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This study engaged community partners in Sierra Leone to: (a) investigate barriers and facilitators to implementing a mental health intervention within Sierra Leone\u2019s schools; (b) develop an implementation blueprint to address identified implementation barriers; (c) explore the feasibility of using the implementation blueprint methodology in Sierra Leone.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We recruited Ministry of Education Officials (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092), teachers (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200915) and principals <jats:italic>(<\/jats:italic>n\u2009<jats:italic>=<\/jats:italic>\u200915) in Sierra Leone to participate in needs assessment qualitative interviews. We used a rapid qualitative analysis approach to analyze data. Three team members summarized transcripts based on domains aligned with the structured research questions, organized themes into a matrix, and identified and discussed key themes to arrive at consensus. We then reconvened community partners to discuss implementation strategies that could address identified barriers. Participants ranked barriers according to high\/low feasibility and high\/low importance and selected implementation strategies for the blueprint.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Qualitative results revealed several implementation barriers: teacher\/parent\/student buy-in; teacher motivation; scheduling time; limited funding; waning interest; daily hardships outside of school. Strategies selected included: develop\/distribute educational materials; conduct education meetings\/outreach; identify and prepare champions; access new funding.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Engaging community partners to develop an implementation blueprint for integration of a mental health intervention within Sierra Leone\u2019s schools was feasible and may increase implementation effectiveness.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-024-20896-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,18]],"date-time":"2024-12-18T09:58:27Z","timestamp":1734515907000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Tailoring implementation of a youth-focused mental health intervention in Sierra Leone using an implementation blueprint methodology"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Alethea","family":"Desrosiers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bidemi","family":"Carrol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jacqueline","family":"Hayes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fatoma","family":"Momoh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haley","family":"Ritsema","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hannah E.","family":"Frank","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Unisa","family":"Jalloh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"20896_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"137","DOI":"10.1016\/S2215-0366(21)00395-3","volume":"9","author":"GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators","year":"2022","unstructured":"GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators. 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