How co-locating public mental health interventions in community settings impacts mental health and health inequalities: a multi-site realist evaluation
Cleo Baskin, Fiona Duncan, Emma A Adams, Emily J Oliver, Gillian Samuel, Shamini Gnani · 2023
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Cleo Baskin and co-authors evaluate in 2023 what happens when public mental health services are placed inside community settings in England. Such services aim to lift well being and prevent illness across whole populations, not treat single patients. Care systems are split across sectors, and past work looked mainly at placing these services inside clinics.
Their realist study asked not just whether co location works, but how, for whom, and in what settings. Six sites across England gave interviews and group talks with dozens of users, providers, funders, and members of the public, plus shared workshops. The team built early theories, tested them in the field, and refined them in cycles. The payoff is a set of tested claims about which mechanisms link a community base to better mental health and narrower inequality, guiding where such services should sit.
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| CREATOR | Cleo Baskin, Fiona Duncan, Emma A Adams, Emily J Oliver, Gillian Samuel, Shamini Gnani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 73 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |