Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and Her Role in District Mental Health Program: Learnings from the COVID 19 Pandemic.
Accreditation
COVID-19
Community Health Services
/ organization & administration
Community Health Workers
/ psychology
Delivery of Health Care
/ organization & administration
Female
Government Programs
/ organization & administration
Humans
India
Mental Health
Pandemics
Patient Advocacy
Program Evaluation
SARS-CoV-2
Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)
COVID 19
Community Healthcare Worker (CHW)
District Mental Health Programme (DMHP)
Journal
Community mental health journal
ISSN: 1573-2789
Titre abrégé: Community Ment Health J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0005735
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2021
04 2021
Historique:
received:
27
09
2020
accepted:
02
01
2021
pubmed:
17
1
2021
medline:
4
3
2021
entrez:
16
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
COVID 19 pandemic has posed challenges for public mental healthcare delivery, particularly in LAMI countries such as India. However, this unique situation has also brought in opportunities to revisit the health system and optimally utilize the available resources. In this brief report, we report one such new initiative in which existing community health workers (CHWs), known as ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activist) acted as a bridge between patients with mental illness and the District Mental Health Program (DMHP) of Ramanagara district of Karnataka State, India. They maintained continuity of care of 76 patients by delivering mental healthcare services to the patients' doorstep. This has paved the way to rethink and revisit their role in public mental healthcare delivery not only during COVID 19 times, but also beyond.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33452947
doi: 10.1007/s10597-021-00773-1
pii: 10.1007/s10597-021-00773-1
pmc: PMC7811346
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
442-445Références
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