Problem-based, peer-to-peer global mental health e-learning between the UK and Somaliland: a pilot study

Abstract

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Understanding global mental health: a conceptual review

“… 63 64 69 74 ⁠ For example, Murphy and colleagues demonstrate how a peer-to-peer e-learning intervention can improve learning in low-resource areas and facilitate a cross-cultural awareness of mental health. 75 …”

“…63 64 69 74 For example, Murphy and colleagues demonstrate how a peer-to-peer e-learning intervention can improve learning in lowresource areas and facilitate a cross-cultural awareness of mental health. 75 Within the context of those promoting the growth of mental health infrastructure globally, GMH is characterised by a global-local debate, where there is the generalisable evidence-based biomedical approach to services versus the more empathetic locally embedded service approach. 30 32 45 48 53 60 The global approach has been described as the propagation of Western psychiatry, which is at risk of stifling cultural alternatives to mental healthcare.…”

Programa de Acción Mundial para Superar las Brechas en Salud Mental (mhGAP) en Chile: aprendizajes y desafíos para América Latina y el Caribe

“…En los próximos meses y años, se deben desarrollar estrategias de evaluación y seguimiento enfocadas a la medición del impacto del programa, a fin de conocer su efectividad respecto al fortalecimiento de competencias, desde una perspectiva organizacional y de sistemas, como se ha planteado en otros países (26). En ese camino, el uso de aplicaciones informáticas para teléfonos celulares y la digitalización de las estrategias de implementación y evaluación adquieren una gran relevancia y podrían ayudar a extender los beneficios de la Guía de Implementación del mhGAP más allá del personal clínico (27). La evaluación realizada hizo notar la necesidad de avanzar en la sistematización integral de este programa en Chile de tal manera que se precisen en detalle los objetivos, los resultados esperados, las estrategias y las metas -entre otros elementos-a corto, mediano y largo plazos.…”

Where Technology Meets Psychology: Improving Global Mental Health

“…High-quality health education is limited in several regions of the world [13]. With the fast and ongoing advances in medicine, being up to date with the latest treatments and interventions can be impossible for the majority of health providers.…”

“…With the fast and ongoing advances in medicine, being up to date with the latest treatments and interventions can be impossible for the majority of health providers. Nevertheless, e-learning has become an attractive way to improve these limitations, given its affordability, flexibility (in time and location given its asynchronous and decentralized nature [12]), accessibility, and capacity-building potential in those places that need it the most [13,14]. e-Learning is more affordable than traditional face-to-face learning since operational costs (physical classroom, accommodation, and travel) are lower.…”