Reducing Adolescents' Perceived Barriers to Treatment and Increasing Help-Seeking Intentions: Effects of Classroom Presentations by General Practitioners

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Coralie Joy; Deane, Frank P.; Marshall, Kellie L.; Dalley, Andrew
Titel	Reducing Adolescents' Perceived Barriers to Treatment and Increasing Help-Seeking Intentions: Effects of Classroom Presentations by General Practitioners
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (2008) 10, S.1257-1269 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9225-z
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Questionnaires; Adolescents; Psychology; Program Effectiveness; Help Seeking; Barriers; Outreach Programs; Intention; Health Promotion; Physical Health; Mental Health; Physicians; Health Behavior; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychologie; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Jobcoaching; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland; Korrelation; Australien
Abstract	The "Building Bridges to General Practice" (BBGP) program is an outreach initiative. It aims to reduce young peoples' perceived knowledge- and belief-based barriers to engaging in treatment and to increase their behavioral intentions to consult a general medical practitioner (GP) for physical and psychological problems. By increasing intentions, the BBGP program aims to increase actual consultations with a GP for both types of problem. A quasi-experimental nested design was used to evaluate the effect of the intervention in three Australian high schools. A Treatment group (n = 173, M = 16 years) and Comparison group (n = 118, M = 15 years) completed questionnaires of perceived barriers, intentions and self-reported consultations with a GP. Questionnaires were completed 1 week before the intervention, 5 then 10 weeks post-intervention. The Treatment group, but not the Comparison group, showed reductions in perceived barriers over time, increased intentions to consult a GP for psychological problems and a significant correlation between intentions and subsequent GP consultations. Results support the utility of the intervention for improving adolescents' beliefs, intentions and behavior related to consulting a GP for physical and psychological problems. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10