The feasibility of a role for community health workers in integrated mental health care for perinatal depression: a qualitative study from Surabaya Indonesia

摘要

BackgroundIndonesian maternal health policies state that community health workers (CHWs) are responsible for detection and referral of pregnant women and postpartum mothers who might suffer from mental health problems (task-sharing). The documents have been published for a while, however reports on the implementation are hardly found which possibly resulted from feasibility issue within the health system.