“The parents must be sensitised through various awareness programmes, so that they can take their rightful roles on issues of mental health.” (Psychologist) peer counsellors, the children themselves.” “Train (Teacher 1) and actually to employ the counsellors who will actually be facilitating, or who will “To be teaching the issues of the mental health care.” 1) (Chief Notably, the need for training was viewed as multidimensional and reaching out to a of different stakeholders, including and themselves’, as well as counsellors’ children ‘peer ‘the who should be Similarly, it through various awareness programmes’. ‘parents’ ‘sensitised was suggested that professionals such as counsellors, should have regular training to provide sustainable quality services. The suggestion therefore is that education is a key way forward in tackling the problem of mental health. DISCUSSION The purpose of this study was to examine the views of community stakeholders improving awareness of and response to child mental health problems in Kenya. These reflected their experiences of challenges facing poor communities in the developing world. Consistent with the literature (e.g. Patel et al., 2007b; Kleintjes et al., 2010), the major challenges identified
“The parents must be sensitised through various awareness programmes, so that they can take their rightful roles on issues of mental health.” (Psychologist) “Train peer counsellors, the children themselves.” (Teacher 1) “To and actually to employ the counsellors who will actually be facilitating, or who will be teaching the issues of the mental health care.” (Chief 1) Notably, the need for training was viewed as multidimensional and reaching out to a of different stakeholders, including ‘peer counsellors’ and ‘the children themselves’, as well as ‘parents’ who should be ‘sensitised through various awareness programmes’. Similarly, it was suggested that professionals such as counsellors, should have regular training to provide sustainable quality services. The suggestion therefore is that education is a key way forward in tackling the problem of mental health. DISCUSSION The purpose of this study was to examine the views of community stakeholders improving awareness of and response to child mental health problems in Kenya. These reflected their experiences of challenges facing poor communities in the developing world. Consistent with the literature (e.g. Patel et al., 2007b; Kleintjes et al., 2010), the major challenges identified
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