Defining a Brief Intervention for the Promotion of Psychological Well-being among Unemployed Individuals through Expert Consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiologic evidence highlights the harmful consequences of unemployment on health and well-being. This emphasizes the need to design low-cost interventions to prevent the adverse mental health effects of unemployment. The main aim of this study was to create expert-consensus regarding development and implementation of a brief, sustainable, and effective intervention program for promoting mental health among unemployed.

Methods

The Delphi technique entailed a selected panel of 75 experts from various relevant professional backgrounds. Panel members were asked to state their level of agreement (5-point Likert scale) regarding (a) required characteristics for an effective mental health intervention for unemployed people and (b) key variables for assessing the effe

SUBMITTER: Santos O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808332 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature