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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon

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GOAL supports mental health system strengthening in Lebanon www.lshtm.ac.uk/goal. GOAL is a partnership between the National Mental Health Programme Lebanon @LSHTM @Warchild @BeyondText @USJLiban

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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🌍 On #WorldRefugeeDay, discover how the GOAL project is strengthening mental health systems in Lebanon for displaced Syrians & host communities—through inclusive research, sustainable financing & creative tools. 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Supporting refugee wellbeing: the GOAL project on mental health system
Supporting refugee wellbeing: the GOAL project on mental health system strengthening in Lebanon | LSHTM
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Our systematic review on the evidence of health system governance in settings with conflict-affected populations finds a need for more theoretically informed research on governance in settings with conflict-affected populations. 📖⬇️ tinyurl.com/3ddjyatw #HumanitarianHealth
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Power dynamics often shape involvement in research. Read our publication on the experience of collaborative coding in a multinational research team ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mrynfrvs #humanitarianhealth #Lebanon #qualitativeresearch
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Scaling #MentalHealth services for forcibly displaced populations puts new demands on health systems in crises-affected settings and raises questions about how to provide equitable services for displaced & host populations. 📖 Full publication ⬇️ tinyurl.com/dkyaweu8 #HumanitarianHealth #Lebanon
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The humanitarian sector is criticised for power dynamics, marginalising those closest to the setting So GOAL partners published ⬇️ 📖 Power dynamics & participation within humanitarian coordination groups: A case study of the MHPSS Taskforce in #Lebanon bit.ly/4kwurv8 #HumanitarianHealth
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Research co-production is key for humanitarian health actors, but is challenging to implement. In our new paper we critically examine the role of co-production in the GOAL mental health research project in Lebanon 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We're delighted to share our new paper Lebanese and Syrian refugee parents’ experiences of accessing mental health care for their children in Lebanon 👇 journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...
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Lebanese and Syrian refugee parents’ experiences of accessing mental health care for their children in Lebanon: Findings from a qualitative study
Globally, more than 250 million children and adolescents experience mental health (MH) disorders. The estimated 43 million children forcibly displaced at the end of 2022, most commonly displaced to ne...
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Consent must be a participatory process. That includes designing consent & setting the aims from the outset. 🆕 Contextualizing Consent: A Guide For Health Research ✏️Created with, by & for researchers & communities by @beyondtext.bsky.social and War Child Lebanon 📖 bit.ly/44EiFJF
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Consent isn’t just about paperwork. It’s about making sure the power dynamics, relationship and expectations are right. 🆕 Contextualizing Consent: A Guide For Health Research ✏️ Created with, by and for researchers & communities by @beyondtext.bsky.social and War Child Lebanon 📖 bit.ly/44EiFJF
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
How can you make sure everyone’s on the same page with consent? 🆕 Contextualizing Consent: A Guide For Health Research ✏️Created with, by & for researchers & communities by GOAL partners @beyondtext.bsky.social and War Child Lebanon 📖 bit.ly/44EiFJF
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
How can you make sure everyone’s on the same page with consent? 🆕 Contextualizing Consent: A Guide For Health Research ✏️Created with, by & for researchers & communities by GOAL partners @beyondtext.bsky.social and War Child Lebanon 👇 bit.ly/44EiFJF
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Developing guidelines for culturally relevant informed consent: an example from Lebanon
This study addresses the prominent gap in literature and practice by exploring the facilitators and barriers to informed consent and developing culturally relevant informed consent guidelines in Leban...
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If how you approach consent affects the research itself, you might by interested in ⬇️ Contextualizing Consent: A Guide For Health Research 🆕 GOAL publication! ✏️Created with, by & for researchers & communities by @beyondtext.bsky.social and War Child Lebanon
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Developing guidelines for culturally relevant informed consent: an example from Lebanon
This study addresses the prominent gap in literature and practice by exploring the facilitators and barriers to informed consent and developing culturally relevant informed consent guidelines in Leban...
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Tokenism happens when service users are only invited to participate without their input genuinely influencing decisions. Participation should result in tangible outcomes. 📖 Read our Participation Toolkit: tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 🎥 Watch the accompanying animation: tinyurl.com/fndbeupf
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It’s not enough to simply invite participation; service users must feel comfortable and respected to foster genuine collaboration and change. 📖 Read our Participation Toolkit: tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 🎥 Watch the accompanying animation: tinyurl.com/fndbeupf
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
All mental health service users have the right to participate in decisions about their mental health, on all the different levels. 🆕 Read our Participation Toolkit tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 🎥 Watch the accompanying animation tinyurl.com/fndbeupf #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#MentalHealth is a universal human right. But it can’t be achieved without service users participating in all matters related to their mental health, including services, systems & policies. 📖 Use our toolkit tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 🎥 Watch the animation tinyurl.com/fndbeupf #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
How do you participate in decisions about your mental health? This right is crucial to people getting services they need, preserving their dignity & human rights. Find out more ⬇️ 🎥 Animation tinyurl.com/fndbeupf 📖 Toolkit tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Capacity-building is crucial for enabling service users to participate meaningfully in decision-making" 📖 Read our Participation Toolkit: tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 🎥 Accompanying animation: tinyurl.com/fndbeupf #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🆕 The GOAL Participation Toolkit: For Mental Health Services, Programming & Policy supports the meaningful participation of mental health service users in decision-making at all levels. 📖 Use the toolkit tinyurl.com/3mk3zkb5 🎥 Watch our animation tinyurl.com/fndbeupf #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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BeyondText @beyondtext.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our research for @goalproject.bsky.social is out now @plosmentalhealth.org with @warchilduk.bsky.social #Lebanon @emilyaoliver.bsky.social @drkm-c.bsky.social thank you so much for your support 🙏
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🤝Support is powerful ❎ No one should struggle alone Every person has the right to receive quality mental health services. 📖 Read this graphic novel for stories about #MentalHealth services that DO meet people’s needs 👇 Read it in Arabic tinyurl.com/49y76nph or English tinyurl.com/bdcwdh2v
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Mental health stigma can even be found inside health systems. It must be challenged when faced from the outside or from within. 📖 Read GOAL’s graphic novel for stories & solutions to #MentalHealth stigma Arabic: tinyurl.com/49y76nph English: tinyurl.com/bdcwdh2v #MentalHealthAwareness #Lebanon
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BeyondText @beyondtext.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Can culturally-relevant #healthresearch consent reduce power imbalances? 📖 Our 1st publication explores #codesign with communities to develop consent guidance, together with @goalproject.bsky.social partners @warchilduk.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social #designthinking #participatoryactionresearch
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PLOS Mental Health @plosmentalhealth.org · 05/05/2025
#NewPLOSMentalHealthArticle Researchers at @lshtm.bsky.social, @warchilduk.bsky.social, @beyondtext.bsky.social and Saint Joseph's University work with communities in Lebanon to explore the importance of, and develop guidelines for, culturally relevant informed consent. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Developing guidelines for culturally relevant informed consent: an example from Lebanon
This study addresses the prominent gap in literature and practice by exploring the facilitators and barriers to informed consent and developing culturally relevant informed consent guidelines in Leban...
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🔄 Systemic change is needed to address barriers to #MentalHealth Together, we must advocate for accessible, affordable & quality mental health care 📖 GOAL’s graphic novel aims to highlight mental health stories from #Lebanon Read it in Arabic tinyurl.com/49y76nph or English tinyurl.com/bdcwdh2v
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Goal: supporting mental health systems in Lebanon @goalproject.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Our short video for the GOAL graphic novel supporting advocacy for mental health. Read the full GOAL graphic novel in Arabic tinyurl.com/49y76nph & English tinyurl.com/bdcwdh2v #mentalhealthawareness
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