Higgins, Edel;
Booker, Roger;
(2022)
The implementation of a whole school approach to mental health and well-being promotion in the Irish primary school context.
Health Education Journal
, 81
(6)
pp. 649-666.
10.1177/00178969221105319.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:Schools are well recognised as critical contexts for the promotion of mental health and well-being and offer the potential to reach a large number of children at an early age, at a time when they are developing important attitudes and behaviours that may influence their future health. Ensuing from a number of large-scale epidemiological studies which have found that young Irish people are significantly struggling with their mental health and well-being, the Government of Ireland has committed to prioritising mental health promotion in schools through a multicomponent, preventive, whole school approach. OBJECTIVES: To obtain a detailed and integrated account of the implementation of a whole school approach to mental health and well-being promotion in the Irish primary school context. METHODS: A qualitative case study approach was undertaken employing in depth semi-structured interviews, document analysis and field notes. Thematic analysis was applied to all interview data and emerging themes were mapped on to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) domains. SETTINGS: Three Irish primary schools. RESULTS: Facilitators and barriers that emerged from the data related primarily to the schools’ economic and political context, organisational context, and internal and external partnerships and relationships. CONCLUSIONS: This study has demonstrated that the implementation process in ‘real-world’ practice settings, such as schools, is dynamic, complex and exists within a multi-level system and requires careful consideration of the numerous ecological factors that can influence implementation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The implementation of a whole school approach to mental health and well-being promotion in the Irish primary school context |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00178969221105319 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969221105319 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Health education in schools, mental health and well-being promotion, policy implementation in schools |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156511 |
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