ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2022
Just ethnic matching? Racial and ethnic minority students and culturally appropriate mental health provision at British universities.
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- Exploring attitudes towards seeking help for mental health problems among university students from racially minoritised backgrounds: a systematic review and thematic synthesis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- A scoping review to identify opportunities and challenges for communities of South Asian origin in accessing mental health services and support in high-income countries.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Enhancing Equity on Crisis Lines: Understanding the Background, Practices and Learning Needs of Responders in Canada.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Identifying characteristics of UK university students at risk of developing adverse markers of health and related behaviours across one year at university: a latent transition approach.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Experiences of Indigenous and ethnic minority women with culturally safe healthcare in Europe: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Characterising the activity, lifestyle behaviours and health outcomes of UK university students: an observational cohort study with a focus on gender and ethnicity.BMC public health · 2024Observational
- Adopting the principles and practices of learning health systems in universities and colleges: recommendations for delivering actionable data to improve student mental health.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental healthcare in the UK: A meta-ethnography.PLoS medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe need for "culturally appropriate" support for racial and ethnic minority (REM) students has prompted several British universities to embrace targeted interventions such as "ethnic matching" to encourage professional help-seeking on campus (i.e., pairing REM students with ethnically similar practitioners). There remains, however, little clarity on what culturally appropriate support entails. This study explores how REM students define culturally appropriate support and the approaches they view to be effective in promoting help-seeking.
methodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 48 REM students in two British universities. Data analysis was guided by principles of constructivist grounded theory and reflexive thematic analysis.
resultsREM students discuss three ways universities can provide culturally appropriate support; via ethnic matching; a broader cultural appropriateness; or a person-specific service. For these students, a service narrowly focusing on race/ethnicity has the potential to remove rather than enhance accountability and engagement within mental health service provision, and not adequately valorize the experience of the student as both individual and racialized.
conclusionA protocol-driven and instrumental understanding of "culturally appropriate" support may serve to reduce REM student willingness to seek professional help. Universities, therefore, should commit to a student-centred process, combining racial diversification and cultural recognition with a reflexive person-specific approach.
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