Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Voluntary MHLeC
Mandatory MHLeC
Sponsors
Millennium University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For Universities: Public or private university in Malawi, Curriculum taught in English or Chichewa medium (N.B: the main medium of delivery is English), Infrastructure for delivery of online teaching to students. For Students: Any first-year student, Fully enrolled in participating university (Student ID numbers will be used to validate status), Able and willing to give written informed consent, People willing to commit to participate in at least 4 out of the 6 MHLeC sessions and engage with the online curriculum by themselves to complete assessments, People who can use smartphones, laptops or PCs with a stable internet connection, with or without support from others.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria for student participants includes: Those unwilling or unable to give consent independently, Inability to understand written and/ or verbal English or Chichewa, People judged to be unsuitable for participation in this research by the research team due to severe mental or cognitive problems (memory problems, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 severe depression score).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the proportion of students completing the MHLeC, we will review attendance rates during the classroom sessions. Specifically, we will calculate completion by dividing ‘the number of study participants who attended four or more classroom sessions’ by ‘the total number of people registered in each university cohort’. The proportion of students completing the online MHLeC will be calculated by dividing ‘the number of study participants who complete the final MLHeC online assessment’ by ‘the number of people registered in this study’. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Questionnaires completion rate Questionnaires’ completion proportion will be calculated by dividing ‘the number of people who have completed their questionnaires at baseline, immediately after the MHLeC intervention and 12 weeks later’ by ‘the total number of consenting student participants in this study’. The questionnaires to be completed are detailed below: 1. Mental health literacy questionnaire (MHLq) for young adults Assesses the general mental health knowledge in general populations has shown strong evidence for content validity, internal consistency, and moderate reliability. 2. The School Mental Health Questionnaire (SMHQ) Contains a series of surveys that measure mental health knowledge, attitudes toward mental health and mental illness (stigma against mental illness), and outlook toward help-seeking. 3. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) The PHQ-9 is a nine-item questionnaire for measuring the severity of depressive disorder symptoms, and verification of the reliability and validity of the Chichewa version has already been reported. 4. The Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble (CRAFFT) tool The CRAFFT is a well-validated substance use screening tool for adolescents and young adults aged 12-21, typically used for preventive care screenings.;The acceptability of the MHLeC content, assessed using qualitative focus group discussions with students who participated in the trial and MHLeC facilitators - process evaluation | — |
Countries
Malawi
Contacts
Public ContactGase Motshewa
Director of Quality Assurance
Outcome results
None listed