MN Thrives |
Thank you for creating a thriving Minnesota!
Thank you for your work and your willingness to share information on MN Thrives. MN Thrives is a collectively sourced and interactive database of current Minnesota based efforts that promote mental well-being and inclusive, thriving communities. MN Thrives is intended to help Minnesota communities: • Have a comprehensive picture of current mental well-being strategies, locally and statewide, to inform and guide planning efforts, • Actively connect and learn from each other, and • Grow and spread mental well-being strategies across communities and sectors.
Mental Well-being
The emphasis of this database is on upstream promotion and prevention strategies for mental well-being and resilience. MN Thrives aligns with the World Health Organization definition of mental health as "A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community." Creating mental well-being and thriving communities is complex, involving many factors. Many key activity categories are broadly outlined in this Framework for Mental Health Promotion. While this definition is broad and inclusive of the many contributing strategies to promote mental health and well-being in a community, MN Thrives is not designed or intended to capture direct individual clinical services.
What is an initiative? What should be included?
An initiative is any project, program, practice, policy effort, training series, communications campaign, community coalition, community process or other activity that contributes to mental well-being and thriving communities in Minnesota.
Number of Entries: You can decide the number of entries to capture your work. If there are a set of activities that fall under one umbrella, you may choose to include them all in one entry. If there is, among them, an initiative that stands out and would build more awareness if described in a separate entry, please add more than one entry. For example, you may have a community coalition that builds community capacity through planning, community conversations, and fundraising. The coalition may have launched a community-wide campaign about promoting access to nature, which could warrant a separate entry.
Current or Previous Efforts Only: Please only include currently active or occurred in the past, and the locations in which they took place. This database is not intended as a tool to market services that are available anywhere in the state.
For more information:
Mental Health Promotion (state.mn.us) | Anna.lynn@state.mn.us
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