The InvolveMENT project seeks to enhance mental health support for youth with national minority, indigenous and refugee backgrounds, by tailoring public eHealth services to their specific needs.
Petter Viksveen
The Research Council of Norway
01.07.2023 – 30.06.2027
The project is a collaboration between the University of Stavanger and 10 partners
In 2023, The InvolveMENT-team began their 4-year collaborative research project to improve the mental health of youth from minority backgrounds.
The InvolveMENT project involves youth representatives from national minorities, Indigenous backgrounds, and refugees throughout all stages of the research. These youths, as well as youth co-researchers and partner organisation representatives, have contributed to developing the project and preparing data collection which starts January 2025. The findings will contribute to develop digital services to better meet the mental health needs of minority youth, and eventually to test the acceptability, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and safety of the adapted services. For more information see about the InvolveMENT project please visit this link.
The InvolveMENT project is a collaboration between:
- University of Stavanger, SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, Department of Quality and Health Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare (RKBU North), Faculty of Health Sciences
- Queen Mary University of London (UK)
- Norgga Sámiid Riikkasearvi - Norwegian Sámi association
- Kvääninuoret - Kven Youth
- Finnmarkssykehuset HF, Sámi klinihkka, Samisk nasjonal kompetansetjeneste – psykisk helsevern og rus (SANKS)
- Helse Stavanger HF, Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
- Stavanger Municipality
- Competence center for lived experience and service development (KBT)
- Self-help for Immirgants and Refugees (SEIF)
The project also includes representatives from:
- Det Mosaiske Trossamfund
- Romano kher
- Taternes landsforening
- Forest Finns
- Horn of Africa
- The Middle East and surrounding countries