Informing culturally competent mental health services v1.0

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Establishing evidence to inform culturally competent mental health services (EVOLVE)

  • IRAS ID

    315686

  • Contact name

    Yu Fu

  • Contact email

    yu.fu@newcastle.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    Newcastle University

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 5 months, 1 days

  • Research summary

    A COVID-19 diagnosis has negative effects on mental health. About 1 in 5 positive COVID-19 cases have experienced a mental health problem within 90 days of diagnosis. COVID has also worsened and deepened the longstanding mental health inequalities for ethnic minorities. Recent research has reported higher levels of anxiety and depression in ethnic minorities across the pandemic, but they had less support from mental health services. This indicates a pressing need to understand what and how changes in using mental health services impact health outcomes of ethnic minorities, so practice will learn what and how services should be provided to satisfy people’s needs.

    This study aims to identify what changes happened to mental health services for adults during the pandemic, and how such changes affected ethnic minority groups.

    We will focus on ethnic minorities with mental health difficulties who live in the selected areas having a larger proportion of ethnic minorities in the North East. We will examine studies to see what changes to mental health services and models of care have happened during the pandemic. We will use information and data collected by the NHS before, during and after a lockdown in some areas where a large proportion of ethnic minorities live, to compare changes in service use and how changes affect people.

    A formal report will be widely shared with all stakeholder groups including individuals and organisations in ethnic minority communities, patients with mental health, service providers and
    commissioners. Social media platforms and webinars will be used to engage key stakeholders
    and share emerging findings. Reports, academic publications, and presentations at local, national and
    international conferences will be produced.

  • REC name

    Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    22/YH/0129

  • Date of REC Opinion

    22 Jun 2022

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion