Dr Blossom Fernandes
Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15-17 Tavistock Place
Kings Cross
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom
I'm a Research Fellow on the NIHR National Priorities Programme, Mental Health Implementation Network (MHIN) project which supports the delivery of evidence based mental health interventions in England, including interventions for children and young people’s mental health. As part of this project, I am working with the evaluation team to conduct a process evaluation of MHIN's implementation approach, with a focus on sustainability and scale up. Additionally, we are working with stakeholders and project partners to support the evaluation of interventions at a supra-regional and/or national level.
Affiliations
Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Teaching
I'm currently a tutor on the MSc in Public Health course.
Research
Prior to joining LSHTM, I was a project manager and postdoc in the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Oxford, working on the MindKind project and the OxWell School Mental Health project. These projects are particularly centred around the psychosocial factors which impact mental health in children and young people.
My research so far has largely focused on factors which affect youth mental health in the UK and, low- and middle-income countries. Having also worked on the Co-PACT project (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford) which examines the experiences of service users detained under the Mental Health Act, I’m further interested in understanding how policy can be used to improve services, particularly for those from minority ethnic backgrounds.
My research so far has largely focused on factors which affect youth mental health in the UK and, low- and middle-income countries. Having also worked on the Co-PACT project (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford) which examines the experiences of service users detained under the Mental Health Act, I’m further interested in understanding how policy can be used to improve services, particularly for those from minority ethnic backgrounds.
Research Area
Global mental health
Evaluation
Realist evaluation
Public health
Implementation science
Disease and Health Conditions
Mental health
Country
India
South Africa
Philippines
Mexico
United Kingdom
Selected Publications
Preferences on Governance Models for Mental Health Data: Qualitative Study With Young People.
2024
JMIR formative research
Preferences on Governance Models for Mental Health Data: Qualitative Study With Young People (Preprint)
2023
JMIR Publications Inc.
Evidencing the Impact of Web-Based Coproduction With Youth on Mental Health Research: Qualitative Findings From the MindKind Study.
2023
JMIR public health and surveillance
MindKind: A mixed-methods protocol for the feasibility of global digital mental health studies in young people
2022
Wellcome open research
Internet use during COVID-19 lockdown among young people in low- and middle-income countries: Role of psychological wellbeing.
2021
Addictive behaviors reports