Mental health impact of neighbourhood renewal programmes

Abstract

There are strong links between the mental health promotion and neighbourhood renewal agendas. In this paper we describe the process we have undertaken to develop a framework for monitoring and evaluating progress achieved by a neighbourhood renewal programme in East Hull (Preston Road) against a set of indicators of positive community mental health. Through a series of face‐to‐face and paper consultations with representatives of the Preston Road regeneration programme, a range of measures were devised to support the indicators and to identify sources of data that would provide evidence of progress on each measure. The framework that has emerged (and which is still open to development) will enable us to observe trends in the indicators over time. This will inform an evaluation of the impact of the regeneration programme on the community's mental health and provide the basis for the production of a Preston Road ‘mental health status’ report.

Citation

Krasner, E. and Copeland, J. (2004), "Mental health impact of neighbourhood renewal programmes", Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200400009