About the IMPACT study
IMPACT is a mental health programme co-developed and delivered by adolescents, for adolescents
IMPACT brings together adolescents, teachers, health care practitioners, parents, local champions, Indigenous communities, researchers and policy actors to understand what really makes a difference in adolescent mental health programmes.
Why it matters
Supporting Adolescent Mental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean is an urgent priority
Indigenous young people in the region face a disproportionate burden of poor mental health shaped by the enduring effects of colonisation, marginalisation, and limited access to culturally appropriate care.
Study objectives
Engage community stakeholders
Including Indigenous adolescents, teachers, community health workers (ICHWs), nurses, social workers, village leaders, community champions, and policy actors.
Strengthen the capacity of community stakeholders
to promote culturally adapted MH messages; prevention, and treatment; train teachers, social workers, ICHWs and primary health care (PHC) nurses to identify and manage common adolescent MH problems, using culturally adapted WHO mental health Gap Action Programme.
Understand context
Evaluate the contextual differences across study sites influence implementation strategies and outcomes.
Share findings
In collaboration with stakeholders at community, national, regional and policy levels.
