The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a $701,406 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to New York University School of Medicine to test multi-level strategies for scaling up a school-based mental health preventive intervention in Uganda. The study aims to examine vertical scale-up strategies to drive policy changes, develop implementation blueprints, assess regional training center and school outcomes, and explore underlying mechanisms to inform a high-quality scale-up framework for low-resource settings. The project will build on prior effectiveness-implementation studies demonstrating the impact of task-shifting the ParentCorps Professional Development program, which trains teachers to promote children's mental health. The findings are expected to advance knowledge on sustainable approaches to scaling evidence-based mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries.
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