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024 7 |a 10.1017/gmh.2025.10033  |2 doi 
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100 1 |a Davies, Thandi  |u Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, https://ror.org/03p74gp79 University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa 
245 1 |a Implementation outcomes of the waves for change community-based task-shared prevention intervention for adolescent mental health in South Africa 
260 |b Cambridge University Press  |c 2025 
513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a Adolescents face increased vulnerability to mental health conditions, particularly when exposed to multidimensional poverty and trauma and pronounced treatment gaps. Waves for Change, a Sport for Development (SfD) intervention, employs task-sharing through its ‘5-Pillar Method’ to build resilience and prevent mental health conditions among at-risk adolescents in South Africa. This study assessed the implementation outcomes of this Method using a mixed-methods design, incorporating interviews, focus groups, self-report questionnaires, document reviews and routine site assessments, with 69 stakeholders including staff, peer coaches, mental healthcare providers, social workers, teachers, and adolescents. A thematic analysis revealed key facilitators to successful implementation, including: a year-long preventative approach, creation of safe spaces for learning self-regulation skills, employment of youth coaches from local communities, incorporation of fun, group-based physical activities, modelling and repetition of desired skills, provision of transport and meals, government partnerships, and consistent weekly training and supervision. Implementation challenges included coach capacity, due to their education levels and own trauma experiences, measurement of fidelity to the Method and of adolescents’ emotional experiences, and some concerns around ocean safety. These findings provide valuable insights for implementing community-based SfD interventions for adolescents facing adversity, and contributes towards global evidence supporting task-shared mental health approaches in LMICs. 
651 4 |a South Africa 
653 |a Child development 
653 |a Stress 
653 |a Mental health care 
653 |a Prevention 
653 |a Community health care 
653 |a Intervention 
653 |a Mental disorders 
653 |a Well being 
653 |a Taxonomy 
653 |a Methods 
653 |a Adolescence 
653 |a Health services 
653 |a Child & adolescent mental health 
653 |a Skills 
653 |a Health care industry 
653 |a Psychological safety 
653 |a Social workers 
653 |a Self evaluation 
653 |a Youth employment 
653 |a Safety regulations 
653 |a Self control 
653 |a Mental health services 
653 |a Resilience 
653 |a Measurement 
653 |a Repetition 
653 |a Meals 
653 |a Adolescents 
653 |a Implementation 
653 |a Teachers 
653 |a Preventive medicine 
653 |a Educational attainment 
653 |a Employment 
653 |a Community-based programs 
653 |a Adversity 
653 |a Poverty 
653 |a Emotional experiences 
653 |a Self report 
653 |a Prevention programs 
653 |a Community change 
653 |a Fidelity 
653 |a Self regulation 
653 |a Trauma 
653 |a Education work relationship 
653 |a Health care 
653 |a At risk populations 
653 |a Mental health 
653 |a Partnerships 
700 1 |a Marshall, Jamie  |u School of Applied Sciences, https://ror.org/03zjvnn91 Edinburgh Napier University , Edinburgh, UK 
700 1 |a van der Merwe, Nicola  |u Waves for Change, Cape Town, South Africa 
700 1 |a Yarrow, Paula  |u Waves for Change, Cape Town, South Africa 
700 1 |a Conibear, Tim  |u Waves for Change, Cape Town, South Africa 
700 1 |a Lund, Crick  |u Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, https://ror.org/03p74gp79 University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa; Centre for Global Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK 
773 0 |t Cambridge Prisms : Global Mental Health  |g vol. 12 (2025) 
786 0 |d ProQuest  |t Social Science Database 
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