Shirley, Julie

About the only place you will actually hear "mental health literacy" as a term being used is among a group of innovative folks in Australia (Francis, Pirkis, Dunt et al, 2002. 

Here at Sinai we have been developing a "Mental Health Literacy Assessment Tool" presently being used with disadvantaged young women regarding their understanding and engagement with post natal depression issues (Davis, Rothenberg, Littman Zarcadoolas).

We also have another researcher looking into mental health literacy issues among latino parents.(Mari Umpierre)  

Agree -  historically the field of health literacy in the US has been uninterested in this topic.
Chris 

Christina Zarcadoolas, PhD
Health and Environmental Literacy Initiative 
Associate Clinical Professor 
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 
Dept. of Community and Preventive Medicine 
Box 1057
One Gustave L. Levy Place 
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-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Julie McKinney
Sent: Wed 9/10/2008 10:03 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2287] Re: Educational materials for parents	andteenson mental health issues
 
Hi Shirley,

This website Talking With Kids, includes information on discussing
everything BUT mental health, but click on the Resources button for a
listing of other places that might lead to you to some good information.

http://www.talkingwithkids.org

As you have probably noticed, "mental health literacy" is a very
resource-poor topic! I'd love to hear what folks recommend!

Good luck,
Julie

Julie McKinney
Health Literacy List Moderator
World Education
jmckinney at worlded.org

>>> "Shirley Berger" <sberger1 at health.nyc.gov> 09/10/08 9:33 AM >>>

Hi,

 

I'm interested in finding good educational materials on child mental
health topics that are written for parents/caregivers and also for the
children/teens themselves.  In my work in child mental health services
in NYC, I am sometimes asked to recommend materials that providers can
give to families they work with (the latest example is a request for
materials that primary care physicians can distribute to families about
adolescent depression).

 

I have found helpful information on the following websites:
www.kidshealth.org <http://www.kidshealth.org/> ; www.familydoctor.org
<http://www.familydoctor.org/> ; http://www.family.samhsa.gov
<http://www.family.samhsa.gov/>  ; www.reachout.com.au
<http://www.reachout.com.au/> ; http://www.nmha.org
<http://www.nmha.org/>  ; www.nami.org <http://www.nami.org/>  . Some
are easier to navigate and offer more accessible information than
others. My office has also been involved in piloting a strategy to
engage NYC teens on mental health issues using social networking sites
(including MySpace http://www.myspace.com/nycteen_mindspace ), and we
included fact sheets in that online campaign. 

 

I'm interested in knowing whether anyone on this list has other
suggestions of written materials or websites in the area of child mental
health... or has any ideas about "mental health literacy" in general.

 

Thanks!

 

Shirley Berger, MA, MPH, CHES

Research and Policy Coordinator

Bureau of Child and Adolescent Services

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 

93 Worth Street, Room 1210

New York, NY 10013

Tel: 212-219-5390

Fax: 212-219-5392

E-mail: sberger1 at health.nyc.gov

 




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