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BC Children’s Hospital’s Health Literacy Team: Tools and Strategies to Support Children, Youth, Women and Families Meagan Colenutt, Project Manager Meredith de Freitas, Project Manager Disclosure: Neither presenter has any actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this presentation.

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Page 1: BC Children's Hospital's Health Literacy Team: Tools and Strategies to Support Children, Youth, Women, and Families

BC Children’s Hospital’s

Health Literacy Team:

Tools and Strategies to Support

Children, Youth, Women and Families

Meagan Colenutt, Project Manager

Meredith de Freitas, Project Manager

Disclosure: Neither presenter has any actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this presentation.

Page 2: BC Children's Hospital's Health Literacy Team: Tools and Strategies to Support Children, Youth, Women, and Families

What is Mental Health Literacy?

It is the knowledge & beliefs which assist in the:

• Prevention • Recognition • Management

of mental health or substance use challenges .

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Aims to enhance the mental health and substance use literacy of children, youth, women and families in BC by: • Researching, consolidating, developing and translating information

and resources in a range of formats

• Disseminating information and resources using a variety of communication channels

• Supporting, educating and sharing information and resources with those who work with children and youth in BC

• Developing and participating in networks and communities of practice, and collaborating with key partners and stakeholders

• Providing peer support and assisting with navigation of the mental health care system

The Health Literacy Team

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Integrated Provincial Strategy to Promote Health Literacy in Mental Health and Addiction in BC (2007)

A capacity building initiative to support the implementation of a best practice framework to improve public understanding and reduce the stigma related to

mental health and substance use problems

Provincial Strategy

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• Geographic reach

• Plain language

• Various channels/vehicles/settings

• Stakeholder engagement

• Cross-cultural / equity lens

• Monitoring & evaluation

Key Dimensions of Quality

Accessibility

Appropriateness Acceptability

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• The Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

• Resources for Youth & Young Adults

• School-Based Mental Health Initiatives

• Healthy Living Initiatives

• Cross-Cultural Mental Health Initiatives

• Eating Disorders & Healthy Weights Initiatives

• Other: Networks & Partnerships

Learning Links: Enhanced Learning Series in CYMH

Reproductive Mental Health

Mental Health Literacy Initiatives

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Examples of Initiatives - Websites

keltymentalhealth.ca

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Balancing Our Minds Youth Summit

Examples of Initiatives - Events

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Examples of Initiatives - Tools

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What has the Impact been?

“I liked that I heard many stories from youth and it helped me understand that I am not alone.”

– Participant from BOM 2015

“I just want you to know what you’re doing is truly inspiring and so appreciated. It’s really nice knowing there are people out there that have gone through what we’re going through and are willing to help us. It gives me hope that it’s possible to get better. So thank you.”

– Feedback to a Youth Peer Support Worker

2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

Website Visits Visits Visits

Keltymentalheath.ca 87,788 136,860 165,386

Keltyeatingdisorders.ca 10,735 27,984 71,797

mindcheck.ca 77,879 80,157 103,621

Visits to the Health Literacy Team Websites, 2012-2013 to 2014-2015

In 2014-2015, there was a total of 2,838 contacts (email, in person, phone) made throughout BC to the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre, up from 2,269 in 2013-14.

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• Improve provincial reach

• Connect with new audience groups

• Sustain and expand current initiative areas

Priority Areas Moving Forward