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The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students
Mental health literacy (MHL) plays an important role in public health. Improving MHL can promote mental health at the individual and public levels. To date, no published studies have assessed the effectiveness of MHL curriculum interventions among undergraduate public health students. The participan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095269 |
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author | Lai, Hsuan-Jung Lien, Yin-Ju Chen, Kai-Ren Lin, Yu-Kai |
author_facet | Lai, Hsuan-Jung Lien, Yin-Ju Chen, Kai-Ren Lin, Yu-Kai |
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description | Mental health literacy (MHL) plays an important role in public health. Improving MHL can promote mental health at the individual and public levels. To date, no published studies have assessed the effectiveness of MHL curriculum interventions among undergraduate public health students. The participants in this study were undergraduate public health students (n = 48) who were enrolled in an 18-week MHL curriculum for 100 min per week. MHL was assessed using the Mental Health Literacy Scale for Healthcare Students. A paired sample t-test was performed to examine the immediate and delayed effects of the MHL curriculum. The total MHL score significantly improved, and a moderate effect size was found directly after the intervention and six weeks later. There were significant differences in the recognition of mental illness (p < 0.01), help-seeking efficacy (p < 0.05), and help-seeking attitude (p < 0.05) in the five components of MHL between pre- and post-test. Furthermore, significant improvements were obtained for the maintenance of positive mental health (p < 0.05) and reduction of mental illness stigma (p < 0.001) between the pre-test and follow-up. Our findings provide evidence for the development and implementation of an MHL curriculum for public health education. |
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spelling | pubmed-91040262022-05-14 The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students Lai, Hsuan-Jung Lien, Yin-Ju Chen, Kai-Ren Lin, Yu-Kai Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Mental health literacy (MHL) plays an important role in public health. Improving MHL can promote mental health at the individual and public levels. To date, no published studies have assessed the effectiveness of MHL curriculum interventions among undergraduate public health students. The participants in this study were undergraduate public health students (n = 48) who were enrolled in an 18-week MHL curriculum for 100 min per week. MHL was assessed using the Mental Health Literacy Scale for Healthcare Students. A paired sample t-test was performed to examine the immediate and delayed effects of the MHL curriculum. The total MHL score significantly improved, and a moderate effect size was found directly after the intervention and six weeks later. There were significant differences in the recognition of mental illness (p < 0.01), help-seeking efficacy (p < 0.05), and help-seeking attitude (p < 0.05) in the five components of MHL between pre- and post-test. Furthermore, significant improvements were obtained for the maintenance of positive mental health (p < 0.05) and reduction of mental illness stigma (p < 0.001) between the pre-test and follow-up. Our findings provide evidence for the development and implementation of an MHL curriculum for public health education. MDPI 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9104026/ /pubmed/35564671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095269 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lai, Hsuan-Jung Lien, Yin-Ju Chen, Kai-Ren Lin, Yu-Kai The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students |
title | The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students |
title_full | The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students |
title_fullStr | The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students |
title_short | The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students |
title_sort | effectiveness of mental health literacy curriculum among undergraduate public health students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564671 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095269 |
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