10.5064/F6SUMYSH Purtle, Jonathan Jonathan Purtle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-5944 Drexel University Qualitative Data Repository 2020 Medicine, Health and Life Sciences mental health public health local government Qualitative Data Repository Syracuse University Purtle, Jonathan Jonathan Purtle Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University 2020-01-08 2018-01-31 2020-01-08 2023-11-01 2014/2015 2014/2015 eng ATI annotations QDR:10103 10.1016/J.AMEPRE.2016.09.018. 10.5064/F6SUMYSH/VYIXBG 10.5064/F6SUMYSH/4C7K8L 99960 44745 125038 application/pdf application/x-json-hypothesis application/pdf 2.0 Qualitative Data Repository Standard Access Conditions <b>This is an <a href="https://qdr.syr.edu/ati">Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI)</a> data project. </b> <h3>The annotated article can be viewed on the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379716304585#annotations:group:2Nopp9mx" >publisher's website</a>. <h3/> <em>You will need to use the Chrome browser with the <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hypothesis-web-pdf-annota/bjfhmglciegochdpefhhlphglcehbmek" target="_blank">Hypothesis extension</a> installed to view the ATI annotations</em> </br> </br> Local health departments (LHDs) are potentially well positioned to implement population-based approaches to mental health promotion, but research indicates that most LHDs are not substantively engaged in activities to address mental health. Little is known about factors that influence if and how LHDs address population mental health. The objectives of this qualitative study were to (1) understand how LHD officials perceive population mental health; (2) identify factors that influence these perceptions and LHD activities to address population mental health; and (3) develop an empirically derived conceptual framework of LHD engagement in population mental health. Twenty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of LHD officials and analyzed using thematic content analysis in 2014–2015. Transcripts were double coded, inter-rater reliability statistics were calculated, and categories with κ ≥0.60 were retained. United States Robert Wood Johnson Foundation https://ror.org/02ymmdj85 71685 National Institute of Mental Health https://ror.org/04xeg9z08 5R25MH05091607