1) Advocate to policy makers
2) Facilitate research and encourage new researchers
- the need to ensure translation of existing evidence base for Prevention into policy and practice
- the need for funding for more research into Prevention
- the importance of mental health to all health, social, and economic outcomes
- the imperative for key mental health indicators to be included as outcomes in all relevant policy initiatives
- the need for significant human and financial resources to be invested to achieve population-based outcomes
- to generate more high quality evidence for Prevention
- to share knowledge and build research collaborations
- to encourage a multi-disciplinary approach to Prevention research
- to build capacity in early career researchers
3) Facilitate Knowledge Translation (KT)
4) Build partnerships
- to identify key targets for KT, including Federal, State and Local Government, clinicians and community health workers, relevant non-government organisations; public health organisations; and members of the public
- to implement evidence-based KT strategies to engage stakeholders in the Prevention agenda and to embed evidence on Prevention into decision-making pathways
- to support the translation of evidence into policy and practice by mainstreaming mental health into public health and other health promotion policies
- with other disciplines and organisations with common aims
- the need for funding for more research into Preventionwith health bodies and relevant government organisations in order to encourage the inclusion of mental health and wellbeing
- indicators as key outcomes in policy and research initiatives
- to support the prevention of mental disorders across the Asia-Pacific region via partnerships and collaborations with local agencies and government authorities.