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© 1989 Oxford University Press

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Personnel Concerning Mental Health Problems in Developing Countries: A Follow-Up Study

L L IGNACIOa, M V DE ARANGOb, J BALTAZARc, E D'ARRIGO BUSNELLOd, C E CLIMENTb, A ELHAKIMe, R GIELf, T W HARDINGg, G H M M TEN HORNf, H H A IBRAHIMh, R SRINIVASA MURTHYi and N N WIGj

aDepartment of Psychiatry, University of the Philippines System Manila, Philippines
bDepartment of Psychiatry, Universidad del Valle Cali, Comombia
cInstitute of Public Health Manila, Philippines
dState Health Department Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
eDivision of Mental Health, Ministry of Health Cairo, Egypt (prior to his death in August 1981)
fDepartment of Social Psychiatry, University of Groningen the Netherlands
gDivision of Mental Health WHO, Geneva. Present address: Institute of Legal Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
hDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Khartoum Sudan(prior to his death in January 1983)
iDepartment of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India Present address, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Bangalore, India
jPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh. Present address, Eastern Mediterranean Office, WHO, Alexandria, Egypt

lgnacio L L (WHO collaborating Centre, Department of Social Psychiatry, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands), De Arango MV, Baltazar J, Busnello E D, Climent C E, Elhakim A, Giel R, Harding T W, Ten Horn G H M M, lbrahim H H A, Srinivasa Murthy R and Wig N N. Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care personnel concerning mental health problmems in developing countries: A follow-up study. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18: 669–673.

Within the context of a World Health Organization coordinated collaborative study health workers in aix developing countries were assessed 18 months after their training for imporvement in their knowledge and attitude towards mental health problem and their management. The approaches to training varied between study areas, but the degree of improvement following the training, was of equal magnitude in all countries. The training process has formalized the recongnition by the health workers that treatment of mental problems is an integral part of their work.


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