Investing in youth public mental health in India: multi-stakeholder co-production of a whole school program to promote the mental health of Indian adolescents
The final program, which reflects six of the World Health Organization's and UNESCO's eight global standards for health promoting schools, is freely available. Project SAMA makes a significant contribution to our understanding of what adolescents, school and parents want from a whole school approach to public mental health in India.
Authors
- Paul Cooke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8377-3118)
- Mina S. Fazel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9342-2365)
- Poornima Bhola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3371-1226)
- Lucy Warriner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-5167)
- Siobhan Hugh‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5307-1203)
- Pavan Mallikarjun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9902-9254)
- Prachi Khandeparkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5110-1296)
- Kristian Hudson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5155-3188)
- Sphoorthi G. Prabhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6565-2478)
- K. Lakshman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-7259)
- Ritwika Nag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5707-2319)
- Janardhan Navaneetham
- Amy Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0757-7745)
- Jayalaxmi Kaniyagundi Podiya
- Muthuraju Arelingaiah
- Surendran Ventakaraman
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IN)
- Academy for Healthcare Improvement (US)
- Sangath (IN)
- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1670439
- Primary Topic
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00