Developing Black Mental Health Provision: Challenging Inequalities in Partnership

Jennings, Sharon

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199612)6:5<335::aid-casp384>3.3.co;2-0

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“…Interviewees also confirmed the importance, as emphasised by Jennings (1996), of cultural awareness and challenging power and status inequalities.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…The second case study details the operation of the Sanctuary project in Brixton, London, which provides two community-based crisis support services for African-Caribbean men and women as an alternative to hospital-based care (Jennings, 1996). This study emphasises that the concept of partnership between black voluntary sector agencies, users, carers and community members was of fundamental importance to the operation of the service.…”

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confidence: 99%

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African-Caribbean interactions with mental health services in the UK: experiences and expectations of exclusion as (re)productive of health inequalities

McLean

Campbell

Cornish

2003

Social Science & Medicine

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In the context of current concerns about health inequalities among minority ethnic groups in the UK, this paper addresses perceptions of mental health services among members of an African-Caribbean community in a South England town. Efforts to reduce health inequalities must take account of the views of local community members on the sources of those inequalities and on local health services. The statistical existence of inequalities in diagnosis and treatment of African-Caribbeans in the UK is well-established, supported by sociological explanations of these inequalities which centre on social exclusion in a variety of forms: institutional, cultural and socio-economic. However, detailed studies of the perspectives of local communities on mental health issues and services have received less attention. In this case study of community perceptions of mental health services, we find that social exclusion comprises an explanatory framework which is repeatedly invoked by community members in describing their interaction with mental health services. Interviewees assert that experience and expectation of racist mis-treatment by mental health services are key factors discouraging early accessing of mental health services, and thereby perpetuating mental health inequalities. We conclude that participation and partnership are vital means by which to generate both the objective and subjective inclusion that are requirements for an accessible and appropriate health service.

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“…Interviewees also confirmed the importance, as emphasised by Jennings (1996), of cultural awareness and challenging power and status inequalities.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 70%

Section: Community Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

African-Caribbean interactions with mental health services in the UK: experiences and expectations of exclusion as (re)productive of health inequalities

McLean

Campbell

Cornish

2003

Social Science & Medicine

110

115

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“…In the early 1990s, several black activists interested in mental health issues conceptualized and obtained funding for what was called the 'Sanctuary Project' (Jennings, 1996) -essentially a sanctuary for black people who would otherwise be admitted to an ordinary psychiatric unit. Their aim was to develop appropriate alternatives to (psychiatric) hospital care run by black people for black people.…”

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Multicultural Mental Health Services: Projects for Minority Ethnic Communities in England

Fernando

2005

Transcult Psychiatry

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Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities form 7.8% of the total population of the U.K. Many of these communities face a variety of disadvantages when they access, or are forced to access, statutory mental health services under the National Health Service. Efforts have been made to address these problems by developing projects both within statutory mental health services and in the non-governmental ('voluntary') sector. This article describes some of these projects located in England, drawing out the themes and models that underlie their approaches, and discusses the lessons that can be learned from the U.K. experience.

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Developing Black Mental Health Provision: Challenging Inequalities in Partnership

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African-Caribbean interactions with mental health services in the UK: experiences and expectations of exclusion as (re)productive of health inequalities

African-Caribbean interactions with mental health services in the UK: experiences and expectations of exclusion as (re)productive of health inequalities

Multicultural Mental Health Services: Projects for Minority Ethnic Communities in England

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