improved help-seeking and help-giving behaviours for mental health challenges

persönliche Entwicklung / Erwerb von sozialen und personalen Kompetenzen

Crew participation positively impacted help-seeking and help-giving behaviours for mental health challenges. Many participants reported their Crew and Live4Life training as critical in seeking help for their own mental health challenges, both during and after adolescence. For some Crew alumni, their training came in especially useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants recalled that Crew participation positively influenced their peers’ help-seeking behaviours in secondary school as well. Many participants reported utilising their mental health education and lived experience to offer informal support to their peers.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Organisationsform: Engagement in (internationalen) Programmen

Handlungsfeld: Partizipationsmöglichkeiten

Aktivität (Projekt, Organisation u.ä.): The Live4Life Crew

Thematik der Aktivität: The Live4Life program, run by not-for-profit entity Youth Live4Life, is dedicated to promoting mental health and preventing suicide among young people in rural and regional Australia. A key component of the program is a ‘Crew’ of youth mental health ambassadors aged 14–16 years who undergo a mental health education, leadership, and advocacy program.

Region(en) der Aktivität: Australien

Altersgruppe: aged between 19 and 27 years (mean age: 22 years)

Stakeholder: teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Hauptzielgruppe der Aktivität: Teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche (ohne nähere Angabe)

Evaluierung der Aktivität

Erhebungsinstrument (kategorisiert): Qualitative Interviewbefragung (telefonisch)

Beschreibung des Erhebungsinstruments: Sixteen participants aged between 19 and 27 years were interviewed. All participants had been members of the Live4Life Crew when they were 14 to 16 years old (Years 9 and 10). Semi-structured interviews were conducted and audio-recorded on Zoom, except for one participant who answered interview questions in an open-ended questionnaire format as they did not have access to a stable internet connection.

Größe der Untersuchungsgruppe: 16 Crew alumni (67 % female)

Erhebungsjahr/e: 2023/2024

Publikationsland/ -länder: Großbritannien

Art der Quelle: Journal-Artikel

Quelle: Neelakantan, L., Logan, N., Raniti, M., & Reavley, N. (2025). Impacts of adolescent participation in a mental health education, leadership, and advocacy program (the Live4Life Crew) on outcomes after leaving secondary school in Victoria, Australia: A qualitative study. SSM-Mental Health, 7(100448).

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