4858 Mental Health Report - National University of Ireland, Galway

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Table of Contents Page Introductory comments by the Departments of Health 6 Summary 7 Chapter 1: Background and Rationale 9 Chapter 2: Project Aims and Objectives 17 Chapter 3: Methodology 19 Chapter 4: Findings from the Investigation of Cross-Border Collaborative Mental Health Promotion Practices 29 Case Study Profiles of Cross-Border Collaborative Mental Promotion Practice 33 Chapter 5: Collaborative Practice and Policy 63 Chapter 6: Findings from the Compatibility and Comparability of Mental Health and Related Data Sources 95 Chapter 7: Conclusions and Recommendations 123 References 133 Appendices 143 5
Introductory comments by the Departments of Health The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSS&PS) and the Department of Health and Children (DOHC) welcome this report, which will assist in raising awareness of current North/South activities. The report identifies gaps in data collection and highlights the potential for future co-operation and development in the field of mental health promotion. The report also identifies a number of key issues for consideration by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. It highlights the need to reduce barriers to create effective models of cross-border collaboration and the need to create appropriate structures which will facilitate dissemination of best practice. The recommendations made are challenging but attainable and if implemented would have significant impact on promoting positive mental health. The two Departments, together with the Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland, have collaborated on specific health promotion initiatives in the last number of years. However it is recognised that a more structured approach to cross-border collaboration is required. Consequently, the three organisations are currently developing a North/South health promotion collaborative programme. Mental health promotion will be an integral component of that programme and this report will be a valuable asset in the development of that aspect of the programme. DHSS&PS has recently published a new public health strategy, Investing for Health, which contains a framework for action to improve health and well-being and reduce health inequalities. Objective 3 in Investing for Health is “to promote mental health and emotional well-being at individual and community level”. In addition, the strategy commits DHSS&PS to publish a Mental Health Promotion Strategy and Action Plan during the summer of 2002. The DOHC has recently published a new health strategy, Quality and Fairness - a health system for you. One action planned in Objective 4, which relates to specific quality of life issues, is a new Action Programme for Mental Health which will include a national policy framework. That strategy endorses the aims and objectives set out in the Health Promotion Strategy 2000-2005 which (in relation to mental health) calls for the development of a national positive mental health strategy. The target date for the national framework and strategy is 2003. Effective collaboration will be required in developing this policy framework. The two Departments concur with the approach advocated in this report in securing the successful transition of policy recommendations into practice. Pat Osborne Health Promotion Team Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast Shay McGovern Health Promotion Unit Department of Health and Children, Dublin 6
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