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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2020.21.12.639

The Perception of Mental Health Literacy, Mental Health Status, Mental Health Welfare Center and Mental Health Business and of among Local Public Officials  

Kim, Min-Ja (Geoje City Public Health Center)
Chang, Koung-Oh (Department of Nursing, Youngsan University)
Lee, Seung-Ae (Department of Nursing, Youngsan University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.21, no.12, 2020 , pp. 639-650 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of mental health literacy, mental health status, mental health welfare center and mental health business of local public officials. The participants were 762 public officials working in G city. Data were collected from October 1, to October 26, 2019 using structured questionnaires, and IBM SPSS 24.0 statistics program was used for the analysis. As a result, the mental health status of the subjects was the most severe stress 28.1%. The mental health literacy score of the subjects was 40.99 points and mental health status was 1.66 points. And 46.6% of the respondents had never heard of mental health welfare center. As for mental health business, 57.0% had never heard of mental health counseling, and the most common route for gaining information on mental health or mental illness was TV at 65.2%. In addition, 85.0% answered that an increase in the government budget for the management of mental health and illness was necessary. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the continuous education and promotion for mental health improvement and the development of customized mental health promotion programs suitable for the public officials level through of the community mental health welfare center.
Keywords
Perception; Mental health literacy; Mental health status; Mental health welfare center; Public official;
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