Partnerships in a Global Mental Health Research Programme-the Example of PRIME.
Journal: Global social welfare : research, policy & practice
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Year of Publication:
Affiliated Institutions:
Alan J. Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Centre for Global Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK.
South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa.
Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organisation, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
CDT-Africa, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Perinatal Mental Health Project, Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Centre for Rural Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sangath, Porvorim, India.
Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
BasicNeeds, Bengaluru, India.
Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Public Health Foundation of India, Bhopal, India.
Butabika National Mental Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Alan J. Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Abstract summary
Collaborative research partnerships are necessary to answer key questions in global mental health, to share expertise, access funding and influence policy. However, partnerships between low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries have often been inequitable with the provision of technical knowledge flowing unilaterally from high to lower income countries. We present the experience of the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME), a LMIC-led partnership which provides research evidence for the development, implementation and scaling up of integrated district mental healthcare plans in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa and Uganda. We use Tuckman's first four stages of forming, storming, norming and performing to reflect on the history, formation and challenges of the PRIME Consortium. We show how this resulted in successful partnerships in relation to management, research, research uptake and capacity building and reflect on the key lessons for future partnerships.
Authors & Co-authors:
Breuer Erica E
Hanlon Charlotte C
Bhana Arvin A
Chisholm Dan D
Silva Mary De M
Fekadu Abebaw A
Honikman Simone S
Jordans Mark M
Kathree Tasneem T
Kigozi Fred F
Luitel Nagendra P NP
Marx Maggie M
Medhin Girmay G
Murhar Vaibhav V
Ndyanabangi Sheila S
Patel Vikram V
Petersen Inge I
Prince Martin M
Raja Shoba S
Rathod Sujit D SD
Shidhaye Rahul R
Ssebunnya Joshua J
Thornicroft Graham G
Tomlinson Mark M
Wolde-Giorgis Tedla T
Lund Crick C
Study Outcome
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