A co-produced service evaluation of ethnic minority community service user experiences of a specialist mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For ethnic minority communities in the UK, the COVID-19 pandemic amplified existing health inequalities and created other consequential disadvantages like increased vulnerability to COVID-19, higher rates of hospital admissions, increased mortality and poorer mental health outcomes. While longer-term impacts of COVID-19 are considered, it is crucial for NHS mental health services to understand the specific barriers and needs of ethnic minority communities to provide consistent and equitable access to mental health services. These aspects were the focus of a service evaluation of a Sussex-wide mental health service conducted in co-production with experts-by-experience, public members, health professionals and researchers from ethnic minority communities.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Kaur K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10583414 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature