A systematic concept analysis of mental health promotion |
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| Authors: | Nina Tamminen Pia Solin Margaret M. Barry Lasse Kannas Eija Stengård Tarja Kettunen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy, Mental Health Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland;2. Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyv?skyl?, Jyv?skyl?, Finlandnina.tamminen@thl.fi;4. School of Health Sciences, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;5. Department of Health Sciences, Research Center for Health Promotion, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyv?skyl?, Finland;6. School of Social Sciences and Humanities/Psychology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland;7. Mental health and substance abuse services, Tampere, Finland;8. Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyv?skyl?, Finland |
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| Abstract: | This study explored and clarified the nature and characteristics of the concept of mental health promotion. The study also investigated how these characteristics appear in current policies and strategies. A total of 30 scientific articles and policy documents were identified and analysed using Rodgers’s systematic evolutionary concept analysis method. The analysis provided valuable information on the attributes, related concepts, antecedents, consequences and references of mental health promotion, indicating that the concept is a distinct concept comprising a unique set of attributes and characteristics. A concept mapping of mental health promotion was subsequently developed. The analysis and the concept mapping provide health professionals, policy-makers and researchers with a framework, upon which well-grounded mental health promotion practice and evaluation research can be based. |
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| Keywords: | Mental health promotion mental health concept analysis Rodgers’s evolutionary method concept mapping characteristics |
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