Refinement of an Instrument to Measure Mental Health Literacy and Examination of Interventions to Enhance Mental Health Literacy
Abstract
This paper reports on the continued refinement of an instrument to measure mental health literacy among caregivers of children with SED and their providers.
There is a growing consensus about the importance of involving mental health care consumers in making decisions about their health care. This is a challenge, however, for those who cannot effectively understand health information. Research has shown that poor health literacy results in poor health outcomes and higher costs. Mental healthcare consumers and caregivers of children with mental illness and SED (Serious Emotional Disturbances), especially struggle with navigating complex systems and interactions with their and their children’s mental health care providers. This paper reports on the continued refinement of an instrument to measure mental health literacy among caregivers of children with SED and their providers.
Citation
Davis, C. S., Massey, O. T., Smith, R. B., Armstrong, M., Vergon, K. S., & McNeish, R. (2008). Refinement of an instrument to measure mental health literacy and examination of interventions to enhance mental health literacy (Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) series No. 220-113). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental
Health Institute. http://home.fmhi.usf.edu/common/file/ahca/ahca20/220-113.pdf.