Advancing mental health equality: a mapping review of interventions, economic evaluations and barriers and facilitators

Table 1 Population characteristics (protected or other) considered for inclusion in this review

Characteristics	Populations
Protected characteristics (Equality Act 2010)
Age	Children and young people^a
Age	Older adults^a
Disability	People with intellectual/learning disability and/or autism
Disability	People with physical or sensory impairment
Race	Cultural and ethnic minority groups
Religion or belief	Religious communities
Pregnancy and maternity	New or expectant mothers^a
Sex	Men or women^a People who are intersex^b
Gender reassignment^e	People who are transsexual or transgender
Sexual orientation	People with a minority sexual orientation
Other characteristics (from the NICE equality impact assessment)
Socioeconomic status	People with a low socioeconomic status^c
Other categories	Other groups in the population who experience poor health because of circumstances often affected by, but going beyond, sharing a protected characteristic or socioeconomic status. The following are examples of groups covered in the NICE guidance [26]: • refugees and asylum seekers • migrant workers • looked after children • homeless people • prisoners and young offenders^d

^aStudy population with this characteristic must also have an additional characteristic (intersectionality) or need that puts them at risk of experiencing mental health inequalities
^bThis is not explicitly protected by the Equality Act 2010
^cDepending on policy or other context, this may cover factors such as social exclusion and deprivation associated with geographical areas, or inequalities or variations associated with other geographical distinctions (e.g. rural or urban poverty)
^dStudy population with this characteristic only includes children and young people
^eThis term is that used in the Equality Act 2010 where it is also stated that this term includes the protection of any person who is proposing to undergo or is undergoing a process of changing physiological attributes of biological sex

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