Hi all,
This is so interesting Andrew and thanks so much for sharing this. I would
be interested in seeing more of the data.
I would also like to know about any interventions designed for or with the
children to address the needs.
We looked at strategies to boost mental health in our work in Zambia and
these are in our book, Super Better Children for Health.
The strategies are based on the work of Jane McGonigal - SuperBetter. This
is fascinating work and Id urge people to look it up! It’s a book and an
app.
Happy to share our book too! Its on out website and free to download.
Clare Hanbury
CHIFA profile:
Clare Hanbury is director of Children for Health (www.childrenforhealth.org). She qualified as a teacher in the UK and then worked in schools in Kenya and Hong Kong. After an MA in Education in Developing Countries and for many years, Clare worked for The Child-to-Child Trust based at the University of London’s Institute of Education where, alongside Hugh Hawes and Professor David Morley she worked to help embed the Child-to-Child ideas of childrens participation in health – into government and non-government child health and education programmes in numerous countries. Clare has worked with these ideas alongside vulnerable groups of children such as refugees and street children. Since her MSc in International Maternal and Child Health, Clare has worked freelance and focuses on helping government and non-government programmes to design and deliver child-centered health and education programmes where children are active participants. Clare has worked in many countries in East and Southern Africa and in Pakistan, Cambodia and the Yemen. Her current passion is for distilling health information for teachers, health workers and others – into simple practical health messages actionable by children.