Enhancing the effectiveness and sustainability of school-based mental health programs: Maximizing program participation, knowledge uptake and ongoing evaluation using internet-based resources

Darcy A. Santor, Alexa Bagnell

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Abstract

School-based mental health initiatives designed to address mental health difficulties in young people face a number of challenges that can limit their effectiveness and sustainability. These include challenges to participation, challenges to knowledge uptake and challenges to timely and ongoing evaluation. In this paper, we review how each of these challenges affects the effectiveness of school-based mental health programs and how they can be addressed, in part, through interactive, internet-based resources and tools, while maximizing the sustainability of those programs. Never before has a single delivery system such as the internet had the capacity to reach such a large number of young people simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17-28
Number of pages12
JournalAdvances in School Mental Health Promotion
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Pignone M, Gaynes BN, Rushton JL et al (2002) Screening for Depression. Systematic Evidence Review No. 6. Prepared by the Research Triangle Institute – University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-0011. AHRQ Publication No. 02-S002. Rockville, MD, USA: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Pediatrics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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