Global multisectoral operational framework
for mental health and psychosocial support of children, adolescents and caregivers across settings

Highlights
UNICEF’s operational framework aims to help UNICEF staff and partners develop programmes across the social ecological model and the mental health continuum of prevention, promotion and treatment to improve the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of children, adolescents and their caregivers globally. The strategies and approaches included in the framework will help in accelerating actions for children’s, adolescents’ and caregivers’ mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in national and regional development strategies. The framework can be used in development contexts, humanitarian contexts and within the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. This operational framework emphasizes engaging actors in the health, social welfare and child protection and education sectors at all levels of society to design, implement and evaluate MHPSS strategies that are locally relevant, comprehensive and sustainable.

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Information
For more information about the MHPSS Framework or its demonstration, please reach out to Dr. Zeinab Hijazi, Senior Mental Health Technical Advisor @ zhijazi@unicef.org & Jennifer Groves, MHPSS specialist @ jgroves@unicef.org