SynthesisBMC health services research2009
Researching the mental health needs of hard-to-reach groups: managing multiple sources of evidence.
Synthesis in BMC health services research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implicit bias in referrals to relational psychological therapies: review and recommendations for mental health services.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for improving health and medical research with socially disadvantaged groups.BMC medical research methodology · 2014Pooled it
- Engaging underrepresented patient groups in specialised treatment - qualitative results from the PROVIDE-C randomised trial on integrated mental health video consultations for depression and anxiety.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Evaluating a complex model designed to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups: a multi-method study.BMC health services research · 2016Trial
- Group psychological intervention for postnatal depression: a nested qualitative study with British South Asian women.BMC women's health · 2015Trial
- Development and evaluation of culturally sensitive psychosocial interventions for under-served people in primary care.BMC psychiatry · 2014Trial
- What Is Inclusive Occupational Therapy for People Living With Dementia? Lessons From Collaborative Workshops With Diverse Communities.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Article
- Improving primary care services for imprisoned women with severe mental illness (IP-SIS) Protocol Paper.NIHR open research · 2025Article
- Ethnic differences in treatment outcome for children and young people accessing mental health support.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Article
- Community Engagement in a complex intervention to improve access to primary mental health care for hard-to-reach groups.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Article
- Article
- Following the mixed methods trail: some travel advice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2015Review
- Aiming to improve the quality of primary mental health care: developing an intervention for underserved communities.BMC family practice · 2014Article
- Slaying the dragon myth: an ethnographic study of receptionists in UK general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2013Article
- Assessing the health benefits of advice services: using research evidence and logic model methods to explore complex pathways.Health & social care in the community · 2013Review
- Improving access to psychosocial interventions for common mental health problems in the United Kingdom: narrative review and development of a conceptual model for complex interventions.BMC health services research · 2012Review
- Delivering stepped care: an analysis of implementation in routine practice.Implementation science : IS · 2012Article
- Help Seeking and Access to Primary Care for People from "Hard-to-Reach" Groups with Common Mental Health Problems.International journal of family medicine · 2011Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
19 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundCommon mental health problems impose substantial challenges to patients, carers, and health care systems. A range of interventions have demonstrable efficacy in improving the lives of people experiencing such problems. However many people are disadvantaged, either because they are unable to access primary care, or because access does not lead to adequate help. New methods are needed to understand the problems of access and generate solutions. In this paper we describe our methodological approach to managing multiple and diverse sources of evidence, within a research programme to increase equity of access to high quality mental health services in primary care.
methodsWe began with a scoping review to identify the range and extent of relevant published material, and establish key concepts related to access. We then devised a strategy to collect - in parallel - evidence from six separate sources: a systematic review of published quantitative data on access-related studies; a meta-synthesis of published qualitative data on patient perspectives; dialogues with local stakeholders; a review of grey literature from statutory and voluntary service providers; secondary analysis of patient transcripts from previous qualitative studies; and primary data from interviews with service users and carers.We synthesised the findings from these diverse sources, made judgements on key emerging issues in relation to needs and services, and proposed a range of potential interventions. These proposals were debated and refined using iterative electronic and focus group consultation procedures involving international experts, local stakeholders and service users.
conclusionsOur methods break new ground by generating and synthesising multiple sources of evidence, connecting scientific understanding with the perspectives of users, in order to develop innovative ways to meet the mental health needs of under-served groups.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.