@article{ref1,
title="Social, cultural and community engagement and mental health: cross-disciplinary,  co-produced research agenda",
journal="BJPsych open",
year="2020",
author="Fancourt, Daisy and Bhui, Kamaldeep and Chatterjee, Helen and Crawford, Paul and Crossick, Geoffrey and DeNora, Tia and South, Jane",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="e3-e3",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There is increasing cross-disciplinary research on the relationship  between individuals' social, cultural and community engagement (SCCE) and mental  health. SCCE includes engagement in the arts, culture and heritage, libraries and  literature, sports and nature activities, volunteering, and community groups. Research has demonstrated the effects of these activities both on the prevention and  management of mental illness. However, it remains unclear whether current research  is focusing on the research questions that are of most immediate urgency and  relevance to policy and practice. AIMS: The current project was funded as part of  the UK Research and Innovation cross-disciplinary mental health network programme to  develop and co-produce a new cross-disciplinary research agenda on SCCE and mental  health. <br><br>METHOD: Established processes and principles for developing health research  agendas were followed, with a six-phase design including engagement with over 1000  key stakeholders, consultations, integration of findings and collective  prioritisation of key questions. <br><br>RESULTS: We identified four core themes: the mode  of engagement, process of engagement, impact of engagement and infrastructure  required to facilitate engagement. There were many points of agreement across all  stakeholder groups on the priority questions within these themes, but also some  specific questions of relevance to different sectors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This agenda is  particularly timely given the extreme pressure on mental health services predicted  to follow the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to identify how resources  from other sectors can be mobilised, and what research questions are going to be  most important to fund to support SCCE for mental health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2056-4724",
doi="10.1192/bjo.2020.133",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.133"
}