Improving mental health literacy in secondary school educational professionals in the netherlands: adaptation of an existing intervention using Intervention Mapping Adapt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advanced interventions to enhance the mental health literacy (MHL) of educational professionals are now available, though their effectiveness varies, likely due to contextual differences. To adapt these interventions for use in other countries, a systematic and tailored approach is required to maintain the logical framework. This study describes the systematic process of selecting and adapting an intervention to improve MHL of Dutch secondary school educational professionals, using Intervention Mapping (IM) Adapt.

Methods

IM Adapt regards six steps: (1) assess needs and organizational capacity; (2) find evidence-based interventions; (3) plan adaptations; (4) make adaptations; (5) plan for implementation; and (6) plan for evaluation.

Results

The outcomes of

SUBMITTER: Tullius JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403538 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature