Re-igniting Windrush folk song and stories to improve African-Caribbean mental health disparities

重新点燃 Windrush 民歌和故事，改善非洲和加勒比地区的心理健康差异

• 批准号: AH/X012387/1
• 负责人: Myrtle Emmanuel
• 金额: $ 5.12万
• 依托单位: University of Greenwich
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX012387%2F1
• 关键词: Re; igniting; Windrush; folk; song

The project aims to explore how African-Caribbean (A-C) folk stories and songs from the Windrush generation can be re-ignited to support mental health and wellbeing of today's A-C community in the UK. This work takes place within the boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham since they have the fastest growing Caribbean communities in London and, as such, offer us an opportunity to investigate these mental health concerns.The work is driven by the need to bring together different generations of A-C people to find culturally appropriate ways to support mental health within this community. We will use folk stories and songs as a way into discussing cultural perspectives both, shared and unique generational experiences, to create a culturally appropriate mental health toolkit. Folk stories and songs are passed down generationally and shared between members of the community. This supports identities, positive mental health and well-being within A-C communities in the UK (Arthur & Whitley, 2015; Joseph, 2020). There is evidence suggesting that A-C folklore, defined as traditional beliefs, practices, stories and songs passed down generationally, have been used to promote mental health and well-being with A-C communities (see Joseph, 2020). Yet, little attention is given to the utility of how A-C folklore songs and stories can be used as an empowerment tool to enhance the mental health and well-being of the A-C diaspora in the UK. A-C first generation (Windrush) people came to the UK with their own pre-migration identities and were able to reflect on their memories of their home country, cultural values, beliefs and practices. This informed new, post-migration identities (Bogac, 2009). Second and third generation A-C people however do not have the same connection to Africa or the Caribbean. These generations often struggle with 'developing notions of place, identity and citizenship' (Lorick-Wilmot, 2014:74) and this may have detrimental effects on their mental health. Over the past 50 years, mental health research in the UK has consistently shown that A-Cs are more likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues compared to other ethnic minorities or white groups (see Edge et al., 2020). A-C communities are 40% more likely than white-British people to come into contact with mental health services and, as such, an appropriate toolkit for health professionals and community leaders is necessary. Moreover, people from A-C heritage are more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act reflecting a stark historical pattern of structural racism and its ensuing health inequalities within the mental health system (Vige, 2019). Additionally, access to mental healthcare services are limited as a result of institutional, cultural and socio-economic exclusion factors related to BME groups (Memon, et al., 2016). In regards to mental healthcare practice, the field of clinical psychology often 'assumes a deficit-based-approach' (Renkly & Bertolini, 2018) to the mental health of those minoritised by society. This model is problematic with those from A-C groups because it places emphasis on the individual rather than systems of oppression and ignores the ways cultural traditions and communities create supporting mechanisms for mental health (McCormack et al., 2017).

该项目旨在探索如何重新点燃非洲加勒比 (A-C) 风潮一代的民间故事和歌曲，以支持当今英国 A-C 社区的心理健康和福祉。这项工作在格林威治和刘易舍姆行政区进行，因为它们拥有伦敦发展最快的加勒比社区，因此为我们提供了调查这些心理健康问题的机会。 这项工作的推动因素是需要将不同代际的人聚集在一起A-C 人们找到适合文化的方式来支持该社区内的心理健康。我们将利用民间故事和歌曲作为讨论文化观点、共同和独特的代际经历的一种方式，以创建一个适合文化的心理健康工具包。民间故事和歌曲代代相传，并在社区成员之间分享。这支持英国 A-C 社区内的身份、积极的心理健康和福祉（Arthur & Whitley，2015；Joseph，2020）。有证据表明，A-C 民俗被定义为代代相传的传统信仰、习俗、故事和歌曲，已被用来促进 A-C 社区的心理健康和福祉（参见 Joseph，2020）。然而，很少有人关注如何利用 A-C 民俗歌曲和故事作为赋权工具来增强英国 A-C 侨民的心理健康和福祉。 A-C 第一代（Windrush）人带着自己的移民前身份来到英国，并能够反思他们对祖国、文化价值观、信仰和实践的记忆。这为新的移民后身份提供了信息（Bogac，2009）。然而，第二代和第三代 A-C 人与非洲或加勒比地区的联系却不同。这些一代人经常在“地方、身份和公民观念的发展”中挣扎（Lorick-Wilmot，2014：74），这可能会对他们的心理健康产生不利影响。过去 50 年来，英国的心理健康研究一致表明，与其他少数族裔或白人群体相比，A-C 族裔更有可能被诊断出心理健康问题（参见 Edge 等人，2020）。 A-C 社区接触心理健康服务的可能性比英国白人高 40%，因此，需要为卫生专业人员和社区领袖提供适当的工具包。此外，根据《心理健康法》，来自 A-C 传统的人更有可能被拘留，这反映了结构性种族主义的鲜明历史模式及其随之而来的心理健康系统内的健康不平等（Vige，2019）。此外，由于与 BME 群体相关的制度、文化和社会经济排斥因素，获得精神保健服务的机会受到限制（Memon 等，2016）。在心理保健实践方面，临床心理学领域经常对社会少数群体的心理健康“采取基于缺陷的方法”（Renkly＆Bertolini，2018）。这种模型对于来自 A-C 群体的人来说是有问题的，因为它强调个人而不是压迫系统，并且忽视了文化传统和社区创建心理健康支持机制的方式（McCormack 等，2017）。