Florence Baingana
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2217708 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Florence Baingana |
| PRENOMES | Florence |
| SOBRENOME | Baingana |
| ASSINATURA | BAINGANA F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9996-3274 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Exploring the Impact of Human Rights and Mental Health Training on Practice in Ghana
The World Health Organization’s QualityRights initiative is being implemented globally to improve human rights in mental health services. This e-training was rolled out for mental health staff and other stakeholders across Ghana in 2019 in order to address persistent challenges of mental health services related to stigma, discrimination, and human rights violations against people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities that ex…
Evaluating the psychometric properties of three WHO instruments to assess knowledge about human rights, attitudes toward persons with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities, and practi…
This finding lends support to the use of these instruments both within mental health services and in the general population for a better understanding of current knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to a human rights-based approach to mental health in mental health services and the community
Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the Covid-19 Response in Africa
This research aimed to (1) assess the extent to which mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS) was included in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries, and (2) explore barriers and enablers to MHPSS integration into the COVID-19 response. A mixed-methods study, using an online survey and in-depth interviews, was conducted. Participants included Mental Health Focal Points at the Ministries of Health, the World He…
A nationwide evaluation study of the quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health facilities in Ghana
This study identifies shortcomings and critical areas that the Ghanaian government and facilities need to target for implementing a human rights-based approach in mental health and improve the quality of mental health care throughout the country
Integration of perinatal mental health care into district health services in Uganda
Intra-household Variation in Pathways to Care for Epilepsy and Mental Disorders in Eastern Uganda
Integrating mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) health care into the public health system has become a global priority, with mental health, and well-being now being part of the Sustainable Development Goals. In the aim to provide good quality care for MNS disorders, understanding patients' pathways to care is key. This qualitative study explores the pathways to care of patients attending an outpatient mental health clinic of a district …
Thank You to Reviewers 2019
Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development
The Social Nature of Perceived Illness Representations of Perinatal Depression in Rural Uganda
While the global health community advocates for greater integration of mental health into maternal health agendas, a more robust understanding of perinatal mental health, and its role in providing integrated maternal health care and service delivery, is required. The present study uses the Illness Representation Model, a theoretical cognitive framework for understanding illness conceptualisations, to qualitatively explore multiple stakeholder per…
The 2014 Ebola Outbreak and Mental Health
citingsymptomaticpatientsescap-ing from treatment units, families concealing sick rela-tives at home, preferential use of traditional healers,andphysicalcontactwithinfectiouscorpses.Neverthe-less, the Roadmap includes few recommendations toalleviate fear behaviors and address mental healthneedsinEbola-affectedcommunities.InWestAfrica,Ebolavirusdiseasearousesfearbe-haviors, in part because many have witnessed thegraphic hemorrhagic manifestations …
Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries
Health and psychosocial consequences of abrupt economic change
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Health and psychosocial consequences of abrupt economic change
Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries
The 2014 Ebola Outbreak and Mental Health
citingsymptomaticpatientsescap-ing from treatment units, families concealing sick rela-tives at home, preferential use of traditional healers,andphysicalcontactwithinfectiouscorpses.Neverthe-less, the Roadmap includes few recommendations toalleviate fear behaviors and address mental healthneedsinEbola-affectedcommunities.InWestAfrica,Ebolavirusdiseasearousesfearbe-haviors, in part because many have witnessed thegraphic hemorrhagic manifestations …
Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development
The Social Nature of Perceived Illness Representations of Perinatal Depression in Rural Uganda
While the global health community advocates for greater integration of mental health into maternal health agendas, a more robust understanding of perinatal mental health, and its role in providing integrated maternal health care and service delivery, is required. The present study uses the Illness Representation Model, a theoretical cognitive framework for understanding illness conceptualisations, to qualitatively explore multiple stakeholder per…
Thank You to Reviewers 2019
Intra-household Variation in Pathways to Care for Epilepsy and Mental Disorders in Eastern Uganda
Integrating mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) health care into the public health system has become a global priority, with mental health, and well-being now being part of the Sustainable Development Goals. In the aim to provide good quality care for MNS disorders, understanding patients' pathways to care is key. This qualitative study explores the pathways to care of patients attending an outpatient mental health clinic of a district …
Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the Covid-19 Response in Africa
This research aimed to (1) assess the extent to which mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS) was included in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries, and (2) explore barriers and enablers to MHPSS integration into the COVID-19 response. A mixed-methods study, using an online survey and in-depth interviews, was conducted. Participants included Mental Health Focal Points at the Ministries of Health, the World He…
A nationwide evaluation study of the quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health facilities in Ghana
This study identifies shortcomings and critical areas that the Ghanaian government and facilities need to target for implementing a human rights-based approach in mental health and improve the quality of mental health care throughout the country
Integration of perinatal mental health care into district health services in Uganda
Evaluating the psychometric properties of three WHO instruments to assess knowledge about human rights, attitudes toward persons with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities, and practi…
This finding lends support to the use of these instruments both within mental health services and in the general population for a better understanding of current knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to a human rights-based approach to mental health in mental health services and the community
Exploring the Impact of Human Rights and Mental Health Training on Practice in Ghana
The World Health Organization’s QualityRights initiative is being implemented globally to improve human rights in mental health services. This e-training was rolled out for mental health staff and other stakeholders across Ghana in 2019 in order to address persistent challenges of mental health services related to stigma, discrimination, and human rights violations against people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities that ex…
Mental health (10 obras) · Psychiatry (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Psychosocial (4 obras) · Business (3 obras)