LevelMind@JC hubs-a novel community-based youth mental wellness early intervention in Hong Kong: An evaluation of stakeholders' perceptions and experiences.
community-based intervention
early intervention
stigma
youth mental health
youth-friendly
Journal
Early intervention in psychiatry
ISSN: 1751-7893
Titre abrégé: Early Interv Psychiatry
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101320027
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2022
05 2022
Historique:
revised:
07
05
2021
received:
13
02
2021
accepted:
04
07
2021
pubmed:
27
7
2021
medline:
4
5
2022
entrez:
26
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
LevelMind@JC youth mental wellness hubs have been launched as a novel early intervention initiative to mitigate the inevitable youth mental health problems in Hong Kong in 2019. The present study investigated the perceptions and experiences of these hubs amonst three key stakeholders, namely hub youths, hub carers of youths and hub staff. An online survey assessing the perceptions and experiences of hubs on 6 major domains (e.g., youth-friendly and nonstigmatizing characteristics) was administered to three stakeholders in December 2020. Seventy-one hub youths (12-35 years old), 18 hub carers (30-64 years old) and 25 hub staff (24-59 years old) completed the survey. On a 5-point Likert scale with higher ratings representing better outcomes, all three stakeholders reported above-average ratings on their overall satisfaction of hub experiences (hub youths: mean = 4.4, SD = 0.6; hub carers: mean = 4, SD = 0.8; hub staff: mean = 3.8, SD = 0.6). In addition, hub youths and hub carers reported above-average ratings on youth-friendly and nonstigmatizing characteristics regarding hubs (mean >=4.2). The present findings suggest that the key stakeholders are generally satisfied with and show support to the youth-friendly, empowering and nonstigmatizing LevelMind @JC hubs. These findings along with the suggestions for hub improvement made by the stakeholders highlight the importance of taking cultural values into consideration whilst planning for mental services. More importantly, clinical implications are also highlighted which give insight for the development and implementation of a scalable, effective, and replicable early community intervention for psychiatric practise pertaining to youth mental health.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
533-543Informations de copyright
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
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