Abstract
A service evaluation investigated the gender sensitivity of a London mental health rehabilitation service, including interventions to increase participation in women-only groups and activities.
Method: A total of 40 female service users and 13 staff teams from 13 inpatient and community-based rehabilitation projects completed questionnaires regarding the service's gender sensitivity.
Results: Most projects provided women-only space and the majority of female service users had a female keyworker, but there was limited provision and uptake of women-only groups and activities.
Conclusion: A focus on collaboration with female service users to identify and establish, where lacking, groups and activities that appeal to women service users is needed to increase meaningful occupation.
Method: A total of 40 female service users and 13 staff teams from 13 inpatient and community-based rehabilitation projects completed questionnaires regarding the service's gender sensitivity.
Results: Most projects provided women-only space and the majority of female service users had a female keyworker, but there was limited provision and uptake of women-only groups and activities.
Conclusion: A focus on collaboration with female service users to identify and establish, where lacking, groups and activities that appeal to women service users is needed to increase meaningful occupation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 477-480 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | The British Journal of Occupational Therapy |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 1 Oct 2010 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
