What works to support better access to mental health services (from primary care to inpatients) for minority groups to reduce inequalities? A rapid evidence summary

Csontos, Judit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-3052, Edwards, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-9297, Elizabeth, Gillen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-3913, Hounsome, Juliet, Kiseleva, Meg ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-6678, Mann, Mala, Sha'aban, Abubakar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5491-9851, Ruth, Lewis, Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446 and Cooper, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-6721 2024. What works to support better access to mental health services (from primary care to inpatients) for minority groups to reduce inequalities? A rapid evidence summary. [Online]. medRxiv. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.28.24303432

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Abstract

It is estimated that one in four people will experience poor mental health1 throughout their lifetimes. However, ethnic minority groups1, refugees and asylum seekers1 experience more barriers accessing mental health services and have poorer mental health outcomes than those from non-ethnic minority groups. Evidence suggests that interventions that improve access and engagement with mental health services may help reduce disparities affecting ethnic minority groups, refugees and asylum seekers. Thus, the aim of this rapid evidence summary was to explore the literature on what works to support better access to mental health services for ethnic minority groups, refugees and asylum seekers to reduce inequalities. The review included interventions that were developed or assessed to improve equity1 in access, engagement, utilisation, or provision of mental health services. Research Implications and Evidence Gaps: There is limited review evidence regarding the effectiveness of interventions to improve access to mental healthcare across ethnic minority groups. Review evidence regarding interventions to support refugees’ and asylum seekers’ access to primary healthcare or specialised clinics (for example pregnancy and postpartum) is available, but the findings related to mental health care cannot be extracted.

Item Type:	Website Content
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Submitted
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences Prime Centre Wales (PRIME)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	medRxiv
Funders:	Health and Care Research Wales, Welsh Government
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 March 2024
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 09:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166751

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