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This is a ‘life-span' approach to promote healthy behaviors among youth. Many of the leading

causes of disease and disability can be significantly reduced by preventing behaviors that is
initiated during youth, through a broad spectrum of health education, understanding and
motivation fostered by effective social support and newer policies.

Almost all adolescents & youth who attend HEIs spend around 7-10 hours every day in the
learning environment. Incorporating a strong wellbeing domain into the HEIs can have
substantial influence on best practices of holistic health education. Such integration can best be

achieved by recognizing and addressing the specific unmet psychosocial and learning needs of
adolescents & youth, by effective and active involvement and collaboration of faculty, students
and parents etc. Sustainable service models that integrate promotion, early detection and timely
intervention are the need of today.

HEIs can therefore facilitate the health of staff, families and community members along with
the wellbeing of adolescents & youth.

Keeping this in view, it is realized that institutions need to regularly and frequently hold

workshops and discussions to adopt and disseminate best practices in this matter, and examine
the systemic gaps in their protocols, so that even a single student does not slip through the gaps.

C. Framework for Mental Health & Wellbeing Programmes

Mind Map for Interventions

Level Level of Domain Stakeholders to be involved Level of Intervention

Mental Wellbeing & Entire Institutional Mental Health & Wellbeing
I
Climate Building Community as an Integrated Approach

Mental Health Knowledge Mental Wellbeing – Part of
II All Students and Faculty
Attitudes & Behaviors General Health Promotion

Counselors, Faculty, Peer
Psychosocial Concerns & Extending Additional Help
III Mentors, Wardens and
Problems to Students in Need
Citizens

Severe Counselors, Institution
IV Professional Management
Problems/Disorders Doctors and Other Experts

Objective Levels: I and II – Primary prevention and health promotion, target the causes of

healthy and unhealthy conditions with interventions to promote healthy behaviors and
prevent a disorder from developing.
Objective Level: III – Secondary prevention targets the population at risk to protect them

against the onset of disorders.

Objective Level: IV – Targets the people who have developed the disorders and aims at
helping in the management, reducing the impairment and preventing relapse.

Mental health and wellbeing Programmes are effective in improving learning, psychosocial

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