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“Helping Mentally Ill, a Reward Both in this Life and After”: A Qualitative Study Among Community Health Professionals in Somaliland
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare, Caring Science/Nursing. (RICH)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0038-9402
2023 (English)In: Community mental health journal, ISSN 0010-3853, E-ISSN 1573-2789, Vol. 59, no 6, p. 1051-1063Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This study aimed to describe the experiences of community mental health workers, predominantly female, nurses and doctors providing community-based mental health services in Borama, Somaliland. A qualitative explorative study using focus group discussions was conducted. Data were collected from three focus group discussions with 22 female community health workers, two medical doctors, and two registered nurses and analyzed using content analysis with an inductive approach. Three main categories were identified from the analysis: (1) bridging the mental health gap in the community; (2) working in a constrained situation; and (3) being altruistic. Overall, the community mental health workers felt that their role was to bridge the mental health gap in the community. They described their work as a rewarding and motivated them to continue despite challenges and improving community healthcare workers' work conditions and providing resources in mental health services will contribute to strengthening mental health services in Somaliland. 

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2023. Vol. 59, no 6, p. 1051-1063
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Community mental health; Fragile state; Mental health services; Post-conflict setting
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-44977DOI: 10.1007/s10597-022-01085-8ISI: 000909445300001PubMedID: 36602699Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85145716555OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-44977DiVA, id: diva2:1724168
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Dalarna UniversityAvailable from: 2023-01-05 Created: 2023-01-05 Last updated: 2023-06-26Bibliographically approved

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