Improving Mental Health Knowledge Among Brazilian Community Health Agents in a Training Program for a Self‐Reported Mental Health Assessment
The findings support the feasibility and acceptability of the interRAI SAMH tool and its potential to enhance CHAs' knowledge and ability to identify and refer individuals with mental health conditions in Primary Health Care.
Authors
- John P. Hirdes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-6543)
- Alice Hirdes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-0514)
- Sheila Gonçalves Câmara
- Matheus Dornelles
- Jamila Geri Tomaschewski Barlem
- Thomas Heimann
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (BR)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Santa Casa Hospital (BR)
- Royal Society of Canada (CA)
- Brazilian Computer Society (BR)
- Universidade Luterana do Brasil (BR)
- University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Nursing
- Published
- 2025-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.70061
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior