| Grant Profile: |
| Project Title: |
Community-based Mental Health Program (Travnik) |
| PCF/LICUS/SPF: |
PCF |
Status: |
Closed |
| File Number: |
60-B
| Region: |
ECA |
| Sector: |
Health and other social services |
Country: |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| FY approved: |
2001 |
Grant Theme : |
Human development |
| Keyword(s): |
Mental health |
Approved Amount: |
$328,589.00 |
| Related Documents |
 60 - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Community-based mental Health Program - Independent Evaluation.pdf
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Grant Recipient:
Harvard Program Refugee Trauma |
Grant Purpose:
The project aimed to support the Community-based Mental Health Services in Travnik Canton by financing an initiative to facilitate the development of a culturally appropriate mental health program within the primary health care system within the Travnik Canton.
More specifically, the project aimed to:
(1) Provide training and technical assistance to primary care providers (PCPs);
(2) Create a network of PCPs, skilled in mental health care, and supporting each other in the treatment of persons iwth trauma-related and other mental health disorders;
(3) Develop, together with the cantonal Ministry of Health, an approach to the provision of mental health services integrated into all levels of the primary health care system;
(4) Produce sustainable results by integrating this porject into Bosnia and Herzegovina's health care reform, including continuing medical education activities;
(5) Evaluate the achievement of the above three objectives so that lessons learned could be disseminated to other cantons and other countries in the region.
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Grant Activities:
The project supported the following activities:
(1) A mental health needs assessment of local providers, patients, and general population through interviews and focus groups, including an analysis of current barriers to care.
(2) Intensive training in mental health care delivery for PCPs.
(3) Strengthening of the primary and mental health care services by forming a network of providers with expertise in mental health. The network was developed during training recruitment in which providers were selected for geographic, demographic, and ethnic representation. Additionally, the project supported the network through project staff site visits to small groups of providers in their practices, for purposes of consultation, supervision, and evaluation of skills.
(4) Development of a model center of excellence, for integrated mental and primary health care.
(5) Dissemination of project activities and developments in mental health policy through a newsletter and a project website.
Finally, the projectevaluated the achievement of its objectives and lessons learned which could be shared with other cantons and countries.
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