The Every Mind Matters campaign: changes in mental health literacy and its associations with campaign awareness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects on population level mental health literacy (MHL) of Every Mind Matters over 30 months following campaign launch.

Methods

To observe changes in MHL over time, we conducted regression analyses on a nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional dataset of nine survey waves from September 2019 to March 2022 and an individual participant data meta-analysis with data from October 2019 to March 2021 to examine the association between campaign awareness and the outcomes.

Results

There were small improvements in knowledge of management of stress, depression and anxiety, mental health vigilance, sleep literacy and psychological wellbeing self-efficacy from September 2019 to March 2020 and a deterioration in mo

SUBMITTER: Hahn JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710357 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature