Programme objective
Enable residents to understand and address community mental health challenges through participatory inquiry, local leadership and collective action.
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Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing
Communities identify psychosocial priorities, reduce stigma and organise safe, locally appropriate support and referral initiatives.
A framework for action shaped by local priorities
How we work together
BarnMD uses Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR). In practice, residents help identify local priorities, understand the causes, decide what matters most, organise local leadership, take action and review the results.
- 01Getting to know the community
- 02Understanding local needs
- 03Agreeing priorities together
- 04Building local leadership
- 05Planning and taking action
- 06Reviewing progress together
- 07Planning for the future
Examples of activities
- ✓Participatory mental health needs assessment
- ✓Community mapping of stigma, support gaps and access barriers
- ✓Community-designed stigma reduction and education
- ✓Development of safeguarded peer-support structures
- ✓Family and community engagement
- ✓Mapping professional support and referral resources
Participate in community-led change
Contact BarnMD to discuss local health priorities and how a community-led project could be planned. Activities are developed with residents and proceed after appropriate safety and operational reviews.