Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol
Abstract Background Schools are an ideal setting for enhancing mental health literacy, a crucial strategy for improving adolescents’ mental health knowledge and attitudes and promoting help-seeking. "The Guide Cymru" program is an adaptation of the mental health literacy program" The...
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| author | Batool Zeidabadi Mahsa Khodayarian Reza Sadeghi Sara Jambarsang Mina mohseni |
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| description | Abstract Background Schools are an ideal setting for enhancing mental health literacy, a crucial strategy for improving adolescents’ mental health knowledge and attitudes and promoting help-seeking. "The Guide Cymru" program is an adaptation of the mental health literacy program" The Guide" that was developed in Canada. The program will be culturally adapted for 13- to 15-year-old Iranian adolescent students in the first secondary schools. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, using the stratified random sampling procedure, the whole eighth and ninth grade student body (aged 13 to 15) from Sirjan City's first secondary schools will be included in the study. Twenty first secondary schools will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: control or intervention. Finally, 562 students and 40 teachers will participate in the research. The tools of mental health literacy scale (MHLs), mental health general knowledge and attitudes related to mental disorders/illnesses are employed in this study. Discussion This trial aims to be to explore whether "The Guide Cymru", a mental health literacy program offered to students as part of the school curriculum, can decrease the stigma associated with mental health and promote help-seeking behaviors among students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a11ee4a98fa849dbae16c5680828c4bd2024-03-10T12:06:28ZengBMCArchives of Public Health2049-32582024-03-0182111110.1186/s13690-024-01257-wValidation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocolBatool Zeidabadi0Mahsa Khodayarian1Reza Sadeghi2Sara Jambarsang3Mina mohseni4Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, International Campus, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Health Education & Health Promotion School of Public Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Public Health, Sirjan School of Medical SciencesCenter for Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesSirjan School of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Schools are an ideal setting for enhancing mental health literacy, a crucial strategy for improving adolescents’ mental health knowledge and attitudes and promoting help-seeking. "The Guide Cymru" program is an adaptation of the mental health literacy program" The Guide" that was developed in Canada. The program will be culturally adapted for 13- to 15-year-old Iranian adolescent students in the first secondary schools. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, using the stratified random sampling procedure, the whole eighth and ninth grade student body (aged 13 to 15) from Sirjan City's first secondary schools will be included in the study. Twenty first secondary schools will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: control or intervention. Finally, 562 students and 40 teachers will participate in the research. The tools of mental health literacy scale (MHLs), mental health general knowledge and attitudes related to mental disorders/illnesses are employed in this study. Discussion This trial aims to be to explore whether "The Guide Cymru", a mental health literacy program offered to students as part of the school curriculum, can decrease the stigma associated with mental health and promote help-seeking behaviors among students.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01257-wMental health literacyRandomized trialAdolescentSchoolKnowledgeHelp seeking |
| spellingShingle | Batool Zeidabadi Mahsa Khodayarian Reza Sadeghi Sara Jambarsang Mina mohseni Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol Archives of Public Health Mental health literacy Randomized trial Adolescent School Knowledge Help seeking |
| title | Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol |
| title_full | Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol |
| title_fullStr | Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol |
| title_short | Validation and evaluation of school-based mental health literacy training program "The Guide Cymru" in Iranian adolescent students aged 13–15: study protocol |
| title_sort | validation and evaluation of school based mental health literacy training program the guide cymru in iranian adolescent students aged 13 15 study protocol |
| topic | Mental health literacy Randomized trial Adolescent School Knowledge Help seeking |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01257-w |
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