Grand Challenges: Promoting Youth Mental Wellbeing in Rural Honduras by Engaging Teachers as Catalysts

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
 

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.’