Training Primary Care Health Workers in Mental Health Evaluation of Attitudes towards Mental Illness before and after Training

H. Premalatha Chinnayya, C.R. Chandrashekar, Sundar Moily, Puttamma, Ahalya Raghuram, K.R. Subramanya, V. Shanmugham and G.S. Udaykumar
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H. Premalatha Chinnayya: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
C.R. Chandrashekar: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
Sundar Moily: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
Puttamma: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
Ahalya Raghuram: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
K.R. Subramanya: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
V. Shanmugham: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India
G.S. Udaykumar: Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences. Bangalore-560029, India

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1990, vol. 36, issue 4, 300-307

Abstract: One hundred and fifty primary care paramedical health workers who underwent a short term training in mental health care were evaluated to understand their attitudes towards mental health before, and immediately after, the training course. The trainees showed a significant change in attitudes in the desirable direction towards different mental health problems. Baseline attitude of health workers was not related to age, sex, level of education or duration of their professional service. However, health workers with low baseline attitude scores registered a significantly higher gain. Item analysis revealed that 10 of the 35 items of the attitude questionnaire failed to reveal significant post training changes.

Date: 1990
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