ArticleBMJ open2022
Stakeholders' views on volunteering in mental health: an international focus group study.
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- The challenges of voluntary care provision for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A qualitative study of the public volunteers' experiences.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Volunteering across contexts: comparing attitudes toward volunteering with prisoners and people with mental illness.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Views on volunteering in mental health: a focus group study with mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal.Discover mental health · 2023Article
- Volunteer Engagement in a Stroke Self-Management Program: Qualitative Analysis of a Hybrid Team of Healthcare Providers and Trained Volunteers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- An Intervention to Connect Patients With Psychosis and Volunteers via Smartphone (the Phone Pal): Development Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesExplore the views of two main stakeholders: mental health professionals and volunteers from three European countries, on the provision of volunteering in mental healthcare.
designA multicountry, multilingual and multicultural qualitative focus group study (n=24) with n=119 participants.
participantsVolunteers and mental health professionals in three European countries (Belgium, Portugal and the UK).
resultsMental health professionals and volunteers consider it beneficial offering volunteering to their patients. In this study, six overarching themes arose: (1) there is a framework in which volunteering is organised, (2) the role of the volunteer is multifaceted, (3) every volunteering relationship has a different character, (4) to volunteer is to face challenges, (5) technology has potential in volunteering and (6) volunteering impacts us all. The variability of their views suggests a need for flexibility and innovation in the design and models of the programmes offered.
conclusionsVolunteering is not one single entity and is strongly connected to the cultural context and the mental healthcare services organisation. Despite the contextual differences between these three European countries, this study found extensive commonalities in attitudes towards volunteering in mental health.
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