Barriers to Access to Mental Health Care in Rural Areas: Evidence-Based Project and Research Methodologies
Overview
This document is a matrix worksheet template for a Module 2 Assessment on barriers to mental health care access in rural versus urban areas. It synthesizes four peer-reviewed articles examining the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and barriers to mental health service utilization across different geographical settings, with particular focus on rural areas in America and internationally.
What this coursework covers
- Full citations of four selected articles on rural-urban mental health disparities
- Rationale for article selection and relationship to clinical inquiry on rural mental health access
- Research ethics considerations including human subjects approvals from institutional review boards
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Matrix Worksheet Template
Matrix Worksheet Template
Use this document to complete Part 2 of the Module 2 Assessment, Evidence-Based Project, Part 1: An Introduction to Clinical Inquiry, and Part 2: Research Methodologies: Barriers to Access to Mental Health Care in Rural Areas
Full citation of selected article | Article #1 | Article #2 | Article #3 | Article #4 |
McCall-Hosenfeld, J., Mukherjee, S., & Lehman, E. (2014). The Prevalence and Correlates of Lifetime Psychiatric Disorders and Trauma Exposures in Urban and Rural Settings: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Plos ONE, 9(11). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112416 | Chen, N., Pei, Y., Lin, X., Wang, J., Bu, X., & Liu, K. (2019). Mental health status compared among rural-to-urban migrant, urban and rural school-age children in Guangdong Province, China. BMC Psychiatry, 19(383). https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2356-4 | Ali, S., & Agyapong, V. (2016). Barriers to mental health service utilisation in Sudan - perspectives of carers and psychiatrists. BMC Health Services Research, 16(31). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1s280-2 | Pass, L., Kennelty, K., & Carter, B. (2019). Self-identified barriers to rural mental health services in Iowa by older adults with multiple comorbidities: qualitative interview study. BMJ Open, 9(11), e029976. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029976 | |
Why you chose this article and/or how it relates to the clinical issue of interest (include a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest) | Access to primary care on mental health care is more problematic in rural areas than in urban areas. The assumption is based on experts' perceived disproportionate distribution, primary care providers, and care centers in rural areas. More Nursing/Healthcare samples |