Heidi Lempp
Biographic Data
| ID | 1540560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi Lempp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi |
| FAMILY NAME | Lempp |
| SIGNATURE | LEMPP H |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2509-3656 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Feasibility, acceptability, and pilot effectiveness of a social-contact-based intervention to reduce mental health-related stigma among primary care providers in China, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, and Tun…
Feasibility, acceptability, and pilot effectiveness of a social-contact-based intervention to reduce mental health-related stigma among primary care providers in China, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, and Tunisia: Findings from a multi-site pre-post study
Responding to experienced and anticipated discrimination training for health professionals working in mental health services (Read-MH)
BACKGROUND: Stigmatisation and discrimination towards people with mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is pervasive. Health professionals working in mental health services can play a critical role in stigma reduction. This study examines the feasibility, costs, and potential effectiveness of READ-MH for such professionals in LMICs. METHODS: This multisite, nonrandomized pre–post mixed-methods feasibility study was co…
Coping strategies for race-related stress among black undergraduate and postgraduate students in UK higher education
Racially minoritised students at historically and predominately white universities (HWUs) often anticipate and experience interpersonal and institutional racial discrimination, which may impact their mental and physical wellbeing. There is limited research on coping strategies for race-based stress among Black UK university students. This article answered the research question: How do Black university students cope with racism and other life stre…
How can I thrive in an institution that hates me?”
Black postgraduate students in the UK are exposed to institutional and interpersonal racism that may impact their mental wellbeing and educational experiences. Minimal research exists to understand how racism and other stressful life experiences shape postgraduate students’ mental health and wellbeing as they progress through education, which this study aimed to achieve. Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) interviews (n = 12) were c…
The invisible conspicuous outsiders
This study investigates how Black students experience and respond to both invisibility and hypervisibility within UK healthcare education. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and critical race theory, it addresses a key gap in existing literature, which often homogenises the experiences of ethnic minority students and overlooks the specific impact of anti-Black racism. Based on qualitative data from 21 students across seven healthcare program…
Comparative analysis of centrally mediated and inflammatory pain experiences amongst patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
BACKGROUND: The identification of pain originating from distinct biological processes may lead to individualised pain treatment. In this study, we aimed to explore the pain experiences of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), differentiating between those predominantly exhibiting features of peripheral inflammatory versus centrally mediated pain. METHODS: Through a multimethods approach we (i) quantitatively analysed the differences in pain de…
Social determinants of health and long‐term conditions in people of Black African and Black Caribbean ethnicity living with HIV in London
BACKGROUND: People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are disproportionately impacted by socioeconomic deprivation and are at increased risk of developing other long-term conditions (LTCs). These illnesses require transformative action to tackle the adverse effects on their health. Data on lived experiences of LTCs among people living with HIV of Black African and Black Caribbean ethnicities are sparse, and how people with LTCs are im…
Establishing partnerships with people with lived experience of mental illness for stigma reduction in low- and middle-income settings
Social contact refers to the facilitation of connection and interactions between people with and without mental health conditions. It can be achieved, for example, through people sharing their lived experience of mental health conditions, which is an effective strategy for stigma reduction. Meaningful involvement of people with lived experience (PWLE) in leading and co-leading anti-stigma interventions can/may promote autonomy and resilience. Our…
Adapting and piloting a social contact-based intervention to reduce mental health stigma among primary care providers
Stigma among primary care providers (PCPs) is a barrier to successful integration of mental health services in primary healthcare settings globally. Therefore, cross-culturally adaptable and feasible strategies are needed to reduce stigma among PCPs. This protocol is for a multi-site pilot study that aims to adapt and evaluate cross-cultural feasibility and acceptability of a social contact-based primary healthcare intervention in 7 sites in 5 lo…
Experience of primary healthcare workers in using the mobile app-based WHO mhGAP intervention guide in detection and treatment of people with mental disorders
This study assessed perception and experience of trained primary health care workers in using a mobile app-based version of the WHO mental health gap action programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide in the assessment and management of people with mental health conditions in primary care in Nepal. A qualitative study was conducted with primary healthcare workers who were trained in using the WHO mhGAP mobile application in Jhapa, a district in eastern …
A Qualitative Evaluation of the Motivations, Experiences, and Impact of a Mental Wellbeing Peer Support Group for Black University Students in England and Wales
Online peer support programs could address mental wellbeing concerns reported by Black students. The current evaluation explored Black university students’ motivations, experiences, and perceived impacts of an online mental wellbeing peer support group (Black Students Talk [BST]) in England and Wales. We conducted two focus groups with Black Students Talk attendees and one with facilitators. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. T…
The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health
Patient involvement in the development of a handbook for moderate rheumatoid arthritis
BACKGROUND: Self-management is a key recommendation for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Educational materials may support self-management, and increasingly patients are becoming involved with the development of these materials. The TITRATE trial compares the effectiveness of intensive management to standard care in patients with moderate RA across England. As part of the intensive management intervention, participants are given a handbook.…
Patient involvement in rheumatology outpatient service design and delivery
BACKGROUND: Patient involvement is increasingly recognized as important within the UK National Health Service to ensure that services delivered are relevant to users' needs. Organizations are encouraged to work with service users to achieve excellence in care. Patient education can improve health outcomes and reduce health-care costs. Mobile technologies could play a vital role in this. AIM: Patient-centred development of innovative strategies to…
Travels in extreme social mobility
Higher education is understood as essential to enabling social mobility. Research and policy have centred on access to university, but recently attention has turned to the journey of social mobility itself – and its costs. Long-distance or ‘extreme’ social mobility journeys particularly require analysis. This paper examines journeys of first-in-family university students in the especially high-status degree of medicine, through interviews with 21…
Experiences of medical students who are first in family to attend university
Context Students from backgrounds of low socio-economic status (SES) or who are first in family to attend university (FiF) are under-represented in medicine. Research has focused on these students' pre-admission perceptions of medicine, rather than on their lived experience as medical students. Such research is necessary to monitor and understand the potential perpetuation of disadvantage within medical schools. Objectives This study drew on the …
Expectations of new treatment in rheumatoid arthritis
BACKGROUND: Service-user partnerships in research exist in mental health, but there have been few advances in other disciplines, apart from cancer. OBJECTIVES: To develop a patient-generated expectancy measure for new treatments in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using a participatory method. METHOD: Stage 1: three repeated focus groups and two expert panels with patients with RA conducted by a patient researcher to generate items for the draft questi…
Lessons from Community Mental Health to Drive Implementation in Health Care Systems for People with Long-Term Conditions
This paper aims to identify which lessons learned from the evidence and the experiences accruing from the transformation in mental health services in recent decades may have relevance for the future development of healthcare for people with long-term physical conditions. First, nine principles are discussed which we first identified to guide mental health service organisation, and all of which can be potentially applied to long term care as well …
The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (Hesper) Scale
Objectives. We developed the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale, a valid and reliable scale to rapidly assess perceived needs of populations in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries. Methods. We generated items through a literature review; reduced the number of items on the basis of a survey with humanitarian experts; pilot-tested the scale in Gaza, Jordan, Sudan, and the United Kingdom; and field-t…
Implications of long-term conditions for both mental and physical health
The hidden curriculum in undergraduate medical education
Objective To study medical students' views about the quality of the teaching they receive during their undergraduate training, especially in terms of the hidden curriculum. Design Semistructured interviews with individual students. Setting One medical school in the United Kingdom. Participants 36 undergraduate medical students, across all stages of their training, selected by random and quota sampling, stratified by sex and ethnicity, with the wh…
Travels in extreme social mobility
Higher education is understood as essential to enabling social mobility. Research and policy have centred on access to university, but recently attention has turned to the journey of social mobility itself – and its costs. Long-distance or ‘extreme’ social mobility journeys particularly require analysis. This paper examines journeys of first-in-family university students in the especially high-status degree of medicine, through interviews with 21…
Experiences of medical students who are first in family to attend university
Context Students from backgrounds of low socio-economic status (SES) or who are first in family to attend university (FiF) are under-represented in medicine. Research has focused on these students' pre-admission perceptions of medicine, rather than on their lived experience as medical students. Such research is necessary to monitor and understand the potential perpetuation of disadvantage within medical schools. Objectives This study drew on the …
The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (Hesper) Scale
Objectives. We developed the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale, a valid and reliable scale to rapidly assess perceived needs of populations in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries. Methods. We generated items through a literature review; reduced the number of items on the basis of a survey with humanitarian experts; pilot-tested the scale in Gaza, Jordan, Sudan, and the United Kingdom; and field-t…
The hidden curriculum in undergraduate medical education
Objective To study medical students' views about the quality of the teaching they receive during their undergraduate training, especially in terms of the hidden curriculum. Design Semistructured interviews with individual students. Setting One medical school in the United Kingdom. Participants 36 undergraduate medical students, across all stages of their training, selected by random and quota sampling, stratified by sex and ethnicity, with the wh…
Implications of long-term conditions for both mental and physical health
The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (Hesper) Scale
Objectives. We developed the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale, a valid and reliable scale to rapidly assess perceived needs of populations in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries. Methods. We generated items through a literature review; reduced the number of items on the basis of a survey with humanitarian experts; pilot-tested the scale in Gaza, Jordan, Sudan, and the United Kingdom; and field-t…
Lessons from Community Mental Health to Drive Implementation in Health Care Systems for People with Long-Term Conditions
This paper aims to identify which lessons learned from the evidence and the experiences accruing from the transformation in mental health services in recent decades may have relevance for the future development of healthcare for people with long-term physical conditions. First, nine principles are discussed which we first identified to guide mental health service organisation, and all of which can be potentially applied to long term care as well …
Expectations of new treatment in rheumatoid arthritis
BACKGROUND: Service-user partnerships in research exist in mental health, but there have been few advances in other disciplines, apart from cancer. OBJECTIVES: To develop a patient-generated expectancy measure for new treatments in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using a participatory method. METHOD: Stage 1: three repeated focus groups and two expert panels with patients with RA conducted by a patient researcher to generate items for the draft questi…
Travels in extreme social mobility
Higher education is understood as essential to enabling social mobility. Research and policy have centred on access to university, but recently attention has turned to the journey of social mobility itself – and its costs. Long-distance or ‘extreme’ social mobility journeys particularly require analysis. This paper examines journeys of first-in-family university students in the especially high-status degree of medicine, through interviews with 21…
Experiences of medical students who are first in family to attend university
Context Students from backgrounds of low socio-economic status (SES) or who are first in family to attend university (FiF) are under-represented in medicine. Research has focused on these students' pre-admission perceptions of medicine, rather than on their lived experience as medical students. Such research is necessary to monitor and understand the potential perpetuation of disadvantage within medical schools. Objectives This study drew on the …
Patient involvement in the development of a handbook for moderate rheumatoid arthritis
BACKGROUND: Self-management is a key recommendation for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Educational materials may support self-management, and increasingly patients are becoming involved with the development of these materials. The TITRATE trial compares the effectiveness of intensive management to standard care in patients with moderate RA across England. As part of the intensive management intervention, participants are given a handbook.…
Patient involvement in rheumatology outpatient service design and delivery
BACKGROUND: Patient involvement is increasingly recognized as important within the UK National Health Service to ensure that services delivered are relevant to users' needs. Organizations are encouraged to work with service users to achieve excellence in care. Patient education can improve health outcomes and reduce health-care costs. Mobile technologies could play a vital role in this. AIM: Patient-centred development of innovative strategies to…
The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health
Adapting and piloting a social contact-based intervention to reduce mental health stigma among primary care providers
Stigma among primary care providers (PCPs) is a barrier to successful integration of mental health services in primary healthcare settings globally. Therefore, cross-culturally adaptable and feasible strategies are needed to reduce stigma among PCPs. This protocol is for a multi-site pilot study that aims to adapt and evaluate cross-cultural feasibility and acceptability of a social contact-based primary healthcare intervention in 7 sites in 5 lo…
Experience of primary healthcare workers in using the mobile app-based WHO mhGAP intervention guide in detection and treatment of people with mental disorders
This study assessed perception and experience of trained primary health care workers in using a mobile app-based version of the WHO mental health gap action programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide in the assessment and management of people with mental health conditions in primary care in Nepal. A qualitative study was conducted with primary healthcare workers who were trained in using the WHO mhGAP mobile application in Jhapa, a district in eastern …
A Qualitative Evaluation of the Motivations, Experiences, and Impact of a Mental Wellbeing Peer Support Group for Black University Students in England and Wales
Online peer support programs could address mental wellbeing concerns reported by Black students. The current evaluation explored Black university students’ motivations, experiences, and perceived impacts of an online mental wellbeing peer support group (Black Students Talk [BST]) in England and Wales. We conducted two focus groups with Black Students Talk attendees and one with facilitators. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. T…
Comparative analysis of centrally mediated and inflammatory pain experiences amongst patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
BACKGROUND: The identification of pain originating from distinct biological processes may lead to individualised pain treatment. In this study, we aimed to explore the pain experiences of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), differentiating between those predominantly exhibiting features of peripheral inflammatory versus centrally mediated pain. METHODS: Through a multimethods approach we (i) quantitatively analysed the differences in pain de…
Social determinants of health and long‐term conditions in people of Black African and Black Caribbean ethnicity living with HIV in London
BACKGROUND: People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are disproportionately impacted by socioeconomic deprivation and are at increased risk of developing other long-term conditions (LTCs). These illnesses require transformative action to tackle the adverse effects on their health. Data on lived experiences of LTCs among people living with HIV of Black African and Black Caribbean ethnicities are sparse, and how people with LTCs are im…
Establishing partnerships with people with lived experience of mental illness for stigma reduction in low- and middle-income settings
Social contact refers to the facilitation of connection and interactions between people with and without mental health conditions. It can be achieved, for example, through people sharing their lived experience of mental health conditions, which is an effective strategy for stigma reduction. Meaningful involvement of people with lived experience (PWLE) in leading and co-leading anti-stigma interventions can/may promote autonomy and resilience. Our…
How can I thrive in an institution that hates me?”
Black postgraduate students in the UK are exposed to institutional and interpersonal racism that may impact their mental wellbeing and educational experiences. Minimal research exists to understand how racism and other stressful life experiences shape postgraduate students’ mental health and wellbeing as they progress through education, which this study aimed to achieve. Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) interviews (n = 12) were c…
The invisible conspicuous outsiders
This study investigates how Black students experience and respond to both invisibility and hypervisibility within UK healthcare education. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and critical race theory, it addresses a key gap in existing literature, which often homogenises the experiences of ethnic minority students and overlooks the specific impact of anti-Black racism. Based on qualitative data from 21 students across seven healthcare program…
Feasibility, acceptability, and pilot effectiveness of a social-contact-based intervention to reduce mental health-related stigma among primary care providers in China, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, and Tun…
Feasibility, acceptability, and pilot effectiveness of a social-contact-based intervention to reduce mental health-related stigma among primary care providers in China, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, and Tunisia: Findings from a multi-site pre-post study
Responding to experienced and anticipated discrimination training for health professionals working in mental health services (Read-MH)
BACKGROUND: Stigmatisation and discrimination towards people with mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is pervasive. Health professionals working in mental health services can play a critical role in stigma reduction. This study examines the feasibility, costs, and potential effectiveness of READ-MH for such professionals in LMICs. METHODS: This multisite, nonrandomized pre–post mixed-methods feasibility study was co…
Coping strategies for race-related stress among black undergraduate and postgraduate students in UK higher education
Racially minoritised students at historically and predominately white universities (HWUs) often anticipate and experience interpersonal and institutional racial discrimination, which may impact their mental and physical wellbeing. There is limited research on coping strategies for race-based stress among Black UK university students. This article answered the research question: How do Black university students cope with racism and other life stre…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Mental health (11 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Health care (5 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (5 works)