Local Government research
Highlights:
Mental health indicators for Scotland – ‘Scotland’s Mental Health and its Context: Adults 2009’
NHS Health Scotland previously established a national set of adult mental health indicators for Scotland and has now analysed the available data for these. This first systematic assessment of the mental health (mental health problems and mental wellbeing) and associated contextual factors of the adult population of Scotland was published on 27th February 2009.
This report ‘Scotland’s Mental Health and its Context: Adults 2009’ and a briefing paper, covering the key points from the report, are available both on the ScotPHO website and NHS Health Scotland website.
The associated data file can also be accessed from the ScotPHO website. Hard copies of the briefing paper are available on request. Questions about the mental health indicators data report should be directed to Martin Taulbut martin.taulbut@health.scot.nhs.uk Tel. 0141 354 2946.
A 3-year programme of work to establish children and young people’s mental health indicators for Scotland is now underway. Outputs will be placed on the NHS Health Scotland website.
Evaluation: Promoting Health Improvement and Tackling Health Inequalities: Local Authority Perspectives – Evaluation of a Pack for Trainers
An evaluation report that examined the training pack devised to support capacity building efforts at local authority level in promoting and delivering the Health Improvement agenda.