Open AccessMental Health in Kenyan Schools: Teachers’ Perspectives
Author(s) -
Anne Mbwayo,
Muthoni Mathai,
Lincoln Khasakhala,
Mary Wangari Kuria,
Ann Vander Stoep
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
global social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2196-8799
DOI - 10.1007/s40609-019-00153-4
Subject(s) - mental health , focus group , psychology , referral , perception , qualitative research , medical education , kenya , public health , identification (biology) , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , sociology , social science , neuroscience , anthropology , political science , law , botany , biology
This qualitative study, conducted in public primary and secondary schools, sought teachers' perceptions of mental health concerns that are relevant in school settings. Based on the phenomenological theory, the study aimed to understand the teachers experiences of mental health problems in the schools and how they handled them.