Disseminating Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions to Promote Wellness and Mental Health in Children and Youth: A Collaborative Approach

As mental health services are increasingly overwhelmed, there is a need for a more upstream, public health, focus on prevention of these concerns. Preventive interventions target the risk (e.g., bullying, family and dating violence, problem behaviors) and protective factors (e.g., social emotional learning, stress management, family, and school connections) that can undermine child and youth wellbeing. Many of these concerns can be addressed before mental health disorders onset in adolescence or young adulthood. Despite considerable evidence of their efficacy in reducing the onset and duration of mental illnesses in children and youth preventive interventions are rarely disseminated at levels that could make a significant difference to the mental health and well-being of our children and youth. This intern will assist in the process of defining a new organization for the integration of preventive interventions into the tools available to BC youth from the prevention and early treatment of mental illness.

Faculty Supervisor:

Bonnie Leadbeater

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Partner:

Foundry

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Victoria

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