Audiovisual Toolkits on Mental, Social, Physical and Spiritual Health to be Rolled Out in Schools

As part of ongoing efforts to further provide wellness resources to youth, audiovisual toolkits will be rolled out in schools.

The toolkits will cover four main tenets of health – mental, social, physical and spiritual.

This was disclosed by Government Senator, Dr. Saphire Longmore while making her contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on December 1.

They were devised in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Ministry of Education and Youth, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Jamaica Psychological Society, and the Jamaica Psychiatric Association, among others.

She indicated that the resources are intended to equip persons with tips for promoting holistic health and well-being.

“We created four videos, each about seven minutes long, and these will be running in our schools around physical health, mental health, social health and spiritual health,” she said.

The Senator said that in addition to the toolkits, psychologists and psychiatrists will also interact with the students in the schools.

“We will have other toolkits coming out,” she said.