Strengthening Mental Health and Resilience Through Schools: Protocol for a Participatory Design Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health problems are a main contributor to the global burden of disease in children and young people within urban environments. In response, the potential of both school- and sport-based mental health promotion interventions has been advocated. However, there exists limited insights into how sport-based interventions can be integrated within school environment. Moreover, there is a need to consider children and young people's specific needs, challenges, and motivations when designing novel mental health promotion interventions.

Objective

The Strengthening Mental Health and Resilience Through Schools (SMARTS) project aims to co-design an evidence-informed school-sport-based mental health promotion program. Specific objectives include (1) co-designing a multic

SUBMITTER: Kegelaers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10474515 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature