The predictors of treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana.

Journal: Perspectives in psychiatric care

Volume: 55

Issue: 2

Year of Publication: 2019

Affiliated Institutions:  Techiman Municipal Health Directorate/Ghana Health Services, Techiman, Ghana. Faculty of Health and Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia. Department of Health Policy, Management and Economics/School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Department of Health Promotion and Disability Studies, Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Faculty Health and Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia. Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract summary 

To explore factors influencing treatment pathways to mental health services among consumers in Ghana.Cross-sectional design using quantitative method.Treatment pathways for mental illness were general hospitals/clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and faith-based practices. The predisposing (age, household size, primary occupation, ethnicity, marital status, religion, and geographic location, as well as attitudes and beliefs), enabling (affordability), and need factors (severity of mental illness) were significant predictors of treatment pathways.Current advocacy and awareness for mental health services in Ghana should consider the predisposing, enabling, and need factors of consumers. Policy initiatives on mental health services should ensure adequate financing mechanisms and further establish collaboration between biomedical and faith-based services.

Authors & Co-authors:  Nartey Anna Korley AK Badu Eric E Agyei-Baffour Peter P Gyamfi Naomi N Opoku Maxwell Preprah MP O'Brien Anthony Paul AP Mitchell Rebecca R

Study Outcome 

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Authors :  7
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1111/ppc.12350
SSN : 1744-6163
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Adult
Other Terms
Ghana;biomedical treatment;mental health services;treatment pathways
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Country of Study
Ghana
Publication Country
United States