District health management teams as champions for implementing the WHO LIVE LIFE suicide-prevention framework in Rural Uganda: a pre-implementation qualitative study
Edith K. Wakida, Herbert E. Ainamani, Samuel Maling, Zohray M. Talib, Suzie Boyadzhyan, Celestino Obua, Godfrey Z. Rukundo · 2026
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Edith K Wakida and six colleagues explore in 2026 whether district health management teams could champion suicide prevention in rural Uganda under the World Health Organization's LIVE LIFE framework. Suicide there is criminalized and stigmatized, and surveillance is weak, so national strategies stall before reaching villages. Nine district leaders and partner staff were interviewed in September 2025 about the champion idea.
Participants saw district teams as credible champions because they already plan, supervise, and coordinate local services. Existing channels such as village health teams, schools, faith groups, and radio could carry the framework's messages. Success, they warned, needs training, practical tools, mentorship, transport money, and room in district budgets. Stigma, the criminal law, and scarce mental health staff remain threats, and restricting access to pesticides needs local adaptation.
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| CREATOR | Edith K. Wakida, Herbert E. Ainamani, Samuel Maling, Zohray M. Talib, Suzie Boyadzhyan, Celestino Obua, Godfrey Z. Rukundo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 59893 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |