Dickson, Kelly;
Mendizabal, Rosa;
Draper, Aisling;
Meehan, Laura;
(2022)
Systematic reviews of prevalence data to inform population-level mental health intervention priorities: policy and practice challenges in the context of COVID-19.
Presented at: What Works Global Summit 2022 (WWGS 2022), Online conference.
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Abstract
Background: Population-level initiatives to address the mental health issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have been described in the literature but have not always been collated in a way that can directly inform policy and practice decision-making. Furthermore, identifying which population-level interventions are most effective at targeting which mental health concerns, at population-level, in a post-covid world remains a policy and practice challenge. / Aims and Methods: To support greater engagement with current policy-demands to address a population-mental health crises we drew on global prevalence data reported in systematic reviews. Systematic reviews were sourced from a Living Map of COVID-19, described and critically appraised. Findings were presented to key stakeholders to inform a systematic review of population-level mental health interventions. / Results and discussion: Identifying reliable estimates of any increase in mental health issues as a result of COVID-19 remains a challenge. Despite best efforts, systematic reviews were hampered by a number of methodological limitations. Although meta-analysis of longitudinal data was available for adult populations, data on children and young people was dominated by narrative synthesis methods. / Conclusion: Methods for drawing on review-level evidence of prevalence data to inform systematic reviews of interventions is still relatively new. Doing so, can increase policy and practice relevance when methodological issues are understood and addressed.
| Type: | Poster |
|---|---|
| Title: | Systematic reviews of prevalence data to inform population-level mental health intervention priorities: policy and practice challenges in the context of COVID-19 |
| Event: | What Works Global Summit 2022 (WWGS 2022) |
| Location: | Online conference |
| Dates: | 18 - 20 October 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://wwgs2022.mailchimpsites.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158237 |
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