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An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study

BACKGROUND: Involving patients, service users, carers and members of the public in research has been part of health policy and practice in the UK for the last 15 years. However, low‐income communities tend to remain marginalized from the co‐design and delivery of mental health research, perpetuating...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Felicity, Hansford, Lorraine, Wyatt, Katrina, Byng, Richard, Coombes, Karen, Finch, Jenna, Finnerty, Kirsty, Ford, Joe, Guppy, Keith, Guppy, Rachel, Hughes, Susanne, McCabe, Rose, Richardson, Hilary, Roche, Debbie, Stuteley, Hazel
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8137483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32449304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13065
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author Thomas, Felicity
Hansford, Lorraine
Wyatt, Katrina
Byng, Richard
Coombes, Karen
Finch, Jenna
Finnerty, Kirsty
Ford, Joe
Guppy, Keith
Guppy, Rachel
Hughes, Susanne
McCabe, Rose
Richardson, Hilary
Roche, Debbie
Stuteley, Hazel
author_facet Thomas, Felicity
Hansford, Lorraine
Wyatt, Katrina
Byng, Richard
Coombes, Karen
Finch, Jenna
Finnerty, Kirsty
Ford, Joe
Guppy, Keith
Guppy, Rachel
Hughes, Susanne
McCabe, Rose
Richardson, Hilary
Roche, Debbie
Stuteley, Hazel
author_sort Thomas, Felicity
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description BACKGROUND: Involving patients, service users, carers and members of the public in research has been part of health policy and practice in the UK for the last 15 years. However, low‐income communities tend to remain marginalized from the co‐design and delivery of mental health research, perpetuating the potential for health inequalities. Greater understanding is therefore needed on how to meaningfully engage low‐income communities in mental health research. OBJECTIVES: To explore and articulate whether and how an engaged research approach facilitated knowledge coproduction relating to poverty and mental distress. SETTING: A reflective evaluation of community and researcher engagement in the DeStress study that took place in two low‐income areas of South‐west England. DESIGN: Reflective evaluation by the authors through on‐going feedback, a focus group and first‐person writing and discussion on experiences of working with the DeStress project, and how knowledge coproduction was influenced by an engaged research approach. RESULTS: An engaged research approach influenced the process and delivery of the DeStress project, creating a space where community partners felt empowered to coproduce knowledge relating to poverty‐related mental distress, treatment and the training of health professionals that would otherwise have been missed. We examine motivations for involvement, factors sustaining engagement, how coproduction influenced research analysis, findings and dissemination of outputs, and what involvement meant for different stakeholders. CONCLUSION: Engaged research supported the coproduction of knowledge in mental health research with low‐income communities which led to multiple impacts.
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spelling pubmed-81374832021-05-24 An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study Thomas, Felicity Hansford, Lorraine Wyatt, Katrina Byng, Richard Coombes, Karen Finch, Jenna Finnerty, Kirsty Ford, Joe Guppy, Keith Guppy, Rachel Hughes, Susanne McCabe, Rose Richardson, Hilary Roche, Debbie Stuteley, Hazel Health Expect Special Issue on Mental Health BACKGROUND: Involving patients, service users, carers and members of the public in research has been part of health policy and practice in the UK for the last 15 years. However, low‐income communities tend to remain marginalized from the co‐design and delivery of mental health research, perpetuating the potential for health inequalities. Greater understanding is therefore needed on how to meaningfully engage low‐income communities in mental health research. OBJECTIVES: To explore and articulate whether and how an engaged research approach facilitated knowledge coproduction relating to poverty and mental distress. SETTING: A reflective evaluation of community and researcher engagement in the DeStress study that took place in two low‐income areas of South‐west England. DESIGN: Reflective evaluation by the authors through on‐going feedback, a focus group and first‐person writing and discussion on experiences of working with the DeStress project, and how knowledge coproduction was influenced by an engaged research approach. RESULTS: An engaged research approach influenced the process and delivery of the DeStress project, creating a space where community partners felt empowered to coproduce knowledge relating to poverty‐related mental distress, treatment and the training of health professionals that would otherwise have been missed. We examine motivations for involvement, factors sustaining engagement, how coproduction influenced research analysis, findings and dissemination of outputs, and what involvement meant for different stakeholders. CONCLUSION: Engaged research supported the coproduction of knowledge in mental health research with low‐income communities which led to multiple impacts. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-05-24 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8137483/ /pubmed/32449304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13065 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Special Issue on Mental Health
Thomas, Felicity
Hansford, Lorraine
Wyatt, Katrina
Byng, Richard
Coombes, Karen
Finch, Jenna
Finnerty, Kirsty
Ford, Joe
Guppy, Keith
Guppy, Rachel
Hughes, Susanne
McCabe, Rose
Richardson, Hilary
Roche, Debbie
Stuteley, Hazel
An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study
title An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study
title_full An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study
title_fullStr An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study
title_full_unstemmed An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study
title_short An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: A reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the DeStress study
title_sort engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health: a reflective evaluation of the research process from researchers and community partners involved in the destress study
topic Special Issue on Mental Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8137483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32449304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13065
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