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dc.contributor.authorMugisha, James
dc.contributor.authorKinyanda, Eugene
dc.contributor.authorOsafo, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorNalukeng, Winfred
dc.contributor.authorKnizek, Birthe Loa
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-23T11:23:41Z
dc.date.available2022-02-23T11:23:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-03
dc.identifier.citationMugisha, James...et al (2020). Health care professionals’ perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orphan children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and mental distress in a rural district in central, Uganda.Springer Link: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00332-8.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-020-00332-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://kyuspace.kyu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/20.500.12504/677
dc.description10 p.en_US
dc.description.abstractLittle/no research has been conducted in Uganda in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in general on the health professional’s perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orphan children and adolescents with a double burden of HIV/AIDS and mental distress. Aim To explore health professionals’ perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orphan children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and mental distress in Masaka, Uganda. Method Qualitative research design using key informant interviews with health service managers and staff in agencies working with children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS in Masaka district, Uganda. Results Barriers to treatment seeking reported by health care professionals were quite enormous and are summarized under: family, individual, community and health systems level barriers. The crosscutting finding here is that the societal informal and formal systems of care had been affected by the HIV/AIDs epidemic, and, mental distress aggravates this challenge for the individuals afflicted and families affected by mental distress. Conclusion Children and adolescents with both HIV/AIDS and mental distress are vulnerable due to constraints at family, community and health systems levels. Effective public health interventions to address the double burden of HIV/AIDS and mental distress will be vital in the study communities addressing the constraints at family, community and institutional level. Public health interventions should aim at increased access and effective utilization of services for both HIV/AIDS and mental health services. Stigma reduction strategies at individual, family and community levels are also recommended.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Link: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Healthen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subjectMental distressen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleHealth care professionals’ perspectives on barriers to treatment seeking for formal health services among orphan children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS and mental distress in a rural district in central, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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