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dc.contributor.authorStockwell, A
dc.contributor.authorWhiteford, H
dc.contributor.authorTownsend, C
dc.contributor.authorStewart, D
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:42:52Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:42:52Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2009-12-16T07:10:19Z
dc.identifier.issn1039-8562
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02187.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27620
dc.description.abstractObjective: To identify key issues in the mental health policy development process in Cambodia that will contribute to an increased understanding of how mental health policy gets on the public policy agenda, how it stays there and why policy implementation fails or succeeds. The research was formative because mental health policy analysis is a young and newly emerging discipline. Method: A retrospective case study methodology was used to research the development of the draft Cambodian Mental Health Plan 2003-2022. Ten key informants involved in the policy development process were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire designed to collect qualitative data about the policy formation process, stakeholders and context. Results: The research identified key issues influencing mental health policy development. These are the need to include the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the development of mental health plans; the significance of timing; the usefulness of mental health plans; the impact of the post-conflict context on policy development; and the evolution of stakeholder groups and their need to learn how to debate the merits of mental health reform. Conclusions: The findings are formative given methodology limitations. However, important insight is provided into the dynamics of the policy development processes that occurred in Cambodia. This allows the generation of important hypotheses for future mental health policy process research in both Cambodia and other post-conflict developing countries.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInforma Healthcare
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom, Australia
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1080/j.1440-1665.2005.02187.x
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom190
dc.relation.ispartofpageto194
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralasian Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleMental health policy development: case study of Cambodia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorStewart, Donald E.


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