Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Health Expect. 2021 Apr;24(2):659-669. doi: 10.1111/hex.13214. Epub 2021 Feb 26.
Less than 20% of youth who experience mental health difficulties access and receive appropriate treatment. This is exacerbated by barriers such as stigma, confidentiality concerns and lack of mental health literacy. A youth team developed the Wellness Quest: a health literacy tool to enable help-seeking youth to advocate for themselves.
To evaluate the content, presentation and utility of the Wellness Quest tool among youth.
Participants aged 14 to 26.
A youth research team conducted five focus groups and one online survey to evaluate the Wellness Quest tool. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data, and descriptive statistics were used to explore the survey results.
Overall evaluations of the Wellness Quest were positive: participants felt it would be useful during their mental health help-seeking journey. Participants expressed the need for information about services for specific populations, such as Indigenous, immigrants, refugees and 2SLGBTQ + youth. They expressed that the tool should be available in complementary online and print versions.
Improving mental health literacy may improve mental health by enabling youth and those who support them to recognize and respond to signs of distress and understanding where and how to get help. The Wellness Quest tool may equip youth with the knowledge to make informed decisions and advocate for their own mental health, thereby facilitating help-seeking among youth.
Youth as service users led all stages of the project, from designing and conducting the study and analysing the data to writing the manuscript.
只有不到 20%的经历心理健康困难的年轻人能够获得并接受适当的治疗。这一情况因污名化、保密性问题以及心理健康素养缺乏等障碍而更加恶化。一个青年团队开发了 Wellness Quest：一种健康素养工具，使寻求帮助的年轻人能够为自己争取权益。
评估 Wellness Quest 工具在年轻人中的内容、呈现方式和实用性。
年龄在 14 至 26 岁的参与者。
一个青年研究团队进行了五次焦点小组和一次在线调查，以评估 Wellness Quest 工具。采用主题分析对定性数据进行分析，并采用描述性统计方法探索调查结果。
总体而言，参与者对 Wellness Quest 的评价是积极的：他们认为在寻求心理健康帮助的过程中，该工具将非常有用。参与者表示需要了解特定群体（如原住民、移民、难民和 2SLGBTQ+ 青年）的服务信息。他们表示，该工具应该提供在线和印刷的补充版本。
提高心理健康素养可以通过使年轻人及其支持者能够识别和应对痛苦迹象，以及了解在哪里以及如何获得帮助，从而改善心理健康。Wellness Quest 工具可以使年轻人具备做出明智决策和为自己的心理健康争取权益的知识，从而促进年轻人寻求帮助。
服务使用者年轻人领导了项目的所有阶段，从设计、开展研究和分析数据到撰写手稿。
