ArticlePloS one2022
Exploring the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services in regional, rural, and remote Australia: A scoping review protocol.
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- Geographic mapping of adverse childhood experiences and adolescent suicidal ideation/self-harm in New South Wales, Australia.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Rural Contexts: Digital Interventions and Strategies for First Responders' Mental Health.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Remote Monitoring and Virtual Appointments for the Assessment and Management of Depression via the Co-HIVE Model of Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Patient Experiences.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Behavioural activation for people in custody with depression: A protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Clinician Understanding, Acceptance and utilization of Ketogenic diet therapy for epilepsy in Australia and New Zealand: An online survey.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2024Article
- A scoping review of the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services across regional, rural, and remote Australia.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAustralians from regional, rural, and remote areas face diverse and complex challenges in accessing and utilising mental health services. Previous research has pointed to a range of individual, community, structural, and systemic barriers at play, however, limited literature has synthesised the knowledge on this topic. Parallel to this, information on the facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services for this group is not well documented. This protocol describes the methodology to undertake a scoping review, which aims to explore the barriers and facilitators associated with accessing and utilising mental health services in regional, rural, and remote Australia. In addition, the scoping review aims to geographically map the identified barriers and facilitators.
methodsThis protocol is guided by Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework. A search strategy will be developed and implemented to identify relevant peer-reviewed and grey literature. Studies will be included if they report on the barriers and/or facilitators associated with accessing and/or utilising mental health services in regional, rural, and remote Australia. Two reviewers will independently screen the data at the title/abstract and full-text stage. One reviewer will extract the relevant data using a predetermined charting form and a second reviewer will validate the included data. A Geographical Information System program will be used to map the location of the studies; locations will be stratified according to the Modified Monash Model and relationships between barriers and facilitators will be analysed. Key findings will be presented in a narrative account and in text, tables, and maps. DISCUSSION: This scoping review will provide a contemporary account on the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services for regional, rural, and remote Australians. It is anticipated that the results of this scoping review will have national policy relevance and may be useful to healthcare providers.
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