Imperial College London

DrShaminiGnani

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 0823s.gnani

 
 
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Location

 

Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Baskin:2021:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041102,
author = {Baskin, C and Zijlstra, G and McGrath, M and Lee, C and Duncan, F and Oliver, E and Osborn, D and Dykxhoorn, J and Kaner, E and Lafortune, L and Walters, K and Kirkbride, J and Gnani, S},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041102},
journal = {BMJ Open},
title = {Community-centred interventions for improving public mental health among adults from minority ethnic populations in the United Kingdom: a scoping review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041102},
volume = {11},
year = {2021}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Objectives Undertake a scoping review to determine the effectiveness of community-centred interventions designed to improve the mental health and well-being of adults from ethnic minority groups in the UK.Methods We searched six electronic academic databases for studies published between January 1990 and September 2019: Medline, Embase, PsychINFO, Scopus, CINAHL and Cochrane. For intervention description and data extraction we used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist and Template for Intervention Description and Replication guide. Quality was assessed using Cochrane risk of bias tools. Grey literature results were deemed beyond the scope of this review due to the large number of interventions and lack of available outcomes data.Results Of 4501 studies, 7 met the eligibility criteria of UK-based community interventions targeting mental health in adults from ethnic minority populations: four randomised controlled trials, one pre/post-pilot study, one cross-sectional study and one ethnographic study. Interventions included therapy-style sessions, peer-support groups, educational materials, gym access and a family services programme. Common components included a focus on tackling social isolation, using lay health workers from within the community, signposting and overcoming structural barriers to access. Four studies reported a statistically significant positive effect on mental health outcomes and six were appraised as having a high risk of bias. Study populations were ethnically heterogeneous and targeted people mainly from South Asia. No studies examined interventions targeting men.Conclusions There is a paucity of high-quality evidence regarding community-centred interventions focused on improving public mental health among ethnic minority groups. Decision makers need scientific evidence to inform effective approaches to mitigating health disparities. Our next steps are to map promising comm
AU - Baskin,C
AU - Zijlstra,G
AU - McGrath,M
AU - Lee,C
AU - Duncan,F
AU - Oliver,E
AU - Osborn,D
AU - Dykxhoorn,J
AU - Kaner,E
AU - Lafortune,L
AU - Walters,K
AU - Kirkbride,J
AU - Gnani,S
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041102
PY - 2021///
SN - 2044-6055
TI - Community-centred interventions for improving public mental health among adults from minority ethnic populations in the United Kingdom: a scoping review
T2 - BMJ Open
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041102
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88416
VL - 11
ER -