Tailoring cultural offers with and for diverse older users of social prescribing (TOUS): A realist evaluation

与社会处方的不同老年用户一起定制文化优惠（TOUS）：现实主义评估

• 批准号: MR/Y010000/1
• 负责人: Stephanie Tierney
• 金额: $ 41.68万
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 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=MR%2FY010000%2F1
• 关键词: Tailoring; cultural; offers; diverse; older

Problems in life that affect how people feel cannot always be fixed with tablets or medication. For example, loneliness can lower people's mood, or worries about money can cause them to feel anxious. This may stop people looking after their health. A way of getting them help with such problems is through social prescribing. Social prescribing involves connecting people to 'community assets' - groups, organisations, services in their local area. Community assets can include exercise and arts classes, volunteering and advice services. Such connections can provide people with social, emotional or practical support. Link workers are a key part of social prescribing. They are employed (by the NHS, local councils or charities) to help people find such support. Older people might benefit from social prescribing. For example, if they have experienced a bereavement or lack purpose in life following retirement. Or they might have concerns about money as the cost of shopping, electricity and gas increases. As part of social prescribing, a link worker might connect an older person to support in the cultural sector; for example, to a dance or singing group, activities run at a museum or volunteering at a local theatre. Our previous research has highlighted that being connected to the cultural sector might: a) distract older people from concerns in life for a short period, b) help them make new friends, c) provide them with a space where they feel safe and welcomed, d) increase their confidence as they gain knowledge or skills through trying new things. Our previous research involved mainly talking to older people who described themselves as 'White British'. This new study will build on and expand what we learnt from the previous research. We will focus on cultural offers and opportunities that have been developed for or with people who may not have English as their first language and/or do not identify as White British. This will allow us to develop recommendations about producing accessible, acceptable and appropriate social prescribing cultural offers for older people [aged 60 and older] from ethnic minority groups. The research will:1. Identify what is already known about creating cultural activities or events for older people from ethnic minority groups. We will do this by reviewing relevant literature. 2. Map what is provided by the cultural sector in the UK; things that link workers could refer older people from ethnic minority groups to as part of social prescribing. We will do this by contacting a wide range of cultural organisations and asking them to complete a short questionnaire. 3. Explore what we can learn from cultural organisations that have tried to provide cultural offers that appeal to older people from diverse backgrounds. We will do this by spending time at six organisations that complete the questionnaire for the mapping referred to above. They will become our 'cases'. We will watch what happens there. We will also talk to people who work for the organisation or older people from ethnic minority groups engaging with it. We will pick these six cases so they are varied in terms of a) where they are located in the UK, b) groups they aim to attract, c) type of cultural offer provided, d) size of the organisation/operation. We will compare and contrast what we learn from each case. We will explain differences that may arise across these cases. We will bring information collected from these three elements together; a computer programme called NVIVO will help us with this. We will develop an explanation of how, why and when cultural provision that could form part of a social prescription might be beneficial (or not) to the well-being of older people from ethnic minority groups. We will share what we learn via written documents, videos and conference presentations. We will also hold an end of project meeting to talk to interested people about what we have found from the research.

生活中影响人们感受的问题并不总能通过药片或药物来解决。例如，孤独会降低人们的情绪，或者对金钱的担忧会导致他们感到焦虑。这可能会阻止人们关注自己的健康。让他们帮助解决此类问题的一种方法是通过社会处方。社会处方涉及将人们与“社区资产”——当地的团体、组织、服务联系起来。社区资产可以包括运动和艺术课程、志愿服务和咨询服务。这种联系可以为人们提供社交、情感或实际支持。链接工作者是社会处方的关键部分。他们（受 NHS、地方议会或慈善机构的雇佣）帮助人们寻求此类支持。老年人可能会从社会处方中受益。例如，如果他们在退休后经历了丧亲之痛或缺乏生活目标。或者，随着购物、电力和天然气成本的增加，他们可能会担心金钱问题。作为社会处方的一部分，链接工作人员可以将老年人与文化部门的支持联系起来；例如，参加舞蹈或歌唱团体、在博物馆举办的活动或在当地剧院做志愿者。我们之前的研究强调，与文化部门的联系可能：a）在短时间内分散老年人对生活的担忧，b）帮助他们结交新朋友，c）为他们提供一个让他们感到安全和受欢迎的空间， d) 通过尝试新事物获得知识或技能，从而增强他们的信心。我们之前的研究主要涉及与自称为“英国白人”的老年人交谈。这项新研究将建立在并扩展我们从之前的研究中学到的知识。我们将重点关注为那些可能不是英语作为第一语言和/或不被认为是英国白人的人们开发的文化优惠和机会。这将使我们能够制定建议，为少数族裔群体的老年人（60 岁及以上）提供易于获得、可接受和适当的社会处方文化服务。该研究将：1。确定为少数民族老年人举办文化活动或活动的已知信息。我们将通过查阅相关文献来做到这一点。 2. 绘制英国文化部门提供的服务；将工作人员联系起来的事情可以将少数族裔群体的老年人作为社会处方的一部分。为此，我们将联系各种文化组织并要求他们填写一份简短的调查问卷。 3. 探索我们可以从那些试图提供吸引不同背景的老年人的文化服务的文化组织中学到什么。为此，我们将花时间在六个组织完成上述映射的调查问卷。他们将成为我们的“案例”。我们将观察那里会发生什么。我们还将与该组织的工作人员或参与该组织的少数民族老年人进行交谈。我们将选择这六个案例，以便它们在以下方面有所不同：a）它们位于英国的位置，b）它们旨在吸引的群体，c）提供的文化产品类型，d）组织/运营的规模。我们将比较和对比我们从每个案例中学到的东西。我们将解释这些情况下可能出现的差异。我们将从这三个要素收集的信息整合在一起；一个名为 NVIVO 的计算机程序将帮助我们解决这个问题。我们将解释构成社会处方一部分的文化规定如何、为何以及何时可能有益（或无益）少数族裔老年人的福祉。我们将通过书面文件、视频和会议演示分享我们学到的知识。我们还将举行项目结束会议，与感兴趣的人讨论我们从研究中发现的内容。