Status:

RECRUITING

Mental Health Stigma in Rural Uganda

Lead Sponsor:

Yale University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Empower Through Health

Empowerment to Heal - Uganda

Conditions:

Mental Health Issue

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators aim to elucidate attitudes and stigma towards mental illness in the pathways to mental healthcare among key stakeholders, such as traditional healers, religious leaders, families of ...

Detailed Description

The scientific objective of this protocol is to develop and evaluate a novel intervention to reduce mental illness stigma among people in rural Uganda. The central hypothesis to be assessed is that a ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participant must be willing to fully participate in the study - for the radio stigma intervention, it will include three separate listening sessions and two structured questionnaires. For evaluation of differential levels of stigma based on gender and condition, it will include listening to vignettes portraying mental illness and answering a questionnaire
  • All members must reside in the village where the intervention is being conducted.
  • Individuals must be able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Those who cannot or are not able to willingly give consent to participate in this study will be excluded.
  • Individuals who already have a family member participating in the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 10 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

350 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06000059

Start Date

August 10 2023

End Date

August 30 2025

Last Update

January 28 2025

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Empowerment to Heal - Uganda

Mpunde, Buyende District, Uganda