“…All were conducted in rural communities of the USA, the UK, Guatemala and Australia, with the population ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 people. Collectively, these studies all implemented varying evidence-based models for community engagement, and included community-built approaches (Barnard et al , 2004; Barry et al , 1999) and participatory action research (Bryant et al , 2015; Chomat et al , 2019; Stacciarini et al , 2011; Thirlwall and Whitelaw, 2019; Kelter et al , 2022; Lavrencic et al , 2021). However, only two of the studies (Stacciarini et al , 2011; Thirlwall and Whitelaw, 2019) progressed to community empowerment, where locals were able to address mental health by independently influencing one another (Wilson and Sanyal, 2013).…”