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Guidelines for Mental Health Promotion with Black and Minority Ethnic
Communities. Compiled by mentality,
the first national charity dedicated solely to the promotion of mental
health.
Although there is a growing literature on improving the delivery of
mental health services for black and minority communities, there is
currently very little information on the mental health promotion needs
of different ethnic groups. In particular, there is no national guidance
on promoting mental health for black and minority ethnic groups, little
data on evidence of effectiveness and no easily accessible source of
examples of good practice.
mentality's leading publications will be a series of briefings papers,
that will start with Making It Effective and Not All in the Mind. This
series will be expanded upon regularly.
Please contact Sarah
Murrary for further informatino about the following publications:
briefing paper 1:
Making It Effective: A guide to evidence based mental health promotion
Supporting best practice and securing further investment will depend
on strengthening understanding of what works in mental health promotion.
mentality's first briefing paper, provides an overview of evidence as
well as current practice within mental health promotion. Now available.
PRICE: £14.95 plus postage and packing
REFERENCE NUMBER: M:1001:02
briefing paper 2:
Not All in the Mind: The physical health of people with mental health
problems.
People with severe and enduring mental health problems are at increased
risk for physical illness, much of which is undetected. This report,
based on qualitative research with service users, looks at user perspectives
on all aspects of physical health, from exercise to smoking cessation.
The report makes a series of recommendations for improving physical
health care for people with mental health problems and will be of special
interest to colleagues in primary care and health promotion. Now available.
PRICE: £14.95 plus postage and packing
REFERENCE NUMBER: M:1002:02
Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Black and Minority Ethnic
Groups
Draft Outline, (please contact mentality
for the final version)
Chapter One - Introduction
This will provide an introduction to mental health and mental health
promotion, and will highlight the need for specific information and
support around mental health promotion for black and minority ethnic
communities.
Chapter two - Policy Context
This chapter will highlight the policy context for mental health promotion
with black and minority ethnic communities. It will explore relevant
policy initiatives, including the National Service Framework for Mental
Health, the NHS Plan, The Mental Health Act, The Department of Health
Black and Minority Ethnic strategy and the Women's Mental Health strategy.
Chapter Three - Racism and Inequality
This chapter will explore the impact of racism and inequality on mental
health and will look at racism within services, and issues for mental
health promotion.
Chapter Four - Prevalence of mental health problems with different
communities
This chapter will look at the prevalence of mental health problems with
different black and minority ethnic communities, including some of the
debates around problems of diagnosis for different groups.
Chapter Five - Evidence of Effectiveness
This chapter will explore the pros and cons of different types of evidence,
and will include the principles of effective work including consultation,
participation and inclusion. It will examine why black communities feel
mental health promotion is so important.
Chapter Six - A framework for evaluation
This chapter will look at an evaluation framework for mental health
promotion initiatives with black and minority ethnic groups. It will
describe ways to develop indicators of success that are meaningful and
valued by a range of stakeholders, including the target group, the wider
community, project staff, partners and steering group. It will also
include an evaluation tool for collecting information.
Chapter Seven - Different settings for mental health promotion with
black and minority ethnic groups
This chapter will look at a number of different settings for promoting
mental health with black and minority ethnic communities, including
primary care, secondary care, neighbourhoods, faith communities and
prisons.
Chapter Eight - Mental health promotion with different black and
minority ethnic groups
This chapter will provide background information about demography and
the prevalence of mental health problems for different groups, and will
explore the particular issues, the case for action, a summary of evidence
based priorities and examples of good practice for the following groups:
· African and Caribbean
· Chinese
· Greeks, Turks and Cypriots
· Irish
· Refugees and asylum seekers
· South Asian
· Vietnamese
Click HERE to
access the consultation document
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