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Background, target group and rationale
Improving understanding of and responsiveness to people’s mental health needs
EVALUATION
The activities will be evaluated to achieve the desired outcome. Policies will be reviewed twice during the whole project to analyse its effects on mentally ill people, their relatives and general population (which is well supported by Primary Mental Health Care, 2004). The role of community centres and home care visits will also be evaluated. The community centres will be frequently visited to see their efficiency and quality care. Statistically and clinically significant improvements will be recorded. The aim of this evaluation, basically, will be to achieve the desired outcome as mentioned below.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES, PLANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS
Outcomes that could be anticipated after this project are:
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Increased level of literacy in mental health field in general community and in particular settings, and decreased levels of stigma experienced by people associated with mental illness.
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Increased ability of communities to prevent mental problems, mental illness and suicide, and also identifying and intervening with people at risk.
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Better access to general practitioner and other primary care providers.
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Better access to range of community based alternatives.
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Better access to early intervention services.
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Improved access to service for population group of all ages especially between 16 to 64 years of age with diverse and complex needs.
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Improvement in values, attitudes, knowledge and skills of mental health work force.
Outcome of this project will be disseminated by co ordination of services across lifespan and thus continuity of care can be achieved, which involves specialist mental health sector and primary care.
Sustainability
Sustainability of this project will depend upon:
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Level of acceptance of interventions
This is reflected to the appropriateness of the intervention, and the way interventions are carried out and also to the degree to which people comply with an intervention.
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Resources required for intervention
This mean relative level of resources required (both material and personnel) to carry out an intervention. If the resources required are greater then available then interventions will be non sustainable within community.
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Benefit to the community from intervention
If community realizes the benefit from activities then interventions is more likely to be sustainable.
Transferability
According to Brundtland (2001) transferability means ability of an intervention that is successful in one community to be applied to other communities. Factors which will affect the transferability will be degree and effectiveness of community and health infrastructure, effectiveness of partnership and inter sectoral collaboration along with the community participation. If interventions non sustainable in one community, it has less likelihood of being transferable to others communities.
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