The seven-year larger project is an implementation study that aims to explore the implementation and adaptation of an integrated evidence-informed mental health intervention model – Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment – Linking Youth and “Xin” (hearts) (ACE-LYNX) with the goal of enhancing the capacity of the existing health and social service professionals and therefore their contribution to mental health care for university students in Jinan, China. Specifically, it examines the implementation of an evidence-based intervention, ACE-LYNX, to: (1) decrease stigma (attitude), (2) increase mental health literacy (knowledge), and (3) promote individual well-being (outcomes) and the collective capacity to collaborate (action) to promote mental health and form an integrative network of care for students. The project team includes three clusters: Implementation (IMP) Cluster, Data Collection and Analysis (DCA) Cluster, and Integrative Knowledge Transfer (IKT) Cluster. Dr. Ka Tat Tsang, as the Co-Principal Investigator, leads the IKT Cluster, working in tandem with Dr. Josephine Pui-Hing Wong from Toronto Metropolitan University, the Principal Investigator, and the other clusters to evaluate and document the process of intervention implementation and resultant knowledge uptake to transform existing health and social service professional resource into expanded capacity in mental health care for university students in China.Normal text.

 To examine the adaptation, adoption, and effectiveness of the intervention, ACE-LYNX, in Jinan, China

 To examine the implementation process and develop knowledge that enhances the implementation and scale up of community mental health intervention and practices to other universities across China, and other contexts similar to China

 What are the diverging and converging understanding of mental health and mental health care across academic/professional disciplines and socio-cultural-political geographical locations, and how are these diverse ways of knowing negotiated, transferred in the implementation process?

 What, how, and under what conditions implementation strategies work to enhance/diminish the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of an intervention/practice?

 What, how, and under what conditions will enhance/deter the collaborative knowledge production among diverse stakeholders – community organizations, individual partners, university researchers, policy makers, and knowledge users?