Using Participatory Action Research in a Community-Based Initiative Addressing Complex Mental Health Needs

Knightbridge, Stephen M.; King, Robert; Rolfe, Timothy J.

doi:10.1080/j.1440-1614.2006.01798.x

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“…[13][14][15] We suggest that the data presented here illustrate how far we presently are from capacity to provide integrated service responses to people with complex mental health problems in rural and regional Queensland.…”

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confidence: 81%

Challenges faced by general practitioners and allied mental health services in providing mental health services in rural Queensland

Bambling

Kavanagh²,

Lewis³

et al. 2007

Australian J Rural Health

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Challenges faced by general practitioners and allied mental health services in providing mental health services in rural Queensland

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Kavanagh²,

Lewis³

et al. 2007

Australian J Rural Health

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“…The collaborative reflection and validation process was based on participatory action research principles (e.g., Kemmis and McTaggart 2005;Knightbridge et al 2006). Volunteer participants were members of GROW WA's Program Team committee of seasoned GROW members and staffers set up to manage GROW activities in WA.…”

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Capturing Dynamic Processes of Change in GROW Mutual Help Groups for Mental Health

Finn

Bishop

Sparrow

2009

American J of Comm Psychol

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The need for a model that can portray dynamic processes of change in mutual help groups for mental health (MHGMHs) is emphasized. A dynamic process model has the potential to capture a more comprehensive understanding of how MHGMHs may assist their members. An investigation into GROW, a mutual help organization for mental health, employed ethnographic, phenomenological and collaborative research methods. The study examined how GROW impacts on psychological well being. Study outcomes aligned with the social ecological paradigm (Maton in Understanding the self-help organization: frameworks and findings. Sage, Thousand Oaks 1994) indicating multifactorial processes of change at and across three levels of analysis: group level, GROW program/community level and individual level. Outcome themes related to life skills acquisition and a change in self-perception in terms of belonging within community and an increased sense of personal value. The GROW findings are used to assist development of a dynamic multi-dimensional process model to explain how MHGMHs may promote positive change.

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“…As an instrument, we chose the focus group because it provides numerous advantages: it promotes interaction, it offers direct information, it stimulates participation, it has a flexible and open nature, it presents the possibility to observe nonverbal components, and it favors intersubjectivity and reflexivity. For the design of focus groups, we followed the methodological recommendations of various authors [20][21][22][23][24]. The field notes and the in-depth observation regarding the study topic completed our methodological instruments, allowing for them to complete a "triangulation" among methods which verified or refuted the data of the focus groups [17].…”

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“…The study was conducted in four health centers in different geographical places of Andalusia in the first quarter of 2017: two in urban environments, Granada and Seville, and two in rural environments, Palma del Río and Huércal-Overa, with the aim of achieving a socially-expansive representation. A fifth group was not organized because of information saturation [22][23][24]. The investigators had clinical experience in the follow-up of these individuals with BD, thus they selected the sample and included representative participants from each population.…”

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Facilitators and Barriers of Medication Adherence Based on Beliefs of Persons with Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study

Alcalá

Fontalba-Navas

Company-Morales

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IJERPH

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One of the big challenges in treating individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) is nonadherence to medication. This is the principal factor associated with a worse prognosis or outcome of the disease. This study aimed to explore and analyze the individual perceptions that people with BD have about the positive and negative aspects when taking medication. A descriptive and interpretative study was carried out using the qualitative research paradigm with the use of the analytical technique of discourse analysis, extracting the data through the completion of focus groups. Participants’ speech was digitally audio-recorded in digital format. In order to complete the codification of the participants’ speech content, we relied on the qualitative data analysis (using the QRS NVivo 10 computer software). Thirty-six participants diagnosed with bipolar disorder took part in our study. In the participants’ speech concerning the main barriers to pharmacological treatment, three key topics were identified. Perceived facilitators were summarized in four factors. The main facilitators regarding the use of pharmacological treatment in individuals with BD were the ones related with the perceived need for treatment in the acute phase, the recognition of the illness, the shared clinical decision, and the causal biological attribution in the chronic phase. In terms of perceived barriers, social control was identified in both phases, adverse effects in the acute phase, and the absence of effective treatment in the chronic state.

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Using Participatory Action Research in a Community-Based Initiative Addressing Complex Mental Health Needs

Cited by 22 publications

References 25 publications

Challenges faced by general practitioners and allied mental health services in providing mental health services in rural Queensland

Challenges faced by general practitioners and allied mental health services in providing mental health services in rural Queensland

Capturing Dynamic Processes of Change in GROW Mutual Help Groups for Mental Health

Facilitators and Barriers of Medication Adherence Based on Beliefs of Persons with Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study

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