TY - JOUR
KW - Attitudes
KW - Community attitudes towards mentally ill
KW - Cross sectional
KW - Primary health care workers
AU - K. S. Mosaku
AU - A. H. Wallymahmed
A1 - 
AB - World Health Organization (WHO) recommends integration of mental health services into primary health services; however attitude of primary health care workers is one barrier to this. A cross sectional survey using the Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) was done. One hundred and twenty primary care workers were randomly selected from three local government areas. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analyses. The results showed that most primary health care workers hold a benevolent (mean = 2.47, SD = 0.52) attitude towards the mentally ill. Workers with 10 years or more experience tend to have less authoritarian (t = 3.19, p = 0.01) and less social restrictive (t = 3.90, p = 0.01) attitudes towards the mentally ill. There were no significant differences in attitude by gender, marital status, or designation of health care workers. The study showed that primary care workers have attitudes similar to that seen in the general population.
BT - Community mental health journal
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1007/s10597-016-0017-3
IS - 2
JF - Community mental health journal
N2 - World Health Organization (WHO) recommends integration of mental health services into primary health services; however attitude of primary health care workers is one barrier to this. A cross sectional survey using the Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) was done. One hundred and twenty primary care workers were randomly selected from three local government areas. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analyses. The results showed that most primary health care workers hold a benevolent (mean = 2.47, SD = 0.52) attitude towards the mentally ill. Workers with 10 years or more experience tend to have less authoritarian (t = 3.19, p = 0.01) and less social restrictive (t = 3.90, p = 0.01) attitudes towards the mentally ill. There were no significant differences in attitude by gender, marital status, or designation of health care workers. The study showed that primary care workers have attitudes similar to that seen in the general population.
PP - United States
PY - 2017
SN - 1573-2789; 0010-3853
SP - 176
EP - 182
EP - 
T1 - Attitudes of Primary Care Health Workers Towards Mental Health Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Osun State, Nigeria
T2 - Community mental health journal
TI - Attitudes of Primary Care Health Workers Towards Mental Health Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Osun State, Nigeria
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 27221254
U3 - 10.1007/s10597-016-0017-3
VL - 53
VO - 1573-2789; 0010-3853
Y1 - 2017
ER -