Mental Health Promotion Mapping Exercise

Guidance notes

About this Questionnaire

The development of a national mental health promotion plan has been identified as a priority in Connecting for Life – Ireland’s National Strategy to Reduce Suicide 2015-2020. As part of the development of this Plan, HSE Health & Wellbeing wish to gain an overview of initiatives being delivered by HSE and HSE-funded agencies that aim to enhance the mental health of individuals, families and communities.

Objectives

The findings from this mapping exercise will be used to inform the development of the National Mental Health Promotion Plan by:

Providing an overview of mental health promotion activity currently being delivered by HSE and HSE-funded agencies
Identifying potential gaps in priority areas/settings
Identifying examples of good practice.

Scope

Activity that is included:

Any initiative, project or training that promotes the mental health of individuals, families, organisations or communities as one of its primary objectives.
HSE or HSE funded (part or fully).
National or regional initiatives, project or training.

Examples of relevance include initiatives related to:

Promoting self-esteem, resilience, enhanced coping skills and behaviours that promote and protect mental health.
Enhancing social connectedness and social supports e.g “social prescribing”
Supporting family life e.g parenting programmes
Stress reduction e.g “Stress control”
Community development initiatives to improve mental health
Reducing stigma and promoting recovery of mental health service users.

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list of examples.

Activity that is excluded:

Initiatives that are short-term or once-off and do not have funding beyond the next 6 months.
Suicide prevention training e.g Assist and safeTALK
Activity focused on the treatment of mental illness.

Time to complete and contact details

The questionnaire can be completed online at the link below and will take approximately 15 minutes to complete if you have all the necessary information to hand.
Please complete a separate questionnaire for each initiative.
The closing date for completed surveys has been extended until Friday May 12th.
If you require any further information contact Orla Walsh, Project Manager – Wellbeing and Mental Health, orla.walsh7@hse.ie

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* 1. Please state the name of your initiative if appropriate:

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* 2. Details of key contact person

Name

Organisation

Address

Address 2

City/Town

County

Eircode

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 3. Details of lead person responsible for the delivery of this initiative, if different from above

Name

Organisation

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 4. Are there any other organisations/agencies/groups involved in the initiative? Please list

Yes

If 'Yes' Please list

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* 5. Please state the main aim of the initiative:

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* 6. Briefly outline the main outcomes for participants.

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* 7. What do you consider are the aspects of the work that promote mental health?

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* 8. Does the initiative target (Please tick):

An Organisation

Local Community

Family

Individual

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Please state your target population?

Universal (whole population)

Infants

Children

Adolescents

Adults

Older people

Women

Men

Unemployed

Employees

Healthcare professionals

People experiencing bereavement

People living in poverty

Homeless people

People with physical disabilities

People with intellectual disabilities

People with mental health problems

People with alcohol problems

People with drug problems

LGBT

Travellers

Ethnic Minorities

Prisoners

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Does the initiative focus on a particular setting? If yes, please tick the main setting:

Schools/s

Workplace/s

Health Service setting - Community

Health Service setting - Hospital

Home

Communities

Media/online

Not Applicable

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Please briefly describe the delivery method of the initiative

Lecture style/presentation

One-to-one

Group work

E-Learning

Other (please specify)

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* 12. How long has the initiative been in operation in Ireland

Less than 1 month

1-6 months

6-12 months

12-24 months

More than 2 years

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* 13. Funding

Total annual funding amount

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* 14. Is the initative

Ongoing

Time limited

If time limited, when does the current funding end?

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* 15. Delivery

Initiative is delivered by the HSE

Initiative is delivered by a HSE Funded agency

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* 16. Has the initiative been evaluated?

Yes

If yes please state the name of the individual/organisation who conducted the evaluation and the date the evaluation was conducted

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* 1. Please state the name of your initiative if appropriate:

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* 2. Details of key contact person

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* 3. Details of lead person responsible for the delivery of this initiative, if different from above

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* 4. Are there any other organisations/agencies/groups involved in the initiative? Please list

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* 5. Please state the main aim of the initiative:

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* 6. Briefly outline the main outcomes for participants.

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* 7. What do you consider are the aspects of the work that promote mental health?

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* 8. Does the initiative target (Please tick):

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* 9. Please state your target population?

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* 10. Does the initiative focus on a particular setting? If yes, please tick the main setting:

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* 11. Please briefly describe the delivery method of the initiative

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* 12. How long has the initiative been in operation in Ireland

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* 13. Funding

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* 14. Is the initative

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* 15. Delivery

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* 16. Has the initiative been evaluated?

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* 17. Please outline any additional information you would like to include in the space below