Reducing the diagnostic and treatment gap for priority mental, neurological and substance misuse disorders in primary care in rural Kenya: Results of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial from the EPINA study

• Mary A. Bitta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mary.bitta@aku.edu

  Affiliations Clinical Research-Neurosciences, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0258-9931

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• Symon M. Kariuki ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are Joint second authors on this work.

  Affiliations Clinical Research-Neurosciences, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Daniel M. Mwanga ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are Joint second authors on this work.

  Affiliations Africa Population Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Mercy Atieno,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Research-Neurosciences, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya

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• Nuru Kibirige,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, County Government of Kilifi, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Elias Fondo,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health, County Government of Kilifi, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Gergana Manolova,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Neerja Chowdhary,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Tarun Dua,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Belinda Lennox,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Charles RJC Newton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Research-Neurosciences, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• on behalf of the EPInA Study Group

  ¶Membership of the the EPInA Study Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.

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