Ira Nurmala, - and Muthmainnah, - and Yuli Puspita Devi, - and Nurvita Ruwandasari, - (2021) The Health Educator For Youth (Hey) Project: Need Assessment Of Students’ Knowledge Attitudes And Participation On Peer Education Activities In Mental Health. In: ENHANCING PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES DURING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0 AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 52nd Asia-Pasific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference . Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, Shangri-La Hotel, Surabaya, Indonesia.

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Abstract

Background: Adolescence are at risk of experiencing mental health problems. Indonesia has the highest number of people with emotional disorders and depression. Patients with emotional disorders aged 15-24 years in East Java were 7.32% and depression was 4.94%. Aim: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between knowledge about mental health and attitudes about peer educators on student participation in peer education activities. Method: This study was a cross sectional study conducted with the participation of students (12-18 years) in nine senior high schools in Surabaya, Indonesia (N = 375). This study used an online survey to assess students' knowledge of mental health and their attitudes and participation in peer education activities. Results: More than 54.9% of students had low knowledge of mental health and negative attitudes toward peer educators. The statistical test results showed that there was no relationship between knowledge (p = 0.652) and student participation in peer education activities, while there was a relationship between attitudes (p = 0.006) and student participation in peer education activities. Conclusions: Students had a low level of knowledge in regards to mental health issues. The result also showed negative attitudes that contributes to their doubts about participating in peer education activities. These results showed that the peer education program needs to improve the quality of peer educators and the quality of mental health materials. The HEY program can be a solution to improve the quality of peer educators in improving adolescent mental health. Schools need to show commitment in providing support to ensure the sustainability of the program. It is recommended to optimize the existing peer educator program through peer educator capacity building. The purpose of peer educator capacity building should not only emphasize on increasing knowledge, but also in shaping positive attitude and behavior through continuous mentoring of peer educator programs.

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