Infographic: Equipping Canadians – Mental Health Throughout Life

Population Health Intervention Research

Phase I: Design, test and implement (~18 months)

• Innovative population health interventions
• Address underlying factors
• Design
• Development
• Adaptation
• 15 Projects funded
• Focus on children, youth and families to achieve positive mental health 
• Healthy conditions
• Supportive communities and schools
• For rural remote, Northern and underserved communities to achieve positive mental health  
• The design, development, adaptation and implementation of innovative population health interventions including the development of partnerships 

Phase II: Expanded implementation, partnerships and evaluation (up to 4 years)

• Populations
• Communities in rural, urban, remote and Northern locations
• Over 800 communities
• All provinces and territories
• Over 280,000 program participants
  • Practitioners/professionals/service providers: Over 62,000
  • Policy Makers: 1700
  • Public: Over 1,209,000
  • Total: Approximately 1,555,000
• Interventions
• 9 projects funded
• Northern Community-Based Initiatives
• Locally developed child and youth mental health and wellness interventions in the North
• Culturally appropriate programming for Aboriginal children and youth to increase healthy relationships, confidence, sense of belonging and academic success
• School-based interventions that influence risk and protective factors
• Focus on increasing the social and emotional competence of children and youth in a way that enhances existing supports and builds on community strengths
• Addressing parenting competencies & family cohesion
• Focus on parents and caregivers to develop skills and knowledge to support positive mental health from birth to age 6. Delivered in-home and in the community
• Partners
• Intersectoral partners such as:
  • Communities
  • Government
  • School Boards
  • Non-governmental organizations
  • Universities
  • Public Health Departments
  • Ministry of Education
• Over 300 organizations
• Provincial, territorial, municipal or local level
• Evaluations
• Intervention outcomes and processes measured across multiple sites
• Expanded implementation and delivery of interventions with partners, including the evaluation of the population health intervention in multiple sites

Phase III: scale up, knowledge mobilization and policy change (Up to 3 years)

• Scale up
• Increase the reach and impact of successful interventions to benefit more people and to foster sustainable policy and program development
• 4 projects funded
• Leverage existing partnerships and programs
• Integrate into existing systems and policy
• New opportunities
• Engage policy makers
• Increase the likelihood that the results of the program will be applied
• Increase the reach and impact of successful interventions to benefit more people and to foster sustainable policy and program development