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Lessons from scaling up a depression treatment program in primary care in Chile

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Date
2012
Author
Araya, Ricardo
Alvarado, Rubén
Sepúlveda, Rodrigo
Rojas, Graciela
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In Chile, the National Depression Detection and Treatment Program (Programa Nacional deDiagnóstico y Tratamiento de la Depresión, PNDTD) in primary care is a rare example ofan evidence-based mental health program that was scaled up to the national level in a low- ormiddle-income country. This retrospective qualitative study aimed to better understand howpolicymakers made the decision to scale up mental health services to the national level, andto explore the elements, contexts, and processes that facilitated the decision to implementand sustain PNDTD. In-depth semistructured interviews with six key informants selectedthrough intentional sampling were conducted in August December 2008. Interviewees weresenior officers at the Ministry of Health who were directly involved in the decision to scale upthe program.Results yielded four elements pivotal to the decisionmaking process: scientific evidence,teamwork and leadership, strategic alliances, and program institutionalization. Each elementcontributed to building consensus, securing funding, attracting resources, and gaining lastingsupport from policymakers. Additionally, a review of available documentation led the authorsto consider sociopolitical context and use of the media to be important factors.While research evidence for the effectiveness of mental health services in the primary caresetting continues to accumulate, low- and middle-income countries should get started on thelengthy process of scaling up by incorporating the elements that led to decisionmaking andimplementation of the PNDTD in Chile.(AU)
 
En Chile, el Programa Nacional de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de la Depresión(PNDTD) en atención primaria constituye un raro ejemplo de programa de saludmental basado en la evidencia ampliado al nivel nacional en un país de ingresos medioso bajos. Con este estudio retrospectivo cualitativo se buscó conocer más a fondola forma en que los responsables de las políticas tomaron la decisión de ampliar losservicios de salud mental al nivel nacional e investigar los elementos, contextos y procesosque facilitaron la decisión de implementar y mantener el PNDTD. Entre agostoy diciembre de 2008, seis informantes clave seleccionados mediante muestreo intencionalllevaron a cabo entrevistas en profundidad semiestructuradas. Los entrevistadoseran funcionarios de alto nivel del Ministerio de Salud directamente involucradosen la decisión de ampliar el programa.Los resultados arrojaron cuatro elementos fundamentales para el proceso de tomade decisiones: las pruebas científicas, el trabajo en equipo y el liderazgo, las alianzasestratégicas y la institucionalización del programa. Los cuatro elementos contribuyerona la creación de consensos, la obtención de financiamiento, la captación derecursos y la obtención de un apoyo duradero por parte de los responsables de laspolíticas. Además, la revisión de la documentación disponible llevó a los autores aconsiderar al contexto sociopolítico y el uso de los medios factores importantes.Mientras se siguen acumulando datos de investigación sobre la eficacia de losservicios de salud mental en la atención primaria, los países con ingresos medios ybajos deben comenzar el largo proceso de ampliación incorporando los elementos quecondujeron a la toma de decisiones y la implementación del PNDTD en Chile.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;32(3),sept. 2012
Subject
Community mental health services; Depression; Delivery of Health Care; mental health; Chile; servicios comunitarios de salud mental; Depresión; Prestación de Atención de Salud; Salud Mental; Chile; Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental; Depressão; Transtorno Depressivo; Programas Governamentais; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Chile; Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental; Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental; Comportamento Cooperativo; Tomada de Decisões; Depressão; Transtorno Depressivo; Países em Desenvolvimento; Implementação de Plano de Saúde; Relações Interinstitucionais; Entrevistas como Assunto; Liderança; Formulação de Políticas; Desenvolvimento de Programas; Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde; Política Social; Pesquisa Qualitativa; Estudos Retrospectivos
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9265
Citation
Araya, Ricardo,Alvarado, Rubén,Sepúlveda, Rodrigo,Rojas, Graciela (2012) Lessons from scaling up a depression treatment program in primary care in Chile. Rev Panam Salud Publica;32(3),sept. 2012.
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