Toward best-practice post-disaster mental health promotion for children: Sri Lanka

Summary The All Right? campaign was developed as a mental health promotion campaign following the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes. One aspect of the overall campaign was the utilisation of social media as a means of promoting wellbeing messages. This research evaluates the use of the All Right? Facebook page as a means of promoting wellbeing after a major natural disaster. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to gather data about the social media component of the All Right? campaign. Findings indicate that the All Right? Facebook page has become a valued source of consistent wellbeing tips and advice -‘the place that I go’. Wellbeing reminders posted on the page were especially valued following earthquake aftershocks. High proportions of respondents to a survey (n = 212) linked from the All Right? Facebook page agreed that the page was helpful (98%), gave people ideas of things that they can do to help themselves (96%), and made people think about their wellbeing (93%). Over four fifths (85%) of respondents had done activities as a result of what they saw on the All Right? Facebook page. Success factors for the Facebook page often mirrored those for the campaign itself, including: local research to inform the use of appropriate language for translating evidence-based wellbeing messages into a local setting; not being marketed as a government message; and effectively combining public health and communications expertise. Success factors specific to the Facebook page included: regular posts with a focus on issues that affect everyone in Canterbury post-disaster; timely posts, especially immediately following aftershocks; a consistent tone for the All Right? Facebook page; and balancing wellbeing facts and tips with other content that was relevant to the Canterbury population. The overall success of the All Right? Facebook page was reliant on being part of a trusted population-wide mental health promotion campaign.

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Promoting mental health minimising mental illness and integrating through education (PROMISE)

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72240-4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 533-533

Author(s):

P. Flores ◽

R. Izquierdo ◽

E. Leahy ◽

C. Masferrer ◽

P. Ryan

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Role Models ◽

Best Practice ◽

Training Programs ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Green Paper ◽

Healthy Living ◽

Best Practice Guidelines

With the implementation of the European Green Paper on Mental Health, and the development of the Mental Health Pact, the strategic importance of Mental Health promotion and illness reduction as keystones of a European mental health policy and practice has never been greater.The PROMISE project is a EU project and is financed by the European Commission, Directorate General for Health and Consumers, DG Sanco. It aims to develop and disseminate guidelines for generic training and education with respect to Mental Health Promotion and Illness Reduction. The best practice guidelines will specifically focus on the prevention of suicide, depression, and alcohol and drug abuse, and the promotion of healthy living.A specific innovation is the involvement of mental health service users as non-traditional actors by developing multi-disciplinary training guidelines and training programs with a special emphasis on positive mental health, healthy living, diet and exercise project.Project partners are all ‘multiplier’ organizations from 8 different European countries and have extensive previous expertise in their designated roles.The role of Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona PROMISE is: Identify best practice media guidelines for engaging press and media with the mental health promotion agenda through the use of positive role models. Monitor the implementation of the best practice guidelines through the design and development of local case studies in 7 sites across Europe.Outcomes are an integrated and comprehensive set of training guidelines and model training programs accessed through an interactive website, endorsed by European level professional body and university networks.

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Overview of challenges to implementation of good practice in perinatal mental health promotion and management, in universal primary care and community services

Journal of Public Mental Health ◽

10.1108/jpmh-03-2017-0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 100-103 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lucy Marks

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Primary Care ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Best Practice ◽

Good Practice ◽

Community Services ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Perinatal Mental Health ◽

Content Type ◽

Proactive Management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the barriers and solutions to implementing good practice in perinatal mental health promotion in universal services, and propose some ways forward. Design/methodology/approach This paper describes the rationale and evidence base for proactive management of perinatal mental health in primary care and community services and good practice recommendations. There is considerable evidence that these recommendations have not been implemented nationally in the UK. A range of solutions and proposed ways forward to manage barriers to implementation are set out. Findings It is proposed that a number of factors need to be in place in order to deliver best practice in perinatal mental health. Originality/value The value of this paper is to set out what needs to be in place in order for services to promote good perinatal mental health and secure attachment and change the life chances of children and their parents, by intervening early. This will also ultimately save financial resources for public services, because the quality of early relationships is linked to health and mental health.

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