Stan Kutcher|Yifeng Wei|Heather Gilberds|Omary Ubuguyu|Tasiana Njau|Adena Brown|Norman Sabuni|Ayoub Magimba|Kevin Perkins
A school mental health literacy curriculum resource training approach: effects on Tanzanian teachers’ mental health knowledge, stigma and help-seeking efficacy
Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre|Dalhousie University|Dalhousie University|Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre|Muhimbili National Hospital|Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences|Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre|Ministry of Health and Social Welfare|Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
mental health literacy mhl foundational mental health promotion prevention stigma reduction care school supported information pertaining mhl subsaharan africa extremely limited including tanzania successful application school mhl curriculum resource may effective way increase teacher mhl therefore help improve mental health outcomes studentssecondary school teachers tanzania trained african guide ag school mhl curriculum resource culturally adapted canadian mhl resource guide use africa teacher training workshops classroom application ag used evaluate impact mental health literacy sample tanzanian secondary school teachers prepost training assessment participant knowledge attitudes conducted helpseeking efficacy teachers interventions students friends family members peers determinedpaired test n 37 results demonstrate highly significant improvements teachers overall knowledge p 0001 114 including mental health knowledge p 0001 114 curriculum specific knowledge p 001 063 teachers stigma mental illness decreased significantly following training p 0001 061 independent tests comparing paired sample unpaired sample also demonstrated significant differences groups teachers overall knowledge p 0001 teachers also reported high rates greater sample positive helpseeking efficacy well students friends family members peers result training number students teachers identified potential mental health care totaled 200these positive results taken together research suggest use classroombased resource ag integrates mhl existing school curriculum training teachers may effective sustainable way increase mhl improved knowledge decreased stigma positive helpseeking efficacy teachers tanzania study replicated results previous intervention malawi consideration could given scaling intervention countries applying resource approach countries east africa