title: Maximizing the uptake and sustainability of school-based mental health programs: commercializing knowledge.
abstract: Clear benefits of school-based interventions focusing on health and mental health promotion or illness have been documented. A number of permanent repositories that rate and list effective school-based programs have been established. However, efforts to implement programs on a mass scale have not succeeded. There is a need to balance program development and improvement with uptake and implementation. This article outlines what is known about knowledge exchange and mobilization and introduces a business lens for school-based mental health programs uptake and sustainability. Individual clinicians can have significant impact by promoting strategies for both patients and the whole school population.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Darcy A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Santor
authors.forename: Alexa L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bagnell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration