MHP Handbook – Manuals for Implementing Mental Health Promotion Projects (MHP Hands)

Duration:

1.3.2010–31.12.2013

Unit at THL:

Mental Health Unit

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Project aims to provide implementation manuals and training for mental health promotion in different settings.

Objectives

Aim is to develop skills and knowlegde in mental health promotion and preventive work of practitioners.

Implementation

Collaborative project creates mental health promotion manuals for three settings: schools, workplaces and older people's residences. Manuals are translated into Finnish and six other languages. Training course is provided on how to use the manual. E-learning tool is designed to support trainers.

Partners

Coordinator:

  • Work Research Center, Ireland

Collaborating partners:

  • Forschungsinstitut des Roten Kreuzes (FRK), Austria
  • Deutsche Bundesanstalt für Arbeitschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Germany
  • EWORX Greece; Estonian–Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute, Estonia
  • Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland
  • Amd Roments Foundation, Romania

Funding

National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) and EU Health Programme 2008–2013.

Contact information

Pia Solin
Development Manager, Mental Health Unit
tel. +358 29 524 7332
E-mail: firstname.lastname@thl.fi

Updated:  22 Dec 2016