Purpose Rural areas persistently face a shortage of mental health specialists. Task shifting,
or task sharing, is an approach in global mental health that may help address unmet mental …

Context Healthcare systems are experimenting increasingly with interventions to address
patients' social and economic needs. This systematic review examines how often and how …

Introduction A large number of peer-reviewed studies, with various methodologies and
populations, have addressed the effects of food insecurity (FIS) on mental health conditions …

This systematic review evaluates efforts to date to involve community health workers (CHWs)
in delivering evidence-based mental health interventions to underserved communities in the …

Background. Community-based health workers (CBHWs) are frontline public health workers
who are trusted members of the community they serve. Recently, considerable attention has …

Background Common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, are
estimated to affect up to 15% of the UK population at any one time, and health care systems …

Community health workers have potential to enhance primary care access and quality, but
remain underutilized. To provide guidance on their integration, we characterized roles and …

The novel coronavirus has added new anxieties and forms of grieving to the myriad practical
and emotional burdens already present in the lives of underserved and uninsured immigrant …

Considering the central role of familismo in Latino culture, it is important to assess the extent
to which familismo affects mental health help-seeking. This study examined the role of …

Mental disorders account for 25% of all health-related disability worldwide. More patients
receive treatment for mental disorders in the primary care sector than in the mental health …