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Dialogue to Empower Traditional and Faith Healers to Deliver mhGAP-IG Adapted Psychosocial Interventions in Kenya

NCT03165513 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4081

Last updated 2017-05-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The project aimed to create a dialogue between the informal sector (traditional and faith healers) and the formal sector (trained health care workers) in order to increase synergy and communication between the two systems, by minimizing any harmful practices and enhancing complementary practices. The informal sector will also be trained on how to use WHO mhGAP-IG component on depression for routine screening in order to ameliorate functional and social outcomes and refer complicated cases to the formal sector for biological interventions

Conditions

  • Depressive Disorder, Major

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

mhGAP-IG

psychosocial interventions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Grand Challenges Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health (AFRIMEB)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christine W Musyimi, MSc · Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health (AFRIMEB)

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-01
Primary Completion
2015-03-20
Completion
2015-03-20

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