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A Generic Template for Implementing Mental Health Promotion

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This chapter provides a detailed account of the practical steps involved in intervention planning and delivery. A generic template for action is presented, which can be used to guide planning and implementation across a range of mental health promotion interventions and settings. This information provides a useful base for informing the more practical steps involved in successfully putting interventions into practice, including the stages of programme planning, implementation, evaluation and sustainability. Recommendations for supporting the quality of intervention implementation are outlined.

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  1. WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Margaret M. Barry

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  1. WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

    Margaret M. Barry

  2. Child Mental Health & Wellbeing, Early Intervention Foundation, London, UK

    Aleisha M. Clarke

  3. School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Inge Petersen

  4. Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, UK

    Rachel Jenkins

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Barry, M.M. (2019). A Generic Template for Implementing Mental Health Promotion. In: Barry, M.M., Clarke, A.M., Petersen, I., Jenkins, R. (eds) Implementing Mental Health Promotion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23455-3_5

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