Supporting Families, Challenging Racialised Inequity.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Supporting Families, Challenging Inequity: Towards improved family support for parents from ethnic minority groups engaged with community adult mental health services. An Experience-based co-design study.
IRAS ID
355121
Contact name
Bashir Al-Hashimi
Contact email
vpri@kcl.ac.uk;Susan.Dickson@kcl.ac.uk
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 30 days
Research summary
People from ethnic minority backgrounds who experience mental health problems often face worse outcomes because of racism, discrimination, and bias (Bansal et al, 2022). These challenges, along with poverty and ongoing stress, can negatively affect not just individuals, but their families too, sometimes putting children at risk (Reupert et al, 2013).
Many parents from ethnic minority groups don’t get the right support from mental health and social care services. There are often barriers that make it hard for them to access care that is timely, culturally appropriate, and effective (Waddell et al, 2022).
This project aims to change that by improving support for these parents and their families. It will use a method called Experience-Based Co-Design, where parents and professionals work together as equal partners to design better services (Bate and Robert, 2007).
The research will focus on parents from ethnic minority groups living in South West London who use mental health services, as well as the professionals who support them. The project will run for up to 20 months.
By working together, this study will help develop better support for parents from ethnic minority communities who are struggling with their mental health, with the goal of helping both them and their families.
This research is part of a PhD project funded by the Wellcome Trust.
REC name
HSC REC B
REC reference
25/NI/0134
Date of REC Opinion
17 Oct 2025
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion