Health system facilitators and barriers to the integration of mental health services into primary care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a multimethod study

The integration of mental health into primary care-i.e., the process by which a range of essential mental health care and services are made available in existing multipurpose health care settings that did not previously provide them-can be facilitated or hindered by several health system factors tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC family practice 2024-06, Vol.25 (1), p.214-21
Hauptverfasser: Mukala Mayoyo, Erick, Chenge, Faustin, Sow, Abdoulaye, Criel, Bart, Michielsen, Joris, Van den Broeck, Kris, Coppieters, Yves
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Zusammenfassung:The integration of mental health into primary care-i.e., the process by which a range of essential mental health care and services are made available in existing multipurpose health care settings that did not previously provide them-can be facilitated or hindered by several health system factors that are still poorly understood. This study aimed to identify health system facilitators and barriers to the integration of mental health services into primary care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to improve the success rate of integration programs. We conducted a multimethod, cross-sectional exploratory study. Stakeholders (managers, health service providers, service users, etc.) from sixteen of the twenty-six provinces of the DRC participated. We collected qualitative data through 31 individual, semistructured, face-to-face key informant interviews. We then collected quantitative data through a population-based survey of 413 respondents. We analyzed the interviews via thematic analysis, assigning verbatims to predefined themes and subthemes. For the survey responses, we performed descriptive analysis followed by binomial logistic regression to explore the associations between the variables of interest. Strong leadership commitment, positive attitudes toward mental health care, the availability of care protocols, mental health task sharing (p 
ISSN:2731-4553
2731-4553
1471-2296
DOI:10.1186/s12875-024-02460-y