Mental Health and Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment Frameworks-A Systematic Review

Cresswell-Smith, J (通讯作者),Finnish Inst Hlth & Welf, Helsinki 00271, Finland.
2022-11
Mental health is largely shaped by the daily environments in which people live their lives, with positive components of mental health emphasising the importance of feeling good and functioning effectively. Promoting mental health relies on broad-based actions over multiple sectors, which can be difficult to measure. Different types of Impact Assessment (IA) frameworks allow for a structured approach to evaluating policy actions on different levels. A systematic review was performed exploring existing IA frameworks relating to mental health and mental wellbeing and how they have been used. A total of 145 records were identified from the databases, from which 9 articles were included in the review, with a further 6 studies included via reference list and citation chaining. Five different mental-health-related IA frameworks were found to be implemented in a variety of settings, mostly in relation to evaluating community actions. A Narrative Synthesis summarised key themes from the 15 included articles. Findings highlight the need for participatory approaches in IA, which have the dual purpose of informing the IA evaluation and advocating for the need to include mental health in policy development. However, it is important to ensure that IA frameworks are user-friendly, designed to be used by laypeople in a variety of sectors and that IA frameworks are operational in terms of time and monetary resources.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:19|期号:21
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
资助机构
Finnish Government Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities
资助信息
This research was funded by the Finnish Government Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities (in Finnish Valtioneuvoston selvitys-ja tutkimustoiminta-VNS TEAS) VN/29019/2021 project number 20220048.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
11
2013以来使用计数
11
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2022-11
DOI
10.3390/ijerph192113985
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
mental health mental wellbeing impact assessment mental health promotion
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health