Bridging the Child Mental Health Care Gap in LMICs: RESEED and Task-shifted, Teacher-led Care

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25587

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Christina Cruz, Dr. Michael Matergia, and Priscilla Giri discuss their co-authored CAMH journal Short Research Article ‘RESEED – the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher-led, task-shifting initiative for child mental health’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12673).

There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

Discussion points include:




Introducing RESEED (Responding to Students’ Emotions through Education), and Tealeaf (Teachers Leading the Frontlines).
Definitions of ‘stepped levels of care’ and ‘task-shifting’ in terms of teacher-led care.
Research gaps that this study aimed to address.
Surprising results from the study.
Implications for policymakers, and researchers.
Advice and implications from a practice and intervention perspective for teachers working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.