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The Project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund.
OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
Efficient
human
resources2014. - 2020.
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL INCLUSION
EDUCATION
BETTER ADMINISTRATION
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Project „ Healthy Living”practical implementation, challenges and good practices
Element 1 – Health Educationsub-element Mental health
Ljiljana Muslić, PhD, psychologist
6/27/2018
Health andPhysical Activity
Health andNutrition
Health andthe Workplace
Health and theEnvironment
Health Education– Mental health
Health Education – Mental Health
Goals:
• to improve mental health literacy of primary and secondary school staff– to improve their early recognition skills of
mental health problems among children and adolescence and provision of mental health first aid and emotional support
Target population:
• primary and secondary educational school staff (teachers, professional associates, headmasters)
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Activities
1rst PHASE
Conducting Mental Health Literacy Survey among educational school staff
in Croatia
Providing education for professionals within the public health network in the
area of mental health promotion and mental health literacy training skills
2ND PHASE
Implementing standardized educative program for improving mental health
literacy of school staff – education about mental health of children and young people, early recognition of
mental health problems and providing mental health first aid and emotional
support
• literature procurement, dissemination activities, study trips • public health awareness activities and marking the health days: theater plays for
schools/adolescence, public campaigns
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Practical implementationImplementation progress
Survey report and results dissemination
- analysis of results and report writing
Development of standardized educative program
- working expert group established
- advisory expert group established
Development of educative deliverables
- 2 manuals (for school staff, for trainers)
- two day programme
- additional training material (thematic protocols, presentations, worksheets)
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Practical implementation
CHALLENGES GOOD PRACTICES
Multidisciplinary and multisectorialworking and advisory group members – good response
The use of existing knowledge capital among our experts
Developing own national program
Dissemination practice about theongoing process - general support
and recognition among professional community
License and Royalty Agreement for the Youth MHFA Program not
signed
Incompatibilities of public procurement with the project life
Lack of project expertise within the institution
Coordination of a larger number of external associates and parallel
activities
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Next steps
2018
• Survey report presentation and dissemination
• Promotion ofsurvey report for the World MentalHealth Day 2018
• Developing educative program and training materials (manuals, facilitator guides etc)
Spring/Summer 2019
• Finalizing training materials
• Establishing implementation group (trainers)
• Education for implementationgroup (trainers)
• Developing plan of school staff education across Croatia with Teacher Training Agency and County Public Health Institutes
• Promoting activities
Autum/Winter 2019
• Initiating school staff education
• 21 counties
• 5 regional teams of trainers
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Contact: ljiljana.muslic@hzjz.hr
Thank You!
Mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone.