ASCEND: Advancing Supervisor Capabilities for Mental Health at Work
ASCEND aims to enhance managers’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards mental health, and improve help-seeking behaviors among workers.
Under the program name "MentaalFit", the Dutch team of ADVANCE will examine the benefits of the combination of an interactive manager training on mental health (ASCEND) and an online based stress management program (DWM) for SME employees.
Progress and Results
2023 | ![]() |
Situational Analysis |
Feature Article based on the Desk Review |
2024 |
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Translation and adaptation | Intervention manual ready for feasibility trial (3.1) submitted as sensitive document to the EU |
2024 |
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Feasibility trial | |
2025 |
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Cohort study of digitalisation and mental health and wellbeing among SMEs in the Netherlands |
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2025 |
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Fully powered sequential RCT | |
2025 |
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Participatory process evaluation and cost-effectiveness analyses | |
2027 |
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Development of scaling strategy | |
2028 |
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Project Completion |