Mental Health Intervention in Western Rural China

This three-year project at $151,447 plans to add a mental health component to an ongoing experiment on health system reform in five mountainous counties in Ningxia that is being conducted in collaboration with Professors William Hsiao and Winnie Yip. The mental health project includes an initial prevalence study and a subsequent assessment of the effects of providing public education and changing the provider payment model on the utilization and quality of mental health services.

Grant dates  Thursday, March 1, 2012 to Saturday, February 28, 2015
Amount  $151,447
Region  China
Grant number  11-063
Year  2011
Principal Investigator  Zhang Yuhong