Mckenzie, Emma;
Barnett, Phoebe;
Parker, Georgie;
Pilling, Stephen;
(2025)
Adaptations to implementation frameworks for minority ethnic groups to improve health equity: systematic scoping review.
BJPsych Open
, 11
(5)
, Article e173. 10.1192/bjo.2025.10075.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are critical gaps within implementation science concerning health equity, particularly for minoritised ethnic groups. Implementation framework adaptations are important to facilitate health equity, which is especially relevant for psychiatry due to ethnic inequities in mental health; however, the range of potential adaptations has yet to be synthesised. AIMS: This systematic scoping review aimed to identify and map the characteristics of adaptations to implementation frameworks for minority ethnic groups to improve health equity. METHOD: Bibliographic searches of the MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL databases were conducted, spanning the period from 2004 to February 2024 for descriptions of implementation frameworks adapted for minority ethnic groups. The characteristics of those meeting the criteria were narratively synthesised. RESULTS: Of the 2947 papers screened, six met the eligibility criteria. Three different types of implementation frameworks were adapted across the six papers: evaluation, process and determinant frameworks. Most of the adaptations were made by expanding the original framework, and by integrating it with another model, theory or framework with an equity focus. The adaptations primarily focused on putting equity at the forefront of all stages of implementation from intervention selection to implementation sustainability. No studies measured the effectiveness of the adapted framework. CONCLUSIONS: The findings demonstrate that implementation frameworks are modifiable, and different elements can be adapted according to the implementation framework type. This review provides a starting point for how researchers and healthcare providers can adapt existing implementation frameworks to promote health equity for minoritised groups across a range of healthcare settings.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Adaptations to implementation frameworks for minority ethnic groups to improve health equity: systematic scoping review |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjo.2025.10075 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.10075 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Health equity, cultural adaptations, ethnic inequities, implementation frameworks, scoping review |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212254 |
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