Evaluating Community Health Care Providers Knowledge and Self-Confidence in the Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment of Adolescent Depression in Tanzania
Journal: Archives of Depression and Anxiety (Vol.2, No. 2)Publication Date: 2016-11-14
Authors : Stan Kutcher Yifeng Wei Heather Gilberds Adena Brown Omary Ubuguyu Tasiana Njau Norman Sabuni Ayoub Magimba; Kevin Perkins;
Page : 026-030
Keywords : Health care providers; Knowledge; Self-confidence; Tanzania; Adolescents; Mental health; Depression; Africa;
Abstract
Background: Depression, which frequently onsets in young people, is projected to become the largest single burden of disease globally in the next decade. Its impact may be disproportionally felt in low-income countries, such as Tanzania, where availability of appropriate care in the community is poor. As part of the development of a health provider work force that can properly address this issue, assessment of current mental health literacy, focusing on knowledge about and self-confidence in the identification, diagnosis and treatment of Depression in young people by community health care providers is needed. This study addresses that need.
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