Branching out: mobilizing community assets to support the mental health and wellbeing of children in primary schools

• Published in: Frontiers in public health Vol. 12; p. 1386181
• Main Authors: Dadswell, Anna, Bungay, Hilary, Acton, Faye, Walshe, Nicola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 2024
• Subjects: arts-in-nature; Child; children’s mental health; creative health; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Health; mobilizing community assets; primary schools; public health intervention; Qualitative Research; Schools; creative health; children’s mental health; public health intervention; arts-in-nature; primary schools; volunteers; mobilizing community assets; school staff

Mobilizing existing creative, cultural and community assets is seen as a crucial pathway to improving public health. Schools have been identified as key institutional community assets and arts-in-nature practice has been shown to promote children's mental health. The 'Branching Out' r...