TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnic mental health inequalities and mental health policies in England 1999-2020
AU - Hussain, Basharat
AU - Hui, Ada
AU - Timmons, Stephen
AU - Nkhoma, Kennedy
N1 - Funding Information:
Basharat Hussain is thankful to Prof. Stephen Timmons for hosting him as a visiting fellow at University of Nottingham Business School, University of Nottingham.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2022/5/19
Y1 - 2022/5/19
N2 - Purpose: This paper presents a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020. Design/methodology/approach: This paper aims to present a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020. The authors specifically focus on ethnicity-related mental health issues highlighted in policies, policy recommendations and performance measurements of policy implementation. Findings: Findings from this synthesis demonstrate that ethnic mental health inequalities remain comparable over the past two decades. Ongoing issues include a lack of data on the ethnicity of mental health services users. Where data is available, these highlight ethnic inequalities in access to, experiences of and outcomes of mental health services, as well as a lack of cultural capability in health-care professionals. Policy recommendations have also remained the same during this time and include: collecting data on the ethnicity of service users, raising awareness of the cultural needs of Black and Minority ethnic populations amongst health-care professionals, recruiting BME staff into mental health care services and improving community engagement. The synthesis identified poor indicators of performance measurement on policy implementation and weak monitoring regimes. Practical implications: The synthesis identified poor indicators of performance measurement on policy implementation and weak monitoring regimes. Originality/value: This paper presents a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020.
AB - Purpose: This paper presents a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020. Design/methodology/approach: This paper aims to present a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020. The authors specifically focus on ethnicity-related mental health issues highlighted in policies, policy recommendations and performance measurements of policy implementation. Findings: Findings from this synthesis demonstrate that ethnic mental health inequalities remain comparable over the past two decades. Ongoing issues include a lack of data on the ethnicity of mental health services users. Where data is available, these highlight ethnic inequalities in access to, experiences of and outcomes of mental health services, as well as a lack of cultural capability in health-care professionals. Policy recommendations have also remained the same during this time and include: collecting data on the ethnicity of service users, raising awareness of the cultural needs of Black and Minority ethnic populations amongst health-care professionals, recruiting BME staff into mental health care services and improving community engagement. The synthesis identified poor indicators of performance measurement on policy implementation and weak monitoring regimes. Practical implications: The synthesis identified poor indicators of performance measurement on policy implementation and weak monitoring regimes. Originality/value: This paper presents a thematic synthesis of mental health policies published in England from 1999 to 2020.
KW - Mental health inequalities
KW - Mental health policy
KW - Minority ethnicity
KW - National health service (NHS)
KW - Organisational behaviour
KW - Policy implementation
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U2 - 10.1108/JPMH-06-2021-0080
DO - 10.1108/JPMH-06-2021-0080
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85127208079
SN - 1746-5729
VL - 21
SP - 162
EP - 173
JO - Journal of Public Mental Health
JF - Journal of Public Mental Health
IS - 2
ER -
