Implementing an Education- and Health System Task-shifting Approach for Child Mental Health Promotion in Uganda
This study will adapt a school version (mhGAP-IGs) of the World Health Organization´s (WHO) "Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide" (mhGAP). Both teachers and health workers will receive training in mhGAP, and systems for collaboration between the school and health sector as well as other relevant stakeholders will be developed and integrated. The project is conducted in close collaboration with key stakeholders from the Ministry, the health and education sector, the police, and religious leaders. The aim is to increase mental health literacy among school staff, facilitate a healthy school environment, and increase detection of mental health needs among primary school aged children.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  A teacher/ staff member at a preselected TREAT INTERACT primary school in Mbale. Child-caregiver pairs are eligible when a learner is enrolled in a selected primary school in Mbale, the child has a caregiver living with him or her and provides ascent, and the caregiver with a child in the selected school providing informed consent.  Exclusion Criteria:  Not part of preselected primary school Lack of informed consent - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 5 Years - MaximumAge: 18 Years - StdAgeList: Child, Adult