Act-Belong-Commit

Description:

The Act-Belong-Commit mobile app aims to encourage you to be physically, mentally and socially active in your everyday life. It gives suggestions about joining clubs or groups, getting involved with local activities and making commitments that bring purpose to your life. The app includes an interactive self-assessment tool to allow you to measure your activity levels and a 'Find a club' search tool for residents of Western Australia to find local clubs and groups. The app is one part of a wider 'Act-Belong-Commit' campaign to promote mental health and is available to iPhone and iPod Touch users.

Service URL:

http://www.actbelongcommit.org.au/

Agency Responsible:

Curtin University and the University of Western Australia..

Mobile Platform:

Apple.

Details

Format:

Smartphone Application.

Intervention Type:

Educational (primarily educational material or psychoeducation). The program provides information and guidance on how to stay mentally healthy in your everyday life

Course Structure:

No Set Course.

Course Length:

Long (more than 5 modules). The program has information screens as well as an interactive self-assessment and a tool for searching for local clubs

Support Option:

Automated only. As feedback from the activity level self-assessment

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Physical activity. And mental wellbeing

Target Audience:

Adult. Residents of Western Australia

Language:

English.

Access

Mobile platforms:

Apple:

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/act-belong-commit/id507932492?mt=8

Fee:

Free.

Access:

Open: No registration required.

Contact Details:

info@actbelongcommit.org.au

Research evidence

Research Trials:

0

Research RCTs:

0

Outcome Summary:

No research evidence on the effectiveness of the mobile application is currently available. The references cited below detail the development and implementation of the Act-Belong-Commit mental health campaign.

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Research paper citations

Additional references:
Donovan, R.J., James, R., Jalleh, G., Sidebottom, C. (2006) Implementing Mental Health Promotion: The Act-Belong-Commit Mentally Healthy WA Campaign in Western Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 8(1): 33-42.

Donovan, R.J., James, R., Jalleh, G. (2007) Community-based social marketing to promote positive mental health: the Act-Belong-Commit campaign in rural Western Australia. In: Hastings, G. (ed) Social Marketing: Why should the devil have all the best tunes? London, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp 336-343.
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