ABSTRACT
An integrated health perspective emphasizes the importance of assessing mental health literacy in different population groups. The level of literacy in Mental Health indicates individual educational needs for maintaining mental balance. Risk and protective factors for mental health are identified, and there is an urgent need to increase community literacy. The article refers to the study that will be carried out to determine and compare mental health literacy in the young and adult popula-tion of the Region. It will have two stages: pilot study and main study. In this paper, we will use the Questionnaire for Evaluation of Literacy in Mental Health - QuALIS-Mental, developed by Jorm et al. in 1997, in the version adapted for Portugal of the National Survey of Mental Literacy in Young People - Interview version by Loureiro et al. in 2012 and the Inventory of Beliefs on Mental Illness - short version, also by Loureiro in 2008. The results will be representative of the population in study, resi-dent in the Region ́s municipalities. The pilot study will cover four groups residing in two municipalities, two aged between 14 and 18 years and two between 19 and 64. It will be a transversal, exploratory and quantitative study, with the collabora-tion of Health Centres nurses. After analysis, the results will be disseminated in the municipal communities, the population and the local entities. It will be considered useful to identify gaps in mental health literacy and to combine synergies using the knowledge gained to improve community mental health planning
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Young Adult , Adult , Middle Aged , Mental Health/trends , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Health Behavior , Community Mental Health Centers/organization & administration , Community Psychiatry/organization & administration , Mental Disorders/therapy , Comprehensive Health Care/trends , Community Health Nursing/organization & administration , Community Health Planning/organization & administration , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeABSTRACT
La salud mental ha sido evaluada de acuerdo con la estructurapropuesta por Ware & Veit (1), que incluyeuna dimensión positiva (el bienestar psicológico) y otranegativa (el distress psicológico). Este estudio piloto tienecomo objetivo elaborar un protocolo para tipificar lasituación de la salud mental en la población anciana dela región. De los 63 ancianos seleccionados, a los que seles realizó el Mini Mental Health Examination, 47 integranla muestra. Todos tenían 65 años o más y residenen la comunidad. La casi totalidad era independiente ensus actividades básicas cotidianas. La puntuación mediaobtenida por los ancianos en el Inventario de SaludMental fue superior a la obtenida por Ribeiro (2) enuna muestra de jóvenes portugueses. El protocolo de investigaciónha sido el adecuado. Los resultados nos hanproporcionado una primera imagen de la salud mentalen los ancianos de la RAM
Mental health was assessed in accordance with the structureproposed by Ware & Veit (1) which considers psychologicalwell-being and distress. The purpose of this pilotstudy, carried out in Madeira Autonomous Region(RAM), was to validate the research protocol for characterisingthe mental health of the Regions older people. Sixtythree elders were chosen for the Mini Mental HealthExamination and 47 of these were included in the sample.All of the people were aged 65 or older and lived in thecommunity. Nearly all of the people could carry out basicdaily life activities independently. The average points scorefound for the Mental Health Inventory shows that themental health index of these older people is greater thanthat found by Ribeiro (2) in a sample of young Portuguesepeople. The research protocol was shown to be suitable.The results have provided us with an initial snap-shot ofthe mental health of the elders in Madeira
