Vietnam as a case example of school-based mental health services in low and middle income countries: Efficacy and effects of risk status.

ABSTRACT: The purposes of this study were to (a) assess the efficacy of a universal classroom-based mental health and social skills program for primary school students in Vietnam, and (b) given the universal nature of the intervention, assess outcomes as a function of risk status (high vs. low). RECAP-VN is a semi-structured program that provides students with classroom social skills training, and teachers with in-classroom consultation on program implementation and classroom-wide behavior management. Project data were collected at three time-points across the academic year from 443 2^nd grade students in regards to their social skills and mental health functioning, in the Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Danang. Mental health functioning (emotional and behavioral mental health problems) was

SUBMITTER: Dang HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5331614 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature