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ERIC Number: EJ1466183
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
EISSN: EISSN-1746-1561
Available Date: 2025-01-05
Finding a Needle in a Haystack: A Systematic Approach for Searching through Public Databases for Youth Mental Well-Being Programs
Alice-Simone Balter1; Doga Pulat1; Anjali Suri1; Madison Moloney1; Dina Al-Khooly2; Indika Somir2; Emerald Bandoles2; Clementine Utchay2; Desiree Sylvestre2; Sandra Pierre3; Sheldon Parkes3; Sabrina Brodkin4; Brendan F. Andrade1,5
Journal of School Health, v95 n4-5 p361-369 2025
Background: This practice paper exemplifies a systematic approach used to learn about existing mental well-being programs for youth 11-14 years to inform curriculum development for after-school settings. Methods: We reviewed 3389 mental well-being programs from publicly accessed databases and conducted a content analysis using inductive and deductive coding to explore the domains each program addressed. Results: Through our content analysis of the final eight programs, we found strong alignment with the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) core social-emotional competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision-making. Implications for Practice: Although using established processes (e.g., PICO, CFIR) to review public databases is an effective research strategy, engaging in research-intensive endeavors is time consuming and may not be practical for after-school administration. The benefits of community-academic partnerships, such as EMPOWER, are highlighted as an approach, and opportunity, to promote evidence-based research practices to inform programming in community organizations. Conclusion: Enhancing youth social emotional competencies is an important means to supporting youth mental well-being. Incorporating a systematic approach to select youth mental well-being programs provides a structure, for our EMPOWER project, that can steer the choice of curricula to meet the needs of after-school program contexts.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www-wiley-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Visions of Science, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 3Beyond 3:30, Toronto Foundation for Student Success, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 4Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 5Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada