Grand Challenges: Promoting Youth Mental Wellbeing in Rural Honduras by Engaging Teachers as Catalysts
Grant Type: Individual Project Grant
Topics: Mental Health
College Represented: SPHL
News:
UMD Research Team Releases Report on Mental Health in El Níspero, Honduras: What Our Youth Tell Us
October 15, 2025
UMD Researcher Develops Community Partnership in Honduras to Support Youth Mental Health
September 30, 2024
SPH Collaboration Trains Teachers in Honduras on Student Mental Health
April 30, 2024
UMD Grand Challenges Team Trains Teachers on Youth Mental Health in Rural Honduras
March 6, 2024
Summary:
This international university-community collaboration between the University of Maryland & The Organization for Community Health Outreach is working towards the 2030 United Nations sustainable goals in rural Honduras. This project aims to foster youth mental well-being by strengthening the capacity and providing technical support to public school teachers through three facets: 1) Strengthening teachers' mental health knowledge and skill to be trusted resources for middle-school students; 2) Providing technical assistance and support to the community of teachers via mobile-Health means; and 3) Connecting with families through existing efforts such as ‘escuela para padres.’
PI: Ghaffar Ali Hurtado Choque (SPHL),
Assistant Professor, Family Science