The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
British Columbia Women's and Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Health Promot Pract. 2024 Sep;25(5):907-920. doi: 10.1177/15248399241232646. Epub 2024 Mar 12.
Mental health issues are prevalent among young people. An estimated 10% of children and adolescents worldwide experience a mental disorder, yet most do not seek or receive care. Media mental health awareness campaigns, defined as marketing efforts to raise awareness of mental health issues through mass media, are an effort to address this concern. While previous research has evaluated the outcomes of specific media mental health awareness campaigns, there is limited data synthesizing their overall effects. This study addresses the knowledge gap by reviewing the existing literature on the impact of media mental health awareness campaigns on young people. A search was conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for studies published between 2004 and 2022 with results specific to people aged 10 to 24. Out of 20,902 total studies identified and screened, 18 studies were included in the review. The following data were extracted from each study: characteristics and descriptions of the campaign, evaluation design and sampling, and summary of impact. The review identified evaluations of 15 campaigns from eight different countries. Outcome evaluation methods commonly comprised of surveys and quantitative data. The campaigns were generally associated with positive changes in the attitudes, beliefs, and intentions of young people (e.g., reduced stigma) and positive changes in behaviors (e.g., increased help-seeking behaviors). The inclusion of few studies in the review indicates a need for ongoing evaluations of media mental health awareness campaigns for young people to inform good practices in their development and distribution.
心理健康问题在年轻人中很普遍。据估计，全球有 10%的儿童和青少年患有精神障碍，但大多数人没有寻求或获得治疗。媒体心理健康意识运动是通过大众媒体提高对心理健康问题的认识的营销努力，旨在解决这一问题。虽然之前的研究已经评估了特定的媒体心理健康意识运动的结果，但很少有数据综合评估它们的总体效果。本研究通过回顾关于媒体心理健康意识运动对年轻人影响的现有文献来填补这一知识空白。在 MEDLINE、EMBASE、PsychINFO、Web of Science 和 Google Scholar 上进行了搜索，检索了 2004 年至 2022 年期间发表的针对 10 至 24 岁人群的具体研究结果。在总共确定和筛选的 20902 项研究中，有 18 项研究被纳入综述。从每项研究中提取了以下数据：运动的特征和描述、评估设计和抽样以及影响总结。综述确定了来自八个不同国家的 15 项运动的评估。结果评估方法通常包括调查和定量数据。这些运动通常与年轻人的态度、信念和意图的积极变化（例如，减少污名化）以及行为的积极变化（例如，增加寻求帮助的行为）相关。综述中纳入的研究很少，表明需要对媒体心理健康意识运动进行持续评估，以为其开发和传播提供良好实践的信息。
