Barriers and Facilitators to Sustaining School-Based Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Despite an increasing focus on schools to deliver support and education around mental health and wellbeing, interventions are often not sustained beyond initial funding and research. In this review, the barriers and facilitators to sustaining mental health and wellbeing interventions in schools are explored. A systematic review was conducted using keywords based on the terms: 'sustainability', 'school', 'intervention', 'mental health', and 'emotional wellbeing'. Six online databases (PsycINFO, Embase, MEDLINE, British Education Index, ERIC, and Web of Science) and relevant websites were searched resulting in 6160 unique references. After screening, 10 articles were included in the review and extracted data were qualitatively synthesized using thematic analysis. Data synthesis led to the id

SUBMITTER: Moore A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8949982 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature