Promotion by Education: Adolescent Mental Health Policy Translation in a Local Context of China
2020 (English)In: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, ISSN 0894-587X, E-ISSN 1573-3289, Vol. 47, no 1, p. 1-7Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The purpose of this paper is to describe how Chinese national adolescent mental health policy is translated into local plans and practice by means of the theoretical perspective of the policy triangle. Document analysis of national, provincial and local policy documents and semi-structured interviews with local policy actors were performed. National policies were implemented by a top-down process. The ministries were strong policy-makers on the national level, while the policy actors at the local level were mainly found in the educational sector. The content of the policy actions was moral education, knowledge dissemination and learning, rather than counselling and treatment.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2020. Vol. 47, no 1, p. 1-7
Keywords [en]
Mental health, Policy, China, Adolescents, Education system
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Public Administration Studies Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-91707DOI: 10.1007/s10488-019-00964-9ISI: 000511764800001PubMedID: 31549276Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85073969960OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-91707DiVA, id: diva2:1553492
2021-05-102021-05-102021-05-12Bibliographically approved