A community mental health innovation in mass media preventive education

The alternatives project

Bibliographic Data

ID11054693
AuthorsCharles F Schanie (Schanie Associates Louisville USA), Martin Sundel (The Urban Institute 2100 M Street N.W. 20037 Washington, D.C., corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume6
Issue6
Pages573-581
Publication date1978-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/bf00885667
PMID736008
OpenAlexW2050414600
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

An innovative mental health primary and secondary prevention program employing mass media was conducted in the Louisville metropolitan area. For 60 weeks during public service announcement time slots, 21 educational mental health and mental retardation messages were aired on local major radio and television stations. Three project goals were established: (a) improved mental health attitudes; (b) increased awareness of community mental health resources; and (c) increased utilization of community mental health resources. Systematic evaluation, based on data from client-initiated telephone contacts and surveys of the community, indicated that the project appeared to be successful in increasing awareness and utilization of community mental health resources. Positive change was indicated, overall, for attitudes related to cognitive structuring of problem situations. Attitudes related to behavioral resolution of problem situations appeared to be generally uninfluenced. Implications and future directions for the utilization of mass media in community mental health are discussed

Citation · Library science · Mental health · Psychiatry · Sociology · Substance abuse · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Psychology

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