4858 Mental Health Report - National University of Ireland, Galway

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Collaborative Practice and Policy A summary of the key findings concerning cross-border collaborative practice and policy in both jurisdictions is now presented. Policy Health Promotion Unit, Department of Health and Children, Dublin The Health Promotion Strategy (Department of Health and Children 2000) has a strategic aim in relation to mental health, with greater focus on promoting positive mental health and efforts to reduce the percentage of the population experiencing poor mental health. There is a commitment in the Health Promotion Strategy to initiate the development of a national mental health promotion strategy. However there is no agreed timescale on this. The new recently published health strategy document, Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You (2001), also has a focus on mental health which is seen as being a critical element of achieving better health for everyone. This strategy specifically recommends programmes to promote positive attitudes to mental health and the need for suicide prevention programmes. This adds a new impetus to what is already included in the Health Promotion Strategy. Performance indicators on mental health are being developed with the health promotion managers in the health boards and these should be available in 2002. There will be indicators specifically for mental health promotion and this will bring a greater focus on mental health promotion work. Health Promotion Agency and Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Belfast A draft mental health promotion strategy called Minding Our Health was submitted to the Department of Health in 1998. A wide range of voluntary and community groups and statutory organisations were consulted on this document. Feedback was incorporated into the discussions and a working group has been established to draft the strategy/action plan for promoting mental health. The aims of the strategy are to: • improve people’s mental and emotional well-being, in particular that of people at risk or vulnerable, and people with identified mental health problems, their carers and families. • prevent or reduce incidence and impact of mental and emotional distress, anxiety, illness and suicide. • raise awareness of the determinants of mental and emotional health at public, professional and policy making levels and reduce discrimination against people with mental health problems. • ensure that all those with a contribution to make are knowledgeable, skilled and aware of effective practice in mental and emotional health promotion. 73
Collaborative Practice and Policy These aims will be realised through a comprehensive partnership approach between the statutory, voluntary and community sectors. This report is pending publication. Mental Health Promotion falls under the overall Public Health Strategy Investing for Health. The draft of that document, which includes suicide prevention, will soon be available. This work has incorporated some material, information and discussion from the South, so there are some similarities in terms of the approaches adopted. Mental Health Promotion Initiatives Health Promotion Unit, Department of Health and Children, Dublin The Health Promotion Unit in Dublin has supported a broad range of mental health initiatives, undertaken both by the statutory and voluntary sectors. These include the MHAI Mental Health Matters in schools, anti-bullying initiatives, stress management courses for teachers in partnership with the health boards, suicide awareness materials and a helpline for older people in the community. Health Promotion Agency NI, Belfast A database of mental health promotion initiatives has also been collated. There are between 1,000 and 2,000 people involved in mental health promotion initiatives at some level in Northern Ireland. Evaluation of Practice Health Promotion Unit, Dublin While there is a lot of good work going on, it is unclear as to how much of it is actually evaluated. From Phase 1 of this report we see that while many crossborder projects are funded, there is little evaluation of the collaborative practice, the added value, and whether the mechanisms for collaboration currently being used are in fact the most efficient or the best. Health Promotion Agency NI, Belfast There have been substantial changes in the different health promotion arrangements in England, Wales, etc. with regard to evaluation of practice. The Health Development Agency (HDA) is formally charged with collecting evidence on effectiveness and it is looking across all health promotion practice. In Northern Ireland there appears to be little evaluative work going on in terms of either process, outcomes or collaborative needs. A group in the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has recently been charged with looking at needs and effectiveness of public health approaches in Northern Ireland linked to the Investing in Health Strategy. 74
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