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Building Capacity in the Zambian Mental Health Workforce through Engaging College Educators: Evaluation of a Development Partnership in Higher Education (DelPHe) project
Penson, W.J. Karban, Kate Patrick, S. Walker, B. Ng'andu, R. Bowa, A.C. Mbewe, E.
Penson, W.J.
Karban, Kate
Patrick, S.
Walker, B.
Ng'andu, R.
Bowa, A.C.
Mbewe, E.
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2016
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Between 2008 and 2011 academic teaching staff from Leeds Beckett University (UK) and Chainama Hills College of Health Sciences (Zambia) worked together on a Development Partnership in Higher Education (DelPHe) project funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) via the British Council. The partnership focused on “up-scaling” the provision of mental health education which was intended to build capacity through the delivery of a range of workshops for health educators at Chainama College, Lusaka. The project was evaluated on completion using small focus group discussions (FGDs), so educators could feedback on their experience of the workshops and discuss the impact of learning into their teaching practice. This chapter discusses the challenges of scaling up the mental health workforce in Zambia; the rationale for the content and delivery style of workshops with the health educators and finally presents and critically discusses the evaluation findings.
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Penson WJ, Karban K, Patrick S, Walker B, Ng’andu R, Bowa A and Mbewe E (2016) Building Capacity in the Zambian Mental Health Workforce through Engaging College Educators: Evaluation of a Development Partnership in Higher Education (DelPHe) project. In: Blessinger P and Cozza B (eds) University Partnerships for International Development. Innovations in Higher EducationTeaching and Learning, Volume 8. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. pp 173 - 189.
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