Stan Kutcher|Yifeng Wei|Catherine Morgan
Successful Application of a Canadian Mental Health Curriculum Resource by Usual Classroom Teachers in Significantly and Sustainably Improving Student Mental Health Literacy
Dalhousie University|Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre|Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre|Dalhousie University|Dalhousie University|Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre
objective investigate whether significant substantive findings previous study youth mental health literacy mhl could replicated using methods another population method examined impact curriculum resource mental health high school curriculum guide guide taught usual classroom teachers students knowledge attitudes related mental health mental illness canadian secondary schools survey data collected immediately 2 months implementation guide teachers usual classroom teaching conducted pairedsample tests calculated cohen value determine outcomes impact curriculum resource application results one hundred fourteen students matched analysis knowledge data 112 students matched analysis attitude data preintervention postintervention 2month followup time periods following classroom exposure curriculum resource students knowledge scores increased significantly substantively compared baseline p lt 0001 111 maintained 2month followup p lt 0001 091 similar findings attitude improvement found p lt 0001 066 improvement maintained 2month followup p lt 0001 052 conclusions findings corroborate previous study conducted different location taken together results suggest simple effective approach improving mhl young people embedding classroom resource delivered usual classroom teachers usual school settings