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Robinson, Jake M., Paul Brindley, Ross Cameron, Danielle MacCarthy, and Anna Jorgensen. "Nature’s Role in Supporting Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Geospatial and Socioecological Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5 (February 24, 2021): 2227. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052227.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes to human lifestyles across the world. The virus and associated social restriction measures have been linked to an increase in mental health conditions. A considerable body of evidence shows that spending time in and engaging with nature can improve human health and wellbeing. Our study explores nature’s role in supporting health during the COVID-19 pandemic. We created web-based questionnaires with validated health instruments and conducted spatial analyses in a geographic information system (GIS). We collected data (n = 1184) on people’s patterns of nature exposure, associated health and wellbeing responses, and potential socioecological drivers such as relative deprivation, access to greenspaces, and land-cover greenness. The majority of responses came from England, UK (n = 993). We applied a range of statistical analyses including bootstrap-resampled correlations and binomial regression models, adjusting for several potential confounding factors. We found that respondents significantly changed their patterns of visiting nature as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. People spent more time in nature and visited nature more often during the pandemic. People generally visited nature for a health and wellbeing benefit and felt that nature helped them cope during the pandemic. Greater land-cover greenness within a 250 m radius around a respondent’s postcode was important in predicting higher levels of mental wellbeing. There were significantly more food-growing allotments within 100 and 250 m around respondents with high mental wellbeing scores. The need for a mutually-advantageous relationship between humans and the wider biotic community has never been more important. We must conserve, restore and design nature-centric environments to maintain resilient societies and promote planetary health.
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Meilstrup, Charlotte, Vibeke Koushede, Robert J. Donovan, Steinar Krokstad, Magni Mohr, Eric Hall, and Ziggi Ivan Santini. "The Act-Belong-Commit ‘ABCs of Mental Health’ campaign for mental health promotion." Open Access Government 36, no. 1 (October 11, 2022): 182–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.56367/oag-036-10437.
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The Act-Belong-Commit ‘ABCs of Mental Health’ campaign for mental health promotion A simple research-based model for mental health promotion in practice could improve mental health and wellbeing in the whole population. With mental health declining in most Western countries, there is a need for population-wide strategies to promote and protect mental wellbeing. Whilst both universal mental health promotion and targeted prevention approaches have the potential to prevent deteriorating mental health, universal approaches may reach and impact larger segments of a population. However, universal mental health promotion strategies are scarce and not widely implemented.
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Wiezer, Noortje, Irene Niks, Maartje Bakhuys Roozeboom, and Heleen Wortelboer. "SS01-02 APPROACHES ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE NETHERLANDS." Occupational Medicine 74, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2024): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0046.
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Abstract Introduction Psychosocial occupational risks cause human suffering and high costs for companies and society. Work-related stress is high in the Netherlands in sectors with high labour shortages (education, healthcare). All this makes it an important topic of OSH policy in the Netherlands. With its research programme, TNO supports the government and organisations in creating conditions that enhance employee health, wellbeing, and performance. Materials and Methods Four projects will be presented: 1) the Just In Time Adaptive Intervention (JITAI), aimed at supporting employees and teams in managing their daily psychosocial working conditions, 2) the Participatory Work Stress Prevention Approach, aimed at reducing psychosocial risks in organisations, 3) the Innovation in Workplace Wellbeing approach, a system dynamic approach to support employees and employers in increasing employee wellbeing and 4) DESTRESS aimed at recognizing stress signals at an early stage, both at organisational and individual levels. The interventions 1, 3 and 4 are still in development and being tested in practice. Intervention 2 is evaluated in a controlled trial. Results will be available at the presentation. Results First pilot studies have shown promising results. Interventions 1 and 3 are perceived useful and feasible. Evaluations of intervention 2 show positive effects on the intended outcomes. The quality of the implementation process is important in all interventions. Conclusions Based on the results of the studies we conclude that, to increase employee health and wellbeing, interventions at all levels (individual, team, leadership, organisation, and environment) are needed. In the coming years, the interaction between interventions at different levels will be examined.
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Seal, Erica, Julie Vu, Alexis Winfield, and Barbara Fenesi. "Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity in Families Managing ADHD and the Cyclical Effect on Worsening Mental Health." Brain Sciences 13, no. 6 (May 31, 2023): 887. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13060887.
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Physical activity supports symptom management in children with ADHD and reduces the mental health burden associated with caregiving for children with ADHD. Survey-based research shows that COVID-19 reduced physical activity among diverse populations. This study used a qualitative approach situated within a socioecological framework to (1) understand how COVID-19 impacted physical activity of children with ADHD and their caregivers, to (2) identify barriers to their physical activity, and to (3) identify potential areas of support. Thirty-three participants were interviewed between October 2020 and January 2021. Content analysis revealed that physical activity declined for children and caregivers; significant barriers were social isolation and rising intrapersonal difficulties such as diminishing self-efficacy and energy levels and increased mental health difficulties. Worsening mental health further alienated caregivers and children from physical activity, undermining its protective effects on ADHD symptom management and mental wellbeing. Participants identified needing community support programs that offer virtual, live physical activity classes as well as psycho-emotional support groups. There is vital need to support physical activity opportunities during high-stress situations in families managing ADHD to buffer against diminishing mental wellbeing. This will promote further physical activity engagement and allow families to reap the cognitive, psychological, and emotional benefits.
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Russo, Alessio. "Renaturing for Urban Wellbeing: A Socioecological Perspective on Green Space Quality, Accessibility, and Inclusivity." Sustainability 16, no. 13 (July 5, 2024): 5751. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16135751.
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This perspective examines renaturing cities, the strategic reintroduction of nature, as a potential solution to the negative health impacts of rapid urbanisation. By utilising nature-based solutions to maximise ecosystem services and reintegrate human and natural systems, renaturing offers access to high-quality, accessible green spaces. Studies suggest such access is associated with reduced depression, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease risk. Renaturing also presents opportunities for physical activity and daily exposure to nature, which can further enhance well-being and happiness. However, challenges include ensuring equitable access to these spaces and avoiding gentrification. To achieve this equitable distribution and ensure the project truly benefits the community, a bottom-up approach involving residents in the planning process is crucial. Longitudinal studies and evidence from design projects are necessary to understand which types of nature-based solutions can most effectively improve wellbeing and happiness for disadvantaged groups. Further research is needed to better refine the renaturing concept, as it is sometimes used interchangeably with other similar but distinct approaches.
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Teng, Emmelin, Anthony Venning, Helen Winefield, and Shona Crabb. "Half Full or Half Empty: The Measurement of Mental Health and Mental Illness in Emerging Australian Adults." Social Inquiry into Well-Being 1, no. 1 (August 14, 2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/siiw-15-1-1-01.
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Narrow approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of ‘mental health’ are regularly but inconsistently adopted in research and practice. For example, an exclusive focus on the identification of mental illness or mental wellbeing runs the risk of failing to detect individuals with low or high levels of the other, and does nothing to represent an individual’s level of complete mental health (i.e., taking both mental wellbeing and illness into account). The current study compared three approaches to the measurement of mental health regularly applied in the literature - an exclusive mental wellbeing / an exclusive mental illness / and a complete mental health approach – to determine if they produce similar outcomes. South Australian emerging adults were recruited (N=117; M=24.4 years, SD=0.75) and categorised into four mental health groups according to the Complete State Model (CSM; Keyes & Lopez, 2002) of mental health: flourishing (complete mental health), languishing or struggling (incomplete mental health or illness), or floundering (complete mental illness) and categories were compared. Results showed that the ‘mental health’ of the sample differed depending on the measurement approach used, and lend support to a complete mental health approach to better inform, develop, and target health promotion strategies.
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Crawford, Allison, Brittany Graham, Arnârak Bloch, Alexis Bornyk, Selma Ford, David Mastey, Melody Teddy, and Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen. "Going Local to Global through Technology-Needs Assessment and Development of a Virtual Arctic Youth Wellbeing Network." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20 (October 14, 2022): 13290. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013290.
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Strengths-based approaches to suicide prevention and life promotion in circumpolar regions must engage youth participation and leadership given the impact of suicide on this demographic. We describe the development of a youth-engaged community of practice (CoP) across circumpolar regions, and adaptations to the ECHO model as a foundation for this virtual CoP. We describe youth priorities for learning in the area of mental health and wellbeing, identified through a learning needs assessment. A curriculum was developed to address key areas of interest, including: cultural approaches to mental wellbeing; language-based approaches to mental wellbeing; resilience; government and policy; and suicide prevention. We describe steps taken to adapt the ECHO model, and to introduce Indigenous pedagogical and knowledge sharing approaches into the CoP in order to meet youth learning interests. We conclude that this virtual CoP was a feasible way to create a learning community, and suggest that a priority future direction will be to evaluate the impacts of this virtual CoP on youth engagement, satisfaction and learning.
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Owens, Matthew, and Hannah L. I. Bunce. "Nature-Based Meditation, Rumination and Mental Wellbeing." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15 (July 26, 2022): 9118. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159118.
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Novel approaches for children and young people (CYP) in the prevention and intervention of mental illness are needed and nature-based interventions (NBI) may be clinically useful. This proof-of-principle study tested the effects of a novel brief nature-based meditation on rumination, depressive symptoms and wellbeing in young people. Sixty-eight university students were randomised to one of three conditions: active control (n = 23), indoor meditation (n = 22) or nature-based meditation (n = 23). Participants completed self-report measures on state and trait rumination post intervention and depression and wellbeing at a 2-week follow-up. Depressive rumination significantly decreased post intervention in the nature condition and depressive symptoms improved for both intervention groups. Wellbeing only significantly improved at follow-up in the nature condition. Nature condition participants demonstrated one minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for wellbeing at follow-up. Depressive symptoms for this condition were below the clinically significant threshold for depression. The number needed to treat (NNT) analysis suggested that two to five young people would need to complete the intervention. Preliminary evidence suggests NBIs, such as the one in the present study, can reduce depressive rumination and symptoms and improve wellbeing. Replication with larger clinical samples is required to substantiate findings.
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Fisher, Jane, and Shelly Makleff. "Advances in Gender-Transformative Approaches to Health Promotion." Annual Review of Public Health 43, no. 1 (April 5, 2022): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-121019-053834.
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Gender is an important determinant of health, but explicit attention to gender is often missing in health promotion. We build on Pederson and colleagues’ gender-transformative framework for health promotion to propose four guiding principles for gender-transformative health promotion. First, health promotion must address gender norms directly if it is to improve health outcomes. Second, it should move beyond individual change to engage explicitly with structural and social determinants of health. Third, it should address underlying gender-related determinants in order to influence health outcomes. And fourth, it requires complexity-informed design, implementation, and evaluation. We provide background on key concepts that are essential for designing, implementing, and evaluating gender-transformative health promotion: gender norms, socioecological approaches, and the gender system. We give examples of the four principles in practice, using the case of postnatal mental health promotion in Australia and sexuality education in Mexico. These four principles can be applied to health promotion efforts across contexts and outcomes to address the harmful gender norms that contribute to poor health as a part of broader efforts to improve health and well-being.
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White, Ross G. "Mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene: Socio-ecological approaches to capability enhancement." Transcultural Psychiatry 57, no. 1 (August 3, 2018): 44–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461518786559.
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There is growing recognition that “human development” frameworks, such as the Capabilities Approach (CA) with its emphasis on the promotion of justice, offer promise for guiding efforts aimed at enhancing mental wellbeing. This article explores challenges that might arise when there is a need to arbitrate among the competing demands of different parties in their efforts to enhance capabilities. Particular tensions can arise when the efforts of particular individuals to enhance their capabilities exert pressure on scarce resources, or threaten the safety and security of people living in precarious environmental contexts. Consideration is given to the need for “an ethos of restraint” to balance the consumption of resources aimed at facilitating human development on the one hand, with the need to promote environmental justice on the other. The paper highlights research that has investigated how environmental factors can impact on mental wellbeing, including rapid urbanization, climate change related issues (such as weather systems, drought, food insecurity and rising sea-levels), and access to “green/blue spaces”. As such, the paper explores the important links that can exist between people and the ecosystems in which they live (including the way in which particular cultural beliefs and practices of indigenous groups can be tethered to the land). Elinor Ostrom’s “design principles”, derived from her work investigating the sustainable use of pooled resources, are presented as a helpful means of assisting members of communities to negotiate and apply “functioning constraints”, which can promote environmental justice whilst not compromising efforts aimed at promoting mental wellbeing.
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James, Carole, Brian Kelly, Robyn Considine, Ross Tynan, Jaelea Skehan, and Jane Rich. "Industry partnerships in addressing mental health." APPEA Journal 56, no. 2 (2016): 537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj15043.
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Mental health issues are widespread across Australia, with the most common mental illnesses experienced by 20% of the population in any 12-month period. While no industry-specific data exists, general national population data suggests that all employers are managing workers affected by mental illness. Workplaces are ideally placed to prevent mental health problems, promote mental health, and support a person with mental illness. Investing in strategies to support mental health in the workplace has been associated with improvements in productivity, job satisfaction and significant returns on investment. This extended abstract discusses approaches to addressing mental health in the resources sector and reports on industry engagement, partnership with researchers from The University of Newcastle, and research into targeted interventions. A range of partnership activities included the development of a framework to support mental health in the workplace—a Blueprint for Mental Health and Wellbeing—and various workplace strategies to address mental ill-health and wellbeing. Discussion centres on the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a multi-component mental health program that aims to promote: mental health awareness to employees; a peer-based support model; education to supervisors regarding the management of staff experiencing mental health problems; and, a review of organisational policy. Research in the coal-mining sector has demonstrated that through industry partnership, appropriate interventions can be developed and implemented that result in policy and practical changes that better the health and wellbeing of employees.
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Corr, Lara, Kay Cook, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Elise Davis, and Elizabeth Waters. "Early Childhood Educator Mental Health: Performing the National Quality Standard." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 42, no. 4 (December 2017): 97–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.23965/ajec.42.4.11.
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IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION and care (ECEC) settings, the mental wellbeing of educators is likely to be crucial to delivering high-quality care. Hence, this paper uses a contextual understanding of educators' mental health, and its evaluation by both educators and management, to reveal areas of the National Quality Framework that require critical revision. Drawing on Hochschild's (2012) theory of emotional labour, we report on the analysis of semi-structured interviews with family day care educators (n = 16) and ECEC sector key informants (n = 18). Results demonstrate widespread belief that educator mental wellbeing affects care quality and the children attending care. In response to job stressors and perceived surveillance, educators use emotional labour to hide negative feelings and manage risks associated with low mental wellbeing. In this context, making individual educators fully responsible for performing good mental health to meet the National Quality Standard may increase job stress and emotional labour, further distancing the aims of high-quality care. Our findings suggest that revising the NQS to improve working conditions, and addressing educator mental wellbeing are essential approaches for supporting high-quality ECEC practice.
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Sharpe, Richard A., Katrina M. Wyatt, and Andrew James Williams. "Do the Determinants of Mental Wellbeing Vary by Housing Tenure Status? Secondary Analysis of a 2017 Cross-Sectional Residents Survey in Cornwall, South West England." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 7 (March 23, 2022): 3816. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073816.
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Housing is a social determinant of health, comprising multiple interrelated attributes; the current study was developed to examine whether differences in mental wellbeing across housing tenure types might relate to individual, living, or neighbourhood circumstances. To achieve this aim, an exploratory cross-sectional analysis was conducted using secondary data from a county-wide resident survey undertaken by Cornwall Council in 2017. The survey included questions about individual, living, or neighbourhood circumstances, as well as mental wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale). A random sample of 30,152 households in Cornwall were sent the survey, from whom 11,247 valid responses were received (38% response), but only 4085 (13.5%) provided complete data for this study. Stratified stepwise models were estimated to generate hypotheses about inequalities in mental wellbeing related to housing tenure. Health, life satisfaction, and social connectedness were found to be universal determinants of mental wellbeing, whereas issues related to living circumstances (quality of housing, fuel poverty) were only found to be related to wellbeing among residents of privately owned and rented properties. Sense of safety and belonging (neighbourhood circumstances) were also found to be related to wellbeing, which together suggests that whole system place-based home and people/community-centred approaches are needed to reduce inequalities.
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Cresswell-Smith, Johanna, Tapani Kauppinen, Taina Laaksoharju, Tuulia Rotko, Pia Solin, Jaana Suvisaari, Kristian Wahlbeck, and Nina Tamminen. "Mental Health and Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment Frameworks—A Systematic Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21 (October 27, 2022): 13985. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113985.
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Mental health is largely shaped by the daily environments in which people live their lives, with positive components of mental health emphasising the importance of feeling good and functioning effectively. Promoting mental health relies on broad-based actions over multiple sectors, which can be difficult to measure. Different types of Impact Assessment (IA) frameworks allow for a structured approach to evaluating policy actions on different levels. A systematic review was performed exploring existing IA frameworks relating to mental health and mental wellbeing and how they have been used. A total of 145 records were identified from the databases, from which 9 articles were included in the review, with a further 6 studies included via reference list and citation chaining. Five different mental-health-related IA frameworks were found to be implemented in a variety of settings, mostly in relation to evaluating community actions. A Narrative Synthesis summarised key themes from the 15 included articles. Findings highlight the need for participatory approaches in IA, which have the dual purpose of informing the IA evaluation and advocating for the need to include mental health in policy development. However, it is important to ensure that IA frameworks are user-friendly, designed to be used by laypeople in a variety of sectors and that IA frameworks are operational in terms of time and monetary resources.
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Kalseth, Jorid, Valeria Donisi, Marta Miret, Anna K. Forsman, and Johanna Cresswell-Smith. "Exploring the Association between Welfare State and Mental Wellbeing in Europe: Does Age Matter?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17 (September 2, 2022): 10985. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710985.
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Previous research reports show mixed results regarding the age gradient in population mental wellbeing, which may be linked to the role that welfare states play. In this study, we investigate whether an age gradient exists in relation to the association between welfare state and mental wellbeing within the adult population in Europe. We combine individual level data from Round 6 of the European Social Survey and country level data on welfare state and use multilevel regression analyses to explore population mental wellbeing. Subjective and psychological wellbeing dimensions were analyzed, and different approaches to measuring welfare state were explored, including a regime typology and composite welfare state measures constructed on the basis of a set of eight individual indicators. We found the age gradient for mental wellbeing to differ between welfare states, with the positive impact of the welfare state increasing with age. A universal and generous welfare state seems to be particularly important for older adults, who are also more likely to be in higher need of transfers and services provided by the welfare state.
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Hoffman, Steven, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Stefan Chase. "An Assessment of Mental Wellbeing and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Youth Living in Central Mexico." Global Journal of Health Science 12, no. 3 (February 6, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v12n3p1.
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The current state of adolescent mental health and wellbeing in Mexico constitutes a serious public health concern. In an effort to better understand the potential impact this crisis is having on youth in Central Mexico, we designed a study to assess the connection between Mental Wellbeing and Health-related Quality of Life among a sample of children in junior high school. Descriptive statistics suggest that 22.5% of our sample was “at-risk” of poor health-related quality of life, with 19.8% at risk within the physical subscale and 24.3% at risk within the psychosocial subscale. Regression analyses showed that mental wellbeing scores significantly predicted scores on the physical subscale of the quality of life measure, but did not predict overall wellbeing or psychosocial wellbeing. If replicated, our results may have important implications for health professionals, social workers, researchers, policy makers, and other individuals living in Mexico. We encourage continued research among Mexican youth in rural, underserved areas of Central Mexico such as Michoacán in order to further support strengths-based approaches for improving both their mental wellbeing and quality of life.
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Eaton, M., T. Foster, J. Messore, L. Robinson, and Y. Probst. "Food for the Mind: A systematic review of mindful and intuitive eating approaches for mental health & wellbeing." European Psychiatry 67, S1 (April 2024): S158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.352.
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IntroductionA growing body of literature has investigated diet and mental health, however, it is often viewed through a “weight-centric” lens, where weight loss is considered a primary outcome and motivator. This review aims to shed new insights into the connections between mental health and wellbeing, and eating behaviours that focus on internal cues and regulators and do not centralise around weight. Such “weight-neutral approaches” have been associated with improved psychological health and wellbeing, however, consolidated evidence is lacking.ObjectivesTo explore eating styles that do not centralise around weight, and their relationship with mental health and wellbeing and other health outcomes.MethodsA systematic search was performed including observational studies of adult populations, with ≥1 mental health and wellbeing or physical health outcome, and ≥1 validated measure of eating behaviour reflective of a weight-neutral approach. Outcomes were characterised into four domains (mental health and wellbeing, physical health, health promoting behaviours and other eating behaviours). Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.ResultsIn total 8281 records were identified with 86 studies including 75 unique datasets and 78 unique exposures included. Eating behaviours included intuitive eating (n=48), mindful eating (n=19), and eating competence (n=11). All eating behaviours incorporated biological, physiological, and social factors, with 297 outcomes categorised for mental health and wellbeing (n=122), physical health (n=116), health promoting behaviours (n=51) and other eating behaviour (n=8). Greater intuitive and mindful eating were significantly related to lower levels of disordered eating, and depressive symptoms, as well as greater body image, self-compassion, and mindfulness. Greater intuitive eating, mindful eating and eating competence were significantly related to a lower BMI, and greater diet quality and physical activity. Eating competence and intuitive eating were significantly related to higher fruit and vegetable intake, and eating competence alone was significantly related to higher fibre intake, and greater sleep quality.ConclusionsThis review provides evidence that intuitive eating, mindful eating and eating competence are positively related to a range of mental and physical health outcomes. Considered within the biopsychosocial model, these findings enhance understanding around the impact of approaches to healthy eating patterns that are not focused on weight loss, and contributes a case towards promoting health-centric eating behaviour in mental health care. Future research should focus on experimental studies and broader population groups.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared
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Hobbs, Tim, Ediane Santana De Lima, Dickon Bevington, Cristina Preece, Kate Allen, Pia Barna, Vashti Berry, et al. "Kailo: a systemic approach to addressing the social determinants of young people’s mental health and wellbeing at the local level." Wellcome Open Research 8 (November 13, 2023): 524. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20095.1.
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The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is deteriorating. It is increasingly recognised that mental health is a systemic issue, with a wide range of contributing and interacting factors. However, the vast majority of attention and resources are focused on the identification and treatment of mental health disorders, with relatively scant attention on the social determinants of mental health and wellbeing and investment in preventative approaches. Furthermore, there is little attention on how the social determinants manifest or may be influenced at the local level, impeding the design of contextually nuanced preventative approaches. This paper describes a major research and design initiative called Kailo that aims to support the design and implementation of local and contextually nuanced preventative strategies to improve children's and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The Kailo Framework involves structured engagement with a wide range of local partners and stakeholders - including young people, community partners, practitioners and local system leaders - to better understand local systemic influences and support programmes of youth-centred and evidence-informed co-design, prototyping and testing. It is hypothesised that integrating different sources of knowledge, experience, insight and evidence will result in better embedded, more sustainable and more impactful strategies that address the social determinants of young people’s mental health and wellbeing at the local level.
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Pound, Megan, and Wendy Sims-Schouten. "A systematic review of the principles of co-production in relation to the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers." International Journal of Emotional Education 14, no. 1 (June 2022): 3–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.56300/nvfu2763.
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This paper reviews prior applications of co-production principles and their potential impact on the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers. There is minimal research available on care leaver narratives of their experiences and consequent mental health and wellbeing needs. This paper explores the relevance of different, sometimes opposed, approaches to co-production, the knowledge which can be gained about the mental health and wellbeing needs of care leavers, and finally the potential for lifelong learning through co-production with care leavers. A systematic review was selected to draw conclusions about how the method of co-production could improve awareness of and provisions for care leaver mental health and wellbeing. This review included 14 sources with a total of 541 participants. Following a rigorous systematic review on these themes, conclusions were drawn suggesting that co-production involving care experienced individuals, whilst faced with a range of considerations to ensure success, can have largely positive impacts on care leaver mental health and wellbeing and is therefore a recommended methodology.
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Smyth, Erin A., Alex Donaldson, Michael K. Drew, Miranda Menaspa, Jennifer Cooke, Sara A. Guevara, Craig Purdam, Craig Appaneal, Rebecca Wiasak, and Liam Toohey. "What Contributes to Athlete Performance Health? A Concept Mapping Approach." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1 (December 24, 2022): 300. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010300.
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Background: In high-performance sport, athlete performance health encompasses a state of optimal physical, mental, and social wellbeing related to an athlete’s sporting success. The aim of this study was to identify the priority areas for achieving athlete performance health in Australia’s high-performance sport system (HPSS). Methods: Participants across five socioecological levels of Australia’s HPSS were invited to contribute to this study. Concept mapping, a mixed-methods approach incorporating qualitative and quantitative data collection, was used. Participants brainstormed ideas for what athlete performance health requires, sorted the ideas into groups based on similar meaning and rated the importance, and ease of achieving each idea on a scale from 1 (not important/easiest to overcome) to 5 (extremely important/hardest to overcome). Results: Forty-nine participants generated 97 unique statements that were grouped into 12 clusters following multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis. The three clusters with highest mean importance rating were (mean importance rating (1–5), mean ease of overcoming (1–5)): ‘Behavioral competency’ (4.37, 2.30); ‘Collaboration and teamwork’ (4.19, 2.65); ‘Valuing athlete wellbeing’ (4.17, 2.77). The 12 clusters were grouped into five overarching domains: Domain one—Performance health culture; Domain two—Integrated strategy; Domain three—Operational effectiveness; Domain four—Skilled people; Domain five—Leadership. Conclusion: A diverse sample of key stakeholders from Australia’s HPSS identified five overarching domains that contribute to athlete performance health. The themes that need to be addressed in a strategy to achieve athlete performance health in Australia’s HPSS are ‘Leadership’, ‘Skilled people’, ‘Performance health culture’, ‘Operational effectiveness’, and ‘Integrated strategy’.
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Sharma, Vimal. "Improving mental health and wellbeing of communities in the modern world: New approaches." Social Work and Social Sciences Review 25, no. 1 (April 16, 2024): 147–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v25i1.2304.
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Services for people with mental disorders in the communities around the world remain less than satisfactory. This service gap can be reduced by enhancing skowledge and skills of frontline health workers in detection and managing mental ill-health of the people they serve. GMHAT/PC tool and training package, as outlined in the article, if used by primary care health workers, can be a way forward to implement community mental health programs.
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Huang, Lanxi, Margaret L. Kern, and Lindsay G. Oades. "Strengthening University Student Wellbeing: Language and Perceptions of Chinese International Students." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15 (July 31, 2020): 5538. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155538.
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Students at the tertiary education level in Australia are at increased risk of experiencing high levels of psychological distress, with international students at particularly high risk for poor adjustment. As mental health and wellbeing strongly correlate with students’ academic performance and general overseas experience, a growing number of studies focus on what universities can do to effectively support students’ wellbeing. However, assumptions are made about what wellbeing is, strategies primarily focus on treating mental ill-health, and treatment approaches fail to account for cultural differences. This study aimed to explore how Chinese international students understand wellbeing, the language used about and for wellbeing, and activities that students believe strengthen their own and others’ wellbeing. Eighty-four Chinese international students completed the online survey, and a subset of 30 students participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using thematic, phenomenographic, and language analyses. Physical health and mental health appeared as the key components that participants believed defined wellbeing, and intrapersonal activities were perceived as the primary approach used to strengthen wellbeing. Findings help broaden the understanding of wellbeing concept from the population of tertiary students, identify students’ perspectives of activities that strengthen their wellbeing, offer a snapshot of the language used by Chinese students around wellbeing, and provide new data of population health through a wellbeing lens.
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Vlachopanou, Patra, and Evangelia Karagiannopoulou. "Defense Styles, Academic Procrastination, Psychological Wellbeing, and Approaches to Learning." Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 210, no. 3 (October 4, 2021): 186–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001423.
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Jensen, A., and LO Bonde. "The use of arts interventions for mental health and wellbeing in health settings." Perspectives in Public Health 138, no. 4 (April 30, 2018): 209–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757913918772602.
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Aims: This literature review aims to illustrate the variety and multitude of studies showing that participation in arts activities and clinical arts interventions can be beneficial for citizens with mental and physical health problems. The article is focused on mental health benefits because this is an emerging field in the Nordic countries where evidence is demanded from national health agencies that face an increasing number of citizens with poor mental health and a need for non-medical interventions and programmes. Methods: A total of 20 articles of interest were drawn from a wider literature review. Studies were identified through the search engines: Cochrane Library, Primo, Ebscohost, ProQuest, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, PubMed and Design and Applied Arts Index. Search words included the following: arts engagement + health/hospital/recovery, arts + hospital/evidence/wellbeing, evidence-based health practice, participatory arts for wellbeing, health + poetry/literature/dance/singing/music/community arts, arts health cost-effectiveness and creative art or creative activity + health/hospital/recovery/mental health. The inclusion criteria for studies were (1) peer review and (2) empirical data. Results: The studies document that participation in activities in a spectrum from clinical arts interventions to non-clinical participatory arts programmes is beneficial and an effective way of using engagement in the arts to promote holistic approaches with health benefits. Engagement in specially designed arts activities or arts therapies can reduce physical symptoms and improve mental health issues. Conclusion: Based on the growing evidence of the arts as a tool for enhancing mental health wellbeing, and in line with the global challenges in health, we suggest that participatory arts activities and clinical arts interventions are made more widely available in health and social settings. It is well-documented that such activities can be used as non-medical interventions to promote public health and wellbeing.
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Tanhan, Ahmet. "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Ecological Systems Theory: Addressing Muslim Mental Health Issues and Wellbeing." Journal of Positive School Psychology 3, no. 2 (September 23, 2019): 197–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.47602/jpsp.v3i2.172.
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Muslims across the word underutilize mental health services for addressing their wellbeing and biopsychosocial, spiritual, and contextual issues. By 2030, the global Muslim population is expected to reach 2.2 billion people. This indicates that Muslim mental health is gaining importance and would require contextually (i.e., spiritually, culturally, empirically) more effective services. Practitioners used Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Ecological Systems Theory (EST) to promote wellbeing and address psychopathology for diverse groups. However, rigorous and comprehensive literature from 1986 to 2019 did not produce research addressing how ACT could be consumed to serve Muslims. Researchers in Muslim mental health have suggested benefitting from EST yet only few have mentioned using ACT. ACT is one of the most effective therapies based on randomized control trials to enhance wellbeing and address psychopathology. The main purposes of this paper are to (a) explain how ACT is one of the most appropriate counseling approaches to be utilized with Muslims because ACT and Islam have many commonalities and (b) propose ACT with EST perspective to enable a much more contextual perspective of ACT so that mental health professionals could promote wellbeing and address psychopathology at all ecological levels for all, starting with Muslims. With the arrival of third and fourth wave of counseling approaches, the use of positive psychology in research and practice has increased dramatically. ACT, Islam, and EST also highly stress a positive approach perspective thus considering of ACT and EST together might promise more effective research and practice in positive and abnormal psychology.
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Miller, Emily, Tahereh Ziaian, Helena de Anstiss, and Melanie Baak. "Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 2 (January 10, 2022): 748. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020748.
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Forced displacement of refugees, currently at record levels, leads to increased cultural diversity in many countries with benefits and challenges for individuals, communities, and societies. Refugees often face significant stressors both pre- and post-migration, and hence are at increased risk of poor mental health and wellbeing. Children and adolescents make up a significant proportion of refugees globally, and hence mental health supports for these young people are crucial. Current mental health research often uses pathologized approaches that focus on trauma, although there is growing literature highlighting the importance of a sense of belonging and the reduction in discrimination and social exclusion, emphasizing strengths and agency of individuals and communities. Resilience is often noted for its positive influence on mental health and wellbeing; however, research regarding how mechanisms of resilience function is still developing. This study investigated mental health and wellbeing of refugee-background Australian youth to better understand the role and function of resilience. Findings suggest that intersecting social ecologies, such as those within family, school, or community networks, contribute to development of identity and a sense of belonging for youth, which together form a resilient system that provides resources for wellbeing. Adaptations of school policy and practice can support positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes by contributing to and developing resilient environments, such as through building connections to family, improving positive recognition of cultural identity for individuals and across the whole school community, and actively working to minimize discrimination.
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Risi, Alixandra, Judy A. Pickard, and Amy L. Bird. "The implications of parent mental health and wellbeing for parent-child attachment: A systematic review." PLOS ONE 16, no. 12 (December 16, 2021): e0260891. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260891.
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Background Parent mental health and wellbeing may have implications for understanding attachment transmission. In this systematic review, we synthesise the published literature to determine the nature of the relationship between parent mental health and wellbeing and the intergenerational transmission of attachment and to provide recommendations for future research, clinical practice and intervention. Method Using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) approach, five electronic databases were searched for peer-reviewed empirical studies, published in English. Articles were considered for inclusion if data was collected on adult attachment, child attachment, and a domain of parent mental health/wellbeing. No date parameters were applied to the search strategy. The review was registered with PROPSERO (registration number: CRD42020157247). Results Eleven studies examining the impact on parent mental health and wellbeing on the intergenerational transmission of attachment were identified for inclusion in this review. Our review found preliminary evidence that parent mental health and wellbeing play a role in the intergenerational transmission of attachment. Other key findings from the review were: evidence quality is mixed due to variable measurement of attachment and mental health; studies have mostly included correlational analysis or do not utilise contemporary methodological approaches to testing mediating or moderating relationships; and literature is largely focused on psychopathology and negative factors of mental health. Conclusions The limited scope of parent mental health and wellbeing constructs examined in the literature, the sparse use of robust statistical analyses, and the lack of literature in general makes it difficult to draw conclusions on how and why parent mental health impacts attachment transmission. Addressing these limitations will further progress attachment-related literature and may have particular implications for attachment-informed interventions with clinical populations.
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Hossain, Md Mahbub, Nobonita Saha, Tahmina Tasnim Rodela, Samia Tasnim, Tasmiah Nuzhath, Tamal Joyti Roy, James N. Burdine, et al. "Global research on syndemics: a meta-knowledge analysis (2001-2020)." F1000Research 11 (March 1, 2022): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.74190.1.
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Background: Syndemics or synergies of cooccurring epidemics are widely studied across health and social sciences in recent years. Methods: We conducted a meta-knowledge analysis of articles published between 2001 to 2020 in this growing field of academic scholarship. Results: We found a total of 830 articles authored by 3025 authors, mostly from high-income countries. Publications on syndemics are gradually increasing since 2003, with rapid development in 2013. Each article was cited more than 15 times on average, and most (n = 604) articles were original studies. Syndemics research focused on several areas, including HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, mental health, gender minority stressors, racism, violence, chronic physical and mental disorders, food insecurity, social determinants of health, and coronavirus disease 2019. Moreover, biopsychosocial interactions between multiple health problems were studied across medical, anthropological, public health, and other disciplines of science. Conclusions: The limited yet rapidly evolving literature on syndemics informs transdisciplinary interests to understand complex coexisting health challenges in the context of systematic exclusion and structural violence in vulnerable populations. The findings also suggest applications of syndemic theory to evaluate clinical and public health problems, examine the socioecological dynamics of factors influencing health and wellbeing, and use the insights to alleviate health inequities in the intersections of synergistic epidemics and persistent contextual challenges for population health.
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Hossain, Md Mahbub, Nobonita Saha, Tahmina Tasnim Rodela, Samia Tasnim, Tasmiah Nuzhath, Tamal Joyti Roy, James N. Burdine, et al. "Global research on syndemics: a meta-knowledge analysis (2001-2020)." F1000Research 11 (February 2, 2023): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.74190.2.
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Background: Syndemics or synergies of cooccurring epidemics are widely studied across health and social sciences in recent years. Methods: We conducted a meta-knowledge analysis of articles published between 2001 to 2020 in this growing field of academic scholarship. Results: We found a total of 830 articles authored by 3025 authors, mostly from high-income countries. Publications on syndemics are gradually increasing since 2003, with rapid development in 2013. Each article was cited more than 15 times on average, and most (n = 604) articles were original studies. Syndemics research focused on several areas, including HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, mental health, gender minority stressors, racism, violence, chronic physical and mental disorders, food insecurity, social determinants of health, and coronavirus disease 2019. Moreover, biopsychosocial interactions between multiple health problems were studied across medical, anthropological, public health, and other disciplines of science. Conclusions: The limited yet rapidly evolving literature on syndemics informs transdisciplinary interests to understand complex coexisting health challenges in the context of systematic exclusion and structural violence in vulnerable populations. The findings also suggest applications of syndemic theory to evaluate clinical and public health problems, examine the socioecological dynamics of factors influencing health and wellbeing, and use the insights to alleviate health inequities in the intersections of synergistic epidemics and persistent contextual challenges for population health.
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Whatman, Susan, Roberta Thompson, and Katherine Main. "The recontextualisation of youth wellbeing in Australian schools." Health Education 119, no. 5/6 (July 5, 2019): 321–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/he-01-2019-0003.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest how well-being messages are recontextualized into school-based contexts from an analysis of national policy and state curricular approaches to health education as reported in the findings of two selected case studies as well as community concerns about young people’s well-being. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional review of Australian federal and state-level student well-being policy documents was undertaken. Using two case examples of school-based in-curricular well-being programs, the paper explores how discourses from these well-being policy documents are recontextualized through progressive fields of translation and pedagogic decision making into local forms of curriculum. Findings Pedagogic messages about well-being in Australia are often extra-curricular, in that they are rarely integrated into one or across existing subject areas. Such messages are increasingly focused on mental health, around phenomena such as bullying. Both case examples clearly demonstrate how understandings of well-being respond to various power relations and pressures emanating from stakeholders within and across official pedagogic fields and other contexts such as local communities. Originality/value The paper focusses on presenting an adaptation of Bernstein’s (1990) model of social reproduction of pedagogic discourse. The adapted model demonstrates how “top-down” knowledge production from the international disciplines shaping curriculum development and pedagogic approaches can be replaced by community context-driven political pressure and perceived community crises. It offers contemporary insight into youth-at-risk discourses, well-being approaches and student mental health.
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Johinke, Rebecca, Karen Walker, Freia Kirkaldy, Caitlyn Sinclair, Wing Lam Cheng, Brian Tran, Emerald Williamson, Grace White, and Sara Sri Pillai. "Therapaws: A partnership between students, staff, and therapy dogs on a university campus." International Journal for Students as Partners 2, no. 2 (December 4, 2018): 96–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v2i2.3575.
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Partnering with students in action research and asking them how and why they would like to work with staff and other students to improve campus culture and student wellbeing is the cornerstone of this case study. Investment in student mental health and wellbeing is increasingly recognised as a priority in higher education, with novel approaches such as dog therapy programs being introduced in universities around the world. This case study highlights a project where staff and students partner to co-design, co-implement, and co-investigate a mental health and wellbeing program that combines dog therapy with students-as-partners principles. The student-led dog therapy program (Therapaws) provides a practical, evidence-based example of how the principles of SaP can be employed to create an effective intervention into student mental health and wellbeing. This multi-authored case study is also an example of a collaborative writing process—a true partnership.
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Blodgett, Joanna M., Jack M. Birch, Margherita Musella, Frances Harkness, and Aradhna Kaushal. "What Works to Improve Wellbeing? A Rapid Systematic Review of 223 Interventions Evaluated with the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scales." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23 (November 28, 2022): 15845. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315845.
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Introduction: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) is a commonly used scale of mental wellbeing focusing entirely on the positive aspect of mental health. It has been widely used in a broad range of clinical and research settings, including to evaluate if interventions, programmes or pilots improve wellbeing. We aimed to systematically review all interventions that used WEMWBS and evaluate which interventions are the most effective at improving wellbeing. Methods: Eligible populations included children and adults, with no health or age restrictions. Any intervention study was eligible if the wellbeing outcome was measured using the 7 or 14-item WEMWBS scale assessed both pre- and post-intervention. We identified eligible intervention studies using three approaches: a database search (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PyschInfo and Web of Science from January 2007 to present), grey literature search, and by issuing a call for evidence. Narrative synthesis and random-effects meta-analysis of standardised mean differences in the intervention group were used to summarise intervention effects on WEMWBS score. Results: We identified 223 interventions across 209 studies, with a total of 53,834 participants across all studies. Five main themes of interventions were synthesised: psychological (n = 80); social (n = 54); arts, culture and environment (n = 29); physical health promotion (n = 18); and other (n = 28). Psychological interventions based on resilience, wellbeing or self-management techniques had the strongest effect on wellbeing. A broad range of other interventions were effective at improving mental wellbeing, including other psychological interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy, psychoeducation and mindfulness. Medium to strong effects were also seen for person-centred support/advice (social), arts-based, parenting (social) and social prescribing interventions. However, a major limitation of the evidence was that only 75 (36%) of studies included a control group. Conclusions: WEMWBS has been widely used to assess wellbeing across a diverse range of interventions, settings and samples. Despite substantial heterogeneity in individual intervention design, delivery and groups targeted, results indicate that a broad range of intervention types can successfully improve wellbeing. Methodological changes, such as greater use of control groups in intervention evaluation, can help future researchers and policy makers further understand what works for mental wellbeing.
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Sopoaga, Faafetai, Shyamala Nada-Raja, Tracie Leckie, and Ari Samaranayaka. "Mental health and wellbeing of Pacific students : Protocol of a prospective cohort study." Pacific Health Dialog 21, no. 5 (February 6, 2020): 272–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.26635/phd.2020.626.
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Mental disorders are a significant health concern and an increasing burden for Pacific youth in New Zealand. Approximately 30,000 (30%) of Pacific youth aged 18-24 years are enrolled in tertiary studies with sparse information about their mental health and wellbeing. There is increasing recognition of the impact of stresses and emotional problems faced by students in tertiary institutions internationally. This study seeks to describe Pacific tertiary students’ mental health and wellbeing, their expectations and experiences. It seeks also to determine risk and protective factors, access and barriers to using health services and their impact on students’ academic progress.
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All Pacific students enrolling for the first time and in their first year of study at the University of Otago in 2019 will be invited to participate and followed over 3 years. A mixed-method research approach will be used with a survey obtaining information from all eligible students. Of these, 30 students will be randomly selected to participate in four interviews over the study period. Research objectives will be addressed by using quantitative statistical methods to analyse cross-sectional and longitudinal self-reported data linked to administrative data. The Talanoa methodology and a thematic approach will inform qualitative data collection and analysis.
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The primary mental health measures are the Kessler 10 (distress), PHQ-9 (depression) and the GAD-7 (anxiety). The primary wellbeing measure utilises a validated Pacific Identity and Wellbeing (PIWBS-R) scale and the WHO-5 (subjective wellbeing). Secondary measures include alcohol use, students’ experience and academic progress. Interviews will provide in-depth perspectives of the students’ journeys, and the relationship to their mental health and wellbeing including the impact on students’ academic progress.
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This research seeks to better understand the factors that influence the mental health, wellbeing and academic success of Pacific students in tertiary institutions. The findings will be used to inform advocacy approaches and guide targeted support efforts.
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Field, Shannon N., Rosalin M. Miles, and Darren E. R. Warburton. "Linking Heart Health and Mental Wellbeing: Centering Indigenous Perspectives from across Canada." Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 21 (November 1, 2022): 6485. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216485.
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Indigenous peoples have thrived since time immemorial across North America; however, over the past three to four generations there has been a marked increase in health disparities amongst Indigenous peoples versus the general population. Heart disease and mental health issues have been well documented and appear to be interrelated within Indigenous peoples across Canada. However, Western medicine has yet to clearly identify the reasons for the increased prevalence of heart disease and mental health issues and their relationship. In this narrative review, we discuss how Indigenous perspectives of health and wholistic wellness may provide greater insight into the connection between heart disease and mental wellbeing within Indigenous peoples and communities across Canada. We argue that colonization (and its institutions, such as the Indian Residential School system) and a failure to include or acknowledge traditional Indigenous health and wellness practices and beliefs within Western medicine have accelerated these health disparities within Indigenous peoples. We summarize some of the many Indigenous cultural perspectives and wholistic approaches to heart health and mental wellbeing. Lastly, we provide recommendations that support and wholistic perspective and Indigenous peoples on their journey of heart health and mental wellbeing.
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Tedmanson, Deirdre, and Pauline Guerin. "Enterprising Social Wellbeing: Social Entrepreneurial and Strengths Based Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing in “Remote” Indigenous Community Contexts." Australasian Psychiatry 19, no. 1_suppl (July 2011): S30—S33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2011.583078.
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Wyn, Johanna, Helen Cahill, Roger Holdsworth, Louise Rowling, and Shirley Carson. "MindMatters, a Whole-School Approach Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 4 (August 2000): 594–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00748.x.
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Objective: MindMatters is an innovative, national mental health promotion program which provides a framework for mental health promotion in Australian schools. Its objectives are to facilitate exemplary practice in the promotion of whole-school approaches to mental health promotion; develop mental health education resources, curriculum and professional development programs which are appropriate to a wide range of schools, students and learning areas; trial guidelines on mental health and suicide prevention and to encourage the development of partnerships between schools, parents, and community support agencies to promote the mental wellbeing of young people. Method: A team of academics and health education professionals, supported by a reference group of mental health experts, developed MindMatters. The program was piloted in 24 secondary schools, drawn from all educational systems and each State and Territory in Australia. The pilot program was amended and prepared for dissemination nationally. Results: The program provides a framework for mental health promotion in widely differing school settings. The teacher professional development dimension of the program is central to enhancing the role of schools in broad population mental health promotion. Conclusions: Promoting the mental health and wellbeing of all young people is a vital part of the core business of teachers by creating a supportive school environment that is conducive to learning. Teachers need to be comfortable and confident in promoting and teaching for mental health. Specific, targeted interventions, provided within a whole-school framework, address the needs of the minority of students who require additional support.
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Seaton, Fiona S. "Using Appreciative Inquiry to explore approaches towards mental health in a Scottish secondary school." Educational and Child Psychology 38, no. 1 (March 2021): 37–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2021.38.1.37.
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Rationale:In Scotland, two-thirds of children have faced at least one adverse childhood experience. Research demonstrates a graded relationship between adversity and mental health outcomes. As adolescents spend a large amount of time in school, it is no surprise that schools are vital when supporting and delivering mental health interventions.Aim:The research aims were two-fold: to gather a clear understanding of mental health and wellbeing supports within a secondary school in Scotland; and to explore the use of Appreciative Inquiry as an approach for organisational change.Method:Semi-structured interviews were conducted, using an Appreciative Inquiry approach. A purposive sampling method was employed to select 55 secondary school stakeholders.Findings:Results highlighted several targeted supports in place within the secondary school, with the adoption of more consistent and visible universal systems needed. Key themes identified included: the importance of relationships, ensuring mental health literacy is core to the curriculum and encouraging an open conversation about mental health. The use of Appreciate Inquiry led to a clear action plan for the secondary school, building upon strengths already identified within the organisation.Limitations:One secondary school took part in this research, therefore, results cannot be generalised. Participants were school-based, future research should consider the role of external agencies.Conclusions:This research provides an insight into the current mechanisms in place within a secondary school in Scotland to support mental health and wellbeing. The use of Appreciative Inquiry was an effective approach for creating a plan intended to impact organisational change.
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Allman, Zoe. "Ensuring Student Mental Wellbeing whilst introducing Block Mode Intensive Learning and Teaching." Journal of Block and Intensive Learning and Teaching 2, no. 1 (April 24, 2024): 3–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.15209/jbilt.1304.
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As De Montfort University, a UK-based University, introduced block delivery across the undergraduate portfolio the University sought to maintain a continued focus on, and commitment to, an institution-wide approach to embedding mental wellbeing. With mental wellbeing relevant to the whole university community and recognising the power of transformational change to impact wellbeing, the university cross-examined student feedback to understand and ensure mental wellbeing. An intensive block model was introduced at De Montfort University (DMU) from the start of the academic session 2022-23. Undergraduate student experiences and learning from the initial months, focused on those in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media, are presented alongside an examination of the methods and impact of embedding mental wellbeing in this new intensive mode; ensuring the continued institutional approach to embedding mental wellbeing in the curriculum, providing inclusive support for all learners. The learning and impact identified from initial experiences indicate areas of strength and areas for development, enhancement and growth. This article presents educational practice implications for other providers exploring and implementing block delivery in intensive learning and teaching modes. The University’s HealthyDMU philosophy recognises mental wellbeing is relevant to all, informed by a social model of wellbeing, in which a student’s experience of mental wellbeing is directly related to their environment and experiences, based on the five ways to wellbeing (Aked, Marks, Cordon & Thompson, 2008). Embedding this throughout the curriculum reduces wellbeing barriers to facilitate student success, establishing pro-active approaches to mental wellbeing and a health promoting environment. This article provides a unique focus on student experience from the position of mental wellbeing embedded in curriculum design and delivery. This paper presents an exploration of student responses to the introduction of intensive delivery at undergraduate level within a UK university, positioned around support for mental wellbeing.
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Van Agteren, Joep, Lydia Woodyatt, Matthew Iasiello, Julie Rayner, and Michael Kyrios. "Make it Measurable: Assessing Psychological Distress, Wellbeing and Resilience at Scale in Higher Education." Student Success 10, no. 3 (December 11, 2019): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v10i3.1411.
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There is an ever-increasing focus on the importance of addressing the mental health of students across the higher education sector. Measuring psychological distress or symptoms of common mental disorders as a proxy for mental health does however provide a limited picture of someone’s mental health status. There is a need to comprehensively measure mental health via outcomes of psychological distress combined with “positive” and “adaptive” states of mental health such as mental wellbeing and resilience. This paper describes a study of 905 students in which an online mental health and wellbeing platform was used to measure the mental health of students, all the while providing real-time individual reports to each individual student. The data provides evidence of high levels of psychological distress (i.e. anxiety) and low levels of mental wellbeing and resilience in students, relative to population norms, with merely 18.6% of students demonstrating optimal scores on all outcomes. Contrary to predictions we found no evidence of poorer wellbeing amongst international students when compared to domestic students. The results indicate that complimenting measurement of distress with measurement of positive and adaptive states can more comprehensively capture the precarious mental status of our tertiary students. Providing this measurement in a scalable and targeted way provides universities and its students the opportunity to provide and use mental health interventions based on the needs of particular cohorts of students, moving beyond resource-intense but intermittent or untargeted approaches to intervention.
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Young, Anna Navin, Aoife Bourke, Sarah Foley, and Zelda Di Blasi. "Effects of time management interventions on mental health and wellbeing factors: A protocol for a systematic review." PLOS ONE 19, no. 3 (March 11, 2024): e0288887. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288887.
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Background Poor employee mental health and wellbeing are highly prevalent and costly. Time-related factors such as work intensification and perceptions of time poverty or pressure pose risks to employee health and wellbeing. While reviews suggest that there are positive associations between time management behavior and wellbeing, there is limited rigorous and systematic research examining the effectiveness of time management interventions on wellbeing in the workplace. A thorough review is needed to synthesize time management interventions and their effectiveness to promote employee mental health and wellbeing. Method A systematic search will be conducted using the following databases: PsychINFO via OVID (1806-Present), Web of Science, Scopus via Elsevier (1976-Present), Academic Search Complete (EBSCO), Cochrane Library via Wiley (1992-Present), and MEDLINE via OVID (1946-Present). The review will include experimental and quasi-experimental studies that evaluate the effects of time management interventions on wellbeing outcomes on healthy adults in a workplace context. Only studies in English will be included. Two authors will independently perform the literature search, record screening, data extraction, and quality assessment of each study included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. Data will be critically appraised using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tools. Depending on the data, a meta-analysis or a narrative synthesis will be conducted. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed in the development of this protocol. The protocol has been registered in PROSPERO (CRD4202125715). Discussion This review will provide systematic evidence on the effects of time management interventions on wellbeing outcomes in the workplace. It will contribute to our understanding of how time management approaches may help to address growing concerns for employee mental health and wellbeing.
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Alrumaithi, Fatema, and Immanuel A. Moonesar. "Psychological Wellbeing: Toward an Innovative Provision of Mental Health and Wellbeing in the United Arab Emirates." Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences 6, no. 1 (December 26, 2022): 12–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/jarss.v6i1.788.
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While physical health strategies have been developed through establishing healthcare centers and e-services, psychological health services have not improved by the same degree, especially in the UAE. Since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency in January 2020, the demand for health services—including mental healthcare—has increased and led to the detection of several global gaps within the healthcare systems. Thus, it is essential to understand the requirements of advanced technologies and approaches to provide healthcare services. Nevertheless, social cohesion, financial burden, and associated stigma are among the primary factors behind the reluctance to approach psychological wellbeing services. Consequently, this study aims to explore how innovation can support the provision of mental health services and how it can assist in spreading awareness of psychological wellbeing and reduce the associated stigma, in the context of the UAE. A qualitative research design was afollowed, that focuses on the preliminary literature review of innovative methods applied in the area of mental health and psychological wellbeing services. Additionally, primary data was collected by conducting a focus group discussion among specialized counselors, psychologists, and other related professionals working in the city of Abu Dhabi. The acquired data were analyzed based on the research objective with NVivo Software (QSR 2.0). The fidings were evaluated to present results that answered the research questions. The coding process led to finalizing six unified codes that were extracted into six correlated themes: Workplace environment, Counseling sessions, School children matters, COVID-19 pandemic concerns, Treatment mode, and Future mental health development. Also, visual illustration was generated and presented. The findings of this research provided recommendations for a strategic framework and suggestions for future research.
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Sharma, Shubham. "AYURVEDA FOR YOGA AND MENTAL HEALTH." International Ayurvedic Medical Journal 12, no. 04 (April 17, 2024): 771–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.46607/iamj1212042024.
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Life constitutes of mind, body and soul. The mind-body connection is very important, and Mind is called as the supreme controller of all the sense organs. Physical imbalances can disturb the mental state while mental illness leads to disruptions of body functions. The need for effective population mental health promotion approaches is urgent as mental health concerns are escalating globally. Successfully alleviating stress has the potential to promote wellbeing and prevent illness. Worldwide Ayurveda and Yoga is gaining popularity as an accessible, acceptable and safe remedial practice for mind and body. Ayurveda stands by its definition of health, in which a healthy mind plays an important role. Yoga’s added benefit is that it improves physical and mental fitness and encourages self-reliance. In this brief article we discuss the role of Ayurveda and Yoga as a form of mental health promotion and prevention of mental disorders.
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Owen, Lauren, and Bernard Corfe. "The role of diet and nutrition on mental health and wellbeing." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 76, no. 4 (July 14, 2017): 425–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0029665117001057.
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Mental, neurological and substance-use disorders presently represent the greatest global burden of disease. Likewise, depression and other psychopathologies are elevated risk comorbidities of other health hazards, such as obesity. Nutrition has been implicated in behaviour, mood and in the pathology and treatment of mental illness. In this brief editorial, we aim to set the scale of the problem in context and overview advances and recent evidence linking nutrition to psychological outcomes. The purpose of the 2016 Nutrition Society Winter Meeting, ‘Diet, nutrition and mental health and wellbeing’ was to review where the evidence is strong, where there are unmet needs for research and to draw together the communities working in this area to share their findings. The papers presented demonstrated clear advancements that are being made in this field. The meeting illustrated compelling support for nutrition as a modifiable risk factor. The present research in the field and evidence presented at the 2016 Nutrition Society Winter Meeting lead us to postulate that even interventions with relatively modest effect sizes may plausibly and significantly curtail the disease burden of mental and neurological disease by food- and nutrient-based approaches.
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Stedman, Terry. "Approaches to Measuring Quality of Life and their Relevance to Mental Health." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 30, no. 6 (December 1996): 731–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679609065039.
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Objectives: This paper describes the ‘sociological’ and ‘health-related’ approaches to the measurement of quality of life and aims to describe their major findings, shortcomings and potential uses with mental health problems. Method: The literature is selectively reviewed to illustrate the major developments and conclusions. Results: Despite the lack of an accepted definition of quality of life, sociological approaches have repeatedly shown in general populations, the mentally ill and the elderly that subjective assessments are more influential in determining expressions of happiness, wellbeing and life satisfaction than are the objective circumstances of a person's life. This supports the use of subjective judgements as the basis for quality-of-life determinations. Conclusions: The quality-of-life approaches can help to answer a broad range of questions of interest to psychiatry. Health-related quality-of-life approaches are potentially useful methods of demonstrating the impact of mental illness and the benefit of interventions. Further work is required to determine whether the commonly used measures are sensitive to change.
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Marani, Husayn, Brenda Roche, Laura Anderson, Minnie Rai, Payal Agarwal, and Danielle Martin. "The impact of working conditions on the health of taxi drivers in an urban metropolis." International Journal of Workplace Health Management 13, no. 6 (September 28, 2020): 671–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijwhm-03-2020-0027.
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PurposeThis descriptive qualitative study explores how working conditions impact the health of taxi drivers in Toronto, Canada.Design/methodology/approachDrivers were recruited between September 2016 and March 2017. A total of 14 semi-structured qualitative interviews and one focus group (n = 11) were conducted. Transcripts were analyzed inductively through a socioecological lens.FindingsThe findings of this study are as follows: drivers acknowledged that job precariousness (represented by unstable employment, long hours and low wages) and challenging workplace conditions (sitting all day and limited breaks) contribute to poor physical/mental health. Also, these conditions undermine opportunities to engage in health-protective behaviors (healthy eating, regularly exercising and taking breaks). Drivers do not receive health-enabling reinforcements from religious/cultural networks, colleagues or their taxi brokerage. Drivers do seek support from their primary care providers and family for their physical health but remain discreet about their mental health.Research limitations/implicationsAs this study relied on a convenience sample, the sample did not represent all Toronto taxi drivers. All interviews were completed in English and all drivers were male, thus limiting commentary on other experiences and any gender differences in health management approaches among drivers.Practical implicationsGiven the global ubiquity of taxi driving and an evolving workplace environment characterized by growing competition, findings are generalizable across settings and may resonate with other precarious professions, including long-haul truck operators and Uber/Lyft drivers. Findings also expose areas for targeted intervention outside the workplace setting.Originality/valueHealth management among taxi drivers is understudied. A fulsome, socioecological understanding of how working conditions (both within and outside the workplace) impact their health is essential in developing targeted interventions to improve health outcomes.
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Maçorano, R., F. Canais, M. Ribas, M. Parreira, and H. A. Ferreira. "Workplace mental health resilience: usability and impact study of a mental health coping mobile app on a corporate setting." European Psychiatry 67, S1 (April 2024): S553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.1149.
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IntroductionMental health resilience is crucial to professional wellbeing and productivity, being that 57% of company employees are reporting burnout. Additionally, early-stage preventive mental health interventions are not common, and typically employees only have access to mid-stage professional care.ObjectivesThe aim of this project is to provide employees with a preventive self-coping tool, enabling open and inclusive care. Specifically, the aim is to assess the receptivity, usability and impact of the usage of a mobile app that provides coping strategies based on positive psychology and a burnout-risk screening.MethodsA mobile app was used with the purpose of being accessible to everyone, independently of their financial capacity. The app also promotes inclusiveness, by aggregating several approaches and methods for mental health coping, which are recommended given the needs of each user. The app was released to a large Portuguese company with 700 employees, in which employees could download it voluntarily.ResultsAfter 7 months, the results showed 37% receptivity rate, 24% improvement on anxiety levels, 36% improvement on workplace wellbeing, 23% increase on mental health self-coping skills, and 21% improvement on burnout-risk levels. These metrics were acquired via app’s back-end, self-reporting, and our model for burnout-risk screening.ConclusionsFirst results showcase the positive impact of adding such a mobile solution to the employees’ mental healthcare. Next steps will be conducting a longer study, adding control groups and productivity assessment.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared
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Miller, Kara. "Cultural Attunements and Ecological Wellbeing: Embodied Conditions for Mental Health Interventions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 3 (February 29, 2024): 287. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030287.
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A critical need for mental health interventions is clear in the modern era. Bodily attunements to place and space can help cultivate belongingness and heal the anxious modern body, as well as facilitate community solidarity to combat the loneliness and isolation that many are experiencing. Human systems and services have the potential to facilitate meaningful experiences for community members and to incite joyful, thoughtful, or motivating multisensory interactions. Humans’ surroundings have paramount effects on inhabitants and should offer opportunity and inspiration. This paper suggests that such inspiration be drawn from ecological knowledge that can garner healing and wellbeing and offers suggestions and recommendations for doing so. Humane designs are integrated with nature and include environmental access and information that encourages civic participation. This work uses theories and models in ecological community psychology and cultural ecology as well as anthropological approaches to human health to offer somatic principles for healthy community planning and development and for integrating such nature-based health principles into existing structures, including the built environment as well as education. Healing through nature is highlighted here as an approach for attuning to post-pandemic landscapes in order to move into the future in the most generative, sustainable, and supportive ways possible.
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Ayobi, Amid, Rachel Eardley, Ewan Soubutts, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Ian Craddock, and Aisling Ann O'Kane. "Digital Mental Health and Social Connectedness." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW2 (November 7, 2022): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3555620.
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A detailed understanding of the mental health needs of people from refugee backgrounds is crucial for the design of inclusive mental health technologies. We present a qualitative account of the digital mental health experiences of women from refugee backgrounds. Working with community members and community workers of a charitable organisation for refugee women in the UK, we identify social and structural challenges, including loneliness and access to mental health technologies. Participants' accounts document their collective agency in addressing these challenges and supporting social connectedness and personal wellbeing in daily life: participants reported taking part in community activities as volunteers, sharing technological expertise, and using a wide range of non-mental health-focused technologies to support their mental health, from playing games to supporting religious practices. Our findings suggest that, rather than focusing only on individual self-care, research also needs to leverage community-driven approaches to foster social mental health experiences, from altruism to connectedness and belonging.
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Salmen-Navarro, Acran. "SS18-02 WELLBEING AT WORK: PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF MENTAL HEALTH IN HEALTH WORKERS." Occupational Medicine 74, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2024): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0134.
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Abstract Introduction Many health workers neglect their self-care and find it difficult to ask for help when their distress results in a mental disorder. Their sense of duty leads them to maintain a high level of awareness and commitment and may contribute to delay seeking help when suffering from a mental disorder. Materials and Methods We have piloted organizational interventions involving strategies that considered various criteria - physical, psychosocial, epidemiological, operational and administrative to rotate employees in different positions from high – low – high functions. These are all aimed at reducing stigma and improving access to behavioural health services for the healthcare workforce, combined with fostering human resilience to improve mental and often physical health, reduce the total cost of care, reduce suicide, and support a healthy workforce. Results Our findings suggest that these strategies and actions, result in jobs under multifunctional rotation schemes that reduce psychosocial risks and improve workers' perception of them, which has a positive influence on various aspects of the organization to improve health and wellbeing of healthcare staff. Conclusion The field of healthcare has long recognized the immense challenges faced by its dedicated workforce. The factors contributing to mental distress among health workers are multifaceted. However, protective factors can be implemented to support the mental health of these essential individuals. Our findings underscore the potential benefits of proactive, holistic approaches that not only mitigate the negative impact of these challenges but also foster resilience and support a healthy, dedicated healthcare workforce.
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Dovey-Pearce, Gail, Tim Rapley, and Janet E. McDonagh. "Delivering developmentally appropriate health care: Roles for psychologists as members of the multi-disciplinary health care team." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 25, no. 3 (February 21, 2020): 579–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104520907147.
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There is increasing global attention on the health and wellbeing needs of young people. Preventive and proactive approaches will likely lead to the clearest dividends for young people, their own children and wider society. A brief overview of the international context for young people’s health care is given. As well as influencing policy, there are important roles for the health care team, including psychologists, to influence the organisations they work within, advocating for the needs of young people and their families. This is the focus of this article. The concept of developmentally appropriate health care (DAH) for young people is explored. It could help when planning services and approaches that respond to the needs of young people. Building relationships is likely to be key, to connect with young people to help them make health and wellbeing decisions, and provide individualised support. The ‘connectedness’ research could also be helpful in looking beyond the health care evidence. A key challenge for psychologists and their multi-disciplinary health care colleagues, in practice and research, is to move away from a reliance on binary, easier-to-measure health and wellbeing outcomes and, instead, find ways to promote and measure developmental outcomes that are meaningful to young people and their families.