TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health worries, communication, and needs in the year of the U.S. terrorist attack
T2 - National KySS survey findings
AU - Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek
AU - Feinstein, Nancy Fischbeck
AU - Tuttle, Jane
AU - Moldenhauer, Zendi
AU - Herendeen, Pamela
AU - Veenema, Tener Goodwin
AU - Brown, Holly
AU - Gullo, Sharon
AU - McMurtrie, Madelyn
AU - Small, Leigh
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding and/or technical assistance for this study was provided by NAPNAP, Cherry Hill, NJ; Lowe's Home Safety Council; and the Center for Research & Evidence-Based Practice and the Center for High-Risk Children & Youth at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Introduction: To reduce the escalating rate of mental health/psychosocial morbidities in children and adolescents, NAPNAP initiated a new national campaign entitled Keep your children/yourself Safe and Secure (KySS). The objective of the first phase of this campaign was to conduct a national survey to assess the mental health knowledge, attitudes, worries, communication, and needs for intervention of children/teens, parents, and pediatric health care providers. This first report from the KySS survey describes the child/teen and parental findings. Methods: A cross-section of 621 children/teens and 603 of their parents from 24 states completed the KySS survey during visits to their primary health care providers. Results: The five greatest worries of both children/teens and their parents included knowing how to cope with stressful things in their lives, anxiety, depression, parent-child relationships, and problems with self-esteem. The majority of children/teens and their parents reported that they do not talk to their primary care providers about these issues. Participants expressed a multitude of needs and suggestions regarding how to better recognize, prevent, and deal with mental health problems. Conclusion: Opportunities must be created for children/teens and their parents to communicate their mental health worries and needs to each other and to their pediatric primary care providers to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems. Interventions are urgently needed to assist children and teens in coping with the multitude of stressors related to growing up in today's society.
AB - Introduction: To reduce the escalating rate of mental health/psychosocial morbidities in children and adolescents, NAPNAP initiated a new national campaign entitled Keep your children/yourself Safe and Secure (KySS). The objective of the first phase of this campaign was to conduct a national survey to assess the mental health knowledge, attitudes, worries, communication, and needs for intervention of children/teens, parents, and pediatric health care providers. This first report from the KySS survey describes the child/teen and parental findings. Methods: A cross-section of 621 children/teens and 603 of their parents from 24 states completed the KySS survey during visits to their primary health care providers. Results: The five greatest worries of both children/teens and their parents included knowing how to cope with stressful things in their lives, anxiety, depression, parent-child relationships, and problems with self-esteem. The majority of children/teens and their parents reported that they do not talk to their primary care providers about these issues. Participants expressed a multitude of needs and suggestions regarding how to better recognize, prevent, and deal with mental health problems. Conclusion: Opportunities must be created for children/teens and their parents to communicate their mental health worries and needs to each other and to their pediatric primary care providers to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems. Interventions are urgently needed to assist children and teens in coping with the multitude of stressors related to growing up in today's society.
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U2 - 10.1067/mph.2002.127481
DO - 10.1067/mph.2002.127481
M3 - Article
C2 - 12226591
AN - SCOPUS:15944402108
SN - 0891-5245
VL - 16
SP - 222
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
JF - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
IS - 5
ER -