Relationship Between Ways of Coping and Quality of Life in Married Women: Toward Mental Health Promotion

Evidence on the effectiveness of workplace mental health promotion for people with disabilities is limited. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mental health promotion intervention in social enterprises. It had a non-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial design with follow-up one and four months after the intervention. In total 196 employees agreed to participate (86 intervention and 110 control). Empowerment was the main outcome; secondary outcomes were resilience, palliative behavior, determinants of four coping strategies of mental health, quality of life, and life satisfaction. A brief participant satisfaction survey was conducted after the intervention. No significant intervention effect on empowerment was found. However, at one month follow-up, significant favorable effects were found on perceived social support for coping strategies for mental health and on palliative behavior. At four months follow-up, favorable intervention effects were found on quality of life, but unfavorable effects were found on unjustified worrying. In addition, the intervention was well received by the employees. This brief intervention might be a promising first step to improve mental health in people with disabilities working in social enterprises. Nevertheless, additional monitoring by professionals and managers working in the organizations might be needed to maintain these effects.

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Implementation quality of whole-school mental health promotion and students’ academic performance

Child and Adolescent Mental Health ◽

10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00608.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 45-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Katherine L. Dix ◽

Phillip T. Slee ◽

Michael J. Lawson ◽

John P. Keeves

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Academic Performance ◽

School Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Implementation Quality ◽

Whole School

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Effects of a Health Promotion Program Based on a Train-the-Trainer Approach on Quality of Life and Mental Health of Long-Term Unemployed Persons

BioMed Research International ◽

10.1155/2015/719327 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Heribert Limm ◽

Mechthild Heinmüller ◽

Harald Gündel ◽

Katrin Liel ◽

Karin Seeger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Health Promotion Program ◽

Control Group ◽

Train The Trainer ◽

Promotion Program ◽

Positive Effects

Background. Long-term unemployment is associated with poorer mental health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a health promotion program using the train-the-trainer approach on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health of long-term unemployed persons.Methods. A prospective parallel-group study was conducted among 365 long-term unemployed persons. 287 participants (179 members of the intervention group IG and 108 members of the control group) were reassessed after three months. The intervention comprised both individual sessions based on Motivational Interviewing and participatory group sessions; no health promotion program was administered in the control group. The endpoints were HRQoL (SF-12), depression, and anxiety. The effect size of the change across time in the IG and CG was measured by Cohen’sd. To assess the significance of group differences in the change across time, a random effects model was used.Results. Within three months HRQoL improved and anxiety and depression decreased significantly in the IG. A significant intervention effect was observed for anxiety (p= 0.012). Effect sizes in the IG were small to moderate in terms of Cohen’sd(anxiety:d=-0.33; SF-12 mental:d=0.31; depression:d=-0.25; SF-12 physical:d=0.19).Conclusions. The health promotion program, based on a train-the-trainer approach, showed positive effects on HRQoL and mental health, especially anxiety, of long-term unemployed persons, a highly burdened target group where an improvement in mental health is a crucial prerequisite to social participation and successful reintegration into the job market.

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Men’s Mental Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988317728353 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1823-1837 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Cherisse L. Seaton ◽

Joan L. Bottorff ◽

Margaret Jones-Bricker ◽

John L. Oliffe ◽

Damen DeLeenheer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Work Performance ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Health Promotion Programs ◽

Mental Wellness ◽

Male Specific ◽

Health Promotion Interventions

There is an increasing need for mental health promotion strategies that effectively engage men. Although researchers have examined the effectiveness of diverse mental wellness interventions in male-dominated industries, and reviewed suicide prevention, early intervention, and health promotion interventions for boys and men, few have focused on sex-specific program effects. The purpose of this review was to (a) extend the previous reviews to examine the effectiveness of mental health promotion programs in males, and (b) evaluate the integration of gender-specific influences in the content and delivery of men’s mental health promotion programs. A search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and EMBASE databases for articles published between January 2006 and December 2016 was conducted. Findings from the 25 included studies indicated that a variety of strategies offered within (9 studies) and outside (16 studies) the workplace show promise for promoting men’s mental health. Although stress was a common area of focus (14 studies), the majority of studies targeted multiple outcomes, including some indicators of positive well-being such as self-efficacy, resilience, self-esteem, work performance, and happiness/quality of life. The majority of programs were offered to both men and women, and six studies explicitly integrated gender-related influences in male-specific programs in ways that recognized men’s interests and preferences.

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Parents’ Perspectives of School Mental Health Promotion Initiatives are Related to Parents’ Self-Assessed Parenting Capabilities

Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools ◽

10.1017/jgc.2015.28 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 16-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Helen Askell-Williams

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Parent Engagement ◽

School Mental Health ◽

Information Provision ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Whole School ◽

School Based ◽

School Initiatives

Achieving broad-scale parent1 engagement with school initiatives has proven elusive. This article reports survey data from 287 Maltese parents about their perceptions of the quality of their child's school's initiatives for promoting students’ wellbeing and mental health. Findings indicate that, on average, parents rated school initiatives highly. However, a MANCOVA of respondents grouped into three categories of Self-Assessed Parenting Capabilities (low, medium, high) showed that parents who held low perceptions of their own parenting capabilities also held significantly lower perceptions of the quality of schools’ mental health promotion initiatives. Less favourable dispositions towards school mental health promotion initiatives by parents with relatively low-parenting capabilities have implications for the design and delivery of school-based initiatives. For example, typical parent engagement, support and information provision activities (e.g., parent-teacher meetings, newsletters) might be less well received in families that arguably have a greater need to engage with such initiatives. This study has implications for whole-school mental health promotion initiatives that seek to include all parents.

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Assessing the quality of mental health promotion and prevention in Croatia: the case of Istria

Health Promotion International ◽

10.1093/heapro/dav111 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. dav111

Author(s):

Josipa Mihić ◽

Miranda Novak ◽

Clemens Hosman ◽

Celene Domitrovich

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Mental Health Promotion

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Vulnerability and health promotion of Haitian immigrants: reflections based on Paulo Freire's dialogic práxis

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP ◽

10.1590/s1980-220x2020011403728 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 55 ◽

Author(s):

Jeane Barros de Souza ◽

Ivonete Teresinha Schulter Buss Heidemann ◽

Fernanda Walker ◽

Maira Lidia Schleicher ◽

Angélica Zanettini Konrad ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Social Groups ◽

Public University ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Haitian Immigrants ◽

The Face

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the perceptions of Haitian immigrants about the possibilities to promote health, in the face of the vulnerabilities they experience. Method: This is a qualitative, participatory action study, based on Paulo Freire's Research Itinerary, which has three phases: thematic investigation; encoding and decoding; critical unveiling. Ten Haitian immigrants, students of a public university in Brazil, participated in the Culture Circle. Results: In the face of vulnerabilities, Haitian immigrants expressed the need to participate in university social groups, to have moments of integration with Brazilians, to know their rights, to master the Portuguese language, to adapt socially and culturally and to the food, to engage in the promotion of mental health and quality of life through physical activities and leisure. Conclusion: The discussions led to a process of action-reflection-action, in which immigrants reframed their reality, looking for strategies to promote health and empowering themselves in the search for a healthier life.

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