Launch-How-to-Make-Societies-Thrive-Romina-Boarini.pdf
- 1. How to Make Societies Thrive? Coordinated approaches to promote mental health and well-being Romina Boarini, Director WISE C the OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity 17 October 2023 Key Findings CENTRE ON WELL-BEING, INCLUSION, SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (WISE)
- 2. ? OECD | Why look at mental health? 27% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Share of people at risk of depression 2021 2020 2014 Source: OECD (2021), COVID-19 and Well-being: Life in the Pandemic, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/1e1ecb53-en In all countries with comparable baseline data, the share of the population at risk for depression rose sharply in 2020 Coalition building across sectors is limited, intersectoral task forces are given little authority, lack of M&E, general resource constraints Mental health plays a central role in peoples lives ? Rise of mental distress across OECD countries during COVID-19 ? Impact of mental health conditions pre-dates the pandemic ? Positive mental health as explicit policy target We see renewed calls for (mental) health in all policies approaches, but challenges remain:
- 3. Applying a well-being lens to population mental health BETTER DATA FOR PREVENTION & PROMOTION How can we improve the quality and availability of comparable data on population-wide mental health status? WELL-BEING & MENTAL HEALTH NEXUS How do life experiences shape mental health? And, conversely, how does mental health shape outcomes in life? INTEGRATED APPROACHES IN PRACTICE What are lessons learned from innovative mental health initiatives across OECD countries?
- 4. The OECD Well-being Framework OECD (2020) Hows Life? 2020: Measuring Well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris https://doi.org/10.1787/23089679 www.oecd.org/howslife
- 5. People with mental distress fare worse in every dimension of life Poor life outcomes, measured through the OECD Well-being Framework
- 6. Examples of win-win policies involving sectors beyond health Increase access to social assistance programmes, while decreasing the cognitive burden of enrolment Social policy and service provision, financial departments responsible for debt relief and targeted inflation support measures Integrate mental health service provision into unemployment services via Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programmes Employment promotion, adult and continuing education, health and care Promote life-long learning Education, sports and culture, employment
- 7. Examples of win-win policies involving sectors beyond health Expand social prescribing programmes Urban planning, health care, social policy, housing, education, sports + culture Reduce the unpaid work gender gap Employment + labour, taxation, family + social policy Highlight mental health costs of climate change and the benefits of climate action in environmental accounting and CBA Budgeting, health care, environment, urban planning, transport, housing, social policy
- 8. How mental health initiatives around the OECD can Western Australia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway: Act Belong Commit (the ABCs of Mental health) Programme Western Australia: Western Australian Mental Wellbeing Guide Canada: Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund & Positive Mental Health Surveillance Indicator Framework Finland: National Mental Health Strategy and Programme for Suicide Prevention 2020-30 New Zealand: Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Te Hiringa Mahara) Norway: Programme for Public Health Work in Municipalities Sweden: Its about life Proposal for the new National Policy for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Wales: Public Service Boards & North Wales Public Service Lab and Insight Partnership ? REALIGN: Whole of government approach ? REDESIGN: Well-being determinants for prevention and promotion ? REFOCUS: Emphasis on positive mental health ? RECONNECT: Building broad partnerships
- 9. ?Multidimensional frameworks can provide the mandate for agencies to contribute to common goals ?Implementation plans that address intersectoral collaboration can support delivery ? Sufficient resources C both time and money C are needed for success and relationship building ? New ways to align: independent oversight agencies; strategic grantmaking for broader well-being work at the local level REALIGN Whole-of-government approach, across sectors and levels of government
- 10. ?Designing and implementing policies that jointly address mental health and other areas of well- being C as showcased in policy examples throughout the previous section ?Creating new tools, such as mental health or well-being impact assessments REDESIGN Social, economic, environmental and relational well-being determinants for mental health prevention and promotion
- 11. ? Publishing data on positive mental health helps with agenda setting ? Strategies and funding are increasingly explicit in targeting mental health promotion REFOCUS Emphasis on positive mental health
- 12. ?Many strategies have a participatory element but it needs to continue beyond the planning stage ?Knowledge brokering is essential to share learnings ? The depth of partnerships matters for impact RECONNECT Building broad partnerships across society
- 13. The Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE): https://www.oecd.org/wise/ OECD work on mental health: https://www.oecd.org/wise/well-being-and-mental-health.htm https://www.oecd.org/els/mental-health.htm Subscribe to our newsletter: https://oe.cd/wellbeingnews Contact us: wellbeing@oecd.org lara.fleischer@oecd.org jessica.mahoney@oecd.org Thank you! Stay in touch with WISE