Integrated care for people with long-term mental and physical health conditions in low-income and middle-income countries

G Thornicroft, S Ahuja, S Barber, D Chisholm… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Integrated care is defined as health services that are managed and delivered such that
people receive a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment …

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐and middle‐income countries

A Ussif, R Singh, U Shahmalak… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Community‐based primary‐level workers (PWs) are an important strategy for
addressing gaps in mental health service delivery in low‐and middle‐income countries …

Evaluation of a collaborative care model for integrated primary care of common mental disorders comorbid with chronic conditions in South Africa

I Petersen, A Bhana, LR Fairall, O Selohilwe, T Kathree… - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Background The rise in multimorbid chronic conditions in South Africa, large treatment gap
for common mental disorders (CMDs) and shortage of mental health specialists demands a …

Critical review of multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings: perspectives from the Global Alliance for Chronic …

JR Hurst, G Agarwal, JFM van Boven, M Daivadanam… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives There is growing recognition around the importance of multimorbidity in low-
income and middle-income country (LMIC) settings, and specifically the need for pragmatic …

'Doing more with less': a qualitative investigation of perceptions of South African health service managers on implementation of health innovations

C Brooke-Sumner, P Petersen-Williams… - Health Policy and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Building resilience in health systems is an imperative for low-and middle-income countries.
Health service managers' ability to implement health innovations may be a key aspect of …

Effects of integrated models of care for diabetes and hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Rohwer, JU Nicol, I Toews, T Young, CM Bavuma… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the effects of integrated models of care for people with multimorbidity
including at least diabetes or hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries …

[HTML][HTML] Pushing the bench: A mixed methods study of barriers to and facilitators of identification and referral into depression care by professional nurses in KwaZulu …

CG Kemp, N Mntambo, BJ Weiner, M Grant, D Rao… - SSM-mental health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Integration of mental health and chronic disease services in primary care could
reduce the mental health treatment gap and improve associated health outcomes in low …

A collaborative care package for depression comorbid with chronic physical conditions in South Africa

I Petersen, O Selohilwe, D Georgeu-Pepper… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction A task-sharing collaborative care model for integrated depression care for South
Africa's burgeoning primary health care population with chronic conditions was developed …

Challenges and opportunities for implementation and dissemination of a task-sharing counselling intervention for depression at primary health care level in South …

O Selohilwe, L Fairall, A Bhana, T Kathree… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background The treatment gap for mental health services is a growing public health
concern. A lay-counselling service located at primary health care (PHC) level could …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of a task-sharing collaborative care model for identification and management of depressive symptoms in patients with hypertension attending …

I Petersen, L Fairall, B Zani, A Bhana… - Journal of Affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background We tested the real-world effectiveness of a collaborative task-sharing model on
depressive symptom reduction in hypertensive Primary Health Care (PHC) patients in South …