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NCT Number: NCT02552056

The Effect of Integrating CAMH Into PHC and Traditional Healers' Practice in Uganda: a Randomized Controlled Trial

This randomized controlled trial will compare the effect of a CAMH integration package on yield of CAMH cases compared to non-CAMH integrated sites. It will be conducted among nurses, midwives and clinical officers who provide PHC services to children and adolescents in 42 health centers; and eligible traditional healers.

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Key information

Conditions

Community Mental Health Services

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

The overall goal of the study is to increase access to mental health services for children and adolescents in Uganda by improving entry through primary health care workers and traditional healers.

The main objective of the study is to measure the effect of integrating child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) into primary health care (PHC) and into traditional healers' services on CAMH case identification in 2 districts in Eastern Uganda, so as to improve entry into mental health services.

The specific objectives are:

  • To estimate the effect of CAMH integration into PHC on case identification, measured by the number of new non- epilepsy CAMH diagnoses.
  • To assess the feasibility and effect of integrating CAMH into traditional healers practice, measured by the number of CAMH referrals from community to clinics per month.
  • To assess the acceptability of CAMH integration among PHC workers and traditional healers
  • To estimate the costs associated with the integration of CAMH into PHC and traditional medicine

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 1. Public (government health system) 2. No psychiatric nurse allocated

Exclusion criteria

  • mhGAP training in the previous 3 years

Treatment and study plan

CAMH training

Other

Training of PHC workers included in the study for 5 days to screen children and adolescents for CAMH conditions, based in the mhGAP curriculum for non-specialist health providers.

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of clinics which recorded at least one non-epilepsy CAMH diagnosis in the intervention compared to the control group.

    Time frame: 3 months

Other outcomes

  1. Change in CAMH knowledge pre-and post-training

    Time frame: 5 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Bergen

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Integrating Child and Adolescent Mental Health Into Primary Health Care and Traditional Healers' Practice: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Eastern Uganda

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 16, 2015
Registry last updated
May 13, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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