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The significant award made by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP), will fund a five-year project called 鈥楰ailo鈥�, led by Professor Peter Fonagy OBE (香港六合彩中特网 Psychology and Language Sciences).听

As part of a radical approach, mental health researchers will work with specialists who design public services for children and young people, and community activists, to develop locally tailored strategies to combat the underlying causes of mental ill health.

Professor Fonagy, who is also听Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, London, said: 鈥淭he pandemic has placed an unprecedented strain on young people鈥檚 mental health and even before the pandemic evidence suggests that poor mental health is on the rise in this group. We know all too well that impact and disadvantage are not equally felt in society 鈥� young people from minoritised and economically disadvantaged groups suffer the most. Here is an opportunity to design something innovative to address this pernicious problem.鈥�

The project Kailo, which means connected or whole, will bring together:

• Leading mental health researchers, system modellers and evaluators from 香港六合彩中特网 and the NIHR North Thames Applied Research Collaborative, and Exeter University and the South West Peninsula Applied Research Collaborative (PenARC)
• Social researchers and designers from Dartington Service Design Lab and Shift,听and
• Voluntary sector mental health practitioners from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and Redthread.

During the initial phase of the five-year initiative, Kailo will be trialled in two distinct communities experiencing differing forms of disadvantage: North Devon, an area which is rural and sparsely populated, and Newham in East London, an area of dense urban population.

The听research will test the feasibility of Kailo across these contexts, so that the model can be refined and implemented more widely in subsequent years.

Professor Tim Hobbs, Chief Executive from Dartington Service Design Lab, said: 鈥淭he current system for addressing mental ill health has developed to be reactive, under the strain of limited resources. This means that a response is often triggered only when a problem becomes severe. This new, connected approach will support practitioners and community leaders to work with young people and families to co-design evidence-informed and locally tailored strategies designed to address the underlying causes of mental ill health in their area.鈥�

The UKPRP funding is part of a wider 拢50m multi-funder initiative to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.

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