Sociocultural factors affecting mental health service delivery in neuropsychiatric hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
cont. j. nurs. sci
; 3(1): 31-40, 2012. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to find out the socio-cultural factors affecting the delivery of mental health services in Neuropsychiatric Hospital; Port Harcourt. Mental health care providers encounter in everyday practice a diversity in socio-cultural beliefs and practices of their consumers which quite often serve as barriers to their effective and efficient service delivery. 50 mental health care roviders participated in the study; five hypotheses were tested using chi-square measure at the significance level of 0.05. The results showed that all the variables were significant indicating that socio-cultural factors affect the service delivery of mental health care providers. Hence; it is hereby recommended that clinicians must be well vast in the cultural diversities; to be culturally responsive to the needs of their consumers and be aware of their own cultures in order to provide culturally relevant services to their clients/patients and their relations
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Social Problems
/
Cultural Characteristics
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Neuropsychiatry
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Mental Health Services
/
Nigeria
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Cont. j. nurs. sci
Year:
2012
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Article
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