Review of mental health promotion interventions in schools

O’Reilly, Michelle; Svirydzenka, Nadzeya; Adams, Sarah; Dogra, Nisha

doi:10.1007/s00127-018-1530-1

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“…School administration, in cooperation with parents and leisure-time institutions, including amateur sport clubs, should focus on less physically active adolescents in a similar manner to other socially marginalised and health-endangered populations, putting emphasis on the improvement of adolescents' physical literacy [61,62] and more efficient use of information technologies for positive changes in their lifestyle [44,63]. In particular, prevention of cardiovascular diseases [9,64] and mental health promotion [65] need to be prioritised. PA trends in representative samples of children and adolescents observed using simple indicators such as daily step counts are also essential in Central European countries.…”

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Composition of weekly physical activity in adolescents by level of physical activity

2020

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Background: Physical activity (PA) in adolescence is crucial for lifelong healthy lifestyle, and attention is needed to adolescents at health risk due to insufficient PA. This study investigates the composition of weekly PA in adolescents by PA level and provides a rationale for change in their lifestyles. Methods: The research was conducted at 66 schools in Poland between 2009 and 2016, among 949 girls and 650 boys aged 15-18 years. We used pedometers to monitor weekly PA with data assessed using the Indares web app. The participants were split into three groups by mean daily step count (lower, < 9000; middle, 9000-12,999; and higher, ≥ 13,000 steps/day), as a reliable and non-expensive indicator of PA. Results: We did not observe statistically significant differences in composition of 7-day PA between participants with varying levels of PA, regardless of their gender (F (12,9558) = 0.60; p = 0.841; η p 2 > 0.000). The smallest differences in daily step counts by PA level were found on Mondays and the biggest on Fridays and Saturdays, in boys and girls; the differences between average school and average weekend days were most pronounced in less active girls (1677 steps/day) and boys (1886 steps/day). During the school week, the highest proportion of less active girls met the 11,000 steps/day recommendation on Fridays (21.9%), statistically significantly less than on other school days (p < 0.001). Similarly, less active boys (22.2%) had significantly less activity on Fridays than on other school days, except for Mondays (p = 0.143) Analogous pattern was apparent also in more active adolescents. Conclusions: Less active adolescents have comparable composition of weekly PA to the more active ones but they can hardly meet the generally accepted PA recommendations. Better understanding of weekly PA composition and rates of meeting PA recommendations by day of the week can lead to more efficient interventions improving lifestyles. The recommendation of 9000 steps/day most days of the week, thus, appears appropriate for less active adolescents, as a motivating achievable goal.

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“…Scale based mental health literacy questionnaire(MHLQ) and tested and validated for adolescent populations [22,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] Health seeking intention questionnaire [49] Secondary outcome measures…”

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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

Hassen¹,

Behera²,

Jena³

et al. 2020

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Background: Studies showed Ethiopian adolescents have lower knowledge and awareness about resilient and risk factors and preventive methods of mental health problems that increases mental health promotion and prevention gap. Addressing this gap in school settings using technology assisted mental health promotion platforms could help improve mental health literacy level. Therefore, evaluating effectiveness outcomes of guided social media intervention to improve mental health literacy of school adolescents is convenient issue. Methods: Quantitative and quasi-experimental study will be used among urban school adolescent in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Following pretest measure among adolescents who have smart phones or social media access and age > 15 years old, participants will be assigned by regression discontinuity design as good as random and then mental health literacy module will be delivered through face book/telegram group to be created for about four weeks and posttest will be done after lapse of a week. Control group will receive posts on effective academic studying skills. Adapted and tested questionnaire in convenient local languages along with English version will be used. Inferential statistics will be applied with significance level of p<0.05. Informed voluntary consent will be obtained from participants, their parents/guardians and school directors. Ethical approval is already obtained.Discussion: Mental health promotion in school settings most importantly using technology assisted mental health promotion platforms supposed to be cost-effective, accessible, acceptable, adoptable, appropriate, feasible, reliable, scalable and sustainable approach helping tailor mental health literacy focused mental health first aid practices still deficient and new for Ethiopia. The study will test the hypothesis whether social media is effective channel of intervention in improving mental health literacy level of urban school adolescents.

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“…Berdasarkan WHO bahwa promosi kesehatan mental merupakan suatu kegiatan untuk menciptakan kondisi lingkungan yang mendukung dan mengijinkan individu melakukan penyesuaian gaya hidup yang sehat (Reilly, Svirydzenka, Adams, & Dogra, 2018). WHO menjelaskan bahwa kebijakan kesehatan mental meliputi promosi kesehatan mental dan tidak terbatas pada sektor kesehatan, tetapi juga pendidikan, pekerjaan, peradilan, tranportasi, lingkungan,dll (O'Reilly, 2018).…”

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Studi Pendahuluan: Strategi Promosi Kesehatan Mental Di Lingkungan Kampus Melalui Partisipasi Dosen Wali

Rai¹,

Susanto²,

Savitri³

et al. 2020

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In providing qualified, physically, and mentally health graduates, students' mental health should be paid more attention than before. As the mentalhealth affects a person's psychological condition, in this preliminary research, we seek to formulate the strategy in giving a framework for the PDC program. Academic advisors (dosen wali) became participants in this study. We consider them to know better what students need and can realize an effort to prevent mental health problems. The research used qualitative data and the FGD method to gain the data. The results indicated that how academic advisors need student mental health service as part of the academic process, which showed the crucial issues related to college student mental health.

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Review of mental health promotion interventions in schools

Cited by 255 publications

References 42 publications

Composition of weekly physical activity in adolescents by level of physical activity

Composition of weekly physical activity in adolescents by level of physical activity

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

Studi Pendahuluan: Strategi Promosi Kesehatan Mental Di Lingkungan Kampus Melalui Partisipasi Dosen Wali

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