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Implementing sport and physical activity across each layer of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) pyramid for populations affected by displacement
(Elsevier, 2025-06-19) Rosenbaum, Simon; Farello, Anna; Latimer, Kathleen; Vancampfort, Davy; Ventevogel, Peter; Richards, Justin; Warria, Ajwang’; Ager, Alastair; Bray, Maria; Snider, Leslie; Hermosilla, Sabrina; Clark, Jadranka Stikovac; Ferris, Jojo; Kurt, Gülsah
Physical activity (PA) and sport are increasingly recognized as integral parts of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programming within humanitarian response, for people affected by forced displacement. Nonetheless, the programming and implementation of physical activity within MHPSS responses remains inconsistent and largely ad hoc.. In this Short Communication, our team of multidisciplinary authors including academics, and practitioners from disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, physical therapy and sport for development, examine the implementation of sport and PA more broadly, across each layer of the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) MHPSS Pyramid. We demonstrate how PA can be implemented at each layer, to improve MHPSS outcomes in humanitarian settings. We outline examples of how PA is being implemented across the IASC MHPSS pyramid, from ensuring access to inclusive and enabling environments (Layer 1), to strengthening participation in community-based PA and sport initiatives (Layer 2), delivering targeted programs with intentional mental health outcomes (Layer 3), and providing specialized physical activity promotion within clinical mental health services (Layer 4). This Short Communication provides guidance for humanitarian actors on integrating sport and PA across each layer of the IASC MHPSS pyramid.
Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: research priorities for 2021-30.
(2023-04-25) Tol, Wietse A; Le, PhuongThao D; Harrison, Sarah L; Galappatti, Ananda; Annan, Jeannie; Baingana, Florence K; Betancourt, Theresa S; Bizouerne, Cecile; Eaton, Julian; Engels, Michelle; Hijazi, Zeinab; Horn, Rebecca; Jordans, Mark J D; Kohrt, Brandon A; Koyiet, Phiona; Panter-Brick, Catherine; Pluess, Michael; Rahman, Atif; Silove, Derrick; Tomlinson, Mark; Uribe-Restrepo, José Miguel; Ventevogel, Peter; Weissbecker, Inka; Ager, Alastair; van Ommeren, Mark
We describe an effort to develop a consensus-based research agenda for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions in humanitarian settings for 2021-30. By engaging a broad group of stakeholders, we generated research questions through a qualitative study (in Indonesia, Lebanon, and Uganda; n=101), consultations led by humanitarian agencies (n=259), and an expert panel (n=227; 51% female participants and 49% male participants; 84% of participants based in low-income and middle-income countries). The expert panel selected and rated a final list of 20 research questions. After rating, the MHPSS research agenda favoured applied research questions (eg, regarding workforce strengthening and monitoring and evaluation practices). Compared with research priorities for the previous decade, there is a shift towards systems-oriented implementation research (eg, multisectoral integration and ensuring sustainability) rather than efficacy research. Answering these research questions selected and rated by the expert panel will require improved partnerships between researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and communities affected by humanitarian crises, and improved equity in funding for MHPSS research in low-income and middle-income countries. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article published under the CC BY 3.0 IGO license which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any use of this article, there should be no suggestion that WHO endorses any specific organisation, products, or services. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL.]