Development of a Proposal for a Program to Promote Positive Mental Health Literacy among Adolescents: A Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT: Over the last years, there have been several studies that have shown insufficient levels of adolescents' mental health literacy (MHL). Knowledge about intervention programs that promote positive mental health literacy (PMeHL) among adolescents is still very scarce. In this sense, we defined as objectives to identify and describe the necessary components to design a program proposal that promotes adolescents' PMeHL. We conducted an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study using two focus groups in July and September 2022 with an intentional non-probability sample of eleven participants (nine professional experts and two adolescents). Data were analyzed using content analysis, using NVivo^® 12 software (version 12, QRS International: Daresbury Cheshire, UK). We obtained a total

SUBMITTER: Nobre J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049546 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature