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Adapting Problem Management Plus for Implementation: Lessons Learned from Public Sector Settings Across Rwanda, Peru, Mexico and Malawi
Intervention
  • Sarah F. Coleman, Partners In Health
  • Hildegarde Mukasakindi, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Alexandra L. Rose, University of Maryland
  • Jerome T. Galea, University of South Florida
  • Beatha Nyirandagijimana, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Janvier Hakizimana, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Robert Bienvenue, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Priya Kundu, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Eugenie Uwimana, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Anathalie Uwamwezi, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima
  • Carmen Contreras, Partners In Health/Socios En Salud, Peru
  • Fátima G. Rodriguez-Cuevas, Partners In Health/Compañeros En Salud
  • Jimena Maza, Partners In Health/Compañeros En Salud
  • Todd Ruderman, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo
  • Emilia Connolly, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo
  • Mark Chalamanda, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo
  • Waste Kayira, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo
  • Kingsley Kazoole, Partners In Health/Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo
  • Ksakrad K Kelly, Partners In Health
  • Jesse H Wilson, Partners In Health
  • Amruta A Houde, Partners In Health
  • Elizabeth B Magill, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Giuseppe J Raviola, Harvard Medical School
  • Stephanie L Smith, Harvard Medical School
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Keywords
  • common mental health conditions,
  • curriculum adaptation,
  • public sector,
  • Problem Management Plus (PM+),
  • task-sharing
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.4103/INTV.INTV_41_20
Abstract

Problem Management Plus (PM+) is a low-intensity psychological intervention developed by the World Health Organization that can be delivered by nonspecialists to address common mental health conditions in people affected by adversity. Emerging evidence demonstrates the efficacy of PM+ across a range of settings. However, the published literature rarely documents the adaptation processes for psychological interventions to context or culture, including curriculum or implementation adaptations. Practical guidance for adapting PM+ to context while maintaining fidelity to core psychological elements is essential for mental health implementers to enable replication and scale. This paper describes the process of contextually adapting PM+ for implementation in Rwanda, Peru, Mexico and Malawi undertaken by the international nongovernmental organisation Partners In Health. To our knowledge, this initiative is among the first to adapt PM+ for routine delivery across multiple public sector primary care and community settings in partnership with Ministries of Health. Lessons learned contribute to a broader understanding of effective processes for adapting low-intensity psychological interventions to real-world contexts.

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Intervention, v. 19, issue 1, p. 58-66

The publisher's final edited version of this article is available at: https://www.interventionjournal.org/text.asp?2021/19/1/58/312726

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Sarah F. Coleman, Hildegarde Mukasakindi, Alexandra L. Rose, Jerome T. Galea, et al.. "Adapting Problem Management Plus for Implementation: Lessons Learned from Public Sector Settings Across Rwanda, Peru, Mexico and Malawi" Intervention Vol. 19 Iss. 1 (2021) p. 58 - 66
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jerome-galea/90/