Community Health Workers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Epilepsy in Sofala, Central Mozambique.

Background: Epilepsy is the most common neurological disease in the world, affecting 50 million people, with the majority living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A major focus of epilepsy treatment in LMICs has been task-sharing the identification and care for epilepsy by community health workers (CHWs). The present study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) of CHWs towards epilepsy in Mozambique.

Validity and item response theory properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for primary care alcohol use screening in Mozambique (AUDIT-MZ).

Background: No validated tools exist to screen for substance use or dependence in Mozambique. The aim of this study was to validate the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) for use in primary care settings in Mozambique.

Methods: The study administered a final adapted Mozambican 10-item AUDIT (AUDIT-10-MZ) to 502 individuals from antenatal, postpartum, and general outpatient consultations in three Ministry of Health primary health care clinics in Sofala Province, Mozambique.

Validity and item response theory properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for primary care depression screening in Mozambique (PHQ-9-MZ).

Background: Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in Mozambique; however, few patients with depression are identified in primary care. To our knowledge, there are no validated tools for depression screening in Mozambique. The aim of this study was to validate the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for use in primary care settings in Mozambique.