A comparative evaluation of child and adolescent mental health interventions in the United Kingdom and South Africa
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2012
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University of Zululand
Abstract
Ongoing global crises impact negatively on human health. International comparison studies
may improve health promotion. A community psychology, appreciative inquiry was
conducted into local staff perceptions of selected child and adolescent mental health
interventions in the Kent and Zululand regions of the United Kingdom and South
Africa respectively. The Kent findings, supported by a quasi-experimental
investigation, indicated that intervention was beneficial, the mental health practitioner role
had value and additional mental health practitioners should be employed. The Zululand
findings, complemented by a single client case study, suggested that intervention provided a
valuable people focused programme, and that additional emphasis should be placed on
promoting the intervention, its structure and staffing. Evaluative comparisons thus illustrated
the differential effectiveness of the respective interventions. The Kent service could learn
from the way in which the Zululand intervention was people orientated and the Zululand
programme could learn from the way in which the Kent intervention was structured and
organized. Findings highlighted the ongoing need to evaluate existing models of community
psychology, create new models, and the temporal and contextual nature of any such models.
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of a PhD in Community Psychology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2012.
Keywords
Mental health interventions, Mental health interventions -- children