HEALTH EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: AN INTERVENTION STUDY IN PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONG ADOLESCENTS
Abstract
Health education training programs/programmes* are essential to health promotion. The mental health and emotional well-being of adolescents are important which ultimately can shape the life chances and outcomes of that child into adulthood. The present study aimed to promote mental health and well-being through planned adolescent health education programmes and develop a model for skill development training for children in schools. A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was represented. 60 participants, boys and girls between the age of 10-12 were selected from two government schools in Mangalore City with a disproportionate Stratified random sampling technique. The study results show that the planned teaching programme helped participants to enhance their knowledge and attitude towards mental health from 30 (46.1%) to 36 (55.3%) there are significant changes observed among them in their sleep patterns, the energy level at interest at X2=0.027(*) p = 0.05. Implementing effective intervention programs for young people at the school level is crucial to promoting their psychological well-being.
