Mental Health Facilitator (MHF) Service Implementation in Schools in Malawi, Africa: A Strategy for Increasing Community Human Resources

Autor/inn/en	Luke, Melissa; Hinkle, J. Scott; Schweiger, Wendi; Henderson, Donna
Titel	Mental Health Facilitator (MHF) Service Implementation in Schools in Malawi, Africa: A Strategy for Increasing Community Human Resources
Quelle	In: Professional Counselor, 6 (2016) 1, S.1-21 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2164-3989
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Community Health Services; Program Implementation; Facilitators (Individuals); Stakeholders; Beliefs; Mental Health Programs; Mental Health Workers; Participant Satisfaction; Ethnography; Interviews; Focus Groups; Semi Structured Interviews; Community Resources; Community Needs; Community Education; Cultural Context; Malawi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Belief; Glaube; Psychiater; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung
Abstract	The Mental Health Facilitator (MHF) program utilizes a population-based curriculum and has been implemented in Malawi for the past seven years. This article reports findings from an ethnographic study that explored how 40 MHF stakeholders have experienced the MHF program. This transdisciplinary program is a 30-hour training in community mental health that focuses on fundamental helping skills; identification of stress, distress and mental disorders; and appropriate community referral and follow-up. Results indicated four interrelated themes representing participants' beliefs about their experiences with the training, including the curriculum's responsiveness to the Malawian context, the availability and limitations of resources, the processes involved, and a variety of identified outcomes. Implications for community implementation and future directions are identified. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01