The effectiveness of a comic book intervention in increasing mental health literacy among adolescents and youth in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial as a part of research network for design and evaluation of adolescent health interventions and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (DASH)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Mental health literacy
- Registration Number
- DRKS00034242
- Lead Sponsor
- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2007
Inclusion Criteria
Minors under 18 years old: Parents or guardians must provide written informed consent, and the minor participant must provide informed assent.
- Adults (18 years of age and above) must provide written informed consent.
- Study participants must be residents of the study area.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants who do not meet the above-listed criteria will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The total score of mental health literacy measured by the Universal Mental Health Literacy - Adolescents Scale before and after the intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depressive symptoms from the Patient Health Questionnaire, anxiety symptoms from the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, and intention to cope with loneliness from the Coping with Loneliness Scale after the intervention.