Feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a knowledge-contact program to reduce mental illness stigma and improve mental health literacy in adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2011-2019

  Pinto Foltz, Melissa D ^a   Logsdon, M Cynthia ^b,c   Myers, John A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contact; Knowledge; Mental health; Mental health literacy; Mental illness; Stigma; USA; Young women

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LITERACY; MENTAL HEALTH; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; IN OUR OWN VOICE INTERVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958858176     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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