Refining the Universal, School-Based OurFutures Mental Health Program to Be Trauma Informed, Gender and Sexuality Diversity Affirmative, and Adherent to Proportionate Universalism: Mixed Methods Participatory Design Process
The updated OurFutures Mental Health program is a trauma-informed, LBGTQA+ affirmative program aligned with the principles of proportionate universalism. The program adaptation responds to recent mixed findings on universal school-based mental health prevention programs, which include null, small beneficial, and small iatrogenic effects. The efficacy of the refined OurFutures Mental Health program is currently being tested through a cluster randomized controlled trial with up to 1400 students in 14 schools across Australia. It is hoped that the refined program will advance the current stalemate in universal school-based prevention of common mental disorders and ultimately improve the mental health and well-being of young people in schools.
Authors
- Jack L. Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0180-185X)
- Chloe Conroy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3234-0344)
- Erin Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-2796)
- Jillian Halladay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-2572)
- Lyra Egan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0922-4396)
- Emily Hunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-6962)
- Nicola C. Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6305-2623)
- Sasha Bailey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-7970)
- Lucinda Grummitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4466-7731)
- Maree Teesson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-463X)
- Lauren A. Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8592-6691)
- Emma Louise Barrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0540-5691)
- Katrina E. Champion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-9366)
- Cath Chapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2460-6862)
- Louise Birrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1335-1382)
- Raaya Tiko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0407-5450)
- An Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6311-2403)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/54637
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64
Funders
- Movember Foundation
- Paul Ramsay Foundation