Open AccessKNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON MENTAL HEALTH AMONG HEALTH WORKERS SERVING A BLOCK OF A DISTRICT OF WESTERN INDIA.
Author(s) -
Sanjay Misra,
Mehul Patel,
Rajat Oswal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/1601282
Subject(s) - mental health , medicine , family medicine , nursing , health care , population , quarter (canadian coin) , environmental health , psychiatry , archaeology , economics , history , economic growth
Background: Mental health services can be provided efficiently by primary health care workers with communitybased initiatives and task-sharing strategies. The study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practiceregarding mental health among health workers serving a block of a district of Western India.Methods:A cross sectional study was conducted among 47 health workers serving rural and tribal population of a blockof a district of Western India.Accredited Social Health Activists,Auxiliary Nurse Midwives,Field level workers;one eachfrom the selected 12 villages were interviewed through a semi structured Questionnaire.Results: The 50th percentile knowledge and attitude-practice among health care workers was 63.46% and 72.78%respectively. Overall mean knowledge was 64.12%.There was no gender difference in the scores. Faith healing/quack(bhuva,bhagat) was options for treatment as mentioned by four-fifth of them and dargah/temple by two-third of them.Allof them were aware of medicines as options for treatment and nearly 60% mentioned conversations and electric shock asoptions too.Conclusions/Recommendations: There is a need of a tailored made intervention developed in collaboration withpsychiatrist and public health expert on mental health to empower primary health care workers