Nursing Education to Enhance Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Community Access to Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review

Radhamony, Reshmy; Cross, Wendy; Townsin, Louise

doi:10.1080/01612840.2021.1925792

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“…Person‐centred approaches, community‐based services, primary health care, prevention and early intervention are recommended to improve health care in CALD communities (Fozdar & Salter, 2019). In addition, researchers have suggested that building mental health professionals' capacity through training can improve their cultural competence, awareness and sensitivity (Lin & Hsu, 2020; Radhamony et al, 2021).…”

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Perspectives of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members regarding mental health services: A qualitative analysis

Radhamony

Cross

Townsin

et al. 2023

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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What Is Known about the Subject? Immigrant, refugee and asylum seeker populations worldwide are at high risk of mental health issues National mental health policies call for recognising Australian society's multicultural characteristics to ensure adequate mental health services to CALD communities Several barriers exist for people from CALD communities in Victoria to access and utilise mental health services Improving mental health professionals' knowledge of mental health service provision and cultural responsiveness can enhance CALD community access to services. What Does this Paper Add to Existing Knowledge? We analysed the perspectives of people from CALD communities in Victoria regarding their needs and experiences with mental health services. Participants reported diverse perceptions and understanding of mental health issues and services Various challenges were identified regarding health service utilisation for the CALD community in Victoria, including language barriers, stigma towards mental health issues, mental health illiteracy, distrust and lack of familiarity with mainstream mental health services. These challenges were acknowledged by community members even after a long residence in Australia The data generated on the beliefs about mental health issues and consequent help‐seeking behaviours highlight the importance of culturally sensitive targeted prevention and early intervention strategies and ongoing commitment to building mental health literacy in the wider community What Are the Implications for Practice? The information from the study can be adapted for quality improvement and culturally responsive practices The strategies for effective service delivery drawn by this paper can be a comprehensive resource tool for mental health professionals, organisations and policymakers The findings imply that CALD mental health service users and their families will likely benefit from improved service assessment and quality of mental health care and equity when MHNs undertake cultural competence training and bring that into their practice. Abstract Introduction Victoria is one of the most multicultural states in Australia. Many CALD communities in Victoria may have encountered complicated migration journeys and complex life stressors during their initial settlement, leading to adverse mental health concerns. This diversity necessitates public policy settings to ensure equity and access in health services planning and delivery. While the MH policies and services take cultural diversity into account, there needs to be more implementation of those components of MH policies that relate to the particular needs of various CALD communities in Victoria. Even though mental health services prevent and address mental health issues, many barriers can impair CALD community access and utilisation of mental health services. Furthermore, the recent Royal Commission inquiry into the Victorian Mental Health system drives a renewed policy imperative to ensure meaningful engagement and cultural safety of a...

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confidence: 99%

Perspectives of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members regarding mental health services: A qualitative analysis

Radhamony

Cross

Townsin

et al. 2023

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Nursing Education to Enhance Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Community Access to Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review

Cited by 1 publication

References 96 publications

Perspectives of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members regarding mental health services: A qualitative analysis

Perspectives of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members regarding mental health services: A qualitative analysis

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