Publications by authors named "Palo Almond"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly worsened existing health inequalities for ethnic minority communities in the UK, leading to increased vulnerabilities in mental health and access to services.
- A service evaluation in Sussex involved co-designed workshops and interviews to understand the barriers ethnic minority individuals faced in accessing mental health services during the pandemic.
- Key findings included a lack of awareness about available services, challenges due to COVID-19, a need for better outreach and support, and how childhood experiences affect mental health, resulting in seven recommendations for improving service access and support.
Background: Teachers are a key part of the wider public health workforce in England. We conducted a survey to find out how they are trained for this role during their initial teacher education (ITE).
Methods: Between 2011 and 2012, we sent an online questionnaire to 220 ITE course managers and conducted semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 19 course managers to explore issues in more depth.
Aim: This paper is a report of a study of equity in the provision of a public health nursing postnatal depression service.
Background: Postnatal depression is a global public health concern. Health visitors are nurses involved in the early detection and treatment of postnatal depression.
The aim of this paper is to discuss whether or not postnatal depression is a global public health concern. Public health is the study of the morbidity, mortality and the cause and course of disease, at a population rather than an individual level. Public health is also concerned with examining factors that cause health inequalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The aim of this paper is to provide an in-depth analysis of the concept of equity in the British health visiting service and thus facilitate understanding of the term. An attempt has been made to apply the analytical process to the context of health visiting.
Background: Equity has been discussed at some length in the health literature.