Supporting mental health of people with physical impairments in the Kingdom of Cambodia
This project which is financed by the Swedish Research Council is being conducted in Cambodia, a region which has experienced some of the highest rates of disability in the world.
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Nerrolyn Ramstrand, visiting a business run by a prosthesis user in Cambodia
Here we are aiming to support the poorest and most vulnerable members of the disabled community; individuals with simultaneous physical and mental disorders (comorbidity). Little is currently known regarding the prevalence, risk factors and consequence of comorbid disabilities in Cambodia, but data from other countries is indicating a dramatic rise in recent years.
The overarching goal of the project is to develop and implement a sustainable mental health screening and support program for individuals with physical disabilities who have comorbid mental health problems, thereby improving their health and wellbeing, increasing the opportunity for them to participate equitably within society and reducing the risk of them living in multidimensional poverty.
Publications related to this project
- The effects of a task shifted multi-component mental health intervention to support prosthetic and orthotic service users in Cambodia: a non-randomised controlled study External link, opens in new window.
- Levels and determinants of ambulatory mobility in lower-limb prosthesis users from urban and rural Cambodia: a cross-sectional survey study External link, opens in new window.
- Khmer translation and cultural adaptation of the Locomotor Capabilities Index-5 External link, opens in new window.
Project timeline: 2021 – 2025
Project team: Nerrolyn Ramstrand, Alan Maddock (RCSI Dublin), Paul Best (Queens University, Belfast) Nil Ean (University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Sisary Kheng (Esceed Worldwide, Cambodia), Thearith Heang).
Funding agency: The Swedish Reserach Council (Vetenskapsrådet 2021-04299)
