Promoting mental health and well-being: integrating individual, organisational and community-level indicators

Health Promot J Austr. 2007 Dec;18(3):198-207. doi: 10.1071/he07198.

Abstract

Issue addressed: The development of an integrated set of mental health promotion indicators at individual, organisational and community levels.

Discussion: There is increasing recognition that the implementation of effective and sustainable strategies for the promotion of mental health and well-being requires the development of indicators to support priority setting, establishing targets and measuring progress. This article aims to contribute to this task by bringing together recent work on individual, organisational and community indicators that shows progress in the promotion of mental health and well-being.

Conclusions: An initial set of indicators is proposed, informed by current knowledge from research and practice settings.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Humans
  • Mental Health*
  • Organizational Policy*
  • Residence Characteristics*
  • Self Concept*
  • Socioeconomic Factors