Research Articles (Institute for Life Course Health Research)

Impact of integrated district level mental health care on clinical and functioning outcomes of people with depression and alcohol use disorder in Nepal : a non-randomised controlled study

Jordans, M. J. D.; Garman, E. C.; Luitel, N. P.; Kohrt, B. A.; Lund, C.; Patel, V.; Tomlinson, M. (BioMed Central, 2020-09-14)

Background: Integration of mental health services into primary healthcare is proliferating in low-resource countries. We aimed to evaluate the impact of different compositions of primary care mental health services for ...
Community health workers impact on maternal and child health outcomes in rural South Africa : a non-randomized two-group comparison study

Le Roux, Karl W.; Almirol, Ellen; Rezvan, Panteha Hayati; Le Roux, Ingrid M.; Mbewu, Nokwanele; Dippenaar, Elaine; Stansert-Katzen, Linnea; Baker, Venetia; Tomlinson, Mark; Rotheram-Borus, M. J. (BioMed Central, 2020-09-17)

Background: Home visits by paraprofessional community health workers (CHWs) has been shown to improve maternal and child health outcomes in research studies in many countries. Yet, when these are scaled or replicated, efficacy ...