Cited by 619Mental Health Treatment and AccessGlobal Health Workforce IssuesPsychiatric care and mental health services

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Task-sharing approaches to improve mental health care in rural and other low-resource settings: a systematic review

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Abstract

Purpose: Rural areas persistently face a shortage of mental health specialists. Task shifting, or task sharing, is an approach in global mental health that may help address unmet mental health needs in rural and other low‐resource areas. This review focuses on task‐shifting approaches and highlights future directions for research in this area. Methods: Systematic review on task sharing of mental health care in rural areas of high‐income countries included: (1) PubMed, (2) gray literature for innovations not yet published in peer‐reviewed journals, and (3) outreach to experts for additional articles. We included English language articles published before August 31, 2013, on interventions sharing mental health care tasks across a team in rural settings. We excluded literature: (1) from low‐ and middle‐income countries, (2) involving direct transfer of care to another provider, and (3) describing clinical guidelines and shared decision‐making tools. Findings: The review identified approaches to task sharing focused mainly on community health workers and primary care providers. Technology was identified as a way to leverage mental health specialists to support care across settings both within primary care and out in the community. The review also highlighted how provider education, supervision, and partnerships with local communities can support task sharing. Challenges, such as confidentiality, are often not addressed in the literature. Conclusions: Approaches to task sharing may improve reach and effectiveness of mental health care in rural and other low‐resource settings, though important questions remain. We recommend promising research directions to address these questions.

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    Rural areas in the US can be considered low-resource settings, and findings from this review will generalize to other low-resource US settings.

    “We view rural areas in the US as a low resource setting and feel findings from this review will generalize to other low resource settings in the US.”
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    Many rural and low-resource primary care settings in the US possess the financial resources to implement collaborative care, telemental health, and community health worker programs.

    “In comparison with areas where task sharing is occurring globally, many rural and low resource primary care settings in the US have financial resources to implement collaborative care, telemental health, and programs involving CHWs.”
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    There will never be a sufficient number of specialists, particularly in geriatric and child and adolescent psychiatry.

    “as there will never be enough specialists, especially in areas such as geriatric or child and adolescent psychiatry.”
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  2. WHO, 2007, The Optimal Mix of Services for Mental Health
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Authors
Hoeft, T. J., Fortney, J. C., Patel, V., & Unützer, J.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Corresponding author
Hoeft, Theresa J.
Venue
The Journal of Rural Health
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-01-13
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
48-62
ISSN
  • 0890-765X (ISSN-L)
  • 1748-0361
OpenAlex
W2575377210
Cited by
619
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 73 · 2025: 77 · 2024: 102 · 2023: 76 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 113 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 2
FWCI
4.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Rural Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Office of Rural Mental Health Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (#HHSN271201300463P)
  • Geriatric Mental Health Services Research Fellowship through the National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH073553)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
Keywords
task shifting, task sharing, rural mental health services, resource-limited settings, community health workers, primary care providers, telemedicine, provider education, confidentiality, mental health workforce shortage, high-income countries
MeSH terms
Community Health Workers, Cooperative Behavior, Humans, Mental Health Services, Quality of Health Care

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