Using Mobile Phones to Empower the Frontline Healthcare Workers to Manage Depression at the Point of Care in Kenya using the WHO Mental Health Treatment Gap Intervention Guidelines” (mhGAP-IG mHealth)
GCC Rising Star Grant
Project Goal
To evaluate the applicability of a model that seeks to utilize mobile technology to train, supervise, support and monitor application of mhGAP-IG depression module on non-mental health workers.
Objectives
1: To promote mental well being and prevent mental illness in 5,740 primary school children (6-13 years) in 18 primary schools in two rural districts in Eastern Kenya 2: To facilitate intervention for children with mental illnesses identified from the 5,740 primary school children 3: To evaluate the efficacy of KIDS.
Objectives
1. To develop a software matrix on mhGAP-IG that can be uploaded on a smart phone. 2. To train health care workers on mhGAP-IG and how to use the software. 3. To determine the applicability of the technology among the health care workers through FDGs. End Date: April 2015