Hoven Christina W, Doan Thao, Musa George J, Jaliashvili Tea, Duarte Cristiane S, Ovuga Emilio, Ismayilov Fuad, Rohde Luis A, Dmitrieva Tatjana, Du Yasong, Yeghiyan Maruke, Din Amira Seif El, Apter Alan, Mandell Donald J
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University - New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA.
Int Rev Psychiatry. 2008 Jun;20(3):261-70. doi: 10.1080/09540260801995950.
To temper untoward mental health outcomes in children and adolescents, the World Psychiatric Association's Presidential Global Child Mental Health Programme, in collaboration with the WHO and the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals, established a Child Mental Health Awareness Task Force headed by Sam Tyano. Its task was to develop methodologies to increase awareness among policy-makers, community leaders, health professionals, teachers, parents, and children. Based on a prior comprehensive international search for effective techniques for information dissemination, an awareness manual was written for use by health professionals in diverse communities so as to guide the design and implementation of location specific awareness campaigns. We assessed the children, parents and teachers both before and after the campaign to determine changes in knowledge, attitudes and understanding of mental health. The school-based studies were conducted in selected communities in nine countries on five different continents distinguished by their different languages, cultures and their differing levels of economic development: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Russia, and Uganda. In the six sites that completed all assessments, indicators of positive change in awareness of child mental health were identified, and results demonstrated an increased willingness to discuss emotional problems freely. These data support the utility of collaborating with schools so as to foster better child mental health in such under-resourced communities.
为了缓解儿童和青少年不良的心理健康状况，世界精神病学协会主席全球儿童心理健康项目与世界卫生组织以及国际儿童和青少年精神病学及相关专业人员协会合作，成立了一个由萨姆·蒂亚诺领导的儿童心理健康意识特别工作组。其任务是开发方法，以提高政策制定者、社区领袖、卫生专业人员、教师、家长和儿童的意识。基于此前对有效信息传播技术进行的全面国际搜索，编写了一本意识手册，供不同社区的卫生专业人员使用，以指导针对特定地点的宣传活动的设计和实施。我们在活动前后对儿童、家长和教师进行了评估，以确定他们在心理健康知识、态度和理解方面的变化。以学校为基础的研究在五大洲九个国家的选定社区开展，这些社区以不同的语言、文化和不同的经济发展水平为特征：亚美尼亚、阿塞拜疆、巴西、中国、埃及、格鲁吉亚、以色列、俄罗斯和乌干达。在完成所有评估的六个地点，确定了儿童心理健康意识积极变化的指标，结果表明人们更愿意自由地讨论情感问题。这些数据支持了与学校合作以在资源匮乏社区促进儿童心理健康的作用。
