Guro Karlsholm, Linn Beate Strand, Beate André, Kjersti Grønning
Learning evidence-based practice by writing the bachelor's thesis - A prospective cohort study in undergraduate nursing education
Nurse education today
mental disorders common childhood many young people receive adequate professional support helpseeking interventions may bridge treatment gap however limited research interventions primaryschool children study aims evaluate effectiveness emotion literacy program increasing literacy reducing stigma promoting helpseeking children aged 810 years twoarm pragmatic clustercontrolled trial compare thriving minds emotion literacy program middle primary school children waitlist control condition children aged 810 years recruited approximately 12 schools 6 intervention schools6 waitlist control participate thriving minds via direct invitation program delivery service allocation intervention condition pragmatically school children receive intervention two 50minute sessions across two weeks using story books interactive discussion program aims develop childrens knowledge others emotional experiences emotion regulation strategies selfcare helpseeking primary outcome helpseeking intentions secondary outcomes include helpseeking knowledge attitudes behaviours emotion knowledge attitudes stigma children complete surveys preintervention postintervention one week program 12week followup additional satisfaction data collected teachers intervention schools via surveys postintervention 3month followup semistructured interviews followup selected children via focus groups 12week followup analyses compare changes helpseeking intentions relative waitlist control condition using mixedmodel repeatedmeasures analyses account clustering within schools demonstrated effectiveness universal emotion literacy program promoting helpseeking mental health could widely delivered australian primary schools providing valuable new resource contributing mental health young people improving helpseeking early mental health difficulties australian new zealand clinical trials registry actrn12623000910606 registered 24 august 2023