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Woodhead, Charlotte, Khondoker, Mizanur 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-1635, Lomas, Robin and Raine, Rosalind
(2017)
Impact of co-located welfare advice in healthcare settings: prospective quasi-experimental controlled study.
The British Journal of Psychiatry, 211 (6).
pp. 388-395.
ISSN 0007-1250
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Abstract
Background: Evaluations of primary healthcare co-located welfare advice services have been methodologically limited. Aims: To examine the impact and cost-consequences of co-located benefits and debt advice on mental health and service use. Method: Prospective, controlled quasi-experimental study in eight intervention and nine comparator sites across North Thames. Changes in the proportion meeting criteria for common mental disorder (CMD, 12-item General Health Questionnaire); well-being scores (Shortened Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale), 3-month GP consultation rate and financial strain were measured alongside funding costs and financial gains. Results: Relative to controls, CMD reduced among women (ratio of odds ratios (rOR) = 0.37, 95% CI 0.20–0.70) and Black advice recipients (rOR = 0.09, 95% CI 0.03–0.28). Individuals whose advice resulted in positive outcomes demonstrated improved well-being scores (β coefficient 1.29, 95% CI 0.25–2.32). Reductions in financial strain (rOR = 0.42, 95% CI 0.23–0.77) but no changes in 3-month consultation rate were found. Per capita, advice recipients received £15 per £1 of funder investment. Conclusions: Co-located welfare advice improves short-term mental health and well-being, reduces financial strain and generates considerable financial returns.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2017 06:07 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 02:05 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65334 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.202713 |
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