Table 5 Teachers’ rating for the level of importance of proposed measures to promote awareness with mental health issues
Item | Responses % (n) | Score mean (SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not important at all | Not important | Somewhat important | Important | Extremely important | ||
1. Training programs targeting teachers. (n = 2343) | 6.2 (145) | 18.0 (421) | 2.2 (51) | 36.1 (846) | 37.6 (880) | 3.8 (1.28) |
2. Availability of psychologists in schools to provide mental health counselling services. (n = 2854) | 1.8 (41) | 12.0 (281) | 5.1 (119) | 35.8 (839) | 45.3 (1061) | 4.1 (1.06) |
3. Workshops in mental health for all school staff should carried out. (n = 2321) | 5.1 (118) | 12.8 (296) | 5.9 (138) | 42.3 (982) | 33.9 (787) | 3.9 (1.16) |
4. Equipping schools with audiovisual and print materials to help promote student’s mental health. (n = 2337) | 3.8 (66) | 14.1 (329) | 5.0 (118) | 40.4 (943) | 37.7 (881) | 4.0 (1.12) |
5. Providing telephone hotline to support dealing with acute mental health problems. (n = 2339) | 4.0 (93) | 11.7 (273) | 5.8 (136) | 38.6 (903) | 39.9 (934) | 4.0 (1.13) |
6. General media should increase community awareness with mental health. (n = 2336) | 2.3 (54) | 8.6 (200) | 4.7 (110) | 31.5 (737) | 52.9 (1235) | 4.2 (1.03) |