McHugh, Jennifer, Change, Odille, Mohamed, Arif, Hunter, Ernest, Charlson, Fiona, Dale, Allan, Nadkarni, Abjihit, and Shidhaye, Rahul (2020) Governance to drive improved mental health outcomes in the Pacific: Creating Futures and the Leadership in Mental Health Course. In: State of the Tropics 2020 Report. Report Section. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

[Extract] Our governance system drives decision-making in society in ways that can either improve or diminish social, economic and environmental outcomes for nations, states, communities, families and individual people (Thomas & Grindle, 1990). Having a robust governance system is itself central to achieving better outcomes for society as a whole. One of the key findings of the 2014 State of the Tropics report acknowledged that:Governance is about how companies, institutions and nations are organised to manage affairs, power and responsibilities. It is the process used to implement and monitor decisions, policies and legislation. Generally, the Tropics show a poorer result than the Rest of the World across governance indicators. However, there has been rapid improvement in recent decades (p. 14).

Item ID:	63872
Item Type:	Report (Report Section)
ISBN:	978-0-6486803-7-6
Copyright Information:	© Copyright 2020, James Cook University
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2020 00:49
FoR Codes:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1604 Human Geography > 160403 Social and Cultural Geography @ 35% 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160801 Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment @ 30% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111714 Mental Health @ 35%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920410 Mental Health @ 30% 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9305 Education and Training Systems > 930502 Management of Education and Training Systems @ 35% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920413 Social Structure and Health @ 35%
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