F. Consideration of Local Community ContextThis is a featured page

F Consideration of Community or Cultural Contexts

General

ResearchReports/Resources
Brener ND, Everett JS, Kann L, McManus T. Variation in school health policies and programs by demographic characteristics of US schools. J Sch Health 2003;73(4):143-9

Adelsheim S, Carrillo K, Coletta E. Developing school mental health in a rural state. The New Mexico school mental health initiative. Child & Adolescent Psych. Clinics of N. Am, 2001; 10(1):151-159.

Robert W Burke and Sharon H Stephan (2008) Contextual Features of Public Schools in the United States as Settings for Mental Health Promotion, Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, Vol 1, Issue I, 52-56

Farie AM, Cowen EL, Smith M. The development and implementation of a rural consortium program to provide early, preventive school mental health services. Community Ment Health J 1986; 22(2):94-103.

Fertman CI, Ross JL. Differences in the use of a school mental health program in secondary schools. Am J Health Behav. 2003 Mar-Apr;27(2):146-55.

Slade EP. The relationship between school characteristics and the availability of mental health and related health services in middle and high schools in the United States. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2003 Oct-Dec;30(4):382-92.

Lara Farrell, Anouk Sijbenga and Paula Barrett(2009) An Examination of Childhood Anxiety, Depression and Self-Esteem across Socioeconomic Groups: A Comparison Study between High and Low Socioeconomic Status School Communities, Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, Vol 2, Issue 1, 5-19

 Robbins, Vestena;Dollard, Norin;Armstrong, Beth Jordan;Kutash, Krista;Vergon, Keren S.(2008) Mental Health Needs of Poor Suburban and Rural Children and Their Families Journal of Loss and Trauma, v13 n2-3 p94-122 Mar 2008

Hawe, P. (1998). Making sense of context-level influences on health. Health Educ Res, 13(4), i-iv.

Hawe, P., Riley, T., Shiel, E. (2001). Understanding Programs Within Their Context: Use of Inter-Organizational Network Analysis Within a Community Intervention Trial. Paris, France: International Union for Health Education and Health Promotion Conference. (pp. 137-158).



Disadvantaged Communities

ResearchReports/Resources
Robbins, Vestena;Dollard, Norin;Armstrong, Beth Jordan;Kutash, Krista;Vergon, Keren S.(2008) Mental Health Needs of Poor Suburban and Rural Children and Their Families Journal of Loss and Trauma, v13 n2-3 p94-122 Mar 2008


Urban Communities/Inner City Communities/Multi-ethnic Communities

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Rural Communities

ResearchReports/Resources
Heflinger, Craig Anne;Hoffman, Cheri (2009) Double Whammy? Rural Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance and the Transition to Adulthood Journal of Rural Health, v25 n4 p399-406 Fall 2009

Taylor, Richard;Page, Andrew;Morrell, Stephen;Harrison, James;Carter, Greg (2005) Social and Psychiatric Influences on Urban-Rural Differentials in Australian Suicide Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v35 n3 p277-290 Jun 2005

Robbins, Vestena;Dollard, Norin;Armstrong, Beth Jordan;Kutash, Krista;Vergon, Keren S.(2008) Mental Health Needs of Poor Suburban and Rural Children and Their Families Journal of Loss and Trauma, v13 n2-3 p94-122 Mar 2008
  • Canadian Example. The Student Wellness Project is one of four original Mental Health Capacity Building Projects funded by Alberta Health Services. This integrated, school-based community mental health promotion and prevention project involves four schools in the community of High Level, a remote rural community in the northwestern corner of Alberta with a high Aboriginal population. The overall aim of this project, as stated by the former Alberta Mental Health Board, is to “increase the coping behaviours, knowledge and skills of children to enable them to make better choices and adopt behaviours to self protect their mental and physical health at as early an age as possible.” The targeted intensive supports and programs provided through this project are helping the children and youth of High Level to develop the skills they need to function as healthy members of the community. This collaborative project team includes five staff members, as well as the schools and the larger community outside the school walls. A project coordinator, mental health therapist, and three student wellness coaches provide individual and group counselling services as well as mental health promotion and prevention programs for students from Kindergarten to grade 12. Working together with the administrators and school staffs, the Student Wellness team implements a variety of proactive strength-based programs to meet students’ needs. FRIENDS for Life and Fun Friends are just two of the programs in place in the primary and elementary schools. Other programs in the four schools include Volcano Club, Why Try, RespectEd, the Bubble Gum Guy, dating violence and empowerment sessions among others designed to meet the needs of specific groups of students.

  • Team for SUCCESS – A School-based Mental Health Capacity Building Project in Rural Alberta
    In Percy Baxter Middle School in Whitecourt in rural Alberta, the Mental Health Capacity Building Project, called the Team for SUCCESS (Students Using Communication, Collaboration, Empathy and Self-Awareness in Society), uses a strengths-based and solution-focused approaches when planning and facilitating asset-building and service learning programs in our school. The Team for SUCCESS is committed to working in partnership with the community of Whitecourt for students Percy Baxter School to implement and support programs and services that promote coping behaviors, knowledge, and positive healthy life choices.



Aboriginal Communities/Schools

ResearchReports/Resources
  • American Indian Life Skills Development/Zuni Life Skills Development Suicide is the second leading cause of death among American Indians 15 to 24 years old, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The estimated rate of completed suicides among American Indians in this age group is about three times higher than among comparably aged U.S. youth overall (37.4 vs. 11.4 per 100,000, respectively). American Indian Life Skills Development (the currently available version of the former Zuni Life Skills Development program) is a school-based suicide program.


Faith-based/Heritage-based /Cultural Communities/Schools

ResearchReports/Resources

  • Canadian Example. Stop the Stigma is a campaign undertaken by the Toronto Catholic District School board, in partnership with the Mood disorders Association of Ontario to build education, awareness and empathy around mental health within our secondary school communities. Emerging from a joint mandate from the Catholicity Community, Culture and Caring pillar of Student Success, staff from Psychology, Guidance, and Physical and Health education have undertaken a variety of initiatives and student-led activities aimed at building understanding and acceptance of differences, in addition to helping students develop strategies to maintain good health and resiliency.


Affluent Communities/Private Schools

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