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Traditions of research in community mental health care planning and care coordination: a systematic meta-narrative review of the literature

Jones, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-8236, Hannigan, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-6721, Coffey, Michael and Simpson, Alan 2018. Traditions of research in community mental health care planning and care coordination: a systematic meta-narrative review of the literature. PLoS ONE 13 (6) , e0198427. 10.1371/journal.pone.0198427

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Abstract

Context In response to political and social factors over the last sixty years mental health systems internationally have endeavoured to transfer the delivery of care from hospitals into community settings. As a result, there has been increased emphasis on the need for better quality care planning and care coordination between hospital services, community services and patients and their informal carers. The aim of this systematic review of international research is to explore which interventions have proved more or less effective in promoting personalized, recovery oriented care planning and coordination for community mental health service users. Methods A systematic meta-narrative review of research from 1990 to the present was undertaken. From an initial return of 3940 papers a total of 50 research articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria, including research from the UK, Australia and the USA. Findings Three research traditions are identified consisting of (a) research that evaluates the effects of government policies on the organization, management and delivery of services; (b) evaluations of attempts to improve organizational and service delivery efficiency; (c) service-users and carers experiences of community mental health care coordination and planning and their involvement in research. The review found no seminal papers in terms of high citation rates, or papers that were consistently cited over time. The traditions of research in this topic area have formed reactively in response to frequent and often unpredictable policy changes, rather than proactively as a result of intrinsic academic or intellectual activity. This may explain the absence of seminal literature within the subject field. As a result, the research tradition within this specific area of mental health service delivery has a relatively short history, with no one dominant researcher or researchers, tradition or seminal studies amongst or across the three traditions identified. Conclusions The research findings reviewed suggests a gap has existed internationally over several decades between policy aspirations and service level interventions aimed at improving personalised care planning and coordination and the realities of everyday practices and experiences of service users and carers. Substantial barriers to involvement are created through poor information exchange and insufficient opportunities for care negotiation.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Healthcare Sciences
Publisher: Public Library of Science
ISSN: 1932-6203
Funders: NIHR HS&DR
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 3 July 2018
Date of Acceptance: 20 May 2018
Last Modified: 06 May 2023 11:06
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/112934

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