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Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19
Cities & Health
  • Moitreyee Sinha, citiesRISE, New York, USA
  • Manasi Kumar, University of Nairobi
  • Lian Zeitze, citiesRISE, New York, USA
  • Pamela Y Collins, University of Washington
  • Suresh Kumar, Harvard University
  • Steve Fisher, Community Works, Melbourne, Australia
  • Nathaniel Foote, Harvard University
  • Norman Sartorius, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs Geneva, Switzerland
  • Helen Herrman, Moi University
  • Lukoye Atwoli, Aga Khan University
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Publication Date
8-1-2020
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Article
Disciplines
Abstract

COVID-19 and the resultant stringent control measures have increased social isolation, loneliness, and domestic violence, and generated feelings of uncertainty, fear, anxiety, and hopelessness. Over the past two years, citiesRISE, a global platform that engages youth leadership in mental health system reform, has developed a holistic model for youth mental health and operationalized it through the Mental Health Friendly Cities (MHFC) framework. Using this framework, we surveyed youth from the five cities early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and identified critical needs, based on which we recommend research and programming priorities towards post-COVID-19 Mental Health Friendly Cities.

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This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.

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Moitreyee Sinha, Manasi Kumar, Lian Zeitze, Pamela Y Collins, et al.. "Towards mental health friendly cities during and after COVID-19" Cities & Health (2020) p. 1 - 4
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lukoye_atwoli/50/