The Creation of a Mental Health Policy in Higher Education

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21581995
AutoresKelly A Pilato (0000-0002-6601-9332, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, autor correspondente), Madelyn Law (0000-0002-3503-9533, Brock University), Madelyn P Law (Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada), MIYA NARUSHIMA (0000-0003-3599-8563, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada), Shannon A Moore (0000-0003-0445-5689, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada), John A Hay (Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada), John Hay (0000-0003-1843-1979, Brock University)
Ano2022
Volume36
Fascículo7
Páginas1821-1849
Data de publicação2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0895-9048 • E-ISSN: 1552-3896
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/08959048211015613
OpenAlexW3169137156
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas27

The mental wellness of university students can be critical for their success. In an attempt to minimize stress for students, many universities have implemented a policy for a fall break with limited evidence to support its intended outcomes. This case study offers a critical appraisal of the formation of the fall break policy at one medium sized comprehensive university using qualitative and quantitative forms of evidence triangulated from (1) University Student Union survey, (2) document analysis and; (3) informant interview. The lack of uniformity on how the fall break is labelled, the timing of the break and its evaluation emerged as design flaws in the creation stage that perhaps, could have been mitigated if faculty and student voices were included in policy creation decisions

Higher education · Medical education · Mental health · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Law · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance