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Determination of Mental Health Literacy of Health Vocational School Students

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 164 - 178, 19.02.2024
https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1384009

Abstract

Mental health literacy, increasingly recognized for its influence on mental health behaviours, has garnered significant attention in scientific research. Its impact on early identification of mental illnesses, help-seeking tendencies, and prevention has been well-documented. This study sought to assess the mental health literacy of 507 university students between April and July 2023. Data collection involved voluntary consent, socio-demographic characteristics, and a mental health literacy scale. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed for structural validity assessment, while Kruskal Wallis H and Mann Whitney U tests determined the scale scores. The average mental health literacy score was 91.67 (±11.20), with specific dimensions scoring as follows: attitudes toward seeking help in mental problems (31.43 ±5.21), attitudes toward individuals with mental illness (16.64 ±4.62), ability to recognize mental disorders (31.63 ±3.95), and accessing information (11.96 ±2.19). Comparatively, the students' mental health literacy scores were notably low. This underscores the necessity for comprehensive training programs to enhance mental health literacy. Furthermore, further research is recommended to scrutinize the validity and reliability of the mental health literacy scale.

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  • Wei, Y., Baxter, A., & Kutcher, S. (2019). Establishment and validation of a mental health literacy measurement in Canadian educators. Psychiatry Res, 279, 231-236. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.009
  • Yurtseven, F. (2023). Ruh Sağliği Okuryazarliği Ölçeğİ’nİn Türkçe Geçerlİk Ve Güvenİrlİk Çalişmasi. (Yüksek Lisans Tezi), Pamukkale Üniversitesi Denizli.
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SAĞLIK MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN RUH SAĞLIĞI OKURYAZARLIĞININ BELİRLENMESİ

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 164 - 178, 19.02.2024
https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1384009

Abstract

Ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı, ruhsal sağlık davranışları üzerindeki etkisi giderek daha fazla tanınan ve bilimsel araştırmalarda büyük ilgi gören bir faktördür. Ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığının ruhsal hastalıkların erken teşhisi, yardım arama eğilimleri ve önleme üzerindeki etkisi birçok çalışmada ortaya konmuştur. Bu çalışma, 2023 Nisan ve Temmuz ayları arasında 507 üniversite öğrencisinin ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı durumunu değerlendirmeyi amaçlamıştır. Veri toplama sürecinde gönüllü onam, sosyo-demografik özellikler ve ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Yapısal geçerlilik değerlendirmesi için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi kullanılırken, ölçek puanlarını belirlemek için Kruskal Wallis H ve Mann Whitney U testleri uygulanmıştır. Ortalama ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı puanı 91.67 (±11.20) olarak belirlenmiş olup, belirli boyutlar şu şekilde puan almıştır: Ruhsal sorunlara yardım arama tutumları (31.43 ±5.21), ruhsal hastalığı olan bireylere yönelik tutumlar (16.64 ±4.62), ruhsal bozuklukları tanıma yeteneği (31.63 ±3.95) ve bilgiye erişim (11.96 ±2.19). Öğrencilerin ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı puanları karşılaştırmalı olarak oldukça düşüktür. Bu durum, ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığını geliştirmek için kapsamlı eğitim programlarına olan ihtiyacı vurgulamaktadır. Ayrıca, ruh sağlığı okuryazarlığı ölçeğinin geçerliliği ve güvenilirliğini incelemek için daha fazla araştırma önerilmektedir.

References

  • Abdinasir, K. (2019). Making the grade: How education shapes young people’s mental health. London: Centre for Mental Health.
  • Almanasef, M. (2021). Mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours among undergraduate pharmacy students in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Risk management and healthcare policy, 1281-1286.
  • Alpar, R. (2010). Spor, sağlık ve eğitim bilimlerinden örneklerle uygulamalı istatistik ve geçerlik-güvenirlik: Detay Yayıncılık.
  • Arshad, A., Hanan, M.-A., Saleem, N., Farzooq, S., & Fatima, R. (2019). Media and Mental Health Literacy: Do Mediated Interventions Enhance Mental Health Awareness? Implications and Policy Recommendations. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 21(3), 99--109.
  • Auerbach, R. P., Mortier, P., Bruffaerts, R., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Cuijpers, P., . . . Hasking, P. (2018). WHO world mental health surveys international college student project: prevalence and distribution of mental disorders. Journal of abnormal psychology, 127(7), 623.
  • Birrell, B., & Edwards, D. (2007). Half of Australian youth aged 18-20 are not in training. University World News, 3(9).
  • Gorczynski, P., Sims-Schouten, W., & Wilson, C. (2020). Evaluating mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours in UK university students: a country wide study. Journal of public mental health, 19(4), 311-319.
  • Göktaş, S., Işıklı, B., & Metintaş, S. (2018). RUH SAĞLIĞI OKURYAZARLIĞI-MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY. Eskişehir Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Halk Sağlığı Dergisi (ISSN: 2564-6311), 3(2).
  • Hadjimina, E., & Furnham, A. (2017). Influence of age and gender on mental health literacy of anxiety disorders. Psychiatry Res, 251, 8-13.
  • Jorm, A. F. (2012). Mental health literacy: empowering the community to take action for better mental health. American psychologist, 67(3), 231.
  • Jorm, A. F., Korten, A. E., Jacomb, P. A., Christensen, H., Rodgers, B., & Pollitt, P. (1997). “Mental health literacy”: a survey of the public's ability to recognise mental disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment. Medical journal of Australia, 166(4), 182-186.
  • Jung, H., von Sternberg, K., & Davis, K. (2016). Expanding a measure of mental health literacy: Development and validation of a multicomponent mental health literacy measure. Psychiatry Res, 243, 278-286. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.034
  • Karagöz, Y. (2019). SPSS 23 ve AMOS 23 uygulamalı istatistiksel analizler: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
  • Kline, R. (2011). Principles and practices of structural equation modeling (3. Edition): The Guilford Press.
  • Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., & Coniglio, C. (2016). Mental health literacy: Past, present, and future. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 61(3), 154-158.
  • Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., Costa, S., Gusmão, R., Skokauskas, N., & Sourander, A. (2016). Enhancing mental health literacy in young people. In (Vol. 25, pp. 567-569): Springer.
  • Marcus, M., Westra, H., & Group, M. M. R. (2012). Mental health literacy in Canadian young adults: results of a national survey. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 31(1), 1-15.
  • Marwood, M. R., & Hearn, J. H. (2019). Evaluating mental health literacy in medical students in the United Kingdom. The Journal of mental health training, education and practice.
  • Meydan, C. H., & Şeşen, H. (2011). Yapısal eşitlik modellemesi AMOS uygulamaları: Detay Yayıncılık.
  • Meyers, L. S., Gamst, G. C., & Guarino, A. (2013). Performing data analysis using IBM SPSS: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Miles, R., Rabin, L., Krishnan, A., Grandoit, E., & Kloskowski, K. (2020). Mental health literacy in a diverse sample of undergraduate students: demographic, psychological, and academic correlates. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1-13.
  • Newton, J., Dooris, M., & Wills, J. (2016). Healthy universities: an example of a whole-system health-promoting setting. Global health promotion, 23(1_suppl), 57-65.
  • O’Connor, M., & Casey, L. (2015). The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-based measure of mental health literacy. Psychiatry research, 229(1-2), 511-516.
  • O’Connor, M., Casey, L., & Clough, B. (2014). Measuring mental health literacy–a review of scale-based measures. Journal of Mental Health, 23(4), 197-204.
  • Pehlivan, Ş., Tokur Kesgi N, M., & Uymaz, P. (2020). Psychological distress and mental health literacy in university students. Perspectives in psychiatric care.
  • Rafal, G., Gatto, A., & DeBate, R. (2018). Mental health literacy, stigma, and help-seeking behaviors among male college students. Journal of American College Health, 66(4), 284-291. doi:10.1080/07448481.2018.1434780
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  • Slade, T., Johnston, A., Oakley Browne, M. A., Andrews, G., & Whiteford, H. (2009). 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: methods and key findings. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(7), 594-605.
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  • Tokur Kesgin, M., Pehlivan, Ş., & Uymaz, P. (2020). Ruh Sağlığı Okuryazarlığı Ölçeğinin Türkçe uyarlaması: Geçerlilik ve güvenilirlik çalışması. Anatolian Journal of Psychiatry/Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi, 21.
  • Wei, Y., Baxter, A., & Kutcher, S. (2019). Establishment and validation of a mental health literacy measurement in Canadian educators. Psychiatry Res, 279, 231-236. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2019.03.009
  • Yurtseven, F. (2023). Ruh Sağliği Okuryazarliği Ölçeğİ’nİn Türkçe Geçerlİk Ve Güvenİrlİk Çalişmasi. (Yüksek Lisans Tezi), Pamukkale Üniversitesi Denizli.
  • Zhang, Z., Chen, S., Wang, X., Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Mei, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2023). The Relationship between Mental Health Literacy and Subjective Well-Being of Young and Middle-Aged Residents: Perceived the Mediating Role of Social Support and Its Urban-Rural Differences. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 25(4), 471-483.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Mental Health Services
Journal Section Araştırma Makalesi
Authors

Günseli Uzunhasanoğlu 0000-0002-0585-0595

Harika Şen 0000-0002-3893-5587

Ugur Ugrak 0000-0002-6043-835X

Early Pub Date February 11, 2024
Publication Date February 19, 2024
Submission Date October 31, 2023
Acceptance Date January 22, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 12 Issue: 1

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APA Uzunhasanoğlu, G., Şen, H., & Ugrak, U. (2024). SAĞLIK MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN RUH SAĞLIĞI OKURYAZARLIĞININ BELİRLENMESİ. İnönü Üniversitesi Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksek Okulu Dergisi, 12(1), 164-178. https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1384009