Table 1.

Findings and recommendations to facilitate policy maker engagement in GMH research [11]

Finding	Recommendations
The importance of understanding context	Invest in high quality formative research
	Explore crises as a catalyst for positive change
The nature of engagement	Invest adequate time and funding to support engagement and trust-building
	Create opportunities for meaningful and active engagement by end users, providers and policy makers
	Leverage existing resources and relationships
Communication and dissemination	Invest in informed mental health awareness raising and communication strategies
	Create mechanisms to support engagement from program inception
	Invest in capacity development opportunities to support knowledge translation and communications activities by researchers Invest in activities that promote mental health capacity building of policy makers