
Strengthening integrated depression services within routine primary health care using the RE-AIM framework in South Africa
Integration of mental health into routine primary health care (PHC) services in low-and middle-income countries is globally accepted to improve health outcomes of other conditions and narrow the mental health treatment gap. Yet implementation remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to identify implementation strategies that improve implementation outcomes of an evidence-based depression care collaborative implementation model integrated wi…
A learning health systems approach to scaling up an evidence-based intervention for integrated primary mental healthcare case finding and referral in South Africa
Despite progress in the development and evaluation of evidence-based primary mental health interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, implementation and scale-up efforts have had mixed results. Considerable gaps remain in the effective translation of research knowledge into routine health system practices, largely due to real-world contextual constraints on implementation and scale-up efforts. The Southern African Research Consortiu…
A realist perspective on optimizing community health workers’ roles and functions to deliver integrated people-centred care
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role to support health care delivery in underserved communities. Although the value of CHWs’ contributions is widely recognised, there is limited evidence on the mechanisms that enable CHWs to deliver people-centred care. Using a realist evaluation approach guided by WHO’s Integrated People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) framework, the study focused on how different contexts and mechanisms interact …
Reconceptualizing integrated people-centred health services
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization's Framework on Integrated, People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) proposes five interdependent strategies to guide health system transformation. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), implementation of IPCHS is often fragmented due to limited understanding of how its strategies interact in practice. Community Health Workers (CHWs), situated between households and formal health systems, offer a uniqu…
Medicine (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (3 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Geography (2 works)