Global Social Welfare Academic Research Partnerships: Lessons Learned from Two Studies in Mongolia

Witte, Susan S.; Burnette, Denise; Aira, Toivgoo; Myagmarjav, Sugarmaa

doi:10.1007/s40609-019-00146-3

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“…The countries with the most included articles, both with five studies, were the United States (Donnelly et al, 2020 ; Ferré et al, 2010 ; Fleisher et al, 2020 ; Gorman et al, 2018 ; Palinkas et al, 2019 ) and the United Kingdom (Foster et al, 2020 ; Grant et al, 2017 ; Kelly et al, 2019 ; MHF, 2017 , 2018 ). The remaining studies were based in China (Fan et al, 2018 ), Denmark (Martin et al, 2012 ), India (Shields‐Zeeman et al, 2017 ), Mongolia (Witte et al, 2019 ), Pakistan (Atif et al, 2019 ) and Spain (Coll‐Planas et al, 2017 ).…”

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“…Studies presented findings from a range of different community‐based interventions, including: those focused on physical activities such as yoga, karate and walking (Donnelly et al, 2020 ; Fleisher et al, 2020 ; Grant et al, 2017 ); peer support and community volunteer interventions (Atif et al, 2019 ; Fan et al, 2018 ; MHF, 2017 , 2018 ; Shields‐Zeeman et al, 2017 ); those targeting social isolation (Coll‐Planas et al, 2017 ; Foster et al, 2020 ; Kelly et al, 2019 ); and wider interventions for specific community groups (Ferré et al, 2010 ; Gorman et al, 2018 ; Martin et al, 2012 ; Palinkas et al, 2019 ; Witte et al, 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Only one article discussed different conceptualisations of sustainability, highlighting current uncertainty in the literature regarding definitions and exploring the idea of sustainability as a process, an outcome or both (Palinkas et al, 2019 ). Four studies referred to sustainability as an activity being maintained (Gorman et al, 2018 ; MHF, 2018 ; Shields‐Zeeman et al, 2017 ; Witte et al, 2019 ) and one study referred to the scaling‐up of the intervention (Atif et al, 2019 ). The remaining 10 studies provided no definition of sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In some instances, the uncertainty around future funding was also found to have a negative effect on workforce morale (Atif et al, 2019). At the highest level, global funding priorities were cited as a factor affecting sustainability, with Witte et al (2019) referencing severe downsizing of certain activities due to shifting global research priorities.…”

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Resources and activities offered by Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations could play a key role in supporting communities with their mental health. Whilst policy makers have become increasingly interested in using such asset‐based approaches to improve mental health and well‐being, the sustainability of these approaches remains underresearched. In this review, we explored the factors affecting the sustainability of community mental health assets. We conducted a systematic review of the literature using keywords based on three key terms: ‘sustainability’, ‘mental health issues’ and ‘service provision’. Our search strategy was deployed in four electronic databases (MEDLINE, Web of Science, ASSIA and IBSS) and relevant websites were also searched. The literature search was conducted in November and December 2020 and yielded 2486 results. After title and abstract screening, 544 articles were subjected to full‐text review. A total of 16 studies were included in a narrative synthesis. Studies included a broad range of community interventions and 30 factors affecting sustainability were identified across three sustainability levels: micro (individual), meso (organisational) and macro (local/national/global). Factors were discussed as barriers or facilitators to sustainability. A key barrier across all sustainability levels was funding (cost to individual participants, lack of available funding for VCSEs, economic uncertainty) whilst a key facilitator was connectedness (social connections, partnering with other organisations, linking with national public health systems). Nearly all articles included no definition of sustainability and the majority of factors identified here were at the meso/organisational level. As funding was found to be such a prevalent barrier, more research into macro level factors (e.g. government policies) is required.

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“…Consistent with best practices in international community-based participatory research, our formative work in Mongolia and subsequent work in Kazakhstan was intentionally collaborative, including local scholars, non-governmental organization service providers, clinicians, and researchers from the GHRCCA (Pinto et al, 2014; Witte et al, 2019). Stakeholders were brought together as community advisory boards to inform all aspects of intervention and study development.…”

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The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as completed prevention intervention studies. We describe the development of combining HIV prevention with asset-based microfinance interventions, lessons learned, and contributions these studies make to HIV prevention, intervention science, and practice. We end by recommending next steps to move prevention science forward in this area and among this key population, which continues to be underserved in HIV prevention science worldwide.

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Global Social Welfare Academic Research Partnerships: Lessons Learned from Two Studies in Mongolia

Cited by 4 publications

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Factors affecting the sustainability of community mental health assets: A systematic review

Factors affecting the sustainability of community mental health assets: A systematic review

Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

Mongolian mining engagement with SIA and ESG initiatives

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