Socially Oriented Approaches to recovery for African and Caribbean men
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Socially Oriented Approaches to recovery for African and Caribbean men
IRAS ID
201960
Contact name
Frank Keating
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal Holloway University of London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
African and Caribbean men are over-represented in mental health treatment and care. So for example, the latest report by the Chief Medical Officer (Davies, 2014) found that these men are more likely to be admitted to hospital after contact with the police, are more likely to be on secluded wards and less likely to be offered a more social approach to care. It is clear that we need to find better ways of supporting these men.
Recovery is a recent development in mental health care that aims to help people with mental health problems understand what is happening to them and how they can gain control over their lives. This project will aim to identify the range of socially focused services offered to help African and Caribbean men with mental health problems towards achieving recovery, and to gain information about these men’s experiences of and responses to these services. Socially oriented approaches in the context of this study are those that aim to support people to build and maintain a meaningful and satisfying life and personal identity. We will select communities with high concentrations of African and Caribbean people for this project. We will first conduct a scoping literature review to find out how care and support services for recovery are structured and delivered across all sectors. We will use the information that we find out from this activity to talk in more depth to 60 individuals including 12-14 ‘trios’ of: a male service user; a significant family member or carer; and a significant service provider or practitioner. After this, we will present key information collected in these activities to a group consisting of service users, carers and service providers to create recommendations for improving health and social care support for African and Caribbean men. We will then hold a knowledge sharing ‘expert’ event to share findings with potentially influential organisations.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
16/IEC08/0024
Date of REC Opinion
25 Jul 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion