Building primary health care capacity to address addiction and mental health inequities
Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Purpose Since 2002, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario, Canada, has been working closely with partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to implement mental health capacity‐building focused on primary health care. From an equity perspective, this article seeks to critically analyze the process and key results of this capacity‐building effort and to identify various implications for the future. Design/methodology/approach This analysis of capacity‐building approaches is based on a critical review of existing documents such as needs assessments and evaluation reports, as well as reflective discussion. Previous health equity literature is used as a framework for analysis. Findings More than 1,000 professionals have been engaged in various kinds of training in Chile, Peru, Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago. These capacity‐building initiatives have had an impact on primary health care from both an equity and systems perspective because participants were engaged at all stages of the process and implementation lessons incorporated into the final efforts. Stigma was also reduced through the collaborations. Originality/value Using concrete examples of capacity‐building in mental primary healthcare in LAC, as well as evidence gathered from the literature, this article demonstrates how primary healthcare can play a strong role in addressing health equity and human rights protection for people with mental health and/or substance abuse problems
Addiction · Capacity building · Economic growth · Equity (law · Health care · Health equity · Latin Americans · Mental health · Originality · Political science · Psychiatry · Public health · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology
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