Skip To Main Content
Barbara Mezes on Muck Rack

Barbara Mezes

As seen in: Color Research & Application, BMJ Open
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Barbara

Contact Barbara, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Perceived barriers and facilitators of accessing statutory and non-statutory services, in disadvantaged communities, in England: a co-produced qualitative review

|
By Kristof Santa, Rosie Gordon, Buket Kara, Jorg W. Huber, Henry S. Pollock, Heather Catt, Koser Khan, Andrew Harding Verified, Anna Kenyon, Grace E. Robson, Barbara Mezes, Prabhad Jayakody, Jade Swain-Veneziale, Amalia Theophilou
| ssph-journal.org
Abstract Objectives: This review explored the perceived barriers and facilitators to accessing statutory and non-statutory health and social care services among disadvantaged populations in England. Community-based services delivered by statutory bodies and the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCSFE) sector are critical for addressing social determinants of health, fostering resilience, and promoting equity.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Co-designing implementation strategies for social prescribing in Lancashire and South Cumbria: a qualitative study with a participatory approach

|
By Sima Rafiei, Barbara Mezes, Susan Flowers, Mahsa Honary
| BMJ Open Verified
Macro level (systemic and policy context): The macro level focuses on broader, system-wide factors, such as policy, funding and governance, which shape the implementation of SP. Accordingly, the themes are as given below. Theme 1: adequate funding for SP According to study participants, there should be adequate funding for preventive care to tackle the SDH.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Psychological mechanisms and the ups and downs of personal recovery in bipolar disorder

|
By Alyson L. Dodd, Fiona Lobban, Steven Jones, Barbara Mezes
| Color Research & Application Verified
Personal recovery is recognized as an important outcome for individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) and is distinct from symptomatic and functional recovery. Recovery-focused psychological therapies show promise. As with therapies aiming to delay relapse and improve symptoms, research on the psychological mechanisms underlying recovery is crucial to inform effective recovery-focused therapy. However, empirical work is limited.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 3 articles