Mental Health Promotion: a unified effort across units
Transcript of Mental Health Promotion: a unified effort across units
MentalHealthPromotion:aunifiedeffortacrossunits
JulieSanem,MPHDirectorofHealthPromotionKateElwell,MPH,CHES,CPHHealthPromotionSpecialist
WhatisHealthPromotion?
• Theprocessofenablingpeopletoincreasecontrolovertheirhealthanditsdeterminants,andtherebyimprovetheirhealth(WHO)
HealthPromotioninHigherEducation
• Healthisthecapacity ofindividualsandcommunitiestoreachtheirpotential
• Thespecificpurposeofhealthpromotioninhighereducationistosupportstudentsuccess
• Healthpromotionprofessionalsinhighereducationpracticeprevention(ACHA)
CollegeStudentHealthSurvey
• Spring2015• 17PostSecondaryInstitutionsAcross
Minnesota• Over12,000respondentsstatewide• UofMN2,023respondents• 34%responserate
MentalHealthConditionDiagnosis
• 32.7%ofUniversityofMinnesota—TwinCitiesstudentsreportbeingdiagnosedwithatleastonementalhealthconditionwithintheirlifetime
Stress• Stressisthemostcommonissuereported
byUniversityofMinnesota—TwinCitiesstudents(72.6%)– 45.6%reportedthatstressaffectedtheiracademics
Stress• Sixtypercent(60%)ofstudentsreportat
leastonemajorlifestressorinthepast12months– Roommate/housemateconflict– Deathofsomeoneclosetoyou– Terminationofapersonalrelationship– Seriousphysicalillnessofsomeonecloseto
you– Parentalconflict
StressandDiagnosisofMentalHealth,Acute,andChronicConditions-Past12Months
Condition
Percentreportingdiagnosisinthepast12months
ManagedStress
UnmanagedStress
Anyacutecondition 14.4 17.7
Anychroniccondition 10.9 14.2
Anxiety 6.7 17.1
Depression 4.6 13.3
Obsessive-CompulsiveDisorder 0.5 1.5
PanicAttacks 2.7 7.3
SocialPhobia/PerformanceAnxiety 1.6 6.4
MentalHealthServices
•Animportantstrategyforaddressingstudentmentalhealthistoassureservicesmeetdemand.
•Inthepast2years,Boyntonhasadded4.75FTEstotheMHC,increasingstudentaccesstomentalhealthservicesandeliminatingthewaitlist.
PublicHealthApproach
•WearenowworkingtosupplementtheclinicalapproachwithaPublicHealthapproach:– populationbased– focusedonprevention
Approach
• Literaturereview– HealthyMindsstudy– JedFramework(suicideprevention)– Mentalhealthpromotion– Behaviorchangetheories
• PeerInstitutions– ActiveMindsHealthyCampusAward(2015)
IntegratedBehaviorModel
• CombinationofTheoryofPlannedBehavior,TheoryofReasonedAction
• IBMhasbeenusedfor:– Condomuse– Bingedrinking– Physicalactivity
perceivedcontrol:determinedbyone’sbeliefsaboutwhetherenvironmentalfactorsmakeiteasyordifficulttoperformastressreductionactivity
instrumentalattitude:beliefsaboutdoingthebehavior,basedonbeliefsaboutoutcomesaboutthe
behavior
Attitude
injunctivenorm:others’expectationsofyou
descriptivenorm:perceptionsaboutwhatothersinone’snetworkaredoing(particularlyinsituations
wherethereisastrongsocialidentity)
PerceivedNorm
experientialattitude:feelingsaboutdoingastressreductionactivity
self-efficacy:one’sbeliefintheireffectivenessinperformingastressreductionactivity
PersonalAgency
Intention
Skills
EnvironmentalConstraints
Behavior
StressReductionActivity
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ThementalhealthpromotionstrategicplanisinformedbytheIntegratedBehaviorModelandaimstoencourageall
studentstodeveloparegularstressreductionpracticeasaproactivestrategy
tosupporttheirmentalhealth.
Event Objectives
3)Toincreasestudents'self-efficacyrelatedtoregularlyengaginginstressreductionactivities.
Activity--brainstorm
• Howcanyourdepartmentsupportstudents’regularstressreductionpracticeinitsdailywork?–Interactionswithstudents/clients/patients–Interactionswithstudentemployees–Standardprocedures–Documentationandforms–Otherways
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