Chuanzhu Lv, Jing Feng, Yanlan Hu, Xingyue Song, Juntao Wang, Wenjie Hao, Lanfen He, Yu Chen, Xiaotong Han, Yong Gan, Shijiao Yan
Attitudes towards snakebite health education and associated factors among residents in China: A national cross-sectional study
Journal of global health
almost three quarters mental illnesses start age 25 yet youth 1825yearolds often underrepresented uk services particularly true ethnic minorities study aimed understand young pakistani women parents make decisions seek help severe mental health problems barriers facilitators accessing professional help young pakistani women experience severe mental health problems parents recruited community sample semistructured interviews conducted six young people two parents data analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis pakistani culture interplay british culture strongly influenced decisions ability young pakistani women parents helpseek largely role stigma low mental health literacy stigma lack culturally informed services identified common barriers accessing care barriers fed internalized stigma young women experienced fear damaged reputation personal prejudices posed barriers seeking help participants highlighted recommendations individuallevel eg increased education awareness servicelevel eg greater choice care change facilitate accessibility professional help young pakistani women face multiple culturally related challenges accessing care severe mental health problems individual servicelevel novel suggestions address challenges including youth peer support workers services may facilitate inclusive accessible services