Diarmuid Hurley|Mark S. Allen|Christian Swann|Anthony D. Okely|Stewart A. Vella
The Development, Pilot, and Process Evaluation of a Parent Mental Health Literacy Intervention Through Community Sports Clubs
University of Wollongong|University of Wollongong|University of Wollongong|University of Wollongong|University of Wollongong
mental health literacy parents may critical facilitating positive child adolescent mental health outcomes purpose study develop pilot evaluate targeted parent mental health literacy intervention community sports clubs sixty six parents mage 4486 52 years participated either brief mental health literacy intervention workshop delivered community sporting clubs n 42 communitymatched control group n 24 participants mental health literacy assessed baseline postintervention 1 month followup mixed methods process evaluation conducted intervention participants determine acceptability feasibility intervention participants experimental group showed greater increases depression literacy anxiety literacy knowledge help seeking options confidence assist adolescent experiencing mental health disorder compared control group postintervention changes experimental group maintained 1 month followup mixed methods process evaluation revealed parents found intervention content engaging relevant needs practically useful terms actively supporting adolescent mental health findings provide evidence brief targeted intervention community sports clubs might particularly useful method improving parental mental health literacy facilitating positive youth mental health outcomes