cover image: Healthy Transitions From High  - School pilot project report - Heather Smith Fowler | Geneviève Mák | Kelsey Brennan | Paul Lalonde

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Healthy Transitions From High - School pilot project report - Heather Smith Fowler | Geneviève Mák | Kelsey Brennan | Paul Lalonde

26 Oct 2021

We had originally intended for the HTFHS resources to be delivered the in the first semester of the 2015/2016 academic year, and to engage participating teachers and Mental Health Leads in co-designing the training materials. [...] Rather, the objective was to assess the design and delivery of the resources, as well as the appropriateness and feasibility of the selected evaluation measures. [...] Although most students in the focus groups and several educators mentioned that students were already aware of school and community resources, the fact that there was an increase in students’ willingness to seek help speaks to the capacity of the resources to normalize support and help- seeking, and open communication regarding mental health: Social Research and Demonstration Corporation 31 Health. [...] Further consideration also needs to be given to the timing of the post survey and the potential benefits of adding a follow-up assessment of behavioral change and sustainability of knowledge gains in the longer-term, such as at three to six months following students’ exposure the HTFHS resources. [...] Preparations for a demonstration project would need to determine the scope of further refinements to the content of the resources, and to the training and implementation model.

Authors

Paul Lalonde

Pages
57
Published in
Canada