Social cohesion for mental well-being among adolescents
PDF file [286p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E91921.pdf
Website: http://www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/WHO/Progs/SED/hbsc/20080821_26
About the WHO/ Health Behavior in School-aged Children HBSC Forum process:
The WHO/Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) Forum series is dedicated to increasing action on the socioeconomic determinants of adolescent health. It aims to support Member States in:
Ø translating research on young people’s health into policies and action within and beyond the health sector;
Ø scaling up intersectoral policies and interventions to promote adolescent health;
Ø reducing health inequities among young people; and
Ø involving young people in the design, implementation and evaluation of policies and interventions.
The WHO/HBSC Forum 2007 process engaged policy-makers, researchers and practitioners from throughout the WHO European Region in an evidence-review process dedicated to “Social cohesion for mental well-being among adolescents”, supporting follow-up to the European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health in 2005. The process entailed: analysis of data on adolescent mental well-being, mental health and social capital; review of policies and interventions to improve adolescent mental health and well-being; and identification of lessons learned through these initiatives. At the core of the Forum 2007 process were case studies, whose production was undertaken by 93 co-authors representing diverse disciplines and sectors at national and sub national levels.
Excerpt from Foreword:
[…] In reading this final report, it is clear that countries have much to learn from each other on how health systems can be strengthened to promote the mental well-being of young people and prevent mental disorders among this age group. The case studies describe services delivered through schools and in communities, including through strengthened primary care. They convey how data on adolescent mental well-being, mental health and social capital can be used for the design of policies and interventions. They depict the integration of mental health promotion in other services to meet young people’s needs, and specific measures to overcome barriers to access. They define challenges in acquiring sufficient human resources for implementing programmes and explain how training of personnel within and beyond the health sector has helped overcome these.
The studies underline the importance of financing for sustainability, and consistently emphasize the need for supportive legislation and governance mechanisms (including those of an intersectoral nature) that enable action on the wider determinants of child and adolescent mental health. The call for protecting the mental well-being of socially disadvantaged young people underpins all studies. […]
Case studies*:
*Studies can be downloaded individually from: http://www.euro.who.int/socialdeterminants/hbsc/20080821_1
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Background papers:**
**Papers can be downloaded individually from: http://www.euro.who.int/socialdeterminants/hbsc/20080821_20
- Mental well-being in school-aged children in
- Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health among adolescents in
- Economic aspects of mental health in children and adolescents
Forum process “Summary of Outcomes”:
http://www.euro.who.int/document/sed/hbsc_forum_2007_summary_of_outcomes.pdf [pdf 94kb]
World Health Organization 2008
The WHO/HBSC Forum 2007 process was co-organized by: the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development (responsible for overall coordination), the WHO Regional Office for Europe units for mental health and child and adolescent health and development; the HBSC Network; the Tuscany Region (Italy) in partnership with the Local Health Unit ASL12 Viareggio; the WHO collaborating centre for health promotion capacity building in child and adolescent health (Health Promotion Programme, A. Meyer University Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy); the Directorate General of Public Health of the Government of the Canary Islands (Spain); the WHO collaborating centre for health promotion and public health development (National Health Service (NHS) Health Scotland); and the WHO collaborating centre for child and adolescent health promotion (School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Germany). The series is an activity within “The Framework Cooperation Programme between the World Health Organization Regional Office for
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