The Public Health Agency of Canada’s MHP-IF seeks to learn about promising approaches for advancing mental health promotion among young Canadians, with an emphasis on increasing health equity. The MHP-IF is a 10-year investment starting in late 2019. The first phase is focused on the design, development, delivery and initial testing of project interventions, partnership development, and creating conditions for long-term success, such as broader implementation and scale up, as appropriate. The second phase supports full implementation, adaptation, assessment, scaling and evaluation of the interventions across multiple populations, communities and settings, including the development of vested partnerships and networks.
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Twenty projects were funded in Phase 1, with fifteen continuing to Phase 2. These projects are diverse. They:
- happen in over 120 sites across 12 provinces and territories
- engage Indigenous, newcomer, refugee, immigrant, transgender and other groups
- span infants, early years, school-aged children and youth, and youth in transition years
- work with and for parents, other caregivers, families, service providers, children and youth, educators
- address many determinants of mental health, including social support networks and environments, cultural identity, healthy child development, gender identities, social-emotional learning, healthy relationships, coping skills, pro-social behaviours
- use different approaches, such as trauma-informed, strengths-based, arts-based, land-based, culturally safe, participatory, Indigenous perspectives
- are led by a mix of universities, community organizations and national organizations and networks
