Mental Health Literacy of Adolescents and the Effect of Socio-demographic Characteristics: A Cross-sectional Study in Urban Ethiopia

Background: Mental health literacy is a modifiable factor that influences mental health outcomes. Understanding such factors and their interaction with the socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent populations is of paramount importance in the design of targeted and effective promotions to imp...

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Published in:Online journal of health & allied sciences : OJHAS 2022-01, Vol.20 (4)
Main Authors: Hailemariam Mamo Hassen, Manas Ranjan Behera, Pratap Kumar Jena, Rebecca S Dewey, Getachew Abeshu Disassa
Format: Article
Language:English
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adolescent mental health
mental health literacy
mental health promotion
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Summary:Background: Mental health literacy is a modifiable factor that influences mental health outcomes. Understanding such factors and their interaction with the socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent populations is of paramount importance in the design of targeted and effective promotions to improve mental health conditions. There is a limited amount of such evidence in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. Consequently, this study examined mental health literacy level and socio-demographic effects among adolescent students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescent students in urban Ethiopia using a pre-existing questionnaire. A sample of 934 adolescents in public and private schools was approached using multistage random sampling, with an 80.10% response rate. Statistical analysis was used involving descriptive statistics, one way ANOVA and hierarchical multivariable linear regression analysis. Statistical significance was considered at a threshold of p
ISSN:0972-5997