Effect of the Connecting People Intervention on Social Capital: A Pilot Study

Webber, Martin; Morris, David R.; Howarth, Sharon; Fendt-Newlin, Meredith; Treacy, Samantha; McCrone, Paul

doi:10.1177/1049731517753685

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“…The CPI articulates the process of a mental health worker assisting an individual to enhance their social network and engage more in their community. The CPI is centred on the partnership between a worker and an individual with mental health conditions, his/her family, and the surrounding community (Webber, Reidy, Ansari, Stevens, & Morris, 2016), and has shown to be effective in UK (Webber et al, 2018).…”

Section: Case Study 2: Connecting People In Sierra Leonementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Intervention research has shown that some of the burden of mental health conditions might be prevented by strengthening individuals, their friends and families, and the communities in which they live (Webber & Fendt-Newlin, 2017). There is some evidence, predominantly from high-income countries, that social interventions have the potential to improve quality of life (Webber, Huxley, & Harris, 2011), community engagement (Attree et al, 2011), social capital (Webber et al, 2018) and positively impact the social functioning (De Silva, Cooper, Li, Lund, & Patel, 2013) of people with mental health conditions. Central to shaping mental well-being and recovery from distress is the social environment in which an individual lives, but there is a lack of evidence around how to translate this link into effective and cost-effective interventions that enhance social outcomes (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cultural adaptation framework of social interventions in mental health: Evidence-based case studies from low- and middle-income countries

Fendt-Newlin

Jagannathan

Webber

2019

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Evidence-based strategies for treating mental health conditions need to be scaled up to address the mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries. Most medical and psychological interventions for the treatment of mental health conditions have been developed and evaluated in high-income countries. However, the imperative of scaling up such interventions potentially ignores local realities, and may also discredit or replace local frameworks for responding to distress. Aims: This article aims to develop a framework for the cultural adaptation of social interventions which are developed within, and draw upon, local contexts, to ensure they are acceptable, feasible and effective. Method: A case study approach is used to discuss the feasibility of developing and adapting psychosocial interventions which are embedded in local knowledge, values and practices. Results: The first case study introduces yoga as an alternative and/or complementary, and culturally relevant, approach for people experiencing mental health conditions in India. The second case study is a cross-cultural adaptation of a psychosocial intervention from the United Kingdom to fit the local idioms of distress and service context in Sierra Leone, as the country battled with the Ebola outbreak. We use these case studies to develop a Cultural Adaptation Framework, which recognises that people and their mental health are products of their culture and society, to inform the future development, adaptation and evaluation of sociocultural interventions for people experiencing mental health conditions in low- and middle-income countries. Conclusion: The Cultural Adaptation Framework can be used to ensure interventions are culturally relevant and responsive to local conditions prior to evaluating in experimental studies.

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Section: Case Study 2: Connecting People In Sierra Leonementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Cultural adaptation framework of social interventions in mental health: Evidence-based case studies from low- and middle-income countries

Fendt-Newlin

Jagannathan

Webber

2019

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…Empirical research has demonstrated that those service users who develop their citizenship activities increase also their level of recovery [ 9 ]. This inter-relationships is not surprising, because being an active citizen enhances one’s personal and social identity, as well as enabling the acquisition of new skills and enriching one’s network [ 6 ]. At present, good correlations between these two variables are noted, rather than a clear causal relationships.…”

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“…As distinct from personal recovery, yet inter-related to it, social recovery includes the components of interdependence with others, connectedness [ 5 ], recovery capital [ 2 ] and social capital [ 6 ], as well as the impact of collective culture and the structural elements of our socio-economic-political system. To add to the complexity, the impact of each element on one’s identity, in interaction with how one is seen by others, needs to be taken into account.…”

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The Place of Social Recovery in Mental Health and Related Services

Ramon

2018

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This article looks at the place of social recovery in mental health and social care services, alongside personal recovery. Despite its conceptual and practice centrality to the new meaning of recovery, social recovery has remained a relatively neglected dimension. This article attempts to provide an updated critical commentary based on findings from fifty nine studies, including a variety of research methodologies and methods. Definitions of social recovery within the new meaning of recovery are looked at. This is followed by outlining the development and significance of this dimension as reflected in the key areas of shared decision making, co-production and active citizenship, re-entering employment after experiencing mental ill health, being in employment, poverty and coping with poverty, the economic and the scientific cases for social recovery. The article highlights the connections between service users’ experiencing mental health and social care systems, and the implications of ideologies and policies reflecting positions on social recovery. The complexity of social recovery is indicated in each of these areas; the related conceptual and methodological frameworks developed to research this dimension, and key achievements and barriers concerning everyday practice application of social recovery. The summary indicates potential future development perspectives of this dimension.

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“…These outcomes are expected on the basis of findings of Connected Communities, Connecting People or similar initiatives to improve community engagement (e.g. Parsfield et al 2015;Webber et al 2019;O'Connor 2013).…”

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Community-Enhanced Social Prescribing: Integrating Community in Policy and Practice

Morris

Thomas

Ridley

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Int. Journal of Com. WB

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The NHS Plan is introducing social prescribing link workers into GP surgeries in England. The link workers connect people to non-health resources in the community and voluntary sector, with the aim of meeting individual needs beyond the capacity of the NHS. Social prescribing models focus on enhancing individual wellbeing, guided by the policy of universal personalised care. However, they largely neglect the capacity of communities to meet individual need, particularly in the wake of a decade of austerity. We propose a model of community enhanced social prescribing (CESP) which has the potential to improve both individual and community wellbeing. CESP combines two evidence-informed models – Connected Communities and Connecting People – to address both community capacity and individual need. CESP requires a literacy of community which recognises the importance of communities to individuals and the importance of engaging with, and investing in, communities. When fully implemented the theory of change for CESP is hypothesised to improve both individual and community wellbeing.

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Effect of the Connecting People Intervention on Social Capital: A Pilot Study

Cited by 20 publications

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Cultural adaptation framework of social interventions in mental health: Evidence-based case studies from low- and middle-income countries

Cultural adaptation framework of social interventions in mental health: Evidence-based case studies from low- and middle-income countries

The Place of Social Recovery in Mental Health and Related Services

Community-Enhanced Social Prescribing: Integrating Community in Policy and Practice

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