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An independent evaluation of Tottenham Thinking Space: October 2013 – December 2014
The University of East London (UEL) was appointed jointly by Haringey Directorate of Public Health and the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust to independently evaluate the Tottenham Thinking Space Project.
Tottenham Thinking Space (TTS) was launched in October 2013. The research for this report took place between March and December 2014. An interim report on the initial implementation of TTS found early indications that a robust and professional implementation strategy was being put in place and the initiative was being embedded into local agencies and engaging with local communities (Price et al 2014).
This report outlines the origins of the therapeutic approach and its implementation in the context of Tottenham. It describes how TTS has evolved and evaluates the extent to which it is meeting its outcomes.
This evaluation, with its focus on outcomes, takes place at an early stage of the initiative. Whilst many outcomes are being achieved, it is too early to evidence medium and longer term outcomes. Our evaluation approach, however, enables us to predict if these outcomes can be expected
Summary research findings of Tottenham Thinking Space pilot RESEARCH REPORT 10
This reports summarises research that began in March 2014 and was completed in October 2015 by an
experienced inter-disciplinary research team from the Centre for Social Justice and Change and Psycho-Social
Research Group, School of Social Sciences, the University of East London (UEL) and included Dr Yang Li from
the Centre for Geo-Information Studies, UEL, in the first phase of the study.
Tottenham ‘Thinking Space’ (TTS) was a pilot therapeutic initiative based in local communities and delivered
by the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust and funded by the London Borough of Haringey
Directorate of Public Health. TTS aimed to improve mental health and enable and empower local
communities.
TTS was situated within a mental health policy agenda that encourages people to help themselves and aims
to develop confident communities. On the one hand TTS was well-suited to this agenda, but, on the other,
participants were resistant to, and were trying to free themselves from labelling that implied ‘mental health
difficulties’.
A total of 243 meetings were held and 351 people attended 1,716 times. The majority of participants
attended four times or less, and 33 people attended between 5 and 10 times and 39 people attended over
11 times.
Attendees reflected the ethnic diversity of Tottenham; 29 different ethnic groups attended. The opportunity
to meet with people from different cultural backgrounds in a safe space was highly valued by attendees.
Similarly, participants valued the wide age range represented and felt that they benefited from listening to
inter-generational experiences.
The majority of participants were women (72%) and they were instrumental in initiating further Thinking
Spaces, topic specific meetings, the summer programme of activities for mothers and young children and
training to meet their needs.
The community development worker had a key role in implementing the initiative and sustaining its growth
throughout the pilot period.
We observed that TTS attracted those whose life experiences were marked by personal struggle and trauma.
Many participants felt safe enough to disclose mental health difficulties and a sense of hopelessness.
Participants also came seeking a stronger sense of community in their local area.
We found that the therapeutic method was put in place by high quality facilitators and health and personal
outcomes for participants were consistent with those predicted by the underpinning psychoanalytical and
systemic theories.
Outcomes included a reduction in anxieties and improved personal and social functioning; approximately
two thirds of those who completed a questionnaire felt better understood, felt more motivated and more
hopeful for the future.
The overwhelming majority of survey respondents also felt good about contributing to their community, said
that they were more able to cooperate with others and accepting of other cultures, and had made new
friends.
Participants typically had a better understanding of their current situation and how to take positive action;
of those who completed a questionnaire, over half felt more confident to seek support for a personal issue
and to contact services
Evaluation of Tottenham Thinking Space Pilot: Final Report. Research Report 11.
This reports summarises research that began in March 2014 and was completed in October 2015 by an experienced inter-disciplinary research team from the Centre for Social Justice and Change and Psycho-Social Research Group, School of Social Sciences, the University of East London (UEL) and included Dr Yang Li from the Centre for Geo-Information Studies, UEL, for the first phase of the study.
Tottenham ‘Thinking Space’ (TTS) was a pilot therapeutic initiative based in local communities and delivered by the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust and funded by the London Borough of Haringey Directorate of Public Health. TTS aimed to improve mental health and enable and empower local communities.
TTS was situated within a mental health agenda that was integral to Haringey’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2012-2015 and aimed to encourage people to help themselves and each other and develop confident communities. On the one hand TTS was well-suited to this agenda, but, on the other, participants were resistant to, and were trying to free themselves from labelling that implied ‘mental health difficulties’.
A total of 243 meetings were held and 351 people attended 1,716 times. The majority of participants attended four times or less, and 33 people attended between 5 and 10 times and 39 people attended over 10 times. Attending a small number of times does not necessarily mean that the attendee was not helped.
Attendees reflected the ethnic diversity of Tottenham; 29 different ethnic groups attended. The opportunity to meet with people from different cultural backgrounds in a safe space was highly valued by attendees. Similarly, participants valued the wide age range represented and felt that they benefited from listening to inter-generational experiences.
The majority of participants were women (72%) and they were instrumental in initiating further Thinking Spaces, topic specific meetings, the summer programme of activities for mothers and young children and training to meet their needs.
The community development worker had a key role in implementing the initiative and sustaining its growth throughout the pilot period.
We observed that TTS attracted those whose life experiences were marked by personal struggle and trauma. Many participants felt safe enough to disclose mental health difficulties (85% of those who completed a questionnaire). Participants also came seeking a stronger sense of community in their local area.
Key features of the meetings are that they are democratic, non-judgemental, respectful, and focussed on encouraging everyone to listen and to try to understand.
We found that the therapeutic method was put in place by high quality facilitators and health and personal outcomes for participants were consistent with those predicted by the underpinning psychoanalytical and systemic theories.
Outcomes included a reduction in anxieties and improved personal and social functioning; approximately two thirds of those who completed a questionnaire felt better understood, felt more motivated and more hopeful for the future.
The overwhelming majority of survey respondents also felt good about contributing to their community, said that they were more able to cooperate with others and accepting of other cultures, and had made new friends.
Participants typically had a better understanding of their current situation and how to take positive action; of those who completed a questionnaire, over half felt more confident to seek support for a personal issue and to contact services.
Members of TTS supported each other and instilled hope and build community-mindedness that reduced social isolation
UV and X-ray Spectral Lines of FeXXIII Ion for Plasma Diagnostics
We have calculated X-ray and UV spectra of Be-like Fe (FeXXIII) ion in
collisional-radiative model including all fine-structure transitions among the
2s^2, 2s2p, 2p^2, 2snl, and 2pnl levels where n=3 and 4, adopting data for the
collision strengths by Zhang & Sampson (1992) and by Sampson, Goett, & Clark
(1984). Some line intensity ratios can be used for the temperature diagnostics.
We show 5 ratios in UV region and 9 ratios in X-ray region as a function of
electron temperature and density at 0.3keV < T_e < 10keV and . The effect of cascade in these line ratios and in the level
population densities are discussed.Comment: LaTeX, 18 pages, 10 Postscript figures. To appear in Physica Script
The ROTSE-III Robotic Telescope System
The observation of a prompt optical flash from GRB990123 convincingly
demonstrated the value of autonomous robotic telescope systems. Pursuing a
program of rapid follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts, the Robotic
Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) has developed a next-generation
instrument, ROTSE-III, that will continue the search for fast optical
transients. The entire system was designed as an economical robotic facility to
be installed at remote sites throughout the world. There are seven major system
components: optics, optical tube assembly, CCD camera, telescope mount,
enclosure, environmental sensing & protection and data acquisition. Each is
described in turn in the hope that the techniques developed here will be useful
in similar contexts elsewhere.Comment: 19 pages, including 4 figures. To be published in PASP in January,
2003. PASP Number IP02-11
In Silico Derivation of HLA-Specific Alloreactivity Potential from Whole Exome Sequencing of Stem Cell Transplant Donors and Recipients: Understanding the Quantitative Immuno-biology of Allogeneic Transplantation
Donor T cell mediated graft vs. host effects may result from the aggregate
alloreactivity to minor histocompatibility antigens (mHA) presented by the HLA
in each donor-recipient pair (DRP) undergoing stem cell transplantation (SCT).
Whole exome sequencing has demonstrated extensive nucleotide sequence variation
in HLA-matched DRP. Non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in
the GVH direction (polymorphisms present in recipient and absent in donor) were
identified in 4 HLA-matched related and 5 unrelated DRP. The nucleotide
sequence flanking each SNP was obtained utilizing the ANNOVAR software package.
All possible nonameric-peptides encoded by the non-synonymous SNP were then
interrogated in-silico for their likelihood to be presented by the HLA class I
molecules in individual DRP, using the Immune-Epitope Database (IEDB) SMM
algorithm. The IEDB-SMM algorithm predicted a median 18,396 peptides/DRP which
bound HLA with an IC50 of <500nM, and 2254 peptides/DRP with an IC50 of <50nM.
Unrelated donors generally had higher numbers of peptides presented by the HLA.
A similarly large library of presented peptides was identified when the data
was interrogated using the Net MHCPan algorithm. These peptides were uniformly
distributed in the various organ systems. The bioinformatic algorithm presented
here demonstrates that there may be a high level of minor histocompatibility
antigen variation in HLA-matched individuals, constituting an HLA-specific
alloreactivity potential. These data provide a possible explanation for how
relatively minor adjustments in GVHD prophylaxis yield relatively similar
outcomes in HLA matched and mismatched SCT recipients.Comment: Abstract: 235, Words: 6422, Figures: 7, Tables: 3, Supplementary
figures: 2, Supplementary tables:
Electron impact excitation cross sections for allowed transitions in atoms
We present a semiempirical Gaunt factor for widely used Van Regemorter
formula [Astrophys. J. 136, 906 (1962)] for the case of allowed transitions in
atoms with the LS coupling scheme. Cross sections calculated using this Gaunt
factor agree with measured cross sections to within the experimental error.Comment: RevTeX, 3 pages, 10 PS figures, 2 PS tables, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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