1,023
Views
42
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
FEATURE

Implementing Mental Health Promotion: The Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy WA Campaign in Western Australia

, , &
Pages 33-42 | Published online: 14 Feb 2012

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (6)

Kelly-Ann Allen, Margaret L. Kern, Dianne Vella-Brodrick & Lea Waters. (2017) School Values: A Comparison of Academic Motivation, Mental Health Promotion, and School Belonging With Student Achievement. Educational and Developmental Psychologist 34:1, pages 31-47.
Read now
Line Nielsen, Betina Bang Sørensen, Robert J. Donovan, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen & Vibeke Koushede. (2017) ‘Mental health is what makes life worth living’: an exploration of lay people’s understandings of mental health in Denmark. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 19:1, pages 26-37.
Read now
V. Koushede, L. Nielsen, C. Meilstrup & R.J. Donovan. (2015) From rhetoric to action: Adapting the Act-Belong-Commit Mental Health Promotion Programme to a Danish context. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 17:1, pages 22-33.
Read now
Simone Pettigrew, Robert Donovan, Duncan Boldy & Robert Newton. (2014) Older people's perceived causes of and strategies for dealing with social isolation. Aging & Mental Health 18:7, pages 914-920.
Read now
Simone Pettigrew & Robert Donovan. (2009) Older Audiences’ Responses to Mental Health Promotion Messages. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 11:1, pages 23-31.
Read now
Andrew W. Joyce, Tanya Pauli-Myler, Sharyn Burns, Peter Howatl & Bruce Maycockl. (2008) Adolescent Mental Health Promotion: Could it be Assisted by Considering the Functions of Depression in Young People?. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 10:1, pages 16-22.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (36)

Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Pia Solin, Kristian Wahlbeck & Nina Tamminen. (2023) Conceptualising and measuring positive mental health literacy: a systematic literature review. Journal of Public Mental Health 22:2, pages 47-59.
Crossref
Robert J. Donovan, Catherine F. Drane, Julie Owen, Lesley Murray, Amberlee Nicholas & Julia Anwar‐McHenry. (2023) Impact on stakeholders of a cultural adaptation of a social and emotional well‐being intervention in an Aboriginal community. Health Promotion Journal of Australia.
Crossref
Ben Piggott, Paola Chivers, Caroline Bulsara, Jenny Conlon, Kaine Grigg, Sarah Ann Harris, Michelle Lambert, Lynne Millar & Christina M. Pollard. (2022) “I'm making a positive change in my life”: A mixed method evaluation of a well‐being tertiary education unit. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 34:2, pages 518-529.
Crossref
Robert J. Donovan, Catherine F. Drane & Julia Anwar-McHenry. (2023) Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework. Children 10:3, pages 548.
Crossref
Anne M. Williams & Nigel J. Williams. (2022) Using a cognitive framework with nurses to manage stress. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 29:2, pages 282-291.
Crossref
Lynne Millar, Ranila Bhoyroo, Yesid Pineda Molina, Jessica Watts, Antoinette Geagea, Jennifer Murphy & Christina M Pollard. (2023) Intersection between health, health literacy and local government: a mixed methods approach to identifying ways to better connect people to place-based primary health care in Western Australia. BMC Health Services Research 23:1.
Crossref
Ziggi Ivan Santini, Malene Kubstrup Nelausen, Amalie Oxholm Kusier, Carsten Hinrichsen, Frederik Schou-Juul, Katrine Rich Madsen, Charlotte Meilstrup, Robert J. Donovan, Vibeke Koushede & Line Nielsen. (2022) Impact evaluation of the “ABCs of Mental Health” in Denmark and the role of mental health-promoting beliefs and actions. Mental Health and Social Inclusion 26:3, pages 271-291.
Crossref
Carsten Hinrichsen, Malene Kubstrup Nelausen, Line Nielsen, Ziggi Ivan Santini, Charlotte Meilstrup, Morten Hulvej Rod, Vibeke Koushede & Sigurd Lauridsen. (2022) The workings of an action learning program for building mental health promotion capacity – A realist evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning 92, pages 102080.
Crossref
Julia Anwar-McHenry, Lesley Murray, Catherine F. Drane, Julie Owen, Amberlee Nicholas & Robert J. Donovan. (2022) Impact on community members of a culturally appropriate adaptation of a social and emotional well-being intervention in an aboriginal community. Journal of Public Mental Health 21:2, pages 108-118.
Crossref
Vibeke Koushede & Robert Donovan. 2022. The Handbook of Salutogenesis. The Handbook of Salutogenesis 479 490 .
Robert J. Donovan, Vibeke J. Koushede, Catherine F. Drane, Carsten Hinrichsen, Julia Anwar-McHenry, Line Nielsen, Amberlee Nicholas, Charlotte Meilstrup & Ziggi Ivan Santini. (2021) Twenty-One Reasons for Implementing the Act-Belong-Commit—‘ABCs of Mental Health’ Campaign. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:21, pages 11095.
Crossref
Koji Takenaka, Hiroaki Uechi & Ryo Yoshida. (2021) Behavior change intervention on mental health promotion using if-then plans: A quasi-experimental studyイフ・ゼン・プランを用いたメンタルヘルス・プロモーション活動の行動変容介入――準実験的研究――. Journal of Health Psychology Research 33:2, pages 67-79.
Crossref
Anne Skoglund, Kari Bjerke Batt-Rawden, Agneta Schr鰀er & 貀frid Larsen Moen. (2021) Perception of Student Life as Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being. A Study of First-Year Students in a Norwegian University. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 23:4, pages 487-497.
Crossref
Jennifer Bowers. 2021. Handbook of Rural, Remote, and very Remote Mental Health. Handbook of Rural, Remote, and very Remote Mental Health 733 765 .
Nina Helen Mjøsund & Monica Eriksson. 2021. Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research. Health Promotion in Health Care – Vital Theories and Research 185 208 .
Carsten Hinrichsen, Vibeke Jenny Koushede, Katrine Rich Madsen, Line Nielsen, Nanna Gram Ahlmark, Ziggi Ivan Santini & Charlotte Meilstrup. (2020) Implementing Mental Health Promotion Initiatives—Process Evaluation of the ABCs of Mental Health in Denmark. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:16, pages 5819.
Crossref
Takashi Shimazaki, Hiroaki Uechi & Koji Takenaka. (2020) Mental Health Promotion Behaviors Associated With a 6-Month Follow-Up on Job-Related Mood Among Japanese Workers. International Perspectives in Psychology 9:1, pages 48-64.
Crossref
Sarah E. George, Werner G.K. Stritzke, Andrew C. Page, Julia D. Brown & Tricia J. Wylde. 2020. Alternatives to Suicide. Alternatives to Suicide 45 68 .
Jennifer Bowers. 2020. Handbook of Rural, Remote, and very Remote Mental Health. Handbook of Rural, Remote, and very Remote Mental Health 1 34 .
Powell, Dalton, Perkins, Considine, Hughes, Osborne & Buss. (2019) Our Healthy Clarence: A Community-Driven Wellbeing Initiative. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16:19, pages 3691.
Crossref
Margaret M. Barry. 2019. Implementing Mental Health Promotion. Implementing Mental Health Promotion 195 229 .
Robert J. Donovan, Lesley Murray, Jolleen Hicks, Amberlee Nicholas & Julia Anwar-McHenry. (2018) Developing a culturally appropriate branding for a social and emotional wellbeing intervention in an Aboriginal community. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 29:3, pages 314-320.
Crossref
Julie Dare, Celia Wilkinson, Ruth Marquis & Robert J. Donovan. (2018) “The people make it fun, the activities we do just make sure we turn up on time.” Factors influencing older adults’ participation in community-based group programmes in Perth, Western Australia. Health & Social Care in the Community 26:6, pages 871-881.
Crossref
Julia Anwar-McHenry, Annette Carmichael & Mark P. McHenry. (2018) The social impact of a regional community contemporary dance program in rural and remote Western Australia. Journal of Rural Studies 63, pages 240-250.
Crossref
Nathan C Taylor, Deborah K Hartman, Richard J Bischoff, Alan Hayes, Paul R Springer, Hazel E Dalton & David Perkins. (2018) Supporting strong families and capable communities through cross-national research. Journal of Global Health Reports 2.
Crossref
Ziggi Ivan Santini, Ai Koyanagi, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Josep Maria Haro, Robert J Donovan, Line Nielsen & Vibeke Koushede. (2017) The protective properties of Act-Belong-Commit indicators against incident depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment among older Irish adults: Findings from a prospective community-based study. Experimental Gerontology 91, pages 79-87.
Crossref
Sarah K. Liddle, Frank P. Deane & Stewart A. Vella. (2017) Addressing mental health through sport: a review of sporting organizations' websites. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 11:2, pages 93-103.
Crossref
Robert J. Donovan, Julia Anwar-McHenry, Yolexis Hernandez Aguilera, Amberlee Nicholas & Simone Kerrigan. (2016) Increasing brand recall for naming rights sponsorships. Journal of Social Marketing 6:4, pages 377-389.
Crossref
Julia Anwar-McHenry, Robert John Donovan, Amberlee Nicholas, Simone Kerrigan, Stephanie Francas & Tina Phan. (2016) Implementing a Mentally Healthy Schools Framework based on the population wide Act-Belong-Commit mental health promotion campaign. Health Education 116:6, pages 561-579.
Crossref
Rob Donovan, Geoffrey Jalleh, Katy Robinson & Chad Lin. (2016) Impact of a population‐wide mental health promotion campaign on people with a diagnosed mental illness or recent mental health problem. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 40:3, pages 274-275.
Crossref
Robert J. Donovan & Julia Anwar-McHenry. (2014) Act-Belong-Commit. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 10:3, pages 193-199.
Crossref
Robert J. Donovan & Julia Anwar-McHenry. 2015. Innovations in Social Marketing and Public Health Communication. Innovations in Social Marketing and Public Health Communication 215 226 .
Geoffrey Jalleh, Julia Anwar-McHenry, Robert J. Donovan & Amberlee Laws. (2013) Impact on community organisations that partnered with the Act-Belong-Commit mental health promotion campaign. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 24:1, pages 44-48.
Crossref
Julia Anwar‐McHenry, Robert J. Donovan, Geoffrey Jalleh & Amberlee Laws. (2012) Impact evaluation of the Act‐Belong‐Commit mental health promotion campaign. Journal of Public Mental Health 11:4, pages 186-194.
Crossref
Simone Pettigrew, Robert J. Donovan, Melanie Pescud, Robert Newton & Duncan Boldy. (2012) Communicating with older people about positive mental health. Journal of Public Mental Health 11:2, pages 65-76.
Crossref
Rob Donovan & Nadine Henley. 2012. Principles and Practice of Social Marketing. Principles and Practice of Social Marketing 407 428 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.