McDougal, Emily;
Sheikh, Ayesha;
Santana de Lima, Ediane;
Lereya, S Tanya;
Edbrooke-Childs, Julian;
Deighton, Jessica;
Hobbs, Tim;
... Thompson, Abigail; + view all
(2025)
Rural Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People: A Rapid Scoping Review of the Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence.
Journal of Community Psychology
, 53
(7)
, Article e70037. 10.1002/jcop.70037.
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Abstract
This study synthesised evidence on community-based interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in rural and remote locations. Scoping review methodology was employed. Searches of six databases were conducted. Titles and abstracts (N = 6457) were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria, followed by full text screening (N = 61). Twelve publications reporting 10 unique interventions were identified. Interventions varied in design and delivery, with the majority targeting adolescents and focusing on either prevention (e.g., suicide) or improvement of mental health or wellbeing. Themes identified in the synthesis of intervention outcomes included mood and self-esteem, resilience and coping, and belonging and social connectedness. Barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation were also identified. Initial evidence suggests positive impacts on youth mental health, wellbeing, and community relationships. However, further research into rural community-based interventions is needed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Rural Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People: A Rapid Scoping Review of the Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jcop.70037 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70037 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Journal of Community Psychology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | community, mental health, review, rural population, youth, Humans, Adolescent, Child, Rural Population, Mental Health, Adaptation, Psychological, Self Concept, Resilience, Psychological, Community Mental Health Services |
| 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 |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10213059 |
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