Exploring social and psycho-social factors that might help explain the Afro-Caribbean boy underachievement in England

Bowe, Anica G.

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.04.002

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“…African-descended groups in the UK (primarily people with origins in Africa and the Caribbean) experience poorer outcomes against a number of key social and health indicators. [8][9][10][11][12] They are more likely to be diagnosed with psychotic illnesses and are over-represented in inpatient psychiatric services. 13 There is also evidence that they are confronted with ethnically based prejudice and discrimination by health professionals.…”

Section: Mental Illness In Minority Groupsmentioning

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Exploring the relationship between stigma and help‐seeking for mental illness in African‐descended faith communities in the UK

Mantovani

Pizzolati

Edge

2016

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BackgroundStigma related to mental illness affects all ethnic groups, contributing to the production and maintenance of mental illness and restricting access to care and support. However, stigma is especially prevalent in minority communities, thus potentially increasing ethnically based disparities. Little is known of the links between stigma and help‐seeking for mental illness in African‐descended populations in the UK.Objective and study designBuilding on the evidence that faith‐based organizations (FBOs) can aid the development of effective public health strategies, this qualitative study used semi‐structured interviews with faith groups to explore the complex ways in which stigma influences help‐seeking for mental illness in African‐descended communities. A thematic approach to data analysis was applied to the entire data set.Setting and participantsTwenty‐six men and women who had varying levels of involvement with Christian FBOs in south London were interviewed (e.g. six faith leaders, thirteen ‘active members’ and seven ‘regular attendees’).ResultsKey factors influencing help‐seeking behaviour were as follows: beliefs about the causes of mental illness; ‘silencing’ of mental illness resulting from heightened levels of ideological stigma; and stigma (re)production and maintenance at community level. Individuals with a diagnosis of mental illness were likely to experience a triple jeopardy in terms of stigma.Discussion and conclusion‘One‐size‐fits‐all’ approaches cannot effectively meet the needs of diverse populations. To ensure that services are more congruent with their needs, health and care organizations should enable service users, families and community members to become active creators of interventions to remove barriers to help‐seeking for mental illness.

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Section: Mental Illness In Minority Groupsmentioning

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“…African‐descended groups in the UK (primarily people with origins in Africa and the Caribbean) experience poorer outcomes against a number of key social and health indicators . They are more likely to be diagnosed with psychotic illnesses and are over‐represented in inpatient psychiatric services .…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the relationship between stigma and help‐seeking for mental illness in African‐descended faith communities in the UK

Mantovani

Pizzolati

Edge

2016

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“…Globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has played an important role in promoting the term psychosocial in education, often including it in its commitment to promoting health and well-being in schools (WHO, 2003). Existing research also highlights the strong relationship between the psychosocial environment in schools and pupils' well-being, learning and mental health (Allodi, 2010;Bowe, 2015;Green et al, 2016;Haapasalo et al, 2010). This is evident in Aldridge et al's (2018) definition of the psychosocial school climate which encompasses all "the attitudes, norms, beliefs, values and expectations that underpin school life and affect the extent to which members of the school community feel safe" (p. 155).…”

Section: The Psychosocial In Context and Previous Researchmentioning

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The Psychosocial in Norwegian Teacher Education in Light of Epistemic Objects and Therapeutic Culture

Mathias,

Førland Standal

2023

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In this article we examine how therapeutic culture disseminates into and affects teacher education in Norway. This is done through a close examination of knowledge practices revolving around the term psychosocial. Based on fieldwork data and drawing on Karin Knorr Cetina’s concept of epistemic objects, we analyse how the psychosocial is practised, taught, and interpreted in a Norwegian primary and secondary teacher education institution. We identify three key epistemic characteristics of the psychosocial: ubiquity, emotional orientation, and self-centeredness. Due to its oscillation between compatibility and friction, the psychosocial is both nurturing and disruptive, intuitive, and demanding, meaningful and alienating. More broadly, the application of the psychosocial in teacher education can be understood in light of the interplay between intellectualisation and emotionalisation processes in modern societies. By providing insight into a previously unexplored area, the article contributes to new understandings of the changing cultural conditions of the teaching profession.

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Section: The Psychosocial In Context and Previous Researchmentioning

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Thue

2023

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Elite university admissions are administered by a range of organizational actors depending on national and institutional contexts. While the outcomes of highstakes elite university admissions have been studied extensively, the opaque admissions selection process remains undertheorized and understood. Using theories of professions and systems theory to examine unique qualitative interview data from admissions selectors in both the U.S. and England, this paper sheds light on the opaque decision-making of elite university admissions shaped by professional contexts and organizational dynamics. We find that the self-regulated profession of professors and the less autonomous professional staff selectors influence the decision-making processes of elite university admissions. Understanding elite university admissions based on the macro/meso-context of professions and their organizational system structure offers a theoretically original approach for future research and the potential to create more equitable admissions processes through new change strategies.

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Exploring social and psycho-social factors that might help explain the Afro-Caribbean boy underachievement in England

Cited by 5 publications

References 71 publications

Exploring the relationship between stigma and help‐seeking for mental illness in African‐descended faith communities in the UK

Exploring the relationship between stigma and help‐seeking for mental illness in African‐descended faith communities in the UK

The Psychosocial in Norwegian Teacher Education in Light of Epistemic Objects and Therapeutic Culture

Full issue Vol.13 No.1 (2023)

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