scholarly journals Exploring the Efficacy of a Perinatal Mental Health Community Based Organization’s Social Media Engagement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Johanna Bermudez Vera ◽  
Semira Semino-Asaro
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Perinatal Mental Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Social Media Engagement

scholarly journals Citizen Social Science in practice: a critical analysis of a mental health community-based project

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Bonhoure ◽  
Anna Cigarini ◽  
Julian Vicens ◽  
Josep Perelló
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Community ◽  
The Social

“Citizen Social Science” is a fast-growing term within Citizen Science world but not many experiences have been shared in the literature to better shape its meaning. This article discusses novel possibilities of these participatory practices through the critical analysis of a concrete community-based project. We here embrace under the “Social” tag of Citizen Social Science both Computational Social Science methodologies and the Social concerns expressed by the mental health community. The interpretation place persons with a mental condition, as well as caregivers and relatives, at the center of the research cycle by taking the role of Competent Experts In-The-Field. A synergetic relation between Citizen Science, Mental Health research and Computational Social Science also imply a conceptual shift in comparison to standard approaches such as the inclusion of research subjects as active co-designers or the consideration of communitarian spaces as most natural experimental spaces. We here describe how these concepts are put into practice during the whole duration of a research project that has studied the social interactions inside the Community Mental Health Care ecosystem. Important steps entail the creation of a Knowledge Coalition, including a diversity of relevant actors with diverse knowledge and expertise, that is later involved in co-designing the research and in embedding experimental settings in communitarian spaces. The experience allows us to open a wider discussion on the possibilities and limitations of Citizen Social Science practices. Having in mind the ethical debate raised by Citizen Science Public Health and Patients’ driven research, we propose a set of values and practices to be agreed on. We also analyse the participation of the scientists in these kind of projects, which forces them to adopt the role of “camaleons” when executing diverse and versatile tasks. We additionally advocate for a more extended collective interpretation of the results in order to produce socially robust knowledge and enhance actions and policies grounded on these results. Exemplified with the experience herein presented, a more horizontal process that include the enhancement of participation and the revision of the notion of experiment offer new opportunities for Social Sciences from a multidisciplinary perspective.

scholarly journals Effects of Community-Based Programs on Integration into the Mental Health and Non-Mental Health Communities

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1181
Author(s):  
Mi Kyung Seo ◽  
Min Hwa Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Community Integration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Health Communities

Aims: The purpose of this study was to verify how integration into the mental health community, a subculture of persons with mental illness, affects the integration into the non-mental health community. Thus, we analyzed the effect of community-based mental health service programs on non-mental health community integration, mediated by mental health community integration. Methods: In total, 190 persons with mental illness (M age = 42.78; SD = 11.3; male, 54.7%; female, 45.3%), living in local communities and using community-based mental health programs, participated in the study. We measured their sociodemographic and clinical variables, the environmental variables of mental health service programs, and the level of integration of the mental health and non-mental health communities. The data collected were analyzed to test the proposed hypotheses using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results: The common significant predictors affecting the two types of community integration were symptoms and resource accessibility: the more accessible the various community resources and the less severe the psychiatric symptoms were, the higher the level of the two types of community integration was. In path analysis, the program’s atmosphere and the participation of people with mental illness (program involvement) significantly predicted the level of integration into the mental health community. This, in turn, had a positive effect on their physical integration, social contact frequency, and psychological integration into the non-mental health community, mediated by the integration of the mental health community. Conclusion: Based on the results, we emphasize the importance of mental health communities and suggest strategies to support the integration of mental health communities.

scholarly journals Mental Health, Risk Factors, and Social Media Use During the COVID-19 Epidemic and Cordon Sanitaire Among the Community and Health Professionals in Wuhan, China: Cross-Sectional Survey (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Y Ni ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Candi M C Leung ◽  
Na Li ◽  
Xiaoxin I Yao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Probable Depression

BACKGROUND The mental health consequences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, community-wide interventions, and social media use during a pandemic are unclear. The first and most draconian interventions have been implemented in Wuhan, China, and these countermeasures have been increasingly deployed by countries around the world. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine risk factors, including the use of social media, for probable anxiety and depression in the community and among health professionals in the epicenter, Wuhan, China. METHODS We conducted an online survey via WeChat, the most widely used social media platform in China, which was administered to 1577 community-based adults and 214 health professionals in Wuhan. Probable anxiety and probable depression were assessed by the validated Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (cutoff ≥3) and Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (cutoff ≥3), respectively. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to examine factors associated with probable anxiety and probable depression. RESULTS Of the 1577 community-based adults, about one-fifth of respondents reported probable anxiety (n=376, 23.84%, 95% CI 21.8-26.0) and probable depression (n=303, 19.21%, 95% CI 17.3-21.2). Similarly, of the 214 health professionals, about one-fifth of surveyed health professionals reported probable anxiety (n=47, 22.0%, 95% CI 16.6-28.1) or probable depression (n=41, 19.2%, 95% CI 14.1-25.1). Around one-third of community-based adults and health professionals spent ≥2 hours daily on COVID-19 news via social media. Close contact with individuals with COVID-19 and spending ≥2 hours daily on COVID-19 news via social media were associated with probable anxiety and depression in community-based adults. Social support was associated with less probable anxiety and depression in both health professionals and community-based adults. CONCLUSIONS The internet could be harnessed for telemedicine and restoring daily routines, yet caution is warranted toward spending excessive time searching for COVID-19 news on social media given the infodemic and emotional contagion through online social networks. Online platforms may be used to monitor the toll of the pandemic on mental health.

A Qualitative Study of the Role of Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Community-Based Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (4_Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 7011505136p1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tajhma Burroughs ◽  
Kathleen Mathieson ◽  
Catherine V. Belden ◽  
Margo Gross
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Health Community

Mental Health Community Based Funding: Ohio’s Experience in Revising Its Funding Allocation Methodology

2011 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 604-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric E. Seiber ◽  
Helen Anne Sweeney ◽  
Jamie Partridge ◽  
Allard E. Dembe ◽  
Holly Jones
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Funding Allocation ◽  
Health Community

scholarly journals Transitions in Black and Latinx Community-Based Doula Work in the US During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariel Rivera
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Central New York ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Media Engagement

In response to COVID-19, many doulas, including community-based doulas (CBDs), have shifted to virtual doula work, placing aspects of doula care online. CBDs typically center Black and Brown mothers and come from the same community as their clients, granting access to doula care for many individuals who would traditionally not have access. Two partner CBD organizations in Central New York—Village Birth International and Doula 4 a Queen—transitioned to virtual doula work, continuing to center Black and Afro-Latinx people. As CBDs began to transition their work online, they had to create new ways to include both the community and doula aspects of their work. My research has captured these doulas’ experiences since mid-2019 and has documented their transition from in-person doula work to virtual work. This also included their experiences of hosting doula trainings that were originally designed to be held in person. To understand this turn to virtual doula work, in this article I draw on social media engagement, online interviews, Zoom discussions, and personal experience to capture how CBD work shifted to virtual platforms can still center Black and Afro-Latinx folks in their communities and beyond.

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