Chatukuta, M;
Groce, N;
Mindell, J;
Kett, M;
(2021)
The availability of psychological support following road travel injuries in Namibia: A qualitative study.
PLOS ONE
, 16
(10)
, Article e0258197. 10.1371/journal.pone.0258197.
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Abstract
Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a major problem worldwide with a high burden of mental health problems and the importance of psychological support following road injury is well documented. However, globally there has been very little research on the accessibility of psychological services following road injury. Namibia is one of the countries most affected by RTIs but no previous studies have been done on this. In this qualitative study we investigated the availability of psychological services to RTI injured in Namibia. Our study findings are in line with those of other global studies in showing inadequate access to psychological support for injury survivors and we discuss the reasons. It is hoped these findings will help policymakers develop ways of enhancing access to psychological support for the many people injured in RTIs in Namibia. The models they develop may also be of use to other LMICs countries with high RTI rates.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The availability of psychological support following road travel injuries in Namibia: A qualitative study |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0258197 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258197 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2021 Chatukuta et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Clinical psychology, Mental health and psychiatry, Mental health therapies, Psychologists, Namibia, Low and middle income countries, Roads, Wheelchairs |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135986 |
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