SMART
Developing & testing the feasibility of a sports-based mental health promotion intervention for adolescents in Nepal: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.
Project Summary
Mental health promotion interventions that improve mental wellbeing, self-efficacy, self-esteem and emotion regulation, are effective in improving adolescent mental health in low-and middle-income countries and could be more cost-effective than treatment approaches.
We will develop and test the feasibility of an intervention that uses sport to promote mental health among adolescents aged 12-19 in Nepal.
We will use a community engagement approach to intervention development, which seeks to foster respectful relationships between the researchers and the community, and build legitimacy for the research.
Our research will inform a full-scale evaluation of the intervention, whilst expanding global knowledge on sports-based mental health interventions and building a sustainable research platform in Nepal.
Key Project Information
Dates: November 2021 - February 2024
Principal Investigators: Dr Joanna Morrison (IGH Lead)
Dr Kelly Rose-Clarke
Dr Nagendra Luitel
Partners: TPO Nepal
Kings College London
Location: UK & Nepal
Funding: MRC
Contact: joanna.morrison@ucl.ac.uk
