scholarly journals Using the Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework to assess the impact of public involvement in a mental health research context: A reflective case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 950-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Collins ◽  
Rita Long ◽  
Anthony Page ◽  
Jennie Popay ◽  
Fiona Lobban
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Context ◽  
The Impact

More than just characters in a story: effective and meaningful involvement of young people in mental health research

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niamh MacSweeney ◽  
Sarah Bowman ◽  
Clare Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advisory Groups ◽  
Meaningful Involvement ◽  
Youth Involvement

Purpose The story of youth mental health remains poorly understood. To truly progress our understanding of youth mental health, we must shift our focus from one in which young people are the subjects, or “characters”, of research efforts to one in which they are active agents, or “authors”. This change in dynamic falls under the banner of public and patient involvement (PPI), a growing movement that emphasises the meaningful involvement of the public in health research. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Here, the authors aim to stimulate this shift in focus by describing emerging practices of youth involvement in paediatric research and outlining how such practices can be extended to the domain of youth mental health. In particular, the authors highlight Young Persons’ Advisory Groups (YPAG), through which young people can be involved in an active, meaningful and mutually beneficial manner, at each step in the research life cycle. Findings A YPAG comprises young people who act as research partners, providing guidance on a range of activities. In the health domain, YPAGs have provided fresh perspectives, generated valuable knowledge and changed attitudes about youth involvement in research. Moreover, they provide young people with genuine opportunities to shape research so that it addresses issues they encounter in their everyday lives. Originality/value The establishment of youth mental health YPAGs will enhance the authors’ research questions, design, delivery and impact. The authors outline how researchers can embrace PPI and work together with young people to tell a different story of youth mental health.

Strategic planning in LAMIC mental health research: A Ghana case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-156
Author(s):  
Adote Anum ◽  
Melissa Washington-Nortey ◽  
Vivian Dzokoto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Health Research

scholarly journals Measuring an individual researcher’s impact: new directions and challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Morwenna Senior ◽  
Seena Fazel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Recent Proposal ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Journal Impact ◽  
Highly Cited

Metrics which quantify the impact of a scientist are increasingly incorporated into decisions about how to rate and fund individuals and institutions. Several commonly used metrics, based on journal impact factors and citation counts, have been criticised as they do not reliably predict real-world impact, are highly variable between fields and are vulnerable to gaming. Bibliometrics have been incorporated into systems of research assessment but these may create flawed incentives, failing to reward research that is validated, reproducible and with wider impacts. A recent proposal for a new standardised citation metric based on a composite indicator of 6 measures has led to an online database of 100 000 of the most highly cited scientists in all fields. In this perspective article, we provide an overview and evaluation of this new citation metric as it applies to mental health research. We provide a summary of its findings for psychiatry and psychology, including clustering in certain countries and institutions, and outline some implications for mental health research. We discuss strengths and limitations of this new metric, and how further refinements could align impact metrics more closely with wider goals of scientific research.

Mental health research inThe Lancet: A case study

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Griffiths ◽  
Michelle Banfield ◽  
Liana Leach
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Health Research

Global neuroscience and mental health research: a bibliometrics case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 515-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. J. Buchan ◽  
Eva Jurczyk ◽  
Ruth Isserlin ◽  
Gary D. Bader
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Mental Health Research

scholarly journals Infant Mental Health Research in Africa: a call for action for research in the next 10 years

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Tomlinson ◽  
Barak Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Maternal Depression ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Infant Mental Health ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Background.Less than 3% of articles published in the peer reviewed literature include data from low- and middle-income countries – where 90% of the world's infants live.Methods.In this paper, we discuss the context of infancy in Africa and the conditions of adversity obtaining in Africa.Results.We discuss the implications of poverty on parenting, and linked to this outline the impact of maternal depression on infant development.Conclusions.We outline three features of the field of infant mental health research in Africa, and issue a call for action about what we believe is needed in order to develop the field in the next decade.

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