This toolkit has been developed to support the development of mental health and wellbeing joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs). It aims to help people to consider factors that affect mental health and wellbeing and to identify some of the key data, information and knowledge that local areas may use to build a picture of need and assess local services. The guide begins with sections on understanding place and understanding people. These focus on understanding risk, wellbeing, prevention and community resilience in the local population. Later sections cover the mental health care pathway, following a life course approach. These include the perinatal period, children and young people, working age adults and older people. Each section follows a similar structure and includes: a list of potential questions a JSNA may attempt to answer; overview of relevant policy and guidance; list of available national data sources; ideas for sources of local data; and links to relevant evidence and further information. The guide accompanies the Mental Health and Wellbeing JSNA fingertips profile.
(Edited publisher abstract)
This toolkit has been developed to support the development of mental health and wellbeing joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs). It aims to help people to consider factors that affect mental health and wellbeing and to identify some of the key data, information and knowledge that local areas may use to build a picture of need and assess local services. The guide begins with sections on understanding place and understanding people. These focus on understanding risk, wellbeing, prevention and community resilience in the local population. Later sections cover the mental health care pathway, following a life course approach. These include the perinatal period, children and young people, working age adults and older people. Each section follows a similar structure and includes: a list of potential questions a JSNA may attempt to answer; overview of relevant policy and guidance; list of available national data sources; ideas for sources of local data; and links to relevant evidence and further information. The guide accompanies the Mental Health and Wellbeing JSNA fingertips profile.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
population, needs assessment, risk, prevention, mental health problems, mental health services, wellbeing, children, young people, older people, adults, data analysis;