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Smith J, t'Hart L, Leaversuch F, Walton A, Jameson G, Samsa H, Clarey M, Millar L, Burns S, Pollard CM. Promoting mental well-being in Western Australia: Act Belong Commit® mental health promotion campaign partners' perspectives. Health Promot Int 2024; 39:daae014. [PMID: 38386902 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daae014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The Act Belong Commit® mental health promotion campaign aims to improve population mental well-being. Based on a social-franchising model, partnerships are sought with organizations offering 'mentally healthy activities' that foster social connectedness and mental well-being. There are four categories of partner organizations sought: Site (government agencies and health services), Associate (organizations with state-wide or national services), Community (local, grass-roots community groups) and Schools. This research explored organizational perceptions of the Act Belong Commit® Partnership Program. A purposive sample of 14 organizational representatives across all four partner categories participated in semi-structured interviews online or face-to-face between July and September 2021. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to identify three main themes: (a) A passion for promoting mental health; (b) Implementation, innovation, adaption and creation (e.g. the ability to adapt, create and deliver activities aligned with the campaign message; and (c) Future sustainability (e.g. recommendations for the sustainability of the programme). The use of reflexive thematic analysis enabled deeper insights into the complexity of the partnerships. Findings describe how the Act Belong Commit® Partnership Program supports mutually desirable objectives and extends the campaign reach. Embedded in a shared belief system that incorporates a passion for good mental health, the model supports the flexibility to adapt, create and deliver fit-for-purpose activities that promote mental well-being in the places where people live, work and play.
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- James Smith
- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Telethon Kids Institute, Northern Entrance, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Enable Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Collaboration for Evidence Research and Impact in Public Health, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Enable Institute, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
- Collaboration for Evidence Research and Impact in Public Health, School of Population Health, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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Hinrichsen C, Nielsen L, Tamminen N, Nelausen MK, Kusier AO, Santini ZI, Schou-Juul F, Meilstrup C, Rod MH, Koushede V, Lauridsen S. Intersectoral mental health promotion – A practice-oriented taxonomy of roles and a study of intersectoral dynamics. SSM - MENTAL HEALTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hinrichsen C, Nelausen MK, Nielsen L, Santini ZI, Meilstrup C, Rod MH, Koushede V, Lauridsen S. The workings of an action learning program for building mental health promotion capacity - A realist evaluation. EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING 2022; 92:102080. [PMID: 35395493 DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Action learning is a promising approach for building mental health promotion (MHP) capacity. The aim of this study is to explore how action learning processes can strengthen MHP capacity within and across organizations in a community setting. We applied an embedded case study design and a realist evaluation framework to explore key combinations of mechanisms and contextual factors that generated the emergent MHP capacity outcomes of an action learning program, i.e. context-mechanism-outcome-configurations (CMO-configurations). Data consisted of 18 semi-structured face-to-face interviews, 10 telephone interviews, two group interviews, observations, and documents. Interviewees (n = 21) were participants and management employees. Our analytical provision of CMO-configurations provides insights into how contextual factors, such as participant motivation, organizational support, and existing task descriptions, in combination with certain program mechanisms, such as legitimization of specific agendas, learning-by-doing, and collaborations across organizational boundaries, explain the identified outcomes. Outcomes ranged across implementation of MHP initiatives, personal development among participants, and relational and collaborative development. Taken together, our results strengthen the notion that mechanisms of action learning hold the potential to build MHP capacity on an individual, organizational, and community level. This study, also, illustrates that realist evaluation offers a relevant methodology for investigating the underlying workings of capacity building programs.
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- Carsten Hinrichsen
- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Health Promotion Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Fusar-Poli P, Santini ZI. Promoting good mental health in the whole population: The new frontier. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2022; 55:8-10. [PMID: 34706292 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Paolo Fusar-Poli
- Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-detection (EPIC) Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; OASIS Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; National Institute for Health Research, Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
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- The National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Studiestræde 6, 1455 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Twenty-One Reasons for Implementing the Act-Belong-Commit-'ABCs of Mental Health' Campaign. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph182111095. [PMID: 34769615 PMCID: PMC8583649 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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While there has been increased attention worldwide on mental health promotion over the past two decades, what is lacking in many countries around the globe is practical knowledge of what constitutes a population-wide mental health promotion campaign, and how such a campaign can be implemented. This paper provides such knowledge based on the development, implementation and evaluation of the Act-Belong-Commit campaign, the world's first comprehensive population-wide public mental health promotion campaign which was launched in 2008 in Western Australia. Given the learnings from the full-scale implementation and evaluation of the campaign in Western Australia and its expansion nationally and internationally, along with the continuing and expanding evidence base for the campaign constructs, we crystallise 21 reasons why jurisdictions who wish to achieve the goals of the WHO and adopt the recommendations of the European framework on mental health and wellbeing should consider adopting or adapting Act-Belong-Commit when considering implementing a public mental health promotion campaign.
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Schnor H, Linderoth S, Midtgaard J. Patient and Mental Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on Health Promotion in Psychiatric Clinical Practice: A Focus Group Study. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:870-879. [PMID: 34048320 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2021.1899349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The need to protect the physical health of people with mental illness is increasingly acknowledged. We conducted six focus groups with 14 patients and 12 mental health care professionals to explore their individual and mutual perspectives on health promotion in daily clinical practice. Three main themes: Health as a balancing act; Dilemmas for health promotion; and Ideals and responsibility for health promotion in clinical practice were identified using thematic analysis. We discuss how aligning mutual expectations and creating an authentic dialogue based on the identification of and respect for patients' individual resources can support health promotion in clinical psychiatry.
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- Helle Schnor
- Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.,University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Mental Health Centre Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tamminen N, Solin P, Barry MM, Kannas L, Kettunen T. Intersectoral partnerships and competencies for mental health promotion: a Delphi-based qualitative study in Finland. Health Promot Int 2021; 37:6312937. [PMID: 34212189 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daab096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The importance of intersectoral collaboration and partnership working in mental health promotion, together with the requisite competencies for effective collaboration, is widely acknowledged. This Delphi-based qualitative study examined how intersectoral collaboration and partnership work are constructed and adopted in mental health promotion practice. Descriptive data from a Delphi panel of mental health promotion practitioners working in the health sector (n = 32) were used as a data source. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Applying the theory of collaborative advantage, eight themes of collaboration advantage and the related competencies were identified: management structure, leadership, communication and language, common aims, working processes, resources, trust, and commitment and determination. The themes capture the competencies required to influence and work with others to improve the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. The identified theme areas can be used to inform education and training and capacity building for professional practice in mental health promotion. Future research is needed to explore other possible collaborative advantage themes in mental health promotion practice and the competencies required to facilitate effective partnerships across sectors. Further investigations are also needed on the identified theme areas in order to develop and guide capacity building and training in mental health promotion.
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- Nina Tamminen
- WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy, Mental Health Team, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy, Mental Health Team, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.,Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
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