A quasi-experimental and Guided Social Media Intervention to Improve Mental Health Literacy Level of Urban School Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Detailed Study Protocol

Hassen, Hailemariam Mamo; Behera, Manas Ranjan; Jena, Pratap Kumar; Satpathy, Sudhir

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-17074/v1

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“…Digital media and online network accessibility are ubiquitous in the daily lives of people who are constantly looking for healthrelated information online to support their needs (Holmberg et al, 2019). This is supported by results of research conducted on digital intervention-based health literacy in Ethiopia, which explained that the background of urban parental and socio-demographic characteristics is the determining effects in receiving health messages through digital media and health literacy (Hassen et al, 2020). Parents in the digital era increasingly use the internet and social media to search for health information on their children, as well as provide opportunities to interact with other users to discuss children's health issues (Grajales et al, 2014;Maeve et al, 2015).…”

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Do Parents Use The Internet And Social Media To Child Health-Seeking Information?

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Permana

2022

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Parents in the digital era increasingly use the internet and social media to search for health information on their children, as well as provide opportunities to interact with other users to discuss children's health issues. The purposes of this study is to analyze the patterns of internet use and social media use by parents based on the age category of the child and the most of platform and health topic information that access by parents. The design study was a cross-sectional quantitative study. The target group research was parents who have children aged < 5 to 12 years, have internet access, actively use gadgets, and agreed to be a participant in this study. The technique of sampling used nonprobability sampling with accidental sampling. The data was taken by Google form application to 285 respondents. The results of this study were most of the parents were in urban areas (65.3%) with the majority being housewives (79.6%). The use of the internet by parents to search for health information with a frequency of less than 2 times per week (47.4%) uses a smartphone (91.9%). There is a statistical difference in the use of Instagram social media for parents in searching for health and non-health information (p-value: <0.001), and the use of Tiktok for non-health information (p-value: <0.001). The topics that are most reviewed by parents with children under the age of 5 are allergies, child nutrition, and the dangers of using gadgets in children (screen time). Parents who have children aged 5-11 years and 12 years and over are also looking for information about child nutrition, screen time, and extras such as accidents, bullying, and reproductive health.

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Do Parents Use The Internet And Social Media To Child Health-Seeking Information?

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Permana

2022

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“…A pilot intervention was conducted prior to the main intervention study. 47 Facebook and Telegram were reportedly the most commonly used social media platforms among Ethiopian adolescents, and similarly, in Dire Dawa. Hence, participants were registered to Facebook and Telegram groups.…”

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“…Adolescents below 15 years of age were excluded because they were not expected to have smartphones or internet access, or the familiarity with these that is required to engage fully with the intervention activity. 47 …”

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Effectiveness and Implementation Outcome Measures of Mental Health Curriculum Intervention Using Social Media to Improve the Mental Health Literacy of Adolescents

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Behera²,

Jena³

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Purpose Globally, adolescent mental health problems reportedly manifest more severely in individuals with lower mental health literacy. Mental health curriculum interventions using social media have been associated with positive implementation outcomes. This study aimed to investigate whether such an intervention significantly improves adolescent mental health literacy and is associated with positive implementation outcome measures. Methods This study employed a quasi-experimental design, comparing the before-and-after difference between the intervention group (n 1 =77) and the control group (n 1 =76). A mental health literacy module was delivered using social media. Data were collected using validated questionnaires. Effect size and difference-in-differences model calculations (and associated 95% confidence intervals, CI) were conducted alongside other descriptive analyses. Results The estimated intervention effect size and difference-in-differences estimates were greater than zero. The effect was greater in the intervention than in the control group (p<0.05) despite sex and age differences. The effect size estimate provided by Cohen’s d and Hedges’ g values was medium-to-large (d/g=0.429–0.767, p<0.05). The difference-in-differences reflected a significant effect (DID=0.348, CI: 0.154–0.542, p<0.001) in increasing mental health literacy despite differences associated with sex, age, and school grade. The intervention program was acceptable, appropriate, feasible, and satisfactory, and more than 80% of participants said they agree to completely agree with these implementation outcomes. Resources and personal and family-related factors were among the perceived influencing factors determining the effectiveness and implementation outcome measures. Conclusion The intervention program effectively improved the mental health literacy of adolescents. It has been highlighted that social media interventions for mental health promotion could be practical and scalable; however, there is a need to take into account socio-demographic differences and barriers to inclusion/compliance.

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A quasi-experimental and Guided Social Media Intervention to Improve Mental Health Literacy Level of Urban School Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Detailed Study Protocol

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Do Parents Use The Internet And Social Media To Child Health-Seeking Information?

Do Parents Use The Internet And Social Media To Child Health-Seeking Information?

Effectiveness and Implementation Outcome Measures of Mental Health Curriculum Intervention Using Social Media to Improve the Mental Health Literacy of Adolescents

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