ArticlePalliative medicine2023
'Sadly I think we are sort of still quite white, middle-class really' - Inequities in access to bereavement support: Findings from a mixed methods study.
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- Development of the 'Culturally Informed Ecological Model of Grief' - a national qualitative study of bereavement experiences among ethnically diverse communities.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Mobile-Based Ecological Momentary Interventions for Grief in China and Switzerland: Protocol for a Collaborative and Iterative Qualitative App Development Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Shifting to online and telephone bereavement support provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study of bereavement service provider perspectives and lessons learnt for current practice.Palliative medicine · 2026Article
- Support needs, support use and perceived helpfulness of support in a cohort of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a longitudinal survey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The 'equity turn' and bereavement: From rhetoric to realisation.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- Caregiving burden, receipt of palliative care, and the use of bereavement support: secondary analysis of population-based data.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- A rapid review of the evidence for online interventions for bereavement support.Palliative medicine · 2025Review
- Co-production in practice: A qualitative study of the development of advance care planning workshops for South Asian elders.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Community engagement in a seaside town: evaluation of Good Grief Weston festival.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Understanding the needs for support and coping strategies in grief following the loss of a significant other: insights from a cross-sectional survey in Sweden.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Risk factors for housing insecurity following bereavement: a cross-sectional analysis of UK survey respondents.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundVoluntary and community sector bereavement services are central to bereavement support in the UK.
aimTo determine service providers' perspectives on access to their support before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
designMixed methods study using an explanatory sequential design: (1) Cross-sectional online survey of UK bereavement services; (2) Qualitative interviews with staff and volunteers at selected services. SETTINGS/
participants147 services participated in the survey; 24 interviews were conducted across 14 services.
results67.3% of services reported there were groups with unmet needs not accessing their services before the pandemic; most frequently people from minoritised ethnic communities (49%), sexual minority groups (26.5%), deprived areas (24.5%) and men (23.8%). Compared with before the pandemic, 3.4% of services were seeing more people from minoritised ethnic groups, while 6.1% were seeing fewer. 25.2% of services did not collect ethnicity data. Qualitative findings demonstrated the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on minoritised ethnic communities, including disruption to care/mourning practices, and the need for culturally appropriate support. During the pandemic outreach activities were sometimes deprioritised; however, increased collaboration was also reported. Online provision improved access but excluded some. Positive interventions to increase equity included collecting client demographic data; improving outreach, language accessibility and staff representation; supporting other professionals to provide bereavement support; local collaboration and co-production.
conclusionsService providers report inequities in access to bereavement support. Attention needs to be paid to identifying, assessing and meeting unmet needs for appropriate bereavement support. Identified positive interventions can inform service provision and research.
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