Anova Health Institute: Technical support for mental health integration
The CRH is collaborating with the Anova Health Institute to provide technical support to scale up the MhINT programme and SMhINT materials to 10 primary healthcare clinics each in the Northern Cape and Limpopo provinces.
Asenze Cohort Study Secures NIMH Grant for Fifth Wave of Data Collection, Team Meets at Columbia University to Strategize
Welcome to the Centre for Rural Health (CRH)
We are based within the School of Nursing and Public Health in the College of Health Sciences.
Building on a strong foundation to develop and improve healthcare in rural communities, the CRH strives to be a Centre of Excellence to improve the health and well-being of people living in all under-served areas. To this end the CRH engages in interdisciplinary implementation science research in collaboration with strategic partners to strengthen health systems and services in South Africa within the framework of learning health systems.
Treating Depression in South Africa
The Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME), developed a district mental healthcare plan (MHCP) in South Africa that integrates mental healthcare for depression, alcohol use disorders and schizophrenia into standard care for chronic physical conditions. Ma Agnes is one of many patients who received treatment during PRIME’s implementation.
Breaking Bad News: A Resource for Healthcare Workers
This video explores the effect that sharing bad news has on healthcare workers. It outlines steps that healthcare workers can take to efficiently manage their own feelings of distress.
Our Vision and Mission
To be at the forefront of innovative knowledge production and human capital development that promotes learning health systems in resource-scarce contexts.
Our focus areas include:
HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
Focusing on innovation and service delivery improvement within resource constraints and extending to improving governance, participation and universal access.
HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH (HRH)
Focusing on pre-service health professions education and in-service workforce preparedness, including the necessary organizational support and human resource management to meet the needs of the under-served, and changing demands placed on the health care system by the changing disease profile towards chronic care.
HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Extending the focus to social determinants of health such as poverty, hunger and food security, illiteracy, social equity and development, migration and eco-health.
