School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Brisbane, South East Queensland, Australia.
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, South East Queensland, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2021 Nov 8;21(1):2037. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12076-x.
Community-based mental health promotion programs focus on improving individual and community wellbeing by strengthening resilience and building capacity to support positive health outcomes. The Wheel of Wellbeing (WoW) is an example of such a program, promoting activities that support social engagement and positive emotions within a holistic framework underpinned by positive psychology. WoW is intended to be flexibly implemented in each community, training community members who implement behaviour change activities in their local community, workplace and educational settings.
This study aimed to understand the opinions and experiences of a sample of individuals who had participated in a range of WoW training programs; documenting the impact on participant behaviours and professional practices, and how the WoW framework was subsequently employed within their communities. Using Ripple Effects Mapping evaluation processes to guide a focus group, nine WoW training participants collectively reflected on the program impacts, generating consensus themes and a mind map. Mind map qualitative data were entered into XMIND mapping software and reviewed with the focus group transcription and field notes.
Thematic analysis identified three themes: increased community involvement and engagement (strengthening community connections); improved health, emotions and behaviour (motivating change to health behaviours); and flexible resources which could be utilised in a range of settings (easily incorporated in the existing organisational cultures).
The results of this study support the premise that the WoW framework can be an effective framework for guiding wellbeing promotion activities, with participants championing a 'ripple effect' across individual, family, friendship, professional and community networks.
社区心理健康促进项目通过增强韧性和建立支持积极健康结果的能力，关注于改善个人和社区的幸福感。幸福之轮（WoW）就是这样一个项目的例子，它通过积极心理学为基础的整体框架，促进支持社会参与和积极情绪的活动。WoW 旨在灵活地在每个社区实施，培训在当地社区、工作场所和教育环境中实施行为改变活动的社区成员。
本研究旨在了解参与各种 WoW 培训计划的一组个体的意见和经验；记录对参与者行为和专业实践的影响，以及 WoW 框架随后如何在其社区中使用。使用涟漪效应映射评估过程来指导焦点小组，9 名 WoW 培训参与者共同反思了该计划的影响，生成了共识主题和思维导图。思维导图的定性数据被输入 XMIND 映射软件，并与焦点小组的转录和现场记录一起进行审查。
主题分析确定了三个主题：增强社区参与和参与度（加强社区联系）；改善健康、情绪和行为（激励健康行为的改变）；以及可在多种环境中使用的灵活资源（轻松融入现有组织文化）。
本研究的结果支持了 WoW 框架可以作为指导幸福感促进活动的有效框架的前提，参与者在个人、家庭、友谊、专业和社区网络中倡导“涟漪效应”。
