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TEACH-MHE: School Teachers’ Mental Health Literacy

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School teacher candidates’ mental health literacy: an exploratory experimental study

Children’s mental health is a public health issue. Teachers play a key role in identifying children’s socio-emotional and/or cognitive difficulties as well as in promoting mental health at school. However, they are not equipped to (1) understand how to promote and maintain good mental health; (2) understand mental illnesses and their treatments; (3) reduce stigma against mental illness; and (4) encourage and facilitate seeking help among children. These four dimensions correspond to the theory of mental health literacy concerning children, which is at the interface between public health, information and communication sciences, educational sciences and psychology.

© Gautier Dufau – université de Bordeaux

The TEACH-MHE project has the dual objective of (1) developing and validating a scale that measures the mental health literacy of teacher candidates concerning children, and (2) cocreating and testing an intervention aimed at improving the mental health literacy of teacher candidates concerning children.

Based on existing measurement tools, we will develop the TEACH-MHE scale which will then be completed by students at the INSPÉ Nouvelle Aquitaine (Institute of Education, University of Bordeaux). A subgroup will answer the items twice according to the rules of psychometrics. Collected data will make it possible to statistically validate the scale. This will be the first scale in French on teachers’ mental health literacy concerning children. At the same time, through a qualitative survey (semi-structured interviews), we will collect the needs of teacher candidates with the aim to cocreate an intervention (an online course) that aims to improve their knowledge about children’s mental health. The intervention will be tested within the University of Bordeaux. This will also be the first online pilot intervention in the French-speaking world concerning teachers’ mental health literacy.

Partners: Marthe-Aline Jutand, Magali Boizumault, Stéphanie Constans, Emilie Poission, Amandine Baude

The project is funded by the University of Bordeaux (AAP RIE 2024)

Click HERE for more information in French on the website of the University of Bordeaux.

The CHILD-MHL project: cocreation of an intervention and measurement of children’s mental health literacy

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Children’s mental health is a public health priority. Figures are alarming: in Europe, 1 child in 5 under the age of 12 suffers from a behavioral, developmental or psychological disorder. This number continues to increase, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mental health literacy (MHL) is a modifiable determinant of mental health. The “Child Focused Mental Health Literacy Model” describes the six dimensions of MHL in children: (1) understanding of mental health and recognition of its fluctuations; (2) help-seeking actions; (3) supports available; (4) influences on mental health; (5) coping and resilience; and (6) stigma.

Promoting children’s MHL means enabling them to better recognize a mental health problem, to seek help in a timely manner and to learn how to take care of their mental health. Very few interventions exist to promote MHL in children. Moreover, these interventions have not been evaluated using a rigorous design. Furthermore, a validated scale measuring children’s MHL does not exist.

Objectives: This interventional study has the dual objective of (1) co-creating an intervention and evaluating its effectiveness regarding children’s MHL; and (2) developing and validating a scale that measures children’s MHL. The 1st specific objective is to use several features to increase the effectiveness of the intervention: cocreation, theoretical basis, whole-school approach, multi-tools. The 2nd specific objective is to set up several steps to develop a MHL scale for children: definition and test of the items, administration of the scale to a large sample of children, psychometric analyses for the final validation. The 3rd specific objective is to conduct an evaluation study using multiple methods: viability evaluation, cluster randomized controlled trial, interviews (mixed-methods).

Methods: We study here the population of children 9-11-year old (CM1/CM2 in the French school system) in classes in urban and rural areas, private and public, in priority education areas and Ulis (localized unit for inclusive education). Through a participatory research approach, we will organize several meetings and focus groups with members of the project teams, children, parents and teachers plus two artists. We will cocreate a program composed of several objects (educational kit, videos, manual, etc.). In parallel, the artists will draw with children the items of a first version of the scale. The program will be evaluated in 5 classes by observations, interviews and satisfaction questionnaires with the aim of testing its viability. In the meantime, the scale will be administered to 300 children and psychometric analyzes will be carried out to validate the scale. Then, a cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted in a minimum of 20 classes to evaluate the program. As the primary endpoint, we will use the score of the scale developed and validated in this project. Additional interviews will complete the mixed-methods evaluation.

First tools: Le Jardin du Dedans® and the Handbook Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Primary Schools

PROMOTOR: Bordeaux Population Health U1219, Université de Bordeaux

PARTNERS: Psycom, The Ink Link, McGill University/Douglas Institute, Observatoire du Bien-être à l’Ecole/Université Lumière Lyon 2, Institut de Santé Globale/Université de Genève, Monash University, Universidad de Cádiz

Published protocol: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2023/1/e51096

REFLIS : la littératie en santé

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Je fais partie du Réseau Francophone de Littératie en Santé (REFLIS). Le site du réseau est en ligne !

https://reflis.fr/

Parmi les nombreuses définitions, celle de Sørensen présente la littératie en santé comme « la connaissance, les compétences, la motivation et la capacité à repérer, à comprendre, à évaluer et à utiliser des informations sur la santé lors de la prise de décision dans des contextes de soins, de prévention des maladies et de la promotion de la santé pour maintenir ou améliorer la qualité de vie »*. Une définition qui va bien plus loin que la seule capacité à lire et comprendre un traitement médical.

* Sørensen K, Van den Broucke S, Fullam J, Doyle G., Pelikan J, Slonska Z et al. Health literacy and public health: a systematic review and integration of definitions and models. BMC Public Health, 2012, vol. 12, no 80. LIRE

Ta santé à la carte en ligne !

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Après les résultats très positifs de l’évaluation scientifique du projet, la carte interactive qui montre les services de santé à petit coût et avec le tiers payant sur la métropole bordelaise est enfin en ligne et accessible à tous.

Merci à Bordeaux Métropole et à tous nos partenaires pour le soutien.

Réalisation : Pixels Codex

Visitez ta santé à la carte : https://tasantecarte.fr/

Merci @ElenaMilesi

Les articles scientifiques associés au projet :

Course on DIGITAL HEALTH COMMUNICATION

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Registrations are open for our two-day course on Digital Health Communication.

This course will help you understand how to communicate health research in the digital environment using various digital tools. From online scientific publication to data visualization and digital storytelling, you will acquire in-depth knowledge on existing opportunities to disseminate your scientific work.

This course is the result of the fruitful collaboration with the three other instructors:

Rachid SALMI, MD, PhD – Professor of Public Health (University of Bordeaux)

Lise MONNERAUD, PhD – Project Manager (University of Bordeaux)

Will STAHL-TIMMINS, PhD – Interactive Data Graphics Designer (The British Medical Journal)

Information on the full program is available here

Mental health-related digital use by university students: a systematic review.

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The internet and new technologies are widely used by students and represent a significant resource to them for mental health information and support.

But are they really using it? And how?

We conducted a systematic review to summarize and critique studies of mental health-related digital use (including purposes, advantages, and barriers) by students worldwide, in order to support the implementation of future digital mental health interventions targeting university students.

Thanks Aine Horgan for our long-lasting collaboration!

And thanks to Emmanuelle Floch Galaud and Mélanie Plazy for helping us with the systematic review methodology.

Three of the co-authors of this article are Institut de santé publique, d’épidémiologie et de développement (ISPED) students (projet tutoré).

Discover more about students’ mental health-related digital use by reading our manuscript!

Littératie digitale en santé mentale : une nouvelle publication

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136-les_etudiants_internet_et_la_sante_mentale_714_1Les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) font partie intégrante de la vie quotidienne des jeunes adultes et particulièrement des étudiants inscrits dans l’enseignement supérieur qui les utilisent largement dans le cadre de leurs études.

En France, la quasi-totalité des 15-30 ans sont des internautes et la moitié d’entre eux ont utilisé Internet au moins une fois dans les douze derniers mois pour rechercher des informations ou des conseils sur la santé en général. Cependant, peu d’études ont porté sur les motivations, les compétences et l’utilisation d’Internet concernant les informations sur la santé mentale chez les étudiants.

Ainsi, nous avons réalisé l’étude Se-SaMe-Jeunes avec l’objectif d’examiner comment les étudiants accèdent, comprennent, évaluent et appliquent l’information en santé mentale via les TIC. Dans le cadre de la littératie digitale en santé mentale, nous avons effectué une recherche exploratoire de type qualitatif auprès d’étudiants de l’université de Bordeaux pendant l’année universitaire 2017/2018.

L’analyse de 21 entretiens semi-directifs a permis de relever que les étudiants ne savent pas réellement où s’orienter pour se renseigner en ligne sur la santé mentale. Bien qu’accoutumés aux nouvelles technologies, ils se méfient beaucoup de la qualité des informations trouvées sur Internet et jugent les sites officiels de santé trop complexes.

Dans le but ultime d’améliorer le bien-être psychique des étudiants, il devient donc nécessaire de développer leur littératie digitale de santé mentale en proposant des formations et des outils numériques de qualité au sein des campus universitaires.

Source :

Montagni I, Capelle A, Chalifour C, Langlois E . Rechercher et s’approprier l’information en santé mentale sur Internet : une étude qualitative auprès d’étudiants. Revue française des sciences de l’information et de la communication, 2019 jan 1;(15).

Design Thinking: does it work in research?

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Two new publications from my research activities at the Bordeaux Population Health research center. Participatory research approaches and co-creation are in the limelight. Is design thinking good or bad for researchers and study participants?

1. Montagni I (2018). Does design thinking really work? Views on co-creation practices in research, XXI Congrès de la SFSIC « Création, Créativité et Médiations », Paris (France), 13-15 Juin 2018.

2. Montagni I, Koman J, Lhomme E, Tzourio C, The Sécupliqué Team (2018). Efficacy of an online video to promote health insurance literacy among students. ESSACHESS – Journal for Communication Studies, vol 11, n 1(21): 29-48.

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First article from the Se-SaMe-Jeunes project

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9131-180450-1-SPSe-SaMe-Jeunes (Services et e-Santé Mentale des Jeunes / Services and eHealth for young people’s mental health) is a mixed-methods research project aimed to understand the current digital health use and expectations of students to implement effective digital health strategies addressed to them.

This project was financed by IReSP (Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique-Research Institute in Public Health), call “Services de Santé-Health Services,” 2016.

We collected quantitative data from 507 university students in the city of Bordeaux, France, and are transcribing about 25 semi-structured interviews.

The first article from Se-SaMe-Jeunes has been published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, and concerns the quantitative face-to-face questionnaire.

We found that university students are largely using the internet for health information seeking, but using less mobile health apps and very few wearable devices. Our data suggest that digital health has the potential for improving health and well-being at the university, especially if digital health interventions take into account students’ profiles, interests, and needs.