Strategies for Enhancing the Implementation of Universal Mental Health Prevention Programs in Schools: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: A number of school-based mental health prevention programs have been found to be effective in research trials, but little is known about how to support implementation in real-life settings. To address this translational problem, this systematic review aims to identify effective strategies for enhancing the implementation of mental health prevention programs for children in schools. Four electronic databases were searched for empirical, peer-reviewed articles in English from January 2000 to October 2021 reporting the effects of implementation strategies for school-based universal mental health programs. Twenty-one articles were included in the narrative synthesis and assessed for quality using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Twenty-two strategies were found to be effective at improving pr

SUBMITTER: Baffsky R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938015 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature