09.10.2009
Gert Lang
Research Institute of the Red Cross www.mentalhealthpromotion.net
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• Rising incidence of mental distress and disease
• Availability of mental health promotion answers
• Complexity of existing tools and instruments in the field of mental health promoiton (MHP)
• Need for assessment and rationalisation of available tools – implementation reports
• To be able to use the potentials of positive mental health
• Strenghten the links between policy, practice and science
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• To ask for and support the practices in three settings with the implementation of
MHP tools and instruments
• To document ongoing good practice in the three settings
• Possibilities
– to implement MHP in the course of the project
– or to report on prior/ongoing MHP
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• In 2007 we started to find practice partners
(field pilot sites)
• 16 organisations offered insight in their experiences so far
• Available reports from
– 6 from the schools setting,
– 7 workplaces, and
– 3 from the older peoples setting
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• Process of implmentation was mainly
(very) good, e.g.
– High acceptance/satisfaction of target group
– Positive and sustainable organisational effects,
– Tool promoted health and wellbeing
• Outcomes and results were mostly achieved
• Long list of suggestions and
recommendations for practice and policy
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• Setting: Education
FIT FOR LIFE Programme – Promotion of social competencies
Philipp Jugert, BIPP
• Setting: Workplace
Positive Mentality Programme – wellbeing & responsibility
Catherine Kilfedder, BT group
• Setting: Older people’s residences
Spiritual needs of older people
Arja Suni, Age Institute
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