Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Act–Belong–Commit Mental Health Promotion Campaign
1.2. The Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework (MHSF)
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Questionnaires
- (i)
- Students’ awareness of the Act–Belong–Commit campaign, and, for follow-up students, awareness of the school’s involvement in the Act–Belong–Commit campaign;
- (ii)
- Students’ understanding of the message of the Act–Belong–Commit campaign;
- (iii)
- Whether baseline and follow-up students aware of the campaign had tried to do something for their mental health as a result of their exposure to the campaign;
- (iv)
- Whether follow-up students had talked about the campaign and mental health with other students and their family;
- (v)
- Whether follow-up students had changed the way they think about mental health as a result of the campaign;
- (vi)
- Whether follow-up students believed that the campaign at the school had increased openness about mental health (see [33] for complete baseline and follow-up questionnaires).
3. Results
3.1. Campaign Awareness
3.2. Campaign Understanding
3.3. Campaign Behavioural Impact—Acted on the Campaign Messages
3.4. Campaign Behavioural Impact—Talked with Others about Mental Health or the Campaign
3.5. Campaign Impact on How Follow-Up Students Think about Mental Health
3.6. Campaign Impact on Openness around Mental Health
3.7. Follow-Up Students’ Awareness of and Participation in Act–Belong–Commit Activities in the School
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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% * Baseline Aware | % * Follow-Up Aware (n = 43) | |
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(n = 56) | ||
At school | 51 | 86 |
Television | 70 | 56 |
Community events | 32 | 28 |
Newspaper | 19 | 5 |
At local club | 8 | 5 |
Other | 0 | 14 |
No response | 0 | 0 |
% Baseline Aware (n = 56) | % Follow-Up Aware (n = 43) | |
---|---|---|
Act: stay active, take part in things, encourage others to act | 17% | 10% |
Belong: be a part of community/group, bring people together | 31% | 39% |
Commit: commit to things, commit to a cause | 13% | 12% |
Be healthier, keep physically and/or mentally healthy, make people happy | 35% | 44% |
What to do if you need help, encourage help seeking, help with health problems, awareness raising | 23% | 15% |
Be kind, make students feel safe, friendly/safe environment | - | 10% |
Make good decisions, prepare for future, achieve greatness | 6% | - |
Reduce stigma, anti-bullying | 4% | - |
Don’t know, unsure | 10% | 12% |
% Talked about Mental Health | % Talked about A-B-C Campaign | |
---|---|---|
With school friends | ||
Yes | 24 | 10 |
No | 74 | 88 |
No response | 2 | 2 |
With family | ||
Yes | 14 | 14 |
No | 83 | 83 |
No response | 2 | 2 |
% Impact on Follow-Up Students’ Openness (n = 43) | |
---|---|
More open | 23 |
No difference | 26 |
Less open | 0 |
Don’t know/can’t say | 51 |
100% |
% Teacher/Principal Talked about ABC | |
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Frequency | (n = 31) |
Once a week | 7 |
Every 2 weeks | 26 |
Once a month | 35 |
Less than monthly | 32 |
Total | 100% |
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Donovan, R.J.; Drane, C.F.; Anwar-McHenry, J. Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework. Children 2023, 10, 548. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030548
Donovan RJ, Drane CF, Anwar-McHenry J. Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework. Children. 2023; 10(3):548. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030548
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonovan, Robert J., Catherine F. Drane, and Julia Anwar-McHenry. 2023. "Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework" Children 10, no. 3: 548. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030548
APA StyleDonovan, R. J., Drane, C. F., & Anwar-McHenry, J. (2023). Impact on Students of the Act–Belong–Commit Mentally Healthy Schools Framework. Children, 10(3), 548. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030548