title: Evaluation of a Leadership in Mental Health course for Pacific Island Nation delegates.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report the background to and preliminary evaluation of the Leadership in Mental Health: Island Nations course, run for the first time in Cairns in conjunction with Creating Futures 2015.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The course was well attended and well received, with increased confidence in key areas demonstrated and concerns regarding local application identified. In addition to positive comments, content and delivery issues were raised. Future opportunities for expanding upon this initial course are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Brisbane, QLD, and; Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, QLD, Australia; Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Charlson
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Redman-MacLaren
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia ernest_hunter@bigpond.com.
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008603:Mental Health / Q000193:education*; D010139:Pacific Islands; D015397:Program Evaluation
keywords: Island nations; Pacific; leadership; mental health capacity building