High School Students' and Teachers' Mental Health Literacy Levels in Istanbul, Turkey: A Comprehensive Analysis

BACKGROUND: Mental health literacy is important for awareness of mental illnesses in adolescence, which is the initial period of mental disorders. Determining the levels of mental health literacy guides studies in activities promoting mental health. This study aimed to determine the mental health literacy levels of high school students and teachers and related factors. METHODS: Our study is a cross-sectional study. A total of 1051 people (students and teachers) were included in the Fatih District of Istanbul were included in our study. The mental health literacy levels of the participants were evaluated with the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire. This questionnaire includes scenarios about mental problems called “vignettes” and questions about them. RESULTS: Students' recognition percentages of depression, schizophrenia, and social phobia vignettes were found to be 28.1%, 46.5%, and 5.9%, respectively. For the person who was described in the vignettes, the “family physician” was chosen as the least by students and teachers. A statistically significant relationship was found between students' mental health literacy levels and sex, grade, father education levels, and experiencing vignette similar issues (p <.005). Additionally, teachers who were not school administrators and experienced vignette similar issues levels were higher (p <.005). CONCLUSIONS: These results showed us that mental health literacy levels are low in high schools. School-based intervention studies on this issue are of critical importance. In addition, it is seen that individuals do not consider asking for help with mental health problems from primary care services. This shows the inadequacy of the integration of primary health care services and mental health services

Herkes İçin Sağlık: Kimse Dışarıda Kalmasın!

Individuals that are diff erent from the majority in terms of their various characteristics and groups of these individuals are excluded and marginalized by other individuals / groups that make up the majority in that society. This marginalization leads to the consequences of public health. The primary duty of all health workers, especially public health workers, should be to advocate for measures to minimize the impact of a large number of factors leading to inequalities in health outcomes. In this article, the findings of the studies conducted both in our country and internationally are presented to the problems of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) people who are among the community groups where discrimination and exclusion are most concretized. In the light of these findings, the best practices were given in the field of public health and other health services, as well as the training of health workers who will plan and deliver these services

IS THERE A "HIDDEN HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC" IN TURKEY?: THE GAP BETWEEN THE NUMBERS AND THE FACTS

Since the number of persons living with HIV/AIDS was relatively low compared to the hard-hit countries, HIV/AIDS was not considered as an emerging health problem in Turkey. However Turkey carries a number of factors which enable the spread of HIV/AIDS and the reported rates are accepted to be an underestimation due to the drawbacks of the present surveillance system. This paper discusses the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Turkey, factors influencing risk and prevention and the need concerning prevention and control activities in order to address future challenges to combat the epidemic

Sexual Health Services Among Primary Health Care Units in İstanbul

Objective: To evaluate factors that influence the frequency and quality of sexual health examinations performed by physicians working in Istanbul primary healthcare units and to develop auxiliary strategies based on these factors that would improve sexual healthcare

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Sexual Health Services among Primary Healthcare Units in Istanbul

Objective: To evaluate factors that influence the frequency and quality of sexual health examinations performed by physicians working in Istanbul primary healthcare units and to develop auxiliary strategies based on these factors that would improve sexual healthcare