Effectiveness of a peer education gender and health project for men in Timor-Leste.

Issue Addressed: In response to high rates of gender-based violence and poor sexual and reproductive health indicators in Timor-Leste, a 'Men's Health Project' was implemented in two rural communities in 2013. A peer education model was utilised to engage men in issues regarding health, relationships and well-being.

Methods: Community-based baseline and endline surveys were undertaken to evaluate the project in the two communities.

Indices of social risk among first attenders of an emergency mental health service in post-conflict East Timor: an exploratory investigation.

Objective: Little is known about the profile of patients treated in mental health services in low-income, post-conflict countries, especially in the post-emergency phase. We postulated that patients attending the first community mental health service in East Timor would be characterized not only by mental disturbance but by high levels of social vulnerability.

Method: Drawing on existing methods and on consultations with East Timorese mental health staff, five social indicators were identified: dangerousness; inability to undertake life-sustaining self-care; bizarre behaviour; incapacitating distress; and social unmanageability.