scholarly journals Hua Oranga: Service Utility Pilot of a Mental Health Outcome Measurement for an Indigenous Population

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kahu McClintock ◽  
Ana Sokratov ◽  
Graham Mellsop ◽  
Te Kani Kingi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Mental Health Outcome ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Recording Analysis ◽  
Indigenous Mental Health ◽  
Maori Health ◽  
Health Outcome Measurement

The key areas of development in this study were the criteria for the use of the Hua Oranga, an Indigenous mental health outcome measurement tool for use with Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). The application of the Hua Oranga was expected to improve the care and treatment of tangata whaiora (consumers) in partnership with whānau (family) and clinicians. The Outcomes Recording Analysis (ORA) database (www.ORAdatabase.co.nz), which receives the Hua Oranga data and generates the Hua Oranga reports was essential to this improvement. This development contributes to the skill and expertise of clinicians in interpreting Māori health information that benefit Māori.

scholarly journals Internal and external aspects of freedom of choice in mental health: cultural and linguistic adaptation of the Hungarian version of the Oxford CAPabilities questionnaire—Mental Health (OxCAP-MH)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timea Mariann Helter ◽  
Ildiko Kovacs ◽  
Andor Kanka ◽  
Orsolya Varga ◽  
Janos Kalman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
English Version ◽  
Freedom Of Choice ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
Hungarian Version ◽  
Health Outcome Measurement ◽  
The Capability Approach

Abstract Background A link between mental health and freedom of choice has long been established, in fact, the loss of freedom of choice is one of the possible defining features of mental disorders. Freedom of choice has internal and external aspects explicitly identified within the capability approach, but received little explicit attention in capability instruments. This study aimed to develop a feasible and linguistically and culturally appropriate Hungarian version of the Oxford CAPabilities questionnaire—Mental Health (OxCAP-MH) for mental health outcome measurement. Methods Following forward and back translations, a reconciled Hungarian version of the OxCAP-MH was developed following professional consensus guidelines of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research and the WHO. The wording of the questionnaire underwent cultural and linguistic validation through content analysis of cognitive debriefing interviews with 11 Hungarian speaking mental health patients in 2019. Results were compared with those from the development of the German version and the original English version with special focus on linguistic aspects. Results Twenty-nine phrases were translated. There were linguistic differences in each question and answer options due to the high number of inflected, affixed words and word fragments that characterize the Hungarian language in general. Major linguistic differences were also revealed between the internal and external aspects of capability freedom of choices which appear much more explicit in the Hungarian than in the English or German languages. A re-analysis of the capability freedom of choice concepts in the existing language versions exposed the need for minor amendments also in the English version in order to allow the development of future culturally, linguistically and conceptually valid translations. Conclusion The internal and external freedom of choice impacts of mental health conditions require different care/policy measures. Their explicit consideration is necessary for the conceptually harmonised operationalisation of the capability approach for (mental) health outcome measurement in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.

Characteristics of adolescents with a poor mental health outcome after bariatric surgery

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. S70
Author(s):  
Kajsa Jarvholm ◽  
Jan Karlsson ◽  
Markku Peltonen ◽  
Claude Marcus ◽  
Torsten Olbers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Outcome

scholarly journals Architecture Without Expectation: Designing a third place for mental wellbeing in the community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kezia Fairbrother
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Third Place ◽  
Therapeutic Landscapes ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Government ◽  
Maori Health

<p>In 2018, the government published the report of its inquiry into mental health and addiction in Aotearoa New Zealand, which called for a ‘paradigm shift’ in the country’s approach to mental wellbeing. This research portfolio explores the role architecture has to play in this shift, acknowledging the problematic historical associations of architecture and mental health. In doing so, the work aims to establish principles for a new architectural typology of mental health care, outside of conventional institutions. It explores contemporary approaches to wellness, and integrates research from several bodies of theoretical and evidence-based research into a new creative practice within architecture. Specifically, the research draws on theory around nonrepresentational therapeutic landscapes, third place and evidence based design. These inform creative explorations of the therapeutically affective qualities of naturally-sourced materials. The findings of this explorations are transferred to spatial design using a ‘multiplicity’ approach based on nonrepresentational theory and Māori health models, which is then applied to a specific site in Wellington, New Zealand. Finally, architectural applications for this research are proposed in the form of a community-based third place to support mental health and wellbeing.</p>

Neighborhood, social isolation and mental health outcome among older people in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 154-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Razak M Gyasi ◽  
Abigail Assuamah Yeboah ◽  
Charlotte Monica Mensah ◽  
Ramatou Ouedraogo ◽  
Evelyn Aboagye Addae
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Mental Health Outcome
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