Supporting community-based mental health initiatives
Insights from a multi-country programme and recommendations for funders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21879572 |
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| Authors | June Larrieta (0000-0002-0845-3210, The SHM Foundation, corresponding author), Georgina Miguel Esponda (0000-0001-5616-191X, King's College London), Yashi Gandhi (0009-0006-7914-5596, Sangath), N Simpson (0000-0001-5260-3266, The SHM Foundation), Maurice Biriotti (The SHM Foundation), Alfred Kydd (0009-0007-8868-7650, The SHM Foundation), Anna Kydd (SHM Foundation, London, UK), Julian Eaton (0000-0003-2697-4965, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Grace Ryan (0000-0002-9310-3513, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Grace Kathryn Ryan (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | e008906 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008906 |
| PMID | 35537763 |
| OpenAlex | W4280576319 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
Community-based mental health initiatives are uniquely positioned to understand the mental health needs of their local population and provide relevant, culturally appropriate and sustainable responses. However, at the grassroots level, mental health initiatives in low- and middle-income countries face key challenges, such as inadequate funding, barriers to demonstrating impact and difficulty engaging with stakeholders. The Ember Mental Health programme establishes 12-month partnerships with community-based mental health initiatives in low- and middle-income countries to support them to address these challenges, grow and achieve sustainability. This paper outlines a longitudinal qualitative study conducted to evaluate the 2020-2021 Ember Mental Health programme. Data were collected from March 2020 to March 2021 through semistructured interviews conducted with 11 initiatives at various time points throughout their Ember Mental Health partnership. A framework approach was used to analyse all data in its original language. Findings indicated that initiatives particularly benefited from provision of side-by-side mentorship; opportunities for skills strengthening and strategic thinking; occasions to network with other like-minded initiatives and/or experts in global mental health; and support on team empowerment and well-being. Based on these findings, we put forward various recommendations for funders and other stakeholders working to support community-based mental health initiatives in low- and middle-income countries. Through establishing collaborative partnerships that challenge more top-down, traditional funder–grantee relationships, it is possible to support the rich ecosystem of initiatives working to address the mental health needs of communities
Business · Community engagement · Economic growth · Empowerment · General partnership · Global mental health · Grassroots · Medical education · Mental health · Mentorship · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing
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