Bridging the Child Mental Health Care Gap in LMICs: RESEED and Task-shifted, Teacher-led Care

Duration: 27 mins Publication Date: 4 Dec 2023 Next Review Date: 4 Dec 2026 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25587

Description

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Christina Cruz, Dr. Michael Matergia, and Priscilla Giri discuss their co-authored CAMH journal Short Research Article ‘RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher-led, task-shifting initiative for child mental health’.

Learning Objectives

1. Introducing RESEED (Responding to Students’ Emotions through Education), and Tealeaf (Teachers Leading the Frontlines).
2. Definitions of ‘stepped levels of care’ and ‘task-shifting’ in terms of teacher-led care.
3. Research gaps that this study aimed to address.
4. Surprising results from the study.
5. Implications for policymakers, and researchers.
6. Advice and implications from a practice and intervention perspective for teachers working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

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CAMH

Paper Link

doi.org/10.1111/camh.12673

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Speakers

Dr. Christina Cruz

Dr. Christina Cruz

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States,.

Dr. Michael Matergia

Dr. Michael Matergia

Family Medicine Physician and Associate Program Director at Intermountain Health, an Investigator at the Colorado School of Public Health and Co-Founder of Broadleaf Health and Education Alliance, United States.

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