"Helping Mentally Ill, a Reward Both in this Life and After": A Qualitative Study Among Community Health Professionals in Somaliland.
Adolescent
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Young Adult
Altruism
Community Mental Health Services
Focus Groups
Interviews as Topic
Mental Disorders
/ therapy
Mentally Ill Persons
/ psychology
Motivation
Nurses, Community Health
/ psychology
Ostracism
/ psychology
Physicians
/ psychology
Psychiatric Nursing
Qualitative Research
Reward
Social Stigma
Somalia
Trust
Community mental health
Fragile state
Mental health services
Post-conflict setting
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:
08 2023
08 2023
Historique:
received:
25
02
2022
accepted:
22
12
2022
medline:
26
6
2023
pubmed:
6
1
2023
entrez:
5
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aimed to describe the experiences of community mental health workers, predominantly female, nurses and doctors providing community-based mental health services in Borama, Somaliland. A qualitative explorative study using focus group discussions was conducted. Data were collected from three focus group discussions with 22 female community health workers, two medical doctors, and two registered nurses and analyzed using content analysis with an inductive approach. Three main categories were identified from the analysis: (1) bridging the mental health gap in the community; (2) working in a constrained situation; and (3) being altruistic. Overall, the community mental health workers felt that their role was to bridge the mental health gap in the community. They described their work as a rewarding and motivated them to continue despite challenges and improving community healthcare workers' work conditions and providing resources in mental health services will contribute to strengthening mental health services in Somaliland.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36602699
doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-01085-8
pii: 10.1007/s10597-022-01085-8
pmc: PMC10289922
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1051-1063Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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