Pub Date : 2016-09-22DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1230070
E. Langeland, E. Gjengedal, H. F. Vinje
Abstract The primary aim of this paper was to explore and increase knowledge about health-promoting processes among individuals participating in a salutogenic talk-therapy group using a qualitative explorative design. Data were collected through 11 individual interviews and one focus group interview. The informants were five women and two men participating in a salutogenic talk-therapy group over a period of one year. A general structure was identified as ‘A richer life’, which consisted of three main analysis-derived themes: ‘A well-functioning group’, ‘Who am I?’, ‘A community of like-minded individuals’. The main impression provided by these data is that although participants expressed their suffering and struggles with mental health problems, attending the group positively affected their lives and well-being. A good salutogenic group climate with high quality of social support, a redefinition of tension, and active participation seem crucial for initiating and promoting salutogenic processes.
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Pub Date : 2016-08-07DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1210531
Kristi Calder, Lucy D'Aeth, Sue Turner, Ciarán Fox, Annabel Begg
Abstract The All Right? campaign, was developed as an over-arching mental health promotion campaign following the 2010-2011 earthquake sequence (Christchurch, New Zealand). To our knowledge this campaign is unique in promoting population wide psychosocial well-being following a disaster. Mixed methods were used for data collection. The campaign has achieved a wide reach within the affected population (70%) and high levels of agreement from those surveyed who were aware of the campaign that the messages were helpful (84%). Success factors included: strong relationships between key agencies prior to a disaster, local research to inform the use of appropriate language for translating evidence based well-being messages into a local setting, not being marketed as a government message whilst maintaining strong relationships with key agencies. In addition to the mass appeal of the All Right? campaign, targeted campaigns from the inception would have been beneficial, in particular, to reach Māori and Pacific communities. As a result of the evaluation findings, this more specifically focused messaging has been developed. There would be value in the replication of the campaign particularly in the post disaster context in other high income countries, this would need to be tailored on the basis of local research and need.
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Pub Date : 2016-08-07DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1209423
K. Mok, R. Donovan, B. Hocking, Brendan S. Maher, Rebecca Lewis, J. Pirkis
Abstract R U OK? is an Australian-based organisation that aims to prevent suicide by empowering and encouraging community members to have regular, meaningful conversations with those around them by asking, ‘Are you ok?’ One of the organisation’s main activities is ‘R U OK? Day’, a national day of action held in Australia every year to remind people of the importance of connecting with and supporting those around them who may be troubled. This paper primarily examines data from a 2014 Australia-wide population survey evaluating the effectiveness of the R U OK? campaign in promoting its message. Following R U OK? Day in 2014, approximately two-thirds of participants reported being aware of R U OK?, with one in five of these participating in R U OK? Day activities. Overall, people believed that the R U OK? campaign has a positive impact on people’s willingness to talk to others about their problems and seek professional help, and in reducing the stigma associated with help-seeking. The findings were positive, but future work should also investigate outcomes such as knowledge, stigma and help-seeking in order to demonstrate the efficacy of the campaign.
你还好吗?是一家总部位于澳大利亚的组织，旨在通过授权和鼓励社区成员定期与周围的人进行有意义的对话来预防自杀，他们会问:“你还好吗?”该组织的主要活动之一是“你还好吗?”这是澳大利亚每年举行的全国性行动日，旨在提醒人们与周围可能遇到麻烦的人建立联系并给予支持的重要性。本文主要研究了2014年澳大利亚全国人口调查的数据，该调查评估了R U OK?运动，以推广其讯息。跟着你走好吗?在2014年的第一天，大约三分之二的参与者报告说他们知道R U，好吗?其中五分之一的人参与了R U ?一天的活动。总的来说，人们相信R U OK?运动对人们愿意与他人谈论他们的问题和寻求专业帮助，以及减少与寻求帮助有关的耻辱产生了积极影响。研究结果是积极的，但未来的工作还应该调查诸如知识、耻辱和寻求帮助等结果，以证明该运动的有效性。
{"title":"Stimulating community action for suicide prevention: findings on the effectiveness of the Australian R U OK? Campaign","authors":"K. Mok, R. Donovan, B. Hocking, Brendan S. Maher, Rebecca Lewis, J. Pirkis","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2016.1209423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2016.1209423","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract R U OK? is an Australian-based organisation that aims to prevent suicide by empowering and encouraging community members to have regular, meaningful conversations with those around them by asking, ‘Are you ok?’ One of the organisation’s main activities is ‘R U OK? Day’, a national day of action held in Australia every year to remind people of the importance of connecting with and supporting those around them who may be troubled. This paper primarily examines data from a 2014 Australia-wide population survey evaluating the effectiveness of the R U OK? campaign in promoting its message. Following R U OK? Day in 2014, approximately two-thirds of participants reported being aware of R U OK?, with one in five of these participating in R U OK? Day activities. Overall, people believed that the R U OK? campaign has a positive impact on people’s willingness to talk to others about their problems and seek professional help, and in reducing the stigma associated with help-seeking. The findings were positive, but future work should also investigate outcomes such as knowledge, stigma and help-seeking in order to demonstrate the efficacy of the campaign.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"18 1","pages":"213 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2016.1209423","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60313252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-08-02DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1213654
Y. Choi, Gyu-Hee Park
Abstract Approximately one in 12 marriages in Korea is an international marriage between a Korean man and a foreign woman. Women immigrating by international marriage have often reported that they experience difficulties adapting to their Korean family and culture. This study was conducted to provide basic information for developing mental health programs for immigrant women in Korea by investigating their acculturation stress, mental health literacy, and mental health. A sample of 209 immigrant women completed scales measuring these three constructs, which correlation analyses revealed to be significantly interrelated. Immigrant women’s acculturation stress was significantly related to number of marriages, husbands’ number of marriages, original country, reason for marriage, and occupation. Mental health was significantly associated with women’s original country, reason for marriage, education, and house income. Mental health literacy was significantly related to nationality. This research provides an important evidence base for developing multicultural education, services, and programs.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-26DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1204934
N. Tamminen, Pia Solin, M. Barry, L. Kannas, E. Stengård, T. Kettunen
Abstract This study explored and clarified the nature and characteristics of the concept of mental health promotion. The study also investigated how these characteristics appear in current policies and strategies. A total of 30 scientific articles and policy documents were identified and analysed using Rodgers’s systematic evolutionary concept analysis method. The analysis provided valuable information on the attributes, related concepts, antecedents, consequences and references of mental health promotion, indicating that the concept is a distinct concept comprising a unique set of attributes and characteristics. A concept mapping of mental health promotion was subsequently developed. The analysis and the concept mapping provide health professionals, policy-makers and researchers with a framework, upon which well-grounded mental health promotion practice and evaluation research can be based.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-21DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1207552
S. Torp, H. F. Vinje, Hedvik Kamilla Haaheim-Simonsen
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate which work factors researchers in the institute sector consider important for their well-being and presence at work. We interviewed eight researchers in depth regarding work, well-being, and presence at work. By use of content analysis, we identified five main themes associated with well-being and presence at work: performing high-quality research; meaningful work; job demands; autonomy; and social support. The opportunity to perform high-quality research was the most important condition for the researchers’ well-being and presence at work. This theme seems to be intertwined with the association between all the other four themes and well-being and presence, and may therefore be regarded as being at a higher level than the other themes. To promote well-being and presence at work, it is important to provide administrative support and to organize work so that the researchers can concentrate on what they regard as core work tasks.
{"title":"Work, well-being and presence among researchers","authors":"S. Torp, H. F. Vinje, Hedvik Kamilla Haaheim-Simonsen","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2016.1207552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2016.1207552","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate which work factors researchers in the institute sector consider important for their well-being and presence at work. We interviewed eight researchers in depth regarding work, well-being, and presence at work. By use of content analysis, we identified five main themes associated with well-being and presence at work: performing high-quality research; meaningful work; job demands; autonomy; and social support. The opportunity to perform high-quality research was the most important condition for the researchers’ well-being and presence at work. This theme seems to be intertwined with the association between all the other four themes and well-being and presence, and may therefore be regarded as being at a higher level than the other themes. To promote well-being and presence at work, it is important to provide administrative support and to organize work so that the researchers can concentrate on what they regard as core work tasks.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"18 1","pages":"199 - 212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2016.1207552","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60313220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-05-26DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1196231
G. Sælid, N. Czajkowski, A. Holte, K. Tambs, L. Aarø
Abstract The Coping With Strain (CWS) course is a modified version of the Coping With Depression (CWD) course. CWD has been shown to reduce depression in several target groups. However, no other study has tested a modified CWD course delivered at the workplace to promote mental health. As mental health problems among employees remain a neglected area in many countries, and initiatives at the workplace often lack documentation of effects, we tested the effects of CWS on self-esteem, self-efficacy and vitality. After advertisement at workplaces, 119 employees were randomized into Intervention Group 1 (IG1), which immediately participated in CWS, or Intervention Group 2 (IG2), which functioned as a control group for six months until its participation in CWS. The follow-up period lasted for four years in both IG1 and IG2. Linear mixed models were fitted to the data. Self-efficacy, self-esteem and vitality increased significantly during the course and showed further significantly elevated levels at the follow-ups. CWS delivered at the workplace has short-term effects and the long-term effects may be maintained over a period of four years.
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Pub Date : 2016-05-26DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1194305
G. Arat, P. Wong
Abstract Sub-Saharan African (SSA) youth have higher rates of poor mental health compared to their counterparts in other low-and-middle-income countries. Empirical studies have found that family support is a crucial deterrent against the development of mental health problems in adolescence. However, little is known about the link between parental involvement and SSA young people mental health. This study examined the correlation between parental involvement and SSA adolescent mental health. About 15,000 adolescents aged 11–17 from six SSA countries participated in the Global School-Based Health Surveys (2003–2007). Based on the findings, low parental involvement was observed. Binomial regression analysis showed that the strength and direction of the relationship between parental involvement and mental health varied across countries. These findings may indicate the need for more intense mental health intervention efforts including the collaboration of professionals, policy-makers, and parents to guide future child and adolescent mental health services.
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Pub Date : 2016-05-26DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1193763
K. Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, A. Liski, Maiju Pankakoski, T. Solantaus, Tiina Ojala, M. Kampman, P. Santalahti
Abstract The aim of the Together at School Intervention Programme developed for the Finnish school system was to improve socio-emotional skills and prevent psychosocial problems among children (7−12 years). The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety and perceived benefits of the programme in order to justify its large-scale implementation for a randomized controlled study. Altogether, 23 classrooms from Grades 1–6 (N = 549, n = 451 children) in four schools participated in the study. Informants were teachers (n = 23), head masters (n = 4), children (n = 451) and their parents. Data were collected by questionnaires at three time points. The different tools assessed were considered to be beneficial for the children by 92−100% of the teachers, and pleasant to participate in by 73−89% of the children. During the follow-up, emotional symptoms reduced significantly among boys. Bullying behaviour was significantly reduced according to both teachers and children. The findings of this pilot study were encouraging.
{"title":"Together at school intervention programme. A pilot study on the feasibility and perceived benefits of a programme focusing on improving socio-emotional skills among schoolchildren in Finland","authors":"K. Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, A. Liski, Maiju Pankakoski, T. Solantaus, Tiina Ojala, M. Kampman, P. Santalahti","doi":"10.1080/14623730.2016.1193763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2016.1193763","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of the Together at School Intervention Programme developed for the Finnish school system was to improve socio-emotional skills and prevent psychosocial problems among children (7−12 years). The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety and perceived benefits of the programme in order to justify its large-scale implementation for a randomized controlled study. Altogether, 23 classrooms from Grades 1–6 (N = 549, n = 451 children) in four schools participated in the study. Informants were teachers (n = 23), head masters (n = 4), children (n = 451) and their parents. Data were collected by questionnaires at three time points. The different tools assessed were considered to be beneficial for the children by 92−100% of the teachers, and pleasant to participate in by 73−89% of the children. During the follow-up, emotional symptoms reduced significantly among boys. Bullying behaviour was significantly reduced according to both teachers and children. The findings of this pilot study were encouraging.","PeriodicalId":45767,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mental Health Promotion","volume":"18 1","pages":"127 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2016-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14623730.2016.1193763","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60313330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-03-14DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2015.1122658
Nataly Bovopoulos, A. Lamontagne, Angela J. Martin, Anthony F Jorm
Abstract The impact of common mental illnesses in the workplace can be reduced by encouraging support from co-workers and promoting early professional help-seeking. The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course is an evidence-based effective program designed to encourage social support and early help-seeking in the general community. However, little is known about whether the course meets the needs of workplaces. The current study aimed to gain a better understanding of how the course is being delivered in Australian workplaces and invite feedback on how it could be tailored for this delivery setting. This study used a purpose-designed survey to explore 120 MHFA instructors’ experiences of delivering the course in workplaces. The results indicated that MHFA is most commonly deployed in the human service and education sectors to assist workers with helping clients, rather than helping co-workers. The results also suggest ways in which the MHFA course could be tailored for workplaces, as well as further support instructors require to deliver courses in workplace settings.
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