Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study
BackgroundTraditional healers are in the front line to give the mental healthcare service in developing countries like Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, different studies were done focusing on the role of traditional medicine and perception of the community toward traditional medicine. However, there is pauci...
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| author | Gudeta Mideksa Elias Tesfaye Yimenu Yitayih Yohanes Sime Kemal Aliye Abraham Tamirat Gizaw |
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| description | BackgroundTraditional healers are in the front line to give the mental healthcare service in developing countries like Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, different studies were done focusing on the role of traditional medicine and perception of the community toward traditional medicine. However, there is paucity of studies, which shows the level of mental health literacy among traditional healers. Therefore, this study intended to mental health literacy level of traditional healers in Jimma town, Ethiopia.MethodA community-based cross-sectional study design was employed among 310 participants. To select the participants from Jimma town, a stratified random sampling method was utilized from August 1 to September 30, 2020. The Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire was used to assess mental health literacy for assessment of mental health literacy among traditional healers. The collected data were coded and entered into EpiData version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25.0 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariable linear regression was used for data analysis.ResultThe finding of this study showed that the samples of traditional healers found in Jimma town scored a total mean of 95.91 ± 3.0025 for mental health literacy. Age [β = −0.052 (95% CI: −0.078, −0.026)], year of experience [β = 0.095 (95% CI: 0.067, 0.123)], family history of mental illness [β = 1.709 (95% CI: 0.543, 2.360)], history of professional help seeking on mental illness [β = 0.501 (95% CI: 0.715, 2.288)], history of getting information of mental illness on media [β = 0.941 (95% CI: 0.345, 1.538)], training on mental health [β = 2.213 (995% CI: 1.520, 2.906)], history of treating mental illness [β = 1.676 (95% CI: 0.808, 2.544)], and informal education [β = −1.664 (95% CI: −2.081, −1.247)] were factors significantly associated with MHL.ConclusionThe mental health literacy of traditional healers mean score is lower than the mean score of other studies. Age, year of experience, training on mental illness, family history, history of professional help seeking, history of treating mental illness, information on mental illness, and informal education are significantly associated with mental health literacy. Therefore, structured training is very important to improve their level of mental health literacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7854e41553fd41319c5d403326eab02a2025-02-10T14:26:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-05-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.13044541304454Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional studyGudeta Mideksa0Elias Tesfaye1Yimenu Yitayih2Yohanes Sime3Kemal Aliye4Abraham Tamirat Gizaw5Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, EthiopiaPsychiatry Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, EthiopiaPsychiatry Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, EthiopiaPsychiatry Department, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, EthiopiaCollege of Health and Medical Science, Department of Psychiatry, Haramaya University, Harar, EthiopiaDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Faculty of Medical sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, EthiopiaBackgroundTraditional healers are in the front line to give the mental healthcare service in developing countries like Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, different studies were done focusing on the role of traditional medicine and perception of the community toward traditional medicine. However, there is paucity of studies, which shows the level of mental health literacy among traditional healers. Therefore, this study intended to mental health literacy level of traditional healers in Jimma town, Ethiopia.MethodA community-based cross-sectional study design was employed among 310 participants. To select the participants from Jimma town, a stratified random sampling method was utilized from August 1 to September 30, 2020. The Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire was used to assess mental health literacy for assessment of mental health literacy among traditional healers. The collected data were coded and entered into EpiData version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25.0 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariable linear regression was used for data analysis.ResultThe finding of this study showed that the samples of traditional healers found in Jimma town scored a total mean of 95.91 ± 3.0025 for mental health literacy. Age [β = −0.052 (95% CI: −0.078, −0.026)], year of experience [β = 0.095 (95% CI: 0.067, 0.123)], family history of mental illness [β = 1.709 (95% CI: 0.543, 2.360)], history of professional help seeking on mental illness [β = 0.501 (95% CI: 0.715, 2.288)], history of getting information of mental illness on media [β = 0.941 (95% CI: 0.345, 1.538)], training on mental health [β = 2.213 (995% CI: 1.520, 2.906)], history of treating mental illness [β = 1.676 (95% CI: 0.808, 2.544)], and informal education [β = −1.664 (95% CI: −2.081, −1.247)] were factors significantly associated with MHL.ConclusionThe mental health literacy of traditional healers mean score is lower than the mean score of other studies. Age, year of experience, training on mental illness, family history, history of professional help seeking, history of treating mental illness, information on mental illness, and informal education are significantly associated with mental health literacy. Therefore, structured training is very important to improve their level of mental health literacy.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1304454/fullmental health literacytraditional healermental illnessSouth WestEthiopia |
| spellingShingle | Gudeta Mideksa Elias Tesfaye Yimenu Yitayih Yohanes Sime Kemal Aliye Abraham Tamirat Gizaw Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study Frontiers in Psychiatry mental health literacy traditional healer mental illness South West Ethiopia |
| title | Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of jimma town southwest ethiopia 2020 a community based cross sectional study |
| topic | mental health literacy traditional healer mental illness South West Ethiopia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1304454/full |
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