Attitudes and beliefs about mental illness among church-based lay health workers: experience from a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission trial in Nigeria
Iheanacho T, Kapadia D, Ezeanolue CO, Osuji AA, Ogidi AG, Ike A, Patel D, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R, Obiefune M, Ezeanolue EE. Attitudes and beliefs about mental illness among church-based lay health workers: experience from a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission trial in Nigeria. International Journal Of Culture And Mental Health 2015, 9: 1-13. PMID: 26807146, PMCID: PMC4706033, DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2015.1074260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental illnessMental disordersHealth workersChild HIV transmission (PMTCT) trialPrevention of motherLay health workersChild health programsCommon mental disordersHealthy Beginning InitiativeCross-sectional surveySelf-administered questionnairePerinatal depressionHealth advisorsResponse rateHealth programsIllnessDisordersBio-psychoTraumatic eventsTransmission trialsTrialsCarePreventionVolunteersCross-National Analysis of Beliefs and Attitude Toward Mental Illness Among Medical Professionals From Five Countries
Stefanovics E, He H, Ofori-Atta A, Cavalcanti MT, Neto H, Makanjuola V, Ighodaro A, Leddy M, Rosenheck R. Cross-National Analysis of Beliefs and Attitude Toward Mental Illness Among Medical Professionals From Five Countries. Psychiatric Quarterly 2015, 87: 63-73. PMID: 25939823, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-015-9363-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental illnessAnalysis of covarianceHealth professionalsSupernatural causesAttitudes of professionalsIllnessChi-squareConvenience sampleMedical professionalsBio-psychoCauseLower scoresScoresAgeNormal roleGreater evidenceProfessionalsNational analysisRobust differencesGenderPrevious studiesFactor scoresDifferencesConfirmatory factor analysisGhanaian sample