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Multi-Dimensional Mental Health Sector Workforce Analysis: Comparison Between European Region Countries

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 22 - 27, 31.03.2020

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare and determine the position of Turkey and other European countries in a graphical plane, divide countries into subgroups and see similarities and differences relative to each other according to the mental health sector workforce indicators. Also, we aimed to discuss the role of social work profession in mental health sector.
Material and Methods: We used four different mental health workforce indicators for 29 European Countries for the year 2016 or the nearest from WHO Mental Health Database. We performed Multi-dimensional Scaling (MDS) technique to compare countries and determine positions by obtaining table of coordinates, differences matrix and euclidean distance model. We utilized SPSS 20.0 package program.
Results: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland and France have both positive and over 1value in table of coordinates and these are different from other countries. Also, Turkey is the similar to Russia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia mostly and is the most different, respectively, from Norway, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain in terms of mental health sector workforce. In addition, Turkey (VAR24) was located somewhere away from the general trend in the euclidean distance model.
Conclusion: In Turkey, the need for mental health sector workforce especially in; social work, psychiatry and psychology professionals, is still high when compared with other developed countries such as Norway, Sweden.
Keywords: Mental health; health workforce; psychiatric social work; clinic social work

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Çok Boyutlu Mental Sağlık Sektörü İş Gücü Analizi: Avrupa Bölgesi Ülkeleri Arasında Karşılaştırma

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 22 - 27, 31.03.2020

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, mental sağlık sektörü işgücü göstergelerine göre, Türkiye ve diğer Avrupa ülkelerinin grafik düzlemdeki konumlarını belirlemek ve karşılaştırmak, ülkeleri alt gruplara ayırmak ve birbirlerine göre benzerlik ve farklılıkları görmektir. Ayrıca mental sağlık sektöründe sosyal hizmet mesleğinin alanını tartışmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmada 2016 yılı ya da en yakın yıl için 29 Avrupa Ülkesi için dört farklı mental sağlık işgücü göstergesi kullanıldı. Ülkeleri karşılaştırmak ve konumları belirlemek için koordinatlar tablosu, farklılıklar matrisi ve Öklid uzaklık modelini içeren Çok Boyutlu Ölçekleme (MDS) tekniği uygulandı. Analizlerde, SPSS 20.0 paket programı kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Belçika, Almanya, Hollanda, Norveç, İsveç, Finlandiya ve Fransa koordinat tablosunda hem pozitif hem de 1'den fazla değere sahiptir ve bunlar diğer ülkelerden farklıdır. Ayrıca, Türkiye mental sağlık işgücü göstergeleri açısından en çok Rusya, Hırvatistan, Macaristan ve Slovenya ile benzerdir sırasıyla Norveç, Hollanda, Almanya ve İspanya'dan ise farklıdır.. Buna ek olarak, Türkiye (VAR24) öklid uzaklık modelindeki genel eğilimden uzakta bir yerde konumlanmıştır.
Sonuç: Türkiye’de, mental sağlık sektörü işgücüne duyulan ihtiyaç özellikle; sosyal hizmet, psikiyatri ve psikoloji alanlarında, Norveç ve İsveç gibi diğer gelişmiş ülkelerle karşılaştırıldığında hala yüksektir.

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  • 2. World Health Organization.(2019). Mental health. Genevra: WHO Publishing.
  • 3. United Nations.(2019). Understanding mental health: workplace mental health and well-being strategy. 1st ed. New York: UN Publishing.
  • 4. Ministry of Health. (2017). Health statistics yearbook. 1st ed. Ankara: Health Ministry Publishing.
  • 5. World Health Organization.(2017). Mental health atlas 2017. Genevra: WHO Publishing.
  • 6. Kalayci, S.(2014). SPSS-Applied multivariate statistical techniques. 5th ed. Ankara: Asil Publishing.
  • 7. Kurt, G.(1992). Multidimensional scaling and application of multivariate statistical analysis techniques. 1st ed. İstanbul: University of Marmara Publishing.
  • 8. Tatlıdil, H.(2002). Applied multivariate statistical analysis. 1st ed. Ankara: Academy Printing House.
  • 9. Alpar, R.(2011). Applied multivariate statistical analysis. Ankara: Detay Publishing.
  • 10. World Health Organization. (2019). Global health observatory data repository. Genevra: WHO Publishing.
  • 11. Fisher, C.E, Rublee, B.S., Pincus, H.A. (2013). Developing mental health-care quality indicators: toward a common framework. Int. J for Quality in Health Care, 25(1), 75-80.
  • 12. Ersöz, F. (2008). Analysis of health level and health spending in OECD countries and Turkey. Journal of Statistics, 2:95-104.
  • 13. Rehimli, S., Ocakoğlu, G., Sığırlı, D., Büyükuysal, M.Ç.(2008). Evaluation of woman health indicators for Turkey and OECD union members. J Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, 15(4), 261-66.
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  • 16. Tondo, L., Matthew, A., Ross, B.(2016). Suicide rates in relation to health care access in the United States: An ecological study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67(4),517-523.
  • 17. Charlson, F., Ommeren, M., Flaxman, A., Cornett, J., Whiteford, H., Saxena, S. (2019). New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet, 394:240-248.
  • 18. World Health Organization. (2019). World health report: mental disorders. Genevra:WHO Publishing.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Berna Çalgı 0000-0001-6796-7708

Taner Artan 0000-0002-8716-2090

Doğaç Özüçelik 0000-0002-7752-0667

Publication Date March 31, 2020
Acceptance Date March 8, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 7 Issue: 1

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APA Çalgı, B., Artan, T., & Özüçelik, D. (2020). Multi-Dimensional Mental Health Sector Workforce Analysis: Comparison Between European Region Countries. Sağlık Akademisyenleri Dergisi, 7(1), 22-27.

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