Mental health promotion

Sharma, Avdesh; Sharma, Sujatha D.; Sharma, Manasi

doi:10.1097/yco.0000000000000347

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“…), a key construct within the Multi-Theory Model (MTM) of Health Behaviour Change, affected the ability to enact preventive behaviours (Sharma et al, 2021a). Our findings also suggested that the actions and beliefs of their peers affected student’s behaviours, a key element of Social Cognitive Theory (Sharma, 2017). These theories and others, combined with an ecological and social determinants of health approach, may be useful in the design and implementation of future programmes and interventions.…”

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A qualitative evaluation of a campus wide COVID-19 health education campaign: Intent, impact, and ideas for the future

Teti

David

Myroniuk

et al. 2022

Health Education Journal

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Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the diseases it causes remain a public health threat. Data describing health education campaigns for COVID-19 on university and college campuses are lacking, however. Purpose: This study explored college students’ experiences of a USA campus COVID-19 campaign encouraging masking, social distancing and handwashing. Methods: We conducted in-depth interviews with 33 demographically diverse students. Questions focused on students’ experiences during COVID-19, actions and beliefs, and reactions to the university’s COVID-19 prevention campaign. Thematic analysis was used to evaluate responses to the campaign and identify suggestions for future interventions. Results: Students identified three areas of concern – lack of enforcement for nonadherence, inequities and inconsistencies in messaging and failure to connect messages to students’ daily experiences – as problematic. Participants also said the campaign did not address their primary COVID-19 concerns, outlining four thematic content areas needing more attention – learning in quarantine, missing the ‘college experience’, difficult social relationships and chaos and uncertainty. Discussion: COVID-19 prevention campaigns on campus may be best served by a holistic ecological model engaging with needed forms of support on multiple levels. Conclusion: Health education and promotion campaigns that speak to individual, relational, community and policy aspects of disease such as COVID-19 are more promising than campaigns that promote single prevention actions.

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confidence: 58%

A qualitative evaluation of a campus wide COVID-19 health education campaign: Intent, impact, and ideas for the future

Teti

David

Myroniuk

et al. 2022

Health Education Journal

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“…In line with the positive psychology tradition in public health, the ultimate aim is to enhance quality of life by developing personal resilience skills [ 62 ]. Workplaces are considered as crucial settings to deliver mental health promotion, and while programs merely focusing on stress management remain a dominant strategy, a more integrated approach aiming at increased well-being and better mental health is called for [ 63 ]. A broad range of possible interventions for mental health promotion at the workplace have been described and it is difficult to draw firm conclusions on their effectiveness.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The current overall trend in mental health promotion is to enhance capacities and build resilience and well-being through supportive environments. Specifically for the workplace, interventions focus mainly on providing supportive environments aiming to reduce psychosocial stressors and increase coping resources [ 63 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of a Brief Intervention for Promoting Mental Health among Employees in Social Enterprises: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Deforche

Mommen

Hublet

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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Evidence on the effectiveness of workplace mental health promotion for people with disabilities is limited. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mental health promotion intervention in social enterprises. It had a non-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial design with follow-up one and four months after the intervention. In total 196 employees agreed to participate (86 intervention and 110 control). Empowerment was the main outcome; secondary outcomes were resilience, palliative behavior, determinants of four coping strategies of mental health, quality of life, and life satisfaction. A brief participant satisfaction survey was conducted after the intervention. No significant intervention effect on empowerment was found. However, at one month follow-up, significant favorable effects were found on perceived social support for coping strategies for mental health and on palliative behavior. At four months follow-up, favorable intervention effects were found on quality of life, but unfavorable effects were found on unjustified worrying. In addition, the intervention was well received by the employees. This brief intervention might be a promising first step to improve mental health in people with disabilities working in social enterprises. Nevertheless, additional monitoring by professionals and managers working in the organizations might be needed to maintain these effects.

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“…Reviews of mental health promotion strategies, programmes and interventions have emphasised their importance for mental health, with growing evidence on their effectiveness [9]. Mental health promotion interventions are applicable to individuals and whole populations [10,11], and can be delivered in various ways, including communication technology, home-based interventions, school/workplace interventions and community-based interventions [10]. Low-level digital mental health interventions, without face-to-face interaction, are proven to improve depression, anxiety and psychological well-being among college students [12], and mental health interventions delivered via smartphone to reduce depressive symptoms in adulthood [13].…”

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Association between participation in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study and use of psychiatric care services

Kerkelä

Gissler²,

Nordström³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Aims In most population-based epidemiological follow-up studies the aim is not to intervene in the life of the participants. Although the idea is not to intervene, being a member of the longitudinal follow-up study and studies conducted during follow-up may affect the target population. A population-based study including mental health enquiries might reduce the unmet need for psychiatric treatment by motivating people to seek treatment for their psychiatric ill-health. We examined the use of psychiatric care services in the population born in the year 1966 in Northern Finland, of whom 96.3% are participants in the prospective Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966). Methods As a study cohort we used people born in 1966 in Northern Finland (n = 11 447). The comparison cohort included all the people born in the years 1965 and 1967 in the same geographical area (n = 23 339). The follow-up period was from age 10 to 50 years. The outcome measure was the use of psychiatric care services, which was analysed using Cox Proportional Hazard regression and Zero-Truncated Negative Binomial Regression. Results People born in 1966 in Northern Finland did not differ from those born in 1965 and 1967 in terms of the outcome measure. Conclusions We found no association between participation in an epidemiological follow-up study and the use of psychiatric care services. The NFBC1966 may be regarded as a representative at the population level in terms of psychiatric outcomes despite the personal follow-up of the birth cohort. The associations of participation in epidemiological follow-up studies have previously been under-examined, and the results need to be replicated.

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Mental health promotion

Cited by 28 publications

References 49 publications

A qualitative evaluation of a campus wide COVID-19 health education campaign: Intent, impact, and ideas for the future

A qualitative evaluation of a campus wide COVID-19 health education campaign: Intent, impact, and ideas for the future

Evaluation of a Brief Intervention for Promoting Mental Health among Employees in Social Enterprises: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Association between participation in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study and use of psychiatric care services

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