Framing the future: Ensuring vulnerable island communities are engaged.

Cutler, NA; Rumsey, M; Chang, O; Motofaga, S; Millard, J

Framing the future: Ensuring vulnerable island communities are engaged.

Cutler, NA Rumsey, M Chang, O Motofaga, S Millard, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australas Psychiatry, 2024, pp. 10398562241292977
Issue Date:: 2024-10-15

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Cutler, NA
dc.contributor.author	Rumsey, M
dc.contributor.author	Chang, O
dc.contributor.author	Motofaga, S
dc.contributor.author	Millard, J
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-27T23:42:27Z
dc.date.available	2024-10-27T23:42:27Z
dc.date.issued	2024-10-15
dc.identifier.citation	Australas Psychiatry, 2024, pp. 10398562241292977
dc.identifier.issn	1039-8562
dc.identifier.issn	1440-1665
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/181586
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: Statements such as the Bridgetown Declaration1 serve as a wake-up call for action to address the significant mental health needs in small island developing states. Overarching frameworks and action plans have been developed to support nations to promote mental health and build resilience for their populations in the region, and while these frameworks and action plans provide direction, translating them into grassroots change can be a challenge. At the Creating Futures 23 conference, delegates from the Oceania region were invited to participate in a plenary workshop entitled Framing the Future. Three questions were posed for workshop participants to respond to in relation to their perceived priorities, opportunities and innovations to support mental health in their local communities. This paper provides a summary of the workshop participants' responses. CONCLUSION: Community-led innovations, with programs tailored for small island communities, were seen as grassroots solutions in the Oceania region. Engagement with small island communities by policy makers and leaders was considered essential for effective, sustainable and community-led mental health initiatives to realise the objectives of high-level, overarching frameworks and action plans.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	Australas Psychiatry
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/10398562241292977
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	11 Medical and Health Sciences, 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Psychiatry
dc.subject.classification	32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.classification	42 Health sciences
dc.subject.classification	52 Psychology
dc.title	Framing the future: Ensuring vulnerable island communities are engaged.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences
utslib.for	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/School of Nursing and Midwifery
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2024-10-27T23:42:25Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: Statements such as the Bridgetown Declaration1 serve as a wake-up call for action to address the significant mental health needs in small island developing states. Overarching frameworks and action plans have been developed to support nations to promote mental health and build resilience for their populations in the region, and while these frameworks and action plans provide direction, translating them into grassroots change can be a challenge. At the Creating Futures 23 conference, delegates from the Oceania region were invited to participate in a plenary workshop entitled Framing the Future. Three questions were posed for workshop participants to respond to in relation to their perceived priorities, opportunities and innovations to support mental health in their local communities. This paper provides a summary of the workshop participants' responses. CONCLUSION: Community-led innovations, with programs tailored for small island communities, were seen as grassroots solutions in the Oceania region. Engagement with small island communities by policy makers and leaders was considered essential for effective, sustainable and community-led mental health initiatives to realise the objectives of high-level, overarching frameworks and action plans.

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