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

Policy brief (D1.2) resulting from the desk review

Intervention scenario (D1.3)

2024
Translation and adaptation
Intervention manual ready for feasibility trial (3.1) submitted as sensitive document to the EU
2024
Feasibility trial  
2025
Cohort study of digitalisation and mental health and wellbeing among SMEs in the Netherlands
 
2025
Fully powered sequential RCT
 
2025
Participatory process evaluation and cost-effectiveness analyses
 
2027
Development of scaling strategy
 
2028
Project Completion