Human rights on adult acute mental health wards

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Using the theory of planned behaviour to understand staff intention to work using a human rights-based approach in adult acute inpatient mental health services

• IRAS ID

  237278

• Contact name

  Sarah Butchard

• Contact email

  sarah.butchard@merseycare.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Liverpool

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 7 months, 3 days

• Research summary

  This research aims to explore the intentions of staff working on adult acute mental health wards to work using a human rights based-approach. It will seek the views of service users on these wards on whether the care they have received has upheld their human rights and explore the links between intention and perceived behaviour.

  Recent policies have sought to implement a human rights based-approach in healthcare, in a way that is understandable to clinicians. A paper by Curtice and Exworthy (2010) describes five core values to embed within the everyday duties of a healthcare professional and the culture of an organisation; fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy (FREDA).

  A psychological model named the Theory of Planned Behaviour (Ajzen, 1988) will be used to explore staff intention to work using the FREDA principles. The theory assumes that behaviour will only be carried out when there is intention to do so. Intention however, is formed through three components consisting of:
  Attitude - responding favourably or unfavourably towards a person, object, event etc.
  Subjective norm - the belief that others approve or disapprove of performing the behaviour
  Perceived behavioural control - the belief about how certain factors may help or hinder performance of the behaviour

  The research will take place on adult acute mental health wards. Staff members working in direct contact with service users will be asked to complete a questionnaire that will attempt to explore intention. Service users will be asked to complete the 'Human Rights Survey: Hospital Patients' questionnaire. Both will be provided with a leaflet explaining human rights and the FREDA principles before completion. Data will be analysed to explore any trends between different wards, and between staff and service user perceptions on human rights.

  The research is being conducted as part of the completion of a Doctorate programme, and has sponsorship approval from the University of Liverpool.

• REC name

  North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/NW/0170

• Date of REC Opinion

  6 Jun 2018

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion